Electronicdrummergirl
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#serverlife #customer_service#serving#nice
Oct 13, 2022 8:08 PM
Electronicdrummergirl
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#serverlife #customer_service#serving#nice
nicknacksnackpack
This is a napkin right? Not toilet paper?
folkscallmehi
*attentive *prompting come on Pamela
thatsbadmmkay
Old folks in Florida are complaining to wait staff that their menu is limited.
Vesane
This whole concept of a single dedicated waiter/waitress per table is bizarre to me, seems like it would slow things down a LOT
Vesane
> and yes, I know it's because of the toxic American tipping culture that I'm fortunate not to have
MmmYesShallowAndPedantic
Verbal tips… nice but not as valuable as you know, actual tips. $$$$$$$$$$$$
JohnBrooks2001
As a former waiter I can assure you Id have busted out crying. I quit the biz because people got way too nasty .
PoptartSpankySpoogeMonkey
Probably didn’t tip shit
Heywhatcouldgowrong
This seems very passive aggressive. Just comment on how well she is doing, not on the industry.
OseaDidNothingWrong
Sounds like someone who is usually horrible to staff.
BovineLeader
This is a happy
shmoogeeoogee
Thought that was a roll of fancy toilet paper
cual6po44ohs4h2o
tips need to die, people should be payed what they're worth. which is A LOT.
MadeYouLookAgain
I make a lot off of tips. Please don’t stop it
ilovebigmutts
I often complain but here's a note in lieu of a couple of buxs for a tip. Luv pammy.
MaadMaanMaatt
I thought it was on toilet paper…
AgamemnonsMemes
Looks like a napkin
MaadMaanMaatt
I see that now ?
WeNeed2Talk
A waitress friend once told me she was tipped with a Bible from a Church group that dined in. She threw that Bible away.
MadeYouLookAgain
I’ve been tipped with what looked like a $50 sticking out but turned out to be a pamphlet for Jesus.
jgjgjgjgjgjgjg
Did this Pamela leave a monetary tip? Not hating, just wondering. She misspelled "prompting". Again, not hating, just pointing that out.
CalvinMcFly
Servers are paid to be fake nice. They are there to make money, not friends.
hesbeginningtobelieve
Nice complement, but Pamela sounds like a bad customer lol.
Nakeela
Yeah, feels very backhanded to me :/ I hope OP receives proper compliments in the future (and good tips)
KaijuMcCitysmash
"Customer service as a whole is terrible but you're one of the good ones"
mardukkur
Kinda weird, I'd say 99% of the time I eat out I get friendly, attentive service. The exceptions stand out.
Fatalvoid
I thought it was written on toilet paper.
DarshDarker
I'm shocked how far I had to scroll down to find a comment about that. So glad I'm not alone.
GravyEducation
"Dear waitress..." I literally told you my name up front, they make me do that
xuriV
Even if I asked your name most likely I will immediately forget it
Thefluffernutter
It’ll always be on the bill
GoldenBrownApples
If they liked the service so much, why not ask again to put it in the note they took the time to write? It's not that hard.
iJokeTooMuch
Prompting*
ShakeNbakemotherfucker
*attentive *refilled
cozynester
kinda shitty that they had to put down other service employees to do it tho
youcancallmesusanifitmakesyouhappy
Hard truths are still truths. Service sucks most places nowadays but i dont complain because i know how underpaid and overworked most are.
KaiserRollze
Ten to one you haven't even been to most places.
youcancallmesusanifitmakesyouhappy
KaiserRollze
I'mma take that.
foxalphazulu
Wtf? She left a nice note and all some people can complain about are how much she tipped? Fuck this.
MadeYouLookAgain
Last I checked I can’t pay my mortgage with compliments.
Thefluffernutter
Idk it kind of sounds like she’s shutting on the whole industry for not being servile enough.
MNColdagain
I am amazed at these responses... Imgur can flip pretty quick. Are we bow shitting on wholesome notes?
somethingdark
If they wrote a wholesome note *instead of* tipping, absolutely. Unfortunately, OP hasn't mentioned if they tipped or not.
MNColdagain
So you have no evidence, yet assume the worst that someone didn't get tipped well after a nice comment... Maybe reflect upon yourself
MNColdagain
Most people don't want to show how much money they make. Why not just spread the positive note?
somethingdark
I didn't say if it was good or bad. OP tagged this with "nice" so they probably tipped well in addition to the note. You reflect.
Fastjack2056
Protip: If you want to do a favor to your server & can't afford a tip, tell their manager how great they are. Positive feedback is rare.
Fastjack2056
(By can't afford a tip, I mean "I'd give you a pile of money if I could, but I can only tip 15%)
bhhorner350
If you DON’T tip, you cost the server money. They have to tip out Bartender/busboy/expo. IRS wants their share also, wether tipped or NOT!
pinkhoneybee
Confirmed. Sad but true fact. Tip out is based on total sales, not on tips. So you can have high sales and crap tips.
pinkhoneybee
Also, if you don’t have money to tip when dining at full service then simply don’t go out to eat. Just cook at home or get fast food.
edgareplekjekk
Fast food is also eating out. Are you one of those not tipping the servers at McDonalds?
Woidbrunzer
true. sometimes in restaurant when food or service was top, then we go to the hatch btw. kitchen and counter to praise the cooks work.
DesmondHawkins
Servers pay the restaurant a % of sales. Not tipping actually costs the server money. Go to McDonald's instead of not tipping
MadeYouLookAgain
Servers DO NOT pay the restaurant their tips. They possibly tip out support staff like busers and expo but NOT the restaurant.
DesmondHawkins
Depends on the restaurant, I've done both. Ruby Tuesdays calculated tip out based on sales.
MadeYouLookAgain
And the tip out does not go to the restaurant! It goes to support staff. Like I said above contradicting what you said.
DesmondHawkins
The restaurant might hand it out to the support team but they take it based on sales not tips. You don't get tipped, you still pay.
edgareplekjekk
Don't you pay at that particular restaurant for a reason?
TrippyTrix
Gotta tell you guys this looks super dystopian from anywhere not American. What is this cursed form of tipping blackmail.
TrippyTrix
"We wont pay our workers, so YOU should feel guilty and not eat uwuwuwuwuuwuwu"
MadeYouLookAgain
*Pro tip: if you want to do a favor to your server and can’t afford to tip, stay home and don’t go out. Gas bills aren’t paid w/ compliments
AbelardSnazz
Or go somewhere that actually pays their staff properly rather than forcing them to rely on charity
MadeYouLookAgain
Exactly. Don’t go to eat at 99% of restaurants. See we’re on the exact same page :-)
AbelardSnazz
Hard to shift a whole culture though when it’s the industry standard. Unions are the answer!
edgareplekjekk
Yeah, no. The gas bills should be paid with wages not extra tip from customers. Less business will harm the employees.
MadeYouLookAgain
Tips are not an “extra” in America. It is standard and part of the cost of going to a full service restaurant as any decent human knows.
edgareplekjekk
If they are not an extra they should simply be reflected in the sticker price. Besides, it seems noone can agree on what is the correct %.
MadeYouLookAgain
It should, but it’s fucking not! What aren’t you getting? You’ve obviously never left your country and had to adjust to another culture
edgareplekjekk
So it is not very standarized.
mjperk
Seriously? I know that people here on Imgur tend to be part of a pro-tipping culture, but at the same time it's not my job as a consumer (1
mjperk
To ensure their wage is decent. Of course don't take advantage of people in some/many companies with a bad record. But being able to (2
mjperk
Afford a 20%-25% tip (apparently the new standard here in Seattle) is NOT a prequalifier for me to go out and have occasional fun. (3
mjperk
I was in food industry when I was younger. I wasn't even allowed to accept tips. Good reviews to my manager got me decent, regular raises.
MadeYouLookAgain
Ot literally is. If you can’t afford to tip and take advantage of a server you can’t afford to go out to eat broke ass.
Snooj
Maybe this is a hot take but if you can't afford a tip you should order to go and not take advantage of waitstaff.
averageNerdyGuy
If you can’t afford to tip, eat the food at home.
ThereAreChameleonsEverywhereProbably
To-go hostess here. I took orders, rang up, expo, prepared & packaged orders. I did 3 ppls jobs for each meal by myself on top of regular>
ThereAreChameleonsEverywhereProbably
> hostess duties. It was a lot. All on min wage. And few people tip on takeout. The few who tip even $5 on a sizable order made my night.
ThereAreChameleonsEverywhereProbably
To be clear, I do think that the tipping system is fucked and employers should just pay a reasonable wage. But they don't. So we need tips.
FuryM0nk
Tipping as a system isn’t fucked, supplementing pay and deducting from a livable wage through tips is the problem.
mijor
That still takes time and effort. Tip me for take out too.
Mobouncetotheoz
Take out should be paid living wage, there is no table service where tipping is a thing, but course the owners won't do this & thencomplain
WhiskeyTriggerFinger
I think the hot take is that restaurants should pay their employees a living wage and stop asking me to subsidize paying their staff.
GrandPubabofMoldistan
I forgot the tip once for the pizza delivery guy. I walked back to my place, grabbed cash, saw he left, then walked to the store to deliver
spacetaco7997
TacoPoweredHelicopter
Fuck the cooks am I right?
edgareplekjekk
How is that taking advantage of waitstaff? They get paid for doing this.
ridureyu
You should tip for takeout. If it comes from a restaurant, always tip.
BobDoleKingOfBudapest
Do you tip McDonald's?
bamblebimble
The cooks get paid fine
MooseSK
I never tipped takeout before covid, because I don't tip anyone else who produces products for purchase, but do now on account of the public
ATATtightropeWalker
I sometimes do, but don't feel obligated to for takeout. Table or bar service only.
Izdleve
When I delivered pizzas I'd get $5-10/hr in tips. Counter got maybe $1-3/hr. Same base pay. So I always try to give at least a couple $s.
v3rtabreaker
Maybe the owners of the restaurant should pay a wage better than $3.50 an hour instead of relying on a system of good will. I tip 20% always
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Equinox13
Caveat: Not necessarily for fast food or counter service only.
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InkyBlinkyPinkyAndClyde
Where I live, the servers make the same as the fast-food workers, but we're expected to tip the servers and not the fast-food workers. /1
Equinox13
It's neither feasible nor reasonable to expect people to tip every low-wage position due to a systemic problem that needs to be fixed.
jabike2424
Assuming that this is @Electronicdrummergirl post, she obviously felt this note was more important than a tip. Good for her.
MNColdagain
Yeah I agree. People complain about the tip (which we don't know), but sometimes the little things like this can make your day/week.
Equinox13
It feels like so many comments are unfairly making assumptions about and hating on poor Pamela for saying something that made OP feel good.
Boomboomyeahshaketheroom
Lotta projection going on in those comments
KaiserRollze
I see many fairly hating on "poor Pamela" for managing to sound like a bitch despite the smiley face.
Equinox13
By thanking and complimenting OP and telling her she had restored Pamela's faith? Maybe Pam's tired of tablet terminals and automated calls.
KaiserRollze
OBVIOUSLY that's the part I was referring to, yeah. Not the part where she's whining and passive aggressive. Maybe think next time.
voidmain
It’s just the phrasing that is off.. it’s like a compliment but with complaining in same time.
Mobouncetotheoz
Def some left handed compliments here
Equinox13
Eh, she's venting while thanking OP. It's like when I thanked my dentist for being so careful and kind because my last one was awful.
voidmain
Also the last phrase “you are what service should be” means she didn’t do great, she did just as it should be. Be better version would be:
voidmain
“You did an excellent service and beyond” that means she didn’t just do what it should be, that she did even better
voidmain
Sure, but you don’t tell your dentist that the whole dentist profession is lame but he is ok. That he should stay nice as he is.
Equinox13
But the note didn't say that. I was afraid to go to any dentist after the one I had. I only went because a tooth actually broke and and it >
woozle
how much was the tip? those are kind words and all, but...
m4uboy
seriously. "i often complain about how customer service has died" is not the sign of a good tipper.
woozle
m4uboy
also took the time to write a note but doesn't know the servers name even though it was almost certainly on the bill.
SuicidalThrillbillyturnedLunaticChillbilly
Seems like a case of "not enough to write a book about".
CookieMonstersCrumbs
Nearly every place I go the waitstaff tell you their names. So yeah, this stinks of a 'I was in a good mood today so you get a goodjob.gif'
sylkysmooth
I've been to a good few restaurants over the years but not one that's ever had the wait staff tell me their name, and often enough they >
sylkysmooth
> haven't even worn a name badge so it's just "Excuse me sir/miss" the entire time and it's always felt weird.
Nichols3
To be fair, I can forget names as I'm being told them
ThomasThundersword
no joke, i didn’t actually internalize or remember my childhood best friend’s name for like a year. some of us are rly bad with names
Fishy820
And he tipped $.00
Franklin666
Eat dick. You’re the problem
AFutileGesture
Attitudes like this are the real problem.
actuallynotirate
Oh I must’ve read Palmela as Pamela.
Aforaseem
LeftRightThere
That was the tip
LeSethX
Still better than those "tips" from church ladies that looks like money but just say a prayer.
sylkysmooth
Nah. Those are annoying but you can go and give them back to the church that gave 'em away in their collection dish.
LeSethX
But then I have to waste my time going to church
ralphmelish
Hope they didn't need to because that waitress was paid a good wage!
keepermovin
Well she's a guy so.
DaveSamsonite
Was she wearing khakis and a red shirt?
Franklin666
You sound like a bitch
CongenitalSlurpees
I have actually gone back to restaurant's where I couldn't afford a tip the next time I got paid and tipped the waitress + a bit extra. >
CongenitalSlurpees
My mother was a waitress for nearly 20 years so I had heard of the stories of people who didn't tip and felt horrible if I couldn't tip then