That needs to be in satin.
I'm disappointed that google.co.uk doesn't have anything Guy Fawksey up. Gunpowder, treason, and plot!
We die horribly and painfully, you go to hell and I spend eternity in the arms of baby Jesus.
Gunn ,'Not Fade Away'
Natter 64: Yes, we still need you
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.
§ ita § - Nov 05, 2009 8:52:13 am PST #17352 of 30001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
juliana - Nov 05, 2009 8:52:36 am PST #17353 of 30001
I’d be lying if I didn’t say that I miss them all tonight…
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.
tommyrot - Nov 05, 2009 8:53:51 am PST #17354 of 30001
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
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.
DavidS - Nov 05, 2009 8:56:05 am PST #17355 of 30001
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
Unless you live in a land of shiny things.
Like, 1960s Hong Kong.
Polgara - Nov 05, 2009 9:01:36 am PST #17356 of 30001
Karma is a cat, sleeping in my lap cuz it loves me. ~TS
Food runners: ~2% of food sales
Wait a sec, so when I tip 20%, only 2% goes to the waitress (assuming it's a tip-pooling establishment)? And more goes to the busser? That's insane! It's the waitstaff that has to put up with the customer b.s.
Steph L. - Nov 05, 2009 9:03:50 am PST #17357 of 30001
this mess was yours / now your mess is mine
A "food runner" isn't the server who takes your order, etc., right? It's the random lackey who helps bring it out sometimes.
Polgara - Nov 05, 2009 9:06:16 am PST #17358 of 30001
Karma is a cat, sleeping in my lap cuz it loves me. ~TS
That makes sense, but then what does the wait-person get?
ETA: Ok, I'm doing math now. Probably should've started with that. If the percentages are of tips and not of sales, then presumably the remainder goes to the wait-person(s)? 'Cause if it's of sales and the tips were on the cheap side, then the waiter could get shafted.
Dana - Nov 05, 2009 9:07:43 am PST #17359 of 30001
I'm terrifically busy with my ennui.
Whatever's left over after those percentages are taken out?
Dana - Nov 05, 2009 9:10:43 am PST #17360 of 30001
I'm terrifically busy with my ennui.
Steph L. - Nov 05, 2009 9:13:53 am PST #17361 of 30001
this mess was yours / now your mess is mine
We had an argument last night about tips. We went to dinner with a group of people (there were 11 of us, and we arrived well after everyone else -- in fact, everyone else had already ordered and gotten their food).
We ordered a pizza. The waitress at this place (who was the ONLY waitress), despite there being only 1 other table, was conspicuously absent for a good 25 minutes. Eventually she shows up, looks at our lack of food, and says, "Oh, yeah. The kitchen ran out of pizza dough and had to make more. Your pizza will be ready soon." I asked the waitress, "Why didn't you let us know right away that the kitchen was out of dough? We could have ordered something else that would have gotten out sooner." Waitress gives me a dull-eyed stare and asks, "You want to order something else NOW?" I asked, "Would it get out faster than the pizza?" She said no. I said we'd wait for the pizza then.
So 40 minutes after ordering, we finally got our pizza. When it came time to pay, I left a 15% tip. I really wanted to leave less, but I couldn't do it. The Boy thought I was rude for tipping only 15%, and it wasn't the server's fault the kitchen was out of dough. I said that the waitress should have told us right away that the kitchen was out of dough (honestly, I don't even know if that's true -- she was literally nowhere to be seen for 25 minutes, and could easily have just forgotten to put our order in and made up the dough story to cover her ass), so we could have ordered something else. Who thinks it's okay for a server to not tell her customers that the kitchen is out of something, and then disappear for 25 minutes?