#restaurant server

[lifewithchronicpain]

My state has a ballot measure to make it illegal to pay waiters’ a tipping wage that Iess than the minimum wage. It would not prevent anyone from receiving tips but a commercial in my area claims that it would stop tips. I think it’s scaremongering so employers don’t have to pay a fair wage. I’m the daughter of a waitress and I have heard it all when it comes to non-tippers. I feel like the majority of people who already do tip wouldn’t stop just because waiters make minimum wage. But hey, why don’t I ask?

If waiters made minimum wage as opposed to a much lower tipping wage, would that stop you from tipping your server?

Yes, if their full wage isn’t dependent on my tip, I don’t see why I have to.

No, same tip as always, they’re busting their ass.

No, but I would tip less

No, unless it’s horrible service

I don’t live in the US with such a ridiculous wage-tipping structure

Voting ended onOct 13, 2024

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[jane-eyesore]

serving is so weird because like Monday night I barely made $20 and was ready to give up and then tonight I made a bill

[phantomofthegallifreyanopera]

no salt?

I keep forgetting to post some of the ridiculous encounters I have with customers at work but this happened just yesterday and it confused me so much I remembered it enough to post it. 

So this guy and his wife come in and are sat in my section. I get their drinks and bread and they are ready to order. The lady orders our lunch shrimp scampi and all is good. When I take the guys order he goes “I want to do the shrimp scampi and the chicken fingers, but I can’t have salt on the scampi.” Okay... I check with my manager to see if we can even do that and the answer is yes but it won’t come in the garlic butter since that has salt in it. I come back and relay this information to him and he says “That’s fine.” Cool. Ring in the order, bring out their salads and when the food is ready I drop it off and ask if they need anything else. They say no and I’m off to greet another table. I come back a couple minutes later to check on them and the guy is taking his shrimp and dunking it in his wife’s scampi butter. I ask if everything is alright and he goes “Mine doesn’t have any garlic in it.” Like bruh, we had this conversation. I was there, you were there, physicaly at least. So I go, “Oh well that is just because our garlic butter has salt in it and we made yours differently since you requested no salt.” And he just stares at me and goes “Ah...” 

They tipped okay but like dude. Even when I told him the first time his wouldn’t have garlic in it he said “Oh cause it’s like a garlic salt?” And I said “Yes.” 

[thefit-witch]

January 1, 2019 starting weight: 157.6

March 27, 2019 weigh in: 152

Pounds lost: 5.6 Pounds to lose: 27

I had my Mirena removed weeks ago and it’s made a huge difference in my weight loss. I was stuck at the same weight for such a long time but since having it removed the weight is easily coming off. I’ve also been getting back into intermittent fasting. I have more energy than ever.

The busiest week of the year is coming up extremely fast and I will be in my feet constantly. I plan on joining a gym after that week and getting back into it. I’ve been working out at home lately.

Happy hump day y'all.

[phantomofthegallifreyanopera]

Customer Service Guilt

Can we take a minute and talk about how guilty people who have worked in customer service feel towards other customer service employees? I have worked in full service restaurants, fast food, and retail, and therefore can sympathize with these types of workers specifically.

For example, if I’m at a restaurant and I order something I know is a little more complicated, I feel bad. 9 times out of 10 I’ll look for the easiest thing to order as I possibly can. And if I do have a more complicated order, I apologize profusely. I know what it’s like to have someone add or sub a bunch of things off their order, and I don’t want to be that guy.

Similarly, if I’m at a store and I bring 5 or more items to the cash register, I apologize. I’ve had customers bring 20+ items and I know how exhausting it is, and the stress of trying to scan everything as quickly and efficiently as possible.

And it’s not only me. I’ve had customers apologize to me over the smallest things that I as an employee didn’t see as a big deal, but to them it is because they have been in the exact same place I’m in.

There was a couple that came in to the restaurant I work at about a month or so ago and were treated terribly by their server, but because the wife was a server at a restaurant a couple blocks over, she insisted on leaving a 20% tip even though this server deserved 0% after the way he treated them.

And, on another note, I’ve noticed people who have worked in customer service are much more likely to ask me how my day is going. The other day I was at a grocery store and the cashier asked how my day was going and I said “Good, how is yours?” and she thanked me for asking how her day was.

Bottom line, if you work or have worked in customer service you are awesome and I love and appreciate you.

[wiltingstardust]

Someone left a bad review about me at work and used the term "pissed toddler" which I'm 99% sure is because I'm so short. Also ironic that IM the "pissed toddler" when they literally were shouting at me about their food being late and were demanding it off their ticket and all I did was tell them it wasn't fair for them to be speaking to me in such a rude manner just because their food was late. I may be a server but I am an adult at the end of the day and so I will not be disrespected regardless of my position. If you think it's okay to speak down on me then it should be okay for me to defend myself. Just because you're the customer doesn't mean you're entitled to verbally abusing me and speaking to me like I'm a dog and not a human. Then to add insult to injury you want to refer to me as a toddler because I, AN ADULT WOMAN, who happens to be short, DEFENDED MYSELF against yall trying to tag team and harass me. WHATS INSANE IS I WAS ACTUALLY SO FUCKING POLITE I said "I understand that you're frustrated about your food not coming out, but I just feel it's unfair for you to be speaking to me in such a rude manner" and that set them off. Hilarious because it reminds of how when someone thinks youre talking back just because you're explaining things. People just fucking hate servers for some fucking reason. Which is crazy cause bruh what do we do to you? They expect you to be entertaining, accommodating, attentive but not too attentive, but also make sure you tend to their every need, also make sure to be smiling and only smiling with ONLY a chipper attitude. Oh and mistakes??? You. can't. make. any. Spill a drink? Bad service. Wobble a plate while placing it down? Bad service Forgot to bring ketchup? Bad service Forgot the lemon for their water? Bad Service Put a lemon with their water they did not want? Bad service. It's always the little shit. It'd be one thing if it was like extremes but it never is. I'm tired of being a server I want to be something else but living in a small town like this that shit is hard unless you know people. I'm just tired of the public man

[elinordashwoodkin]

Just got out of a 12 hour shift where I only made $130 even though I had 6 parties on top of the rest of my tables, and feel like my body is about to collapse in on itself.

[blue-kyber]

Whenever the kitchen rings the bell to get our attention, my coworker says, “Coming soon!” And I personally love that. :)