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Liebling:-))) · 10-18-2006, 08:34 AM

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Originally Posted by Kuifje75

Liebling, I think you are oversimplifing everything.

oversimplifing everything?

Everything?

What I say is a fact because my friends who visited America last August 2006, told me themselves last saturday when they saw me questioned a friend because his family own guesthouse/resturant where we meet once a month.

I has no reason to make the stories up.

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Some waiters actually enjoy their jobs so they don't mind working for tips. Some of them love to "socialise" and be around people, serving them with a friendly attitude.

Of course it's waiter's job to be friendly to customers.

They have no reason to turn into different persons when they recieved unsatisfy tips from their customers. To my eyes, they are flattery until they get unsafisty tips then turn into different person... satisfy tip then stay friendly and will serve them in the future.

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They are like natural-born waiters. Their positive attitude shows in their service, and it usually earns them great tips. If they did not want to be waiters, then they can always seek employment elsewhere.

Yes I aware it... but I only said that they has no reason to be offensive if they receive unsatisfy tips from their customers.

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Like Reba said, there is no competition for tables. Waiters are assigned to certain tables, and hosts bring the customers to their tables.

I mean, if a waiter (A) 's job task to serve at certain tables and other waiter (B) do with other tables in one resturant... Waiter (A) & (B) both treat their customers good but serve in different tables. Waiter (A) receive better tips than Waiter (B) which they work hard. It's unfair... It look like "contest"... I do not mean that they make contest but look like "contest" who gets better tips.

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It's not blackmailing in my opinion.

Because you said that waiter will not serve us in the future if they receive unsatisfy tips from us. It was like wow to me...Yes I learn and aware about America's culture from this thread here before I prepare something.

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I agree with Reba, if you can't afford to tip in a restaurant, then don't go at all. I have given 20$ to 30$ tips to waiters for wonderful services in an expensive restaurant (with bill being about 100$), but it pays for a wonderful dinner in a great atmosphere, with wonderful people serving me. I don't want slaves serving me for cheap tips. If I didnt want to pay so much tip, I can always go to Arby's or Wendy's where workers are still paid with slave wages anyhow (minimum wage nationalwide is about 5.25$) I call it slave wage because they have to do everything, frying the fries, nuking the burgers and filling drink up for you, whereas a waiter in a restaurant just brings the order to a cook and brings the food and drink to you.

To me, if you complaint about unsatisfy tips then the job is not right for you. If you like to be waiter and enjoy to be friendly to customers no matter what, then is right job for you. If I want to work as waitress then I will aware that the tips is a volunaritly. (I know it's "volunarity" in America). It's better than no $. Nobody complaint about slave wage because they aware it in first place and want to work to earn for their living. Like what sillycat said that she tipped waitress $1 because it's better than zero...

Many people can't afford to give generous tips like you. Remember every person is different. I think $5 is good and limit tip. I can understand that people like to go fancy resturant and celebrate something speical but waiter has no reason to be offensive if they recieve unsatisfy tips. Give tip is better than zero. I would tip $5 to waiter when I'm in America for a vacation no matter what... If they are not satisfy with my tip then I won't visit same resturant anymore where they made offensive impression.