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Originally Posted by Springs1
Name somethings then? I don't know ANYMORE they do?
The "THEY" you are talking about is the OWNERS and that has *NOTHING* to do with the service that they let us get take-out. That concept has ZERO to do with the person serving me. WHERE do you get that it does?
If they work for tips, they know they are *RISKING NOT RECEIVING ANY, that it is a *GAMBLE* when you work for tips, DUH!!
That doesn't mean the customer has to pay them anything. We aren't LEGALLY LIABLE to do so.
Cashiers are at Subway, Quizno's, and Starbuck's, all places I do not tip, but accept tips. McDonald's, Wendy's, Burger King, KFC, and Taco Bell don't have their cashiers accept tips.
What does what they have to tip out have to do with the service either? If you know this and STILL STAY AT THE JOB ANYWAY, that's YOUR ISSUE, NOT OURS. WE HAVE NOTHING TO DO WITH TIPPING OUT OTHER CO-WORKERS. That's your issue as an employee. The service we are receiving doesn't magically change because you have to tip out.
The dine-in guest shouldn't be first priority, they should be ********EQUAL******* PRIORITY! The tip or no tip shouldn't equal priority. I NEVER did that when I served at the donut shop/diner I worked for around 10yrs ago. I treated my drive-thru just as well as my dine-in guest that did tip me. I wasn't unfair and SELFISH like you seem to be.
You are saying the server has to suffer, well if they don't like the job, DON'T STAY!! There's the door.
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A full-service sit-down restaurant is part quality food prepared with much more effort than a fast food burger wrapped up and thrown into a bag, but mostly the EXPERIENCE. You are right Servers do take a gamble/risk working for tips but 80% of people have common sense/decency and Servers most of the time have a passion for caring for that 80% and still decide to stick with their job despite the 20%. If everyone thought like you and the rest of the 20% that it's you aren't LEGALLY LIABLE to tip than the profession and industry of Hospitality all-together would not exist. My whole point isn't about the LAW it's about ETHICS and common sense.
Sorry but the dine-in guest at a full-service DINE-IN restaurant is ALWAYS the priority. Did I say because of TIPS? NO not once. They are the priority because if not, a restaurant would just be a kitchen. A full-service dine-in restaurant is about the EXPERIENCE. You say "I treated my drive-thru just as well as my dine-in guest that did tip me" but I'm not talking about DONUT SHOPS or anything with DRIVE-THRU's. I and once again, talking about full-service dine-in restaurants.
You also assume I am a Server which I never said I was. And I am not selfish by any-means you are hearing what you want to hear which is why I feel the need to repeat myself so many times. In my opinion treating a Server at a full-service dine-in restaurant like a drive-thru is selfish.
You say "You are saying the server has to suffer, well if they don't like the job, DON'T STAY!! There's the door." Well you know why most don't quit? Because most patrons are courteous, and make it worth while. They aren't going to quit because of the 20% like you (although they often consider it). It takes passion to treat the job like an artform of truly caring for individuals, along with very hard work among a list of other skills way beyond throwing fries and a burger in a bag and handing it through a window.