[Bill14564]

Originally Posted by fdpaq0580

Waiter. Reading.

Well *that* makes a difference!

We two (wife and self). Reading.

I never said anything different.

Table of 12, table of 8, 2 tables of 4. And "we two" table of 2, not part of the group. Reading.

12 + 8 + 2*4 + 2 = 30. (math)

Lopez CC is one of the nicer CC restaurants. Prices a little higher than most. Waiter had help resetting the tables between groups. One other person. No "push your way through" if one is blessed with patience.

You wrote about 30 people being served. You wrote that the tables were occupied when you arrived, occupied while you were eating, and occupied as you left. That meant 30 people must have left as the 30 that included you arrived and the 30 that ate after you were waiting while you paid. That's a lot of people moving around all at once. If that wasn't the case then maybe the room wasn't quite as busy as you made it sound.

As for my math, the $22 was based on our bill. No cocktails, drinks, bottles of wine. 2 glasses of unsweetened tea. No appetizers, soup, salad, upgrade additions, just 1 plate each of a nice entree. So, no ups, no extras. We paid for the "atmosphere".
I used $660 because we actually observed 2 seatings. I didn't add any more, even though there was time for more seatings. Also, our tip was quite likely the lowest by far based on observation of what others were ordering and what was delivered.

I guess I misunderstood when you wrote:

We tipped the requisite 20%.$22 (rounded). IF every couple tipped only $22 like us tips came to $660.

You didn't mention a second group until after that statement and you actually mentioned a third group. So which is it, 15 couples, 30 couples, or 45 couples?

There are certainty restaurants that offer less expensive experience. But there are lots of restaurants nationwide that offer much more expensive experience. Busy or slow, nights or shifts, "tip-outs" (whatever it is), doesn't matter. The waiter/waitress is who I tip. What he/she does with their money is up to them. None of my business.

There certainly must be servers who make a great deal of money but there are more who don't work at lots of restaurants nationwide that offer much more expensive experience. Here in the Villages the more expensive experiences seem to be outnumbered by the less expensive experience by at least five to one.

What he/she does with the tip money is not up to them at all and all that does matter when making assertions about how much they are pocketing. The $50,000 assertion falls apart quickly when looking at more than the twenty and two ones you left on the table.