Rep Retirement Lodge #178: Oh, mookie's dreams...

[Greyeagle]

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Watched kid puck this morning, guess I'm a junkie. Now at the lake......

 

[leswp1]

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Greetings Lodge. Was up and out to breakfast around 9:30. Had to drive into the office to pick up a couple of tshirts I left there. Actually, I couldn't find them yesterday. I had bought 10 Team USA tshirts and took three with me this past week. I was worried someone might've walked off with them while I was away. I went in today to really check around my cube and others' cubes. I had a couple of back up shirts I could use so I grabbed that box first and lo and behold, there they were. I had hidden them so no one would take them and then forgot I had hid them.

Heading up to les' neighborhood later today. The Greek church in Dracut right up the street from my parents' place is having its festival this weekend. Going to go with them for dinner and stay over up there.

Hooooot day to have a festival. Would not want to be roasting the lamb today

 

[leswp1]

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Watched kid puck this morning, guess I'm a junkie. Now at the lake......

Either that or cooler as in not hot than the rest of us

 

[mookie1995]

Hooooot day to have a festival. Would not want to be roasting the lamb today

So that's what the kids are calling it now a days

 

[Hammer]

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At OC (and what was TK's), given what they do/did for me, I tip 25-30%. Favorite regular road trip joints (KBC, for example? 25%). 15-20% otherwise. if I visit the same place on a road trip, and they better my service on that weekend/etc? It goes up. It is a ***-for-tat industry, like it or not. Some get it, some don't. Some are also more understanding, as they have been on the "other side of the counter" like I have.

I'm the same way, although I lean towards 20%, and 30% if it's a place where I'm a regular.

But I also have no problem leaving a penny at the bottom of a Coke glass if the service sucks. If the kitchen ****s up, that's one thing, I get that, that's not the waitstaff's fault. But that doesn't excuse rude service if it comes to that. Hence, the penny.

 

[The Rube]

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I'm the same way, although I lean towards 20%, and 30% if it's a place where I'm a regular.

But I also have no problem leaving a penny at the bottom of a Coke glass if the service sucks. If the kitchen ****s up, that's one thing, I get that, that's not the waitstaff's fault. But that doesn't excuse rude service if it comes to that. Hence, the penny.

Good point about the kitchen (I have been a dishrat, cook, and busboy). It's all about the service itself. And yes, leaving change as a tip is more insulting than leaving no tip. The staff may think you forgot to leave a tip, whereas if you leave change...you made that effort to leave that little of a tip.

 

[Hammer]

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I've been on that side of the kitchen as well, when I was in high school. I've had plates that were dirty by the time they arrived at my table. I don't hold that against the waitstaff. Maybe it's their fault, or maybe it isn't, but I put that blame on the kitchen, as they put the food on the dirty plate in the first place. It's also not their fault if it takes 45 minutes to get a hamburger. Now, if they're ****ty about it, it's an entirely different conversation when it comes time to leave a tip.

 

[The Rube]

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I've been on that side of the kitchen as well, when I was in high school. I've had plates that were dirty by the time they arrived at my table. I don't hold that against the waitstaff. Maybe it's their fault, or maybe it isn't, but I put that blame on the kitchen, as they put the food on the dirty plate in the first place. It's also not their fault if it takes 45 minutes to get a hamburger. Now, if they're ****ty about it, it's an entirely different conversation when it comes time to leave a tip.

Agreed. And unfortunately, as a customer, if there is a mistake, you really have to be polite about it, or maybe get spit (or worse) in your food. "There must have been a miscommunication, that's my fault, I didn't make myself clear on what I wanted, etc." Even if the kitchen went complete retard on the order. The movie "Waiting" was a little too truthful, IMO.

 

[Hammer]

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About the only time I've really gotten good and ****ed at a restaurant was when a waitress brought a ketchup bottle with a hair on it. I pointed it out to my waitress. She then took it, wiped it off, and set it back down on the table, a bit more than firmly. My buddy looked at me, expecting lift-off, or an impending flying shovel. Nope. I didn't say a peep. But I'll give you one good guess as to what her tip consisted of, and how she found it.

 

[The Rube]

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About the only time I've really gotten good and ****ed at a restaurant was when a waitress brought a ketchup bottle with a hair on it. I pointed it out to my waitress. She then took it, wiped it off, and set it back down on the table, a bit more than firmly. My buddy looked at me, expecting lift-off, or an impending flying shovel. Nope. I didn't say a peep. But I'll give you one good guess as to what her tip consisted of, and how she found it.

I didn't think you could legally do that without being registered as a sex offender.....

The last time I had horrid service was last year. Was with MNS, bbdl, and bbdl's wife. We walked into this small restaurant, the waitress saw us walk in and sit down. Waited about 20 minutes...nothing. We stood up, and as we were walking out, bbdl loudly announced WHY we were walking out. It was pretty bad.

 

[gmann]

Good point about the kitchen (I have been a dishrat, cook, and busboy). It's all about the service itself. And yes, leaving change as a tip is more insulting than leaving no tip. The staff may think you forgot to leave a tip, whereas if you leave change...you made that effort to leave that little of a tip.

I spent considerable time in the kitchen. Thoughout high school and college. I worked as a dishwasher, busboy, waiter and cook. I had contemplated becoming a chef. However, the hours/schedule turned me off real quick.

While in high school I worked in a kitchen at a resort. Opening night there was a scheduling snafu. I played role of dishwasher, busboy and waiter. The issue was that I had never been a waiter before. Good thing only one table showed up. An older gentleman had taken his mother out for her birthday. I screwed up bad. Real bad. He ordered a filet mignon. I thought it was a fish so asked him if he wanted it pan fried, broiled or deep fried and it only got worse from there. I brought their appetizer, salad and meal at the same time,. I apologized and mentioned the meal was comped and gave them a gift certificate for a meal at another time. They left me a $100 bill for a tip.

The next summer I was a waiter. One night I had to take care of a large table. The customers were high maintenance so I was not given any other table while they were dining. I busted my azz and IMHO I nailed it. I was left some loose change for a tip. I was pizzed. As the family left the dining room I yelled their name to get their attention. From across the room I yelled "you forgot your bus fare." I then approached the person and put the change in his suit jacket pocket. They complained to the resort owner. The resort owner had my back and asked the family to not return.

 

[Gurtholfin]

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So my dilemma is that it's a GORGEOUS night on the deck and I'm pretty buzzed and the rum is primo and the fire is perfect and I've got great tunes on.

So what's the prob, you ask?


Gotta get up at 6 so I can go boating (again) on the Mississippi at Dubuque tomorrow on a sun splashed August day.


I should go to bed, but summer is fading fast...


First world problems.

 

[Gurtholfin]

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I worked restaurant all 7 years D) of college.

Waiter and bartender.

Loved it and was really good at it.


People sucked sometimes though.

 

[gmann]

So my dilemma is that it's a GORGEOUS night on the deck and I'm pretty buzzed and the rum is primo and the fire is perfect and I've got great tunes on.

So what's the prob, you ask?


Gotta get up at 6 so I can go boating (again) on the Mississippi at Dubuque tomorrow on a sun splashed August day.


I should go to bed, but summer is fading fast...


First world problems.

Stay up all night. Go out for an "early" breakfast and keep the party going. Are you positive you are from Wisconsin?

 

[Gurtholfin]

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Wait... maybe it was only 6...

 

[Gurtholfin]

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Stay up all night. Go out for an "early" breakfast and keep the party going.

That was a reality more often than I'd like to admit.

Of course it was over 20 years ago...

 

[The Rube]

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Worked in the industry for about 7 years (14YO-21YO) various restaurants, diners, fast-casual (Ponderosa, for example). Never fast-food, thank God. That (restaurant) industry will tear you apart if you aren't ready for it.

As a cook, I MAY have done some things that weren't kosher due to a-hole customers. I also did extra good things for awesome customers.

 

[Gurtholfin]

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Loved restaurant coz of the peeps that I got to work with and became my friends.

Typically a social group.

The cooks were usually stoners, the waitresses were often hot and the bartenders were my homies.

Loved restaurant work and many of my good times from college were with my co-workers.

 

[The Rube]

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Loved restaurant coz of the peeps that I got to work with and became my friends.

Typically a social group.

The cooks were usually stoners, the waitresses were often hot and the bartenders were my homies.

Loved restaurant work and many of my good times from college were with my co-workers.

Well, sure, my first job was my fave. EVERYONE that worked there was because of one family (whose parents and 4 kids all worked there). You were their friends? Bossman (who wasn't part of their family) hired you on the spot.

But yes, it's a different culture than most workplaces, for sure.

 

[gmann]

Loved restaurant coz of the peeps that I got to work with and became my friends.

Typically a social group.

The cooks were usually stoners, the waitresses were often hot and the bartenders were my homies.

Loved restaurant work and many of my good times from college were with my co-workers.

Winner winner chicken dinner.