Fuck, i'll update some of it now. For those of you who have never worked in a restaurant, here are somethings you should know.
1. We have to be the judges of when the food arrives at your table, and be that as it may that it is supposed to go out as soon as the kitchen is finished with it, this means we have to take into consideration delays, how long it will take for the kitchen to cook, how long you want to be there, how long you expect before you recieve your food, etc. That's a lot of shit to just "predict", so give your server a break if he/she is behind or ahead a little bit.
2. Believe it or not, you aren't a VIP when you walk into a restaurant. At any given time, your server could be handling 3-6 other tables besides yours, so when they don't pay severe attention to every whim that you come up with, watch how hard they're working to cover the rest of the tables along with yours. Unless they obviously aren't trying, in that case you can deduct from their tip...but it's pretty rare.
3. You know how when we mess up, and you talk at your table of maybe 3 or 4 people about how bad the server is and make fun of them? Well we do things the exact same way when we go to the back of the restaurant. Chances are, if you're being a dick or an idiot about things, every other server in the joint is going to know about it, and know exactly what table and seat you're sitting in...think about that next time you feel like patronizing a server.
4. Muncie people are horrible tippers. Average is about 10% or less here, although as you can read above 15% is the norm and 20+ for excellent service. I don't blame about tipping, however, before I worked in a restaurant I had no idea servers make so little hourly wages (2.13 an hour). Just try to remember at least 10% if you absolutely can't afford to tip 15%.
5. When we fuck up (or at least when I fuck up), I could care less about how much you tip me, the only thing i'm worried about at that point is dissapproval. I'd much rather get a very low or no tip and be treated humanely, than to get my mistake rubbed in my face by someone because they're mad about something. We don't need you to add salt to the wound, we're already pissed off and mad at ourselves enough.
That's all I can think of for now, but i'll post whenever I remember more..and there's a lot more.
[ April 04, 2005, 10:20 AM: Message edited by: Mr. Blonde ]
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