Be Nice to Your Waitress

On a couple recent visits to my favorite restaurant, I have heard things that make me ask, "Why do they do it??"

Now, when I ask this, it isn't in relation to anything that employees do to customers. In fact, in some ways- it is just the opposite. However, more than that, it is about the way restaurants deal with the waitresses.

Yes, this is about Hooters, but I suppose it could apply to any other restaurant which operates in a similar manner. Basically, it is the pay schedule.

I am guessing that pretty much any wait staff position will have the same basic pay structure... Let's say... $2.35/hr. plus tips. While tips can be substantial, they are not always. Make their day, leave a nice tip.

Yes, you should. However, there is a lot more to this blog.

I recently heard the starting pay scale for a Hooters cook. Honestly, I don't know how much experience a new hire brings to the job, but a little while ago, I heard a manager tell a new hire that the pay was, $11.00/hr!

Realizing that the job of a cook can be fast paced- at times...

... Five times the waitress, fast paced??

Oh, and at the end of the day, the waitress still has to tip out to the cooks.

I like to cook, but it's been a long time since I have been paid to cook, and I have never received tips for cooking. Even if I were to have another job as a cook, I don't think I could accept tips that were given to someone else.

True, the cook has to make the food. Yes, they might have to prepare several orders at once. They might even have something break- when they need it most. However, Five times the waitress??!!

The waitress is the one person who actually has contact with the customer. She takes the order, she delivers the order, she does not prepare the food. However, she does deal with any mistakes which may have been made in preparation of that food. If that order is not right, she is the one who hears it first! Some customers could be a little more courteous about voicing their problems, and unless she actually drops the plate in your lap (which might be appropriate with some customers,) the mistake in the way your food tastes, is not the fault of the waitress.

...And she still has to tip out, at the end of the night.