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Old 07-12-2015, 11:44 AM
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Another area that servers must just love is when couples split a meal. We know a couple who always split a meal and order water with lemons. Invariably, the water comes with a lemon in it but the waitress is then asked to go back and get lots more lemon which is then used to effectively make free lemonade. Then, because the split meal is really not enough to fill both of them up, the waiter has to make at least one additional trip for more free bread and butter. By the end of the meal, the waitress has worked more than the normal amount that a couple would require but is tipped on the $10-12 that a single entree costs. If a restaurant has a charge for meal sharing, they won't return. No wonder there is such turnover in the waitstaff in The Villages.