11-04-2009, 09:03 AM | #21 | |
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Oh you wanted more gravy for your chicken fried steak? I'll think about it. Again, I was AWEFUL at serving. |
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11-04-2009, 09:09 AM | #22 |
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11-04-2009, 09:10 AM | #23 |
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Serving in the military builds character, being a lumberjack builds a strong back.
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11-04-2009, 09:14 AM | #24 | |
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Wife and I go to Applebees pretty often. We always sit at the bar. Have for years. We've become friends with the bar tenders and get excellent service. They know us by name, know what we drink and have it ready as soon as they see us walk in the door. I tip them extremely well and they take care of us the way ALL servers should take care of their customers.
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11-04-2009, 09:18 AM | #25 |
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I've done both. I'd pick the military any day. I've worked longer hours in the forces, but I've never worked as hard as I have when I did the lumberjack thing. |
11-04-2009, 09:24 AM | #26 |
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That's why I said strong back. You don't have to have a physically demanding job to build character, you need discipline, teamwork, and a desire to do your best. You might get the from being a lumberjack though.
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11-04-2009, 09:31 AM | #27 | |
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That said, I was a bartender, waitress, host, and manager. I think it has made me more critical on servers as I know what it takes to do the job and it ISN'T that difficult.
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11-04-2009, 10:48 AM | #28 | |
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I find a lot of servers treat it one of two ways. Either they see it as their own social playground with serving you coming in a distant second. Or they're a seasoned server (but crap at it) so assume they know what they're doing and refuse to change. I want to invent the Tip-O-Meter. It'd be a machine that sat on the table in plain view of the server. I'll start your tip out at a modest 20%. Every little thing could make me either press a button to up that amount, or press a button to reduce that amount. |
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11-04-2009, 10:53 AM | #29 | |
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11-04-2009, 11:00 AM | #30 | |
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There are so many people that will tip like shit no matter what and there are people who tip well no matter what. For 95% of the population, they didn't rate me based on service. Some would however rate me on the tastiness of their food Old people would come in there to have breakfast and tip an effing quarter every single day. God I hated waiting tables!! May not have been hard for others, but I would literally have nightmares about it. |
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