Important to tip
When dinning out it is important to tip, although I am a waiter and might have my own biases, it just makes the waiter’s day a whole lot better. There have been countless amounts of times where waitresses and waiters have come up to me and tell me what bad tips they’ve made, they might have to quit, and go find a new job. For me what the waiter’s said about a particular “cheap” guest after he or she might leave is humorous. The waiter might, yell, talk trash, be upset for giving them so many drinks, or even take it out on another waiter. However, racial slurs are the most common which is uncalled for. I often have to pull people aside and tell them, "hey I understand you are upset, but that's not cool." Which is usually followed up by a a defensive rebutal of not being a racist. I usually drop it after that, however, many remakes made by the people I work with bother me. However, I would believe that this is common in a blue collar envirment. Most people might think waiters might make a lot of money from tips, and that is true compared to most 8 to 5 jobs. But the truth is waiters don’t get to keep all the money that they earn. After one gets off his or her shift there is a process of tipping out. Which means I have to give the busser, the expo (the guy that makes sure your food is right), and bar tender money for making my life a lot easier. So lets say if I made $100 in tips, but I sold 700 worth of food. I have to tip the bar tender and expo 1% of my sales which would be 7 dollars, and the Bussers 2% of my over all sales or 14 dollars. So at the end of the night I really make 72 dollars. Just remember when eating out one or two extra dollars goes a long way.
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"the expo (the guy that makes sure your food is right)"
I understand this is their job per say, but honestly, it's the SERVER'S job or the FOOD RUNNER'S JOB to make sure what they are taking to the customer is correct, NOT the expo. WHOEVER LAST CAN SEE AN OBVIOUS ERROR CAN GET IT FIXED BEFORE IT GETS TO THE CUSTOMER'S TABLE. You CANNOT RELY ON EXPOS, because my orders have missing condiments a LOT(which usually the server puts in the order correctly) and I have had wrong side dishes, missing side dishes and wrong entrees brought to the table. I think an expo is useless, because food comes out wrong A LOT, because the server or food runner just put their 100% trust into the expo.
The expo will be tipped out REGARDLESS of the outcome, so remember that when bringing food to the customer. You truly have to make your own destiny when it comes to tips. You earn it by double checking the expo's work. I know you cannot tell certain things like a pickle under a bun or raw food or a medium well steak that is supposed to be well done, but you CAN take notice of wrong things on the plate or missing items that aren't there if they aren't covered up by something.
"Just remember when eating out one or two extra dollars goes a long way."
I agree, but just remember if you can notice a mistake, that goes a LONG WAY when tip time comes to get a better tip by PREVENTING a mistake from getting to the customer.
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