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Not in my book...if we're about to leave I don't want a refill. Ditto if I'm full or just had enough Mr. Pibb.
Really, because for some people it doesn't. This is why waiters ask.Usually an empty glass means to refill it again in my book.
Not in my book...if we're about to leave I don't want a refill. Ditto if I'm full or just had enough Mr. Pibb.
Well it certainly makes a difference when you look at it from the other side
I waited in a restaurant and a club in college and it wasn't bad. I have a pretty easy going personality and I found that it wasn't really hard to keep customers happy if you were polite and did your job as efficiently as possible; a totally unpleasable asshole customer was very rare. Of course some of the people I worked with had chips on their shoulder about the job to begin with, and took every request very personally and as being "ordered around"; for some reason they ended up with many problem customers
By far my worst experience was with employers and managers, some of whom really appeared to enjoy pulling rank and treating the waitstaff like crap.
I expect a refill but a quick wave of the hand if I don't is all that is needed if I'm full.
That's why I said in my book it does.One of my pet peeves @ restaurants is waiting for the bill. I shouldn't have to go hunting down my server to get it.
Lol @ Reckoning..u mad bro?
Ha dam...but I get where your coming from. There are many people that do treat waitstaff like there are there to serve your every desire. Then drive home in there Late model bmw...thinking "yeah he didn't kiss our ass no tip for him". Many people won't understand how a business works or feel sympathy for it unless they been in it. Props to people who worked in the food service business or retail. Some people are just total ignorant jerks.
If the waiter does a semi good job I tip 15% round up to the nearest 0. If its better I make adjustments. If its worse...I give the waiter the benefit of the doubt. Not gonna stiff the guy/girl if its really busy. If its dead and no service is given then that's probably the only time i give less.
I <3 Mr. Pibb!!!!
hyeah i mad
youd be surprised how much it impacts a waiter's day if you casually let them or their manager know that the service was excellent.
the worst people are frequent customers who expect you to know exactly what they want before they even order - and consider it an insult if you dont remember what they like.
also, people who are hardly ever satisfied until you go through extreme measures to pay them attention. one time a lady kept sending her coffee back, so i put it in the oven and served it with oven mitts. she thought it was perfect temperature then.
people who order food, are served, ask for a to-go box when they get their food, and dont tip....i hate them.
remember that flagging down another waiter for service sucks really bad for that other waiter because he/she is not getting a share of the initial tip, and they have their own tables to worry about.
now, i treat the waiters with respect and dignity, and i ask for the service "may i have this?" instead of demand "i need to have this". smiling at a waiter and nodding your head "thanks" is nice as well.
, i had people look at me and say "im gonna make you earn your tip," and then tip me hardly anything after i bust ass for them. the worst tippers and biggest demanders tend to be the blue collar crowd and old people. the best tippers for me were young people (especially young couples), women's brunches and church groups.
except a group of baptists, who kept questioning me if i "know" jesus, and then told me i was going to because i said im Catholic. then they didnt tip me.
middle aged hispanic women with a table full of children were a nightmare. they were downright mean.
like i said, ill tip the waiter 20%+ so long as he/she look like theyre keeping busy (i weigh the fact that they are servicing up to five other tables) and arent assholes to me. if they give good effort, ill tip well even if they screw up.
and yes, the other waitstaff sucked because i had to cover alot of their work, and theyd compete for the big tables. big tables = big tips. the cook was the worst. he'd take out all of his stress on me. one time he accidently put someones meal on backorder so they received it 10 minutes later than they should have. they complained to the cook (who was also the manager) and he stepped out of the kitchen and cussed me out on front of the entire restaurant. worst part is the person who complained had a smug look on her face when i asked if she'd like a refill. after witnessing that, half the waitstaff quit on the spot. except me. my other tables were very sympathetic though and kept saying that they had no problem with me and that my boss was an asshole for publicly humiliating me. when i finally quit because of school, my manager begged me to come back and work weekends because i was "one of the best." i realized that i was the best because i kept kissing ass even though i had kicked in my face nonstop.
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I've heard that one of that biggest gripes from waiters is that nobody says 'thank you' for anything anymore. I say it so much at the table that I feel like I'm overdoing it, but as they say...don't wanna bite the hand that feeds ya.
Wow- I do not expect to be serviced at restaurants at all!!
I always tell the waiter/waitress thank you despite the level of service they're giving me.
Wow. Sounds like you serve nothing but assholes.
The lowest I ever tip is 15%, and the waiter/waitress has to go out of their way to do a ty job, or be intentionally/egregiously rude, in order to get that little.
I'm generally a pretty patient person, and don't mind a bit of a wait as long as it's proportional to how busy the restaurant is -- I don't want to wait 20 minutes to have my order taken if I'm at one of only two filled tables in the restaurant, for example, but if it's busy and everyone's hustling I'm not going to rap my fingers and check my watch every five seconds if it takes a little while to be served. Neither am I the type to get up in arms if someone who sat down a few minutes after I did gets served a bit more quickly, though that's largely because I don't pay enough attention to other tables to even know when that's happening. Generally, service doesn't have to be perfect for me to tip well (20% is my default, more for exceptional service), but it has to be at least attentive and courteous.
Wow- I do not expect to be serviced at restaurants at all!!Reminded me of:
Anniversarary? Anniversarary!!
Nightmarish! My flourishing waiting career came to an abrupt halt one evening that my owner/manager showed up to work drunk. We used to have these big Saturday night all you can eat seafood specials and the place got packed. The owner would always play host and run the register himself. We were short and I guess some folks were complaining, but my area was well taken care of; the drunk manager decided I should help out elsewhere and got really ugly in his request, making a big scene. One of my customers was waiting at the register, had had a few drinks himself, and pulled the manager around by the shoulder and said "You don't need to talk to her like that" and punched him the face twice! I figured it was the right time to get my stuff and move along
The best service I ever had was at TGIF Friday's. I asked my entree to be exchanged for a different one after it arrived...and the waiter exchanged it without charging extra! And the new entree was great. There was nothing wrong with the food, it was just way more fired and oily then I expected. I probably tipped about 25%
The worst service I ever got was at a Vietnamese restaurant called Lemongrass. I was done with about a third of my meal when the waitress asked me if I was ready for the check. She came up to me about seven more times to ask if I was finished with my meal. I don't like to eat fast or be rushed. I probably tipped about 10%.
Overall, I usually tip about 15%, I would tip more if I had more money. I never worked as a waitress. However, I worked at Quiznos for a summer when I was a teenager and thought it was pretty nerve wrecking.
One thing I have noticed is that guys like to give a big tip (especially on the first few dates) to show off.
nah most people were actually very nice. waiting in the middle of the texas hill country in a popular small staffed restaurant has its moments, though. i experienced a crazy array of people. all im saying is i stopped taking service for granted. mostly all of the non-student waiters had two jobs as well.
Nightmarish! My flourishing waiting career came to an abrupt halt one evening that my owner/manager showed up to work drunk. We used to have these big Saturday night all you can eat seafood specials and the place got packed. The owner would always play host and run the register himself. We were short and I guess some folks were complaining, but my area was well taken care of; the drunk manager decided I should help out elsewhere and got really ugly in his request, making a big scene. One of my customers was waiting at the register, had had a few drinks himself, and pulled the manager around by the shoulder and said "You don't need to talk to her like that" and punched him the face twice! I figured it was the right time to get my stuff and move along
gah at some moments, i would have loved to take a poolstick over my managers head. awesome way to go out with a bang though!
With lotion.
I don't know if that was said already. I didn't read the thread.
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