Tonight was cut short by a massive town-wide power outage that knocked out 3/4 of the town I work in. I got in a t 5pm and the power went out at 7:30pm. Damn! i was on a roll too, it seemed it would be a decent Thursday.
But then the power went out, we had to hand write checks, and use the old fashion credit card machines that make a rubbing of the card. Fun!
I had one guy joke about skipping out and I glared at him. He asked who would pay for his meal if he were to ditch the bill, and I said the restaurant would, but he'd be screwing me out my tip at the same time. He laughed and handed me a 5 for his $23 check. I thanked and he called me back over as I was walking away.
"How much do y'all make? Minimum wage or what?"
"Yeah sort of-$4.25/hr. It used to be $2.13/hr."
He looked at me in disbelief. He then reached in his wallet and gave me 3 more dollars. Haha. Score. Nice to see a custie that gets it.
And then my last table lucked out big time. Their order had been made right before all the power went out, so they got their food. Some diners had to go home hungry because of the outage. You'd think they'd be greatful? Their bill was $53.18, and they handed me $60 and told me to keep the change like they were being really generous. Wow, a $6.82 tip on your $53 check. Bastards. Not even 15% when I rocked on my service to them.
Aloha
2 weeks ago
I can't understand why the last table couldn't just throw an extra $2 on that tip. BAH!
ReplyDeleteWhat is it going to do to their budget? It isn't like you can even buy a gallon of gas with it anymore.
But the other guy? Sweet! And it is still in the 2.13 range here...I think our servers would be thrilled with $4.25 [come to think of it ACTUAL minimum wage would make everyone happy. eh?]
I get tables like that where they just round it off to the next 10. The higher the bill the worse it becomes.Hang in.
ReplyDeleteI'm paid $2.83/hr. I'd LOVE to be paid $4.25!!
ReplyDeleteI know, I was quite happy that my state raised their tipped employees minimum wage. It makes it possible for me to purchase health insurance from my job (albeit crappy insurance) and they just take it out of my check. With 2.13/hr, no way.
ReplyDeleteI'm hanging in there. I did also get a $16 tip on a $46 bill, so that rocked my socks :D