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Jennifer |
Tip SharingI work at a Texas café where a tip sharing policy is in place, and you can not opt out of it. The employers collect the tips from a tip jar and... |
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Earn More Tips On Your Very Next Shift |
What is The Proper Amount to Tip a Waiter?How do YOU, the waiters out there, determine the best way for your customers to tip you and based on what? |
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sweetheart8177 Updated 1 month ago |
Waitress tips - 13 Replies[QUOTE who="nick in Birmingham, Alabama"]so i have a question since you get this. I make 2.13 an hour plus i take home tips from the previous night.... |
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J |
Owner taking our tipsHi, I work at a Japanese stake house as a waitress. We have full bar without a bartender, and also have grills for hibachi and sushi tables as well.... |
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littlesky9 Updated 1 month ago |
Owners taking our tips - 190 Replies[QUOTE who="Goldilocks in Brisbane, Australia"]I'm a waitress in Queensland, Australia. Our (new) manager said he would fine us (from our tips) if... |
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Lesley Bennett Updated 2 months ago |
Top waiter/waitress skills needed to get the job. - 43 Replies[QUOTE who="Host"]What are the top 3 traits or skills every waiter/waitress must have to excel? 1) Knowledge of Presentation 2)Compassionate to... |
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Random_dude57 |
Question regarding tips and management (A little different from the rest of the topics in here)Hi, I'm currently working in a liquor offsale at minimum wage. The store is attached to a pub, with a door connecting the two (owned by the same... |
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transistic Updated 3 months ago |
Hourly pay question - 176 Replies[QUOTE who="sockergirl in Little Rock, Arkansas"]so can your employer change your claimed tips without your knowledge.[/QUOTE] I have just taken a... |
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waittables in Columbus, Ohio |
Can my MANAGER do this? (concerning TIPS)So I wait tables. My hourly wage is about $3.60, before the shift is over we get "cashed out" which means we receive our credit card tips and also... |
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Confussed in Kitchener, Ontario |
Questions about waitressing?Hello, I am a 17 year old female. I just got a job at a family-owned Thai food restaurant and I would like to ask some questions. This is my very... |
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Dana in Pottstown, Pennsylvania |
Is waiting tables a good source of add income?I was recently offered a waitress position at an upscale sports bar. I have not served before and currently make a decent income working full time... |
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Moses Lee in Bayside, New York Updated 9 months ago |
Average salary for waiter in NYC... - 10 RepliesI'm wanting to move to NYC in August 2010 and was wondering what the average salary, including tips, is for a waitress there. Obviously it would be a... |
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Branon in Knoxville, Tennessee Updated 9 months ago |
waitress union - 16 RepliesI am a waitress and I feel we have been left out. I beleive a waiter/waitress union would be a better start I live in Ga. If anyone has any idea how... |
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Jeannie Updated 10 months ago |
career change - 22 Replies[QUOTE who="s. stork in North Brunswick, New Jersey"]A mother of friend of mine was a waitress for many years like you, low pay no benefits. She got... |
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braindetergent in Price, Utah |
Forced to clock out before tipped.At the end of my server shift, or I should say at the begining of the next server's shift, my manager has me clock out no matter how many tables I... |
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jen Updated 11 months ago |
What do you enjoy most about your waiter/waitress career? - 10 RepliesWhat do you enjoy most about being a waiter/waitress? What do you dislike the most? Is it challenging? Are there many opportunities to learn and... |
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Alexa in Flushing, New York Updated 13 months ago |
tips only - 11 Replieshi.. my girlfriend just started waitressing and is only getting payed tips. she dosnt get a pay check. but her tips are coming out to be more then... |
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tom in Brecksville, Ohio Updated 13 months ago |
Not paid minimum wage for non tipped duties - 1 ReplyThe restaurant I work for requires cleaning duties and other duties after being cut from the floor that do not generate tips but average an hour or... |
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anonymous in El Monte, California |
owner's taking credit card tiphi there im a waitress and i have a dilemna so i just recently found out that the boss is taking our credit card tip money and using it towards... |
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anonymous in El Monte, California |
owner's taking credit card tiphi there im a waitress and i have a dilemna so i just recently found out that the boss is taking our credit card tip money and using it towards... |
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superblondrenon@hotmail.com in Seattle, Washington Updated 14 months ago |
Servers! what restaurant do u work at n how much do u make? - 1 ReplyI'm a waiter at Applebees n I cud make 25k a year if i worked 40 hours a week. I know theres higher paying serving jobs out there, but i'm just not... |
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joyous in Evanston, Illinois |
Minimum time to hireI have about a month off this summer from the beginning of August till the end. I really want to make some extra money but it seems like a short... |
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TriXy in Murrieta, California |
Tipping out in CAOk so I am a firm believer in tipping those who help you out aka bar tenders and buss boys and so on HOWEVER, can a company force you to tip out a... |
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Nathalie in Miami, Florida Updated 15 months ago |
Not overtime paid, no payroll company - 2 RepliesI have been working in this resto paid by shift and check (40$) work over 50 hours a week, my boss doesn't want to pay overtime or use a payroll... |
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Z in Chicago, Illinois |
40% Deduction in TipsI currently work in a Restaurant for almost a year now and I have heard about a 40% deduction somewhere in your payroll, but now that I do my... |
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dontwanttobea99er in Somerville, Massachusetts Updated 17 months ago |
Waitressing without papers - 1 ReplyI'm heading over to NY in March and wanted to know how easy it is to get waitressing work under the table (yes, pun intended). I'm from the UK and... |
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Lbaily in Bronx, New York |
Labor laws in MAHi I just started at a place in Massachusetts and have found out that the owner only pays us based on the hours we are scheduled. We are expected to... |
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elvie in Sterling, Virginia Updated 18 months ago |
Tips for waiter/waitress interviews. - 10 RepliesDo you have any tips to help prepare for an upcoming waiter/waitress interview? Are there common interview questions that come up again and again? |
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Wind and yardage consultant in Scotland. in Leicester, United Kingdom |
Working as a golf caddy in the US.I will shortly be arriving in the US to work as a golf caddy. I will be travelling under a H2B temporary working visa and will be employed by the... |
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Galaxy in Saint Paul, Minnesota |
percentage taken out of tipsI work at a restaurant and they take 2% of each charge tip for a processing fee for credit cards. Nowadays, a lot of restaurants are following suit.... |
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Ellen H. in Baltimore, Maryland |
i need a jobOkay so I am a college senior. I usually get aid so I have never needed a job but suddenly this year I lost my aid (due to the economy and school... |
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whatwhat in Brooklyn, New York Updated 20 months ago |
Two Server Job Offers - Which one to pick? - 1 ReplyI recently moved to NYC with little to no serving experience. However, I have been actively searching for a serving job and recently got two offers.... |
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madihaun in Fayetteville, Arkansas Updated 20 months ago |
The life of becoming a Waitress - 1 ReplyOk im 18 years old, about to go to college, need some money asap,im planning on waitressing at Applebees.This would be my first job if i make it... |
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anita |
tipsi live in mississippi and i make 2.13 hr. 20 years ago i was making the same hourly wage. when will we ever get a break!!!! |
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Jamal in Brooklyn, New York Updated 23 months ago |
Tips - 2 RepliesHey- I just started working at a restaurant. Am am a college student and have never worked in a place using tips before. My income is 4 an hour and... |
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Lj in Ypsilanti, Michigan Updated 25 months ago |
I need suggestions - 1 ReplyI am currently a Flight Attendant with a major airline. I commute to work wich means being at the city I'm based from a day before a trip and... |
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jmcrawford3248@gmail.com in Middletown, Pennsylvania Updated 25 months ago |
Use to be a waitress at Fly J Truck Stop. - 2 RepliesI enjoyed beening a waitress, because i'm a people person i like meeting and enjoying myself and people loves me. my kids enjoyed my tips of coures... |
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Kate in Rosedale, New York Updated 26 months ago |
Starting Out In NYC - 3 RepliesOk here's the deal. I'm currently unemployed and have made the decision to try to break into the NYC restaurant scene. I fear I face an uphill battle... |
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JTR in Santee, California Updated 26 months ago |
Who's better, restaurant waiters or banquet waiters? - 2 RepliesI've seen both the good and bad in both kinds of waiters. They're sometimes brash, sometimes opinionated, and all the time a "pain in the butt!"... |
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Msriss in Cedar Falls, Iowa Updated 26 months ago |
is 20% where we should start now - 7 RepliesI went to www.86BadTips.com today and they have a "Top ten rules for customers". They stated that I should always tip 20%+ regardles of service. What... |
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JeffYT2402 in Alpharetta, Georgia |
Aloha in RestaurantsI just got fired for using the wagon wheel scam at a restaurant I worked at. They had printed out evidence of what I did and there was no way out. .... |
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Sal Anthony Updated 28 months ago |
older waitresses - 11 Replieswaitresses/ waiters really do need a union. i have waitressed at a pub for 13 years every saturday night and have been sick 3 times in that time. i... |
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Rman in Saint Louis, Missouri |
Highest Paying Restaurant in Clearwater, FLGetting ready to move to Clearwater, FL. Anybody have advice about which restaurants servers make the most at? My initial thoughts would be... |
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Salvatore in New Hyde Park, New York |
Just landed a job as a "Catering Waiter" at a fancy steak and sushi restaraunt and need some tips, please!I replied to an ad on craigslist, the owner called me in for an interview and within 20 minutes, i was hired as a catering waiter. They have this... |
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Salvatore in New Hyde Park, New York |
Just landed a job as a "Catering Waiter" at a fancy steak and sushi restaraunt and need some tips, please!I replied to an ad on craigslist, the owner called me in for an interview and within 20 minutes, i was hired as a catering waiter. They have this... |
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Ieshia in Silver Spring, Maryland Updated 31 months ago |
not paying tips - 7 RepliesI just start working at an Italian restaruant in Bloomingdale and was told that if no cash comes in at the end of the night we can't collect our... |
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LEX in Indianapolis, Indiana Updated 31 months ago |
credit card tips - 2 Repliesour employer in akron ohio takes 4% of our credit card tips as a convience to us. whatever. its more convienent for me to get cash. is this legal.... |
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katy in Brooklyn, New York Updated 33 months ago |
best places to serve in nyc - 1 ReplyI am planning on moving to nyc in august 2010. i currently live in fl and have about 6 years serving experience. where are some of the best... |
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Ryan in Kenner, Louisiana |
Claiming Tip JarsI was recently reading an interesting article about tip jars, which makes me wonder is, by law, do you have to claim the tips you take home that are... |
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ej in Brooklyn, New York |
Servers getting paid for training!I've been in the industry for over 20 years & just moved back to nyc. I have never not been paid to train even if it's a lousy free meal off the... |
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