RE: You know what really grinds my gears?: The moaning thread.
November 21, 2014 at 1:30 pm
(This post was last modified: November 21, 2014 at 1:37 pm by pocaracas.)
this one?
It's like looking at a mirror!
What if I come in, know exactly what I want, ask for dish number 5, bottle of water, still, room temperature. The person brings those things. I eat and drink. Pay for the things I ate and leave.
Do you think that being a relay system to the kitchen and carrier of food from kitchen to table and empty dishes from table back to kitchen worth what I pay, plus 10 or 20% of that? what does that make it... $10~$15 per meal served?
Not everyone makes a mess of the place... in fact, most people act like I just described. But you go with the caricature of the worst customer, huh?
Can you believe I had never watched reservoir dogs and yet... the guy comes up with the same arguments as me?!
It seems, I'm not alone in my atipism!
It's like looking at a mirror!
(November 21, 2014 at 1:29 pm)Losty Wrote:(November 21, 2014 at 1:20 pm)pocaracas Wrote: From my point of view, to expect a tip is being a dick.
See how malleable a dick is?
You sit at a table with your family. Your server comes up with a smile takes your drink orders laughs at a stupid joke made by your annoying kid. You can't decide what to get, your server pretends to care with a friendly smile and helps you make a ridiculously elaborate order. Your server brings this order to the kitchen and fights a war with the kitchen staff to get your food right while being told off for bringing such a confusing order. He or she carries out food for your entire family on a huge heavy tray. Handling hot plates and making sure you are satisfied with what you have. After you take your sweet time you finally leave and your server has to clean up behind you. After all of this you choose not to tip your server knowing that he or she has earned $6 if lucky for all the work they've done to ensure you had a nice meal with your family. You think you're proving some kind of point about the tips system but you're not because the only person who even knows what you've done is the person who just worked their ass off for you for six dollars and has to go home eating yesterday's left over ramen noodles and call their parents and beg for money to pay their light bill. You've proven nothing, you've changed nothing. It's just being a dick.
What if I come in, know exactly what I want, ask for dish number 5, bottle of water, still, room temperature. The person brings those things. I eat and drink. Pay for the things I ate and leave.
Do you think that being a relay system to the kitchen and carrier of food from kitchen to table and empty dishes from table back to kitchen worth what I pay, plus 10 or 20% of that? what does that make it... $10~$15 per meal served?
Not everyone makes a mess of the place... in fact, most people act like I just described. But you go with the caricature of the worst customer, huh?
Can you believe I had never watched reservoir dogs and yet... the guy comes up with the same arguments as me?!
It seems, I'm not alone in my atipism!
