Tipping etiquette
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Posted:May 5, 2007 5:28 am
Last Updated:May 5, 2007 12:48 pm 2304 Views
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OK...some of you probably know this already..others perhaps not. But I'm pretty much posting this just to vent.
15% tip is for acceptable service. If you're server goes out of his/her way to do everything possible for you on a moments notice..c'mon now, a buck or two more isn't going to break you. Especially when you're eating in a mid-range restaurant. If you can afford to drop a hundred dollar ticked, you can afford 20 dollars more for receiving good service. If not, go to McDonalds.
If you made the server run every 2 seconds..better make it 25
If the server asks you if you would like more bread..a drink refill..something, and you say no...DO NOT loudly say ''EXCUSE ME'' while she's at an other table taking an order because you decided to change your mind 30 seconds later..wait 1 or 2 minutes until she's done with that table. If you werent dehydrated 30 seconds ago..i think you'll live 1 more minute. I dont think you'd appreciate it if another table was interrupting the service you're paying for..it's just outright RUDE.
You are more than welcome to sit and socialize at your table for as long as you please...as long as it's not an hour past closing time. If you see all the chairs on the tables and the only server left in the building is yours...it's time to go. If you choose to sit and hangout in the booth with your party for several hours...please remember that you're essentially renting that booth. It is the object of income for your server. If you stay there as long as 2 or 3 parties could have been turned over (3-5 hours,,don't scoff,it happens VERY OFTEN)..please tip appropriately...equal to 2 or 3 times.
If you receive exceptional service..so much so that you feel the need to gush all over the server and her manager. That's GREAT we appreciate that..but please don't leave that verbal tip in lieu of cash. Compliments don't pay the mortgage.
When the cost of gas rises, don't take that out of your servers tip. ALLLLL of the servers where I work have noticed this. Tips typically drop down to 10 percent when the gas goes over 2.90.
Once again..if you can't afford both the food and the service..go to mcdonalds.
For those who say....''WE SHOULDN'T HAVE TO TIP..THAT'S CRAZY!! IT SHOULD BE INCLUDED IN THE FOOD BILL''
YEAH..OK!! hahahaha you know what kind of service you're going to get????? Look at the bad service you get sometimes when you're choosing the wage yourself. Most people who suggest this are snotty rude customers who are lousy tippers anyway. Those who appreciate our jobs don't typically offer this as a suggestion of restaurant improvement.
I DO NOT understand this one...BUT,,for some reason, when a party is obviously christian ie; pray before a meal and leave tracts with the paid bill. Tip MISERABLY! Servers fight over who has to wait on a christian table. Not for the sake of hearing the christian conversation or for the tracts or for any reason other than..LOUSY TIP. I am christian and I HATE waiting on christian tables. Not 100 percent of the time...but pretty darn close to 99.9 percent.
Hmmmmmm..anything else? lol I'm sure there's more but I haven't finished my coffee yet..I'll update if anything else pops in my head. LOL
OH...and I'm a really good server. Even if I really can not stand my table..you'd never know. I yell about it in the kitchen and come back to your table smiling. I have the highest number of call parties (my last trainee complained because he couldn't wait on any tables because they were all my requests) And I'm typically the highest tipped. This is NOT bragging..it's just truth. I'm not special...any server can do what I do..But..i wait on people the way I expect to be waited on. I run my booty off. And I need the money..noone else is going to pay my bills. Some of the girls I work with don't really care. They give good service until a customer gets snotty ( which happens for no apparent reason) Then they get an attitude with them. I just bite my lip and kiss their posterior anyway. So it's not that I have this problems on occasion because I don't know what I'm doing.
OH..p.s. Don't take out your bad day on your server before she even has a chance to wait on you. Don't act like I'm putting you out of your way to order your drink or your dinner. Huffing your breath and rolling your eyes doesnt give a good first impression. I still will do whatever I can to make you happy..but if it persists..your dinner will take a while to come out..i might forget to order it. LOL
OH..WAIT..there's more. LOL
If is server comes up to your table to ask if everything is good..blah blah blah..whatever we need to ask..DO NOT keep up with your conversation like she's not standing there. She NEEDS TO interrupt you because she's on a pattern.
AND if you don't like the table or booth that the hostess selects for you..don't expect to have a server at your table in under 30 seconds. The hostess is there to keep order. Each server is rotated as best as possible. If you say...HEY i want that table!! Fine..you can have it, no problem, but you might be the 3rd table seated in that section in the past 2 minutes so you need to wait patiently. And if you prefer a booth over a table or vice versa...tell the hostess when you arrive at her stand..it makes things a bit simpler. A good hostess..which doesn't always happen..i know...will tell you when it will be a few minutes because the server is busy. BUT typically if you pick your own table..expect to wait.
I feel so much better now. Thanks for listening. hahahahaha
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Am I being selfish?
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Posted:May 2, 2007 3:13 am
Last Updated:May 15, 2007 7:14 pm 2130 Views
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Do you ever just get sick of helping people and they turn around and stick it in your back side?
I'm not looking for praise and accolades for supporting my friends...it's just me and it's just how it's supposed to be.
But how many times are we supposed to offer our support and it's not only taken for granted, but expected.
It seems that more often than not, people come running for help, receive it, then run to the comfort of the people who treat them like trash.
I'm not talking of a romantic affiliation..I just mean everyday friends and family.
I think that people need to do whatever it takes to take care of themselves. If I can do it, why can't they? I'm not special. I don't have any super human powers. I just do what it takes to survive, no matter what it is, no matter how hard or impossible it seems. Sleep is overrated. LOL
Have we moved into a society of lazy and over dependent people? Perhaps by always being there, I'm feeding into that. I know I'm not the only one and I'm not claiming to be the lone savior of the weak. But at this moment I'm incredibly frustrated with people. I just want to tell everyone..I'm NOT the bank. I'm NOT the community leaning post. I'm NOT here to be taken advantage of. LIVE YOUR LIFE BY YOUR OWN ACCORD..SURVIVAL OF THE FITTEST!
I know this isn't the best line of thought, but as I said, I'm frustrated right now. I have to learn to draw the line and say....ya know what? You can do it. Use the brain God gave you and figure it out. Use the strength and stamina God supplied you with in moments of impossibility and do what it takes.
When you help someone out of the quicksand and in the process they pull you in..get out and walk away...
I don't know. I don't know what people are thinking.
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maybe
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Posted:Apr 29, 2007 6:17 pm
Last Updated:Apr 27, 2024 8:20 am 1993 Views
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I think maybe I'm hooked up with a summer job while school is out.
I didn't start working for the public schools until February...which means I don't get that big ol paycheck at the end of the year from what they take out of me every week. Before this I was freelancing. Also the school year is changing. We get out in may and usually they go back the first week of August, but next school year is starting the day after Labor Day...which means an extra month off.
Sooooo...I have to go on Tuesday and fill out the application and junk. I have contacts there so It's pretty much a go. I'll let ya know what's up when the time comes. I work both jobs on Monday so I don't have time to figure it out til Tuesday.
Also..my back to school endeavor begins May 14th. Not sure how my schedule will be yet..might not start til the next day. I'm excited. 
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I am thrilled beyond words!!
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Posted:Apr 27, 2007 3:14 am
Last Updated:Apr 29, 2007 6:11 pm 2393 Views
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Last night my boss got my shift covered for me so that I could go to an interpreter social. It was just a 2 hour thing a couple of towns away.
Often educational interpreters are kind of segregated...because we work in one school..not seeing other interpreters except for the ones in our workplace. Community or freelance interpreters go from place to place and see everyone..different interpreters and different deaf . That's what I was doing just before I got this job. This job pays tons less, but the hours are stable.....AND it's really too bad that the secretaries for the county earn more money than we do. I made $5 an hour higher when I freelanced.
ANYWAY...regardless of that. My profession has a bit to do with schmoozing with who's who in the business. Not just because you have to,,but because you want to. To mingle with people who have been interpreting for 25 or 30 years...to feed off of their experience..to get job connections...to compare stories..to get encouragement. etc etc.
Only about 20 people or so showed up for this thing..and HOLY MOLY..exactly the people I've been wanting to see. The director of sorensen relay (video operator relay service) The director of the agency through which I used to freelance..my former mentor who is high up at the agency with the highest regard in the country.. AND this one interpreter I know of and have met in passing before...whom EVERYONE in this buisness knows her name. She does mentoring and all kinds of stuff. She also is a photographer (what my is in college for) I am going to be heading out to her church starting a week from Sunday. She teaches musical interpretation..has her class present the songs for the church and I can observe her interpreting the church service. And then I'll be hiring her as a mentor...sort of a tutor. The church thing really thrills me though because religious interpreting is not typically something taught in school. I know NOTHING. I know how to sign Jesus, peace, heaven and sin. That wouldnt get me through a church service. LOL
I really love interpreting but working in a school every day bores me beyond words. I LOVED freelancing..but there are no benefits and the hours are not dependable. Sometimes you're overwhelmed and sometimes you're starving. Mostly married women freelance because they have a second income at home.
I know you all don't really understand the nature of the business..but just know that last night was priceless. I love so many of these people. And I love how willing they are to help you out. Back in the day, interpreters learned a bit of sign language from deaf people and then struggled to interpret. The past 10 years or so has really changed things. These people who struggled and interpreted in situations and without the structure and training are thrilled to try and keep us from drowning in similar situations.
OK..i've rambled enough..I have to get ready for work. It's friday. Perhaps I'll go to the church to see the interpreter on this sunday instead of next. I don't know..my life progresses on a whim. LOL
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not tonight!
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Posted:Apr 25, 2007 7:37 pm
Last Updated:Apr 29, 2007 6:11 pm 2249 Views
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I am typically pretty easy going. I do what I need to do. Life is life...work to pay the bills..blah blah blah.
Every once in a while it all catches up with me and I get irritated. Just inside. It's not the fault of anyone around me that sometimes I get worn down.
Tonight is one of those nights, and if i didnt have a blog..noone would know that I'm not the happiest camper right now. You guys are so lucky to be at the brunt end of my crab fest. LOL
I'm just worn out, worn down and frustrated. It'll pass. I never hold onto things. I'm fortunate that way. Or perhaps it's the people around me who should feel lucky. LOL
Anyway..i'm just tired..top to bottom. My brain is fatigued but life doesn't stop to let me catch up.
I know..it's just life. What am I pi$$ and moaning about? I've been in worse struggles than I'm in now. Plenty of people are worse off.
Just tell me to shut my mouth and go home.
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it's really sad...
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Posted:Apr 24, 2007 8:41 pm
Last Updated:May 3, 2007 9:29 pm 2155 Views
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If people really believe that getting to heaven and staying in God's grace requires a race to ask forgiveness before we give up the ghost...that's really sad.
you're saved, youre saved..not anymore..ohhhhh come on..say you're sorry.you can do it...PSYCH, TOO LATE..you're going to H E L L
Scriptures can be taken out of context and assumptions can be placed on them to fit almost anything we want to condone for ourselves.
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unregistered..undocumented..illegal..
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Posted:Apr 24, 2007 4:59 pm
Last Updated:Jun 21, 2007 4:24 am 3288 Views
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undocumented resident
illegal alien
paperless immigrant
migrant
mojado
Many names for them, and many reasons why they are here. What do you think about it. Do you know anyone who fits this status?
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Am I too dumb for you?
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Posted:Apr 21, 2007 5:05 am
Last Updated:Apr 26, 2007 6:09 pm 2258 Views
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You know when you look at someone's profile and it shows your supposed matchablity? Well more often than not it says that my education level does not match.
Are you looking for an Einstein? A doctor? I've met 2 Pulitzer prize winners. Does that count for something? Intelligence by association?
I realize that I'm not always the brightest bulb, but I still do have hold of a few of my faculties. Better catch me quick before they're gone.
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What do you think about gifts?
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Posted:Apr 18, 2007 8:08 pm
Last Updated:Apr 28, 2007 6:01 am 2179 Views
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If you receive a gift from God to work through you..but then step away for a bit...do you give up that gift? You know that whole...many are called but few are chosen, thing? I'm not good at the verbatum chapter and verse..but I think you know what I mean.
Something has kind of been in my face again the past week or two, but I'm afraid to act on it
(i know i know..faith without works is dead)..but i'm afraid it's just me and not God. It kind of freaked me out when it used to happen, but it wasn't my choice.
I know i'm being vague..but just answer the question. lol
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