I have a feeling I know why we work as wait staff in a bar.

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http://cityguides.msn.com/citylife/cityarticle.aspx?cp-documentid=11520000&page=1>1=24000 

For those of you that are lousy tippers, take heed.

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Thats why i said we only go out once or so a year.
Most of the time it IS me making the meal. I am a GREAT cook, and can make just about anything. But once or maybe twice a year it's nice to be the one waited on, and not have to wash the dishes when i'm done.
I usually leave more then 15% anyway.
My wife likes my cooking better then most restaurants anyway. But it is nice to be "pampered" (i now wait for the photo shopped one of me in a diaper) once in awhile.

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Well I think he has enough money to tip well now. :rr:

dfost - you were rippin on bill gates - i'm just curious as to why? this guy gives over 50% of his income to charity, correct?

Whoa. I can't believe I missed this.

OK, whole story? Got an hour? Just kidding. I'll make it short.

I used to work in Bellevue, Washington. Bellevue is the next town down from Redmond where Microsoft is based.

We were regulars at three different places, so much that at one, we were given Christmas gifts by one of the owners. We were known as not only generous tippers, but I always flirted with the waitresses and they flirted back. Good clean fun, nothing more than that.

Anyways, later I found out that my hunting partner's wife worked in one of the restaurants we frequented as a cook. Weird how it's a small world.

So we got to talking to the waiters and waitresses and heard the same story from all three of the places mentioned (I won't say their names for obvious reasons).

Then years later, find out my hunting partner's wife worked in one of the restaurants and heard the same story from her.

It doesn't surprise me though as Microsoft is cheap. They overwork and underpay their employees something terrible. I had a job offer from there that I thought was downright insulting. I really wish I told them off instead of politely declining like I did. I hate companies that treat people like that, and that obviously came from the top.

What a dick.

By the way, have horror stories from Microsoft employees about how they run them into the ground but that's going off topic. You don't have to overwork and underpay employees to get rich. Google and Larry Ellison are plenty rich and they pay their employees. You'd be surprised how much my friend at Google makes.

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Zombie,
Any reply posts that are over a year old have exceeded the statute of limitations. Sorry. :neener:

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Unless the service was shit, in which case 30 on a 800 dollar tab is fine. You've only heard one side of the story.

Haha, old ass thread!!

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