Jonathan ,'Lies My Parents Told Me'
Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
The linked post asked the same question, and the poster called the restaurant and spoke to the waiter for that dinner. According to him, the restaurant puts all tips into a pot and everyone splits it, from the maitre'd to the bus boys, on a percentage basis.
ETA: Or, what Tom says. Hi, Tom!!!
Aims, that's in the post.
The waiter was very circumspect and didn’t want to talk about his patrons. No problem. I wouldn’t either. But he told me that tips are pooled at Nello’s and that night’s glorious take was divided up among fifteen employees - waiters, food runners, bartenders, bus people and a maitre’d. In a pool house it’s common to divvy up the tips according to a percentage formula. And while the waiter at Nello’s wouldn’t tell me what that formula was, it’s obvious that everyone had a nice pay day! Congratualtions guys!
Aah, x-post!
What's sick and sad is wasting that wine on mediocre food that costs way more than necessary. The markup on water might be expected but $30 asparagus?! And that's not even counting the markup on the wine. Russians!
Jesse -- try a department store discounter like Ross, TJs, Filenes. Housewares there are effing insane, but I would guess you'd need to find a spacious store in the suburbs.
I kind of looked at Marshall's and Filene's Basement the other day, but didn't have this exact thing in my head yet. But I don't think they had what I was looking for, even still. I think msbelle's Solution solution is the winner. It's exactly the right size, shape, and style!
Oops, wrong thread.
Who/what's Wade?
That needs to be in satin.
I'm disappointed that google.co.uk doesn't have anything Guy Fawksey up. Gunpowder, treason, and plot!
A common breakdown of tip-out percentages:
Food runners: ~2% of food sales
Bartenders: ~10% of drink sales (including N/A drinks)
Bussers: ~2-3% of total sales
Maitre'd/host: ~1% of total sales
If two or more waiters are working the table, they split it however they feel appropriate. That was a hell of a tip-out night, for sure.
Camouflage cheongsam.
It should be more shiny. Of course that would make it less camouflaged. Unless you live in a land of shiny things.
eta: or what ita said:
That needs to be in satin.
