I agree with you Gracie. I would thing there are lots of TV residents that would like a part time job, if they are able, to add a little income. I also like that I usually have their full attention when conducting business instead of having one eye on their cell phone as so many younger workers do.

I don't believe poor service is exclusive just to TV. In my experience it's difficult to get "good service" at least the way it use to be 30 or more years ago almost everywhere unless you get lucky. My wife and I have found a way around poor service but I'm not saying how because if everyone does it, it won't work and we will be stuck with less than optimal service.

I think that we have unusually good service here in The Villages.

UNUSUALLY GOOD!!

Thank you to all wait staff that run and fetch it to a bunch of us old f**ts who do NOT appreciate all that you do and how well you do it.

I am sorry that you are blamed when the cooks don't show up and when they run out of the special. I am sorry that you are yelled at when the food isn't prepared to the precise liking of those who ordered it. I am sorry you are undertipped just because.

I am sorry that people forget to call you by name and to thank you when you have eight golfers all with separate checks..

Have you noticed the number of apartment complex's springing up all around TV? Ever wonder who might be renting those apartments?Ten years ago there were no places for non villagers to live, that has been and is being fixed There are probably more people than we think moving to TV from said metropolitan areas.

GREAT LOLLOLOLOLOLO!!!!!!!!!!!!:evil6:

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I try to be as generous as possible with my tipping, because I suspect that waitpersons are not treated very well, either by management or by customers. They are basically overworked and underpaid, IMHO.

Where are the apartment complexes ???

I think there are some good-sized ones around 466A on the way to 441, and a couple more in that general vicinity around 25 (don't know the street names, but we used to pass them on the way to Preppy Pet, which is on Talley Rd.)

i have noticed them. Even just 4 years ago when I bought a house in TV, there were no apartment rentals. I had to rent a house in TV to wait for my closing.

Help is on the way
 

Don't worry about where the help will come from.....it's called amnesty, but that will not help to increase wages.

I the available labor pool of qualified employees shrinks, then expect to pay higher prices to cover higher wages for the servers, etc. Any business that pays the lowest wages will draw the worst employees and their business will suffer. So, overall, I expect to see increasing prices for goods & services. I agree with zoner, tip well - it will help the server and if you're a regular, they'll give you better service.

I agree!
 

I agree; I find generally very good service (and of course there are occasional exceptions)! What's unfortunate is that people are quick to complain when there's a problem (and for some, not even when there's a problem...) but are very slow when it comes to complimenting. When you get particularly good service, take the minute and let a manager or supervisor know; it means more than you can imagine.

Restaurant servers are paid the lowest of the low. I always tip generously, not with the anticipation that a server will remember me next time, but rather because the extra dollar or two means so much more to that server than it does to me.

You know Gracie, that is an excellent point!! Servers in The Villages somehow manage to keep track of individual people or couples without complaint. I've never experienced that before, anywhere in North America!

I'm just a wannabee...but here is my two cents...I have been to several of the restaurants in The Villages. I have some definite favorite restaurants in The Villages that I like to visit each time I return to TV. There has been only one restaurant in TV where the service was "subpar". My friends and I should have said something to the manager, but we just wanted to leave, so we didn't -- our bad. I would be willing to try this restaurant again in case it was an "off night," but since my visits in TV are short term, I would probably not return on my own unless my dining companion(s) really wanted to eat there.

And when the service is good, I am a generous tipper because there was a time right after I graduated from college when money was really tight, and an extra $10 each week meant a lot to me as tips do to restaurant servers. Off my soapbox now...