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You sure that's not a stereotype dun?I have been a server for 10 years. I have two college degrees and still work as a server because I have yet to be offered a job that pays me as much as I make waiting tables. If you are good at it you can make great money. I make enough to pay my car note, do what I want, pay my bills, and support my sneaker habbit. I can tell you if a table is going to tip me before they even sit down. I know this is going to sound bad, but I used to hate to wait on certain black tables. Just like I used to hate to wait on rednecks.. And teenagers.. And groups of nurses... Now, I treat everyone the same because I don't care anymore. Usually, someone will make up for the bad tables. It is not stereotyping to say that black people usually do not tip as well. Like I said, I have ten years experience doing this. Also, I am not mad or bitter about it. I can say this as a 100% fact. When I was still in school for extra credit in a sociology class me and another friend who was also a server went listen to a professor present his doctorial thesis. He did it on the stereotype that blacks get poorer service because they do not tip. We completely tore up his whole argument. By the end he was so frustrated that he asked us to stop so he could finish. Mind you, he was asking for feedback as he was speaking. This also took place at a historically black institution. Like I said, I am not even mad. I treat everyone exactly the same when I wait on them. I have gotten many, many, many great tips from black tables. But, the problem with black tables is not that they don't tip. Like I said, there are several "groups" that are notorious to servers for not tipping. I am a heterosexual male, but I could care less to wait on a table of hot girls. They are not great tippers. But, the problem is that a lot of black tables come in with a chip on their shoulders. They come expecting things to be wrong and looking for things to complain about. It gets to the point that you cannot please them. I think that is more of a problem than the not tipping. Serving is a hard job, so coming in and just making someone's job harder than it already is is a problem.
Probably why ya *** been servin tables for a decade.
I have no problem with what you said btw, but a stereotype is a stereotype, you saying its not doesn't change anything.
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