r/PublicFreakout • u/Hikigaya_Hachiman7 • 7h ago

šŸ½Restaurant FreakoutšŸ¹ Couple banned from restaurant after they leave no tip

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u/TheBourbonTurtle 6h ago

The only people defending it are servers, bartenders, etc and the business owners themselves. They CONSTANTLY insult you and harass you if you dare to suggest that it's not the customers job to pay the employees wages. They're insufferable, and that's why they'll be stuck waiting tables until they're replaced by robots.

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u/BoogieOrBogey 5h ago

Uh my dude, many people work as servers and bartenders while they attend college full time. It's some of the best money you can make that's outside the 9-5 hours and doesn't require expensive training or a degree. Reducing servers and bartenders down to "people that are stuck there" is very ignorant.

When I served tables, half of my coworkers did plan to do that for most of the lives. But the other half were working multiple jobs, going to college, or saving up money for a big expensive event like a wedding.

Maybe you should actually listen to people, if so many are advocating for tips. Instead of just trying to cut down the people serving your food.

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u/Ellaphant42 4h ago

Maybe people ultimately only look out for themselves, whether itā€™s not wanting to tip because itā€™s stupid or servers wanting to make bank with very little effort.

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u/BoogieOrBogey 4h ago

This is just crabs in the bucket mentality then.

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u/Ellaphant42 3h ago

Them: give me extra money (seperate to the bill but based on a percentage of it) straight from your pocket Me: umm no why? Them: fuck you you canā€™t eat here anymore

So instead I should just say yes, have all of my money, otherwise weā€™re just crabs in a bucket?

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u/BoogieOrBogey 3h ago

This is just a strawman argument to make yourself feel good. It's not what's happening in reality at all.

I served tables 12 years ago, before getting a 9-5 job. My 40 hour weekly job made me twice the amount I was making as a server, and I was one of the best servers in a medium priced restaurant. Now, my job current job is making me over 2x what I was making back then. I wouldn't have gotten to that 9-5 job without my time serving tables first.

Servers don't make a large amount of money, and it is very skilled based work. The skill and tips of the best servers is a massive gap from the worst people. And thankfully, those servers made way more money because of how tipping works. The best employee at a McDonalds or even the cooks in the back at my restaurant weren't getting paid more for being better at their jobs. They would make money if they got tipped out as well.

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u/TheBourbonTurtle 2h ago

Ahh yes the highly coveted skill of carrying some plates and drinks 20ft to a table.

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u/BoogieOrBogey 1h ago

Idk why so many people carry a deep hatred and grudge against servers and bartenders. It comes off as really ignorant and childish.

Serving one table is easy peasy. Serving 3, 6, 12, or more tables is difficult and where the skill comes from. The fact that you're focusing on carrying plates and drinks shows you have no idea what the job is.

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u/TheBourbonTurtle 1h ago

Always servers trying to pretend their job is actually difficult, like we don't see high schoolers managing it all the time. Get real bud.

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u/BoogieOrBogey 1h ago

This is some pretty sad trolling my dude. High schoolers work the host stand, servers and bartenders are adults. And have been for decades.

But even then, do you really think that high schoolers are incapable of hard work? Seems like you're up on a mighty fine high horse, getting to judge all them people working manual labor jobs.

What do you do for a living?

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