I worked in a restaurant for about 3 months. The way this place is set up was that the cooks were there to cook, dishwashers there to clean dishes. The servers mostly did everything else that had to be done besides the manager would take over cook before EVER taking serving. Greet/seat guest,take beverages/orders, put orders into the computer system (Which mostly took a long time to figure out), make milkshakes or salads before meal, keeping strict attention at the front entrance to make sure if any guests have arrived, answer the phone if it rings, perform all side work cleaning because that place got dirty quick, and make sure all floors were clean.

This might not be a lot but the demand and stress really adds up in about 15 minutes of being the only server through a busy majority of each night. For as much time strain I endured, I appreciated it when people admired how hard I worked for my customers, I've seen very generous tips and the unfair tips, I wouldn't mind if a customer didn't leave a tip at all, but when they would rather be rude about it, it really disgusted me. Especially when people would say I did something wrong when I really didn't, what I did wrong was take the job, but I've already fixed that.

Rate your waiters through your tips, if you have nothing nice to say, or anything remotely truthfully terrible, keep your mouth closed and not screw up someone else's night. Every night.
Innominate Reviewed by Innominate on . tipping at restaurants... you just had a 100$ dinner... what do you tip, if any at all? just wondering... i can't consciencly walk out of a resturant without leaving a tip, but the wife, on bad service, prefers to just get up and walk out.... even if the quality of food and service was complete shit i just can't leave without feeling guilty if i've left nothing at the table but dirty plates... so do you tip? and if so how much? Rating: 5