I think that in most other industries, people go above and beyond with the hopes of getting a raise, or a promotion. Very rarely do people go above and beyond in the workplace without some sort of self preservation in mind.
Servers wouldn't want raises or promotions?
Yeah...I saw that. I don't agree with a lot of it though. You're gonna tell me my tips will go up by FOUR PERCENT AVERAGE just by squatting? That's ridiculous. That's what I was trying to say about surveys and studies. ****'s wack. You can make numbers up and just skew the survey and study to match. There is no way in hell I'm gonna make an extra 800 dollars a month just by squatting as opposed to standing.
But isn't that what disagreeing is? A difference of opinion? And then you give reasons why you think that way? And I don't recall simply calling people cheap as a means of convincing anyone to do anything. And to me....proof is "in the pudding" as one of my least favorite NTers used to always say. I know that tips vary with service levels. I do this 5 nights a week...hundreds of tables a month. I have real life experience. I'm not trying to listen to surveys or studies when they say ridiculous things like my tips will go up by an average of 4% by squatting. Stop reading surveys and studies, and start opening your eyes...just watch.
There is no goal...its just a discussion. I could have said the same about you...that you only wanna hear your own side. But that's what we're doing...stating our own opinions.
I will say that that is super tacky that the restaurant has scripted on the receipt:
It's tacky because it's bringing too much attention to the assumed tip scale. Customers should not need to be solicited like that by putting words like GREAT! and WOW! And then also put nothing next to the 16%. It's just tacky. And it shouldn't have the tip scale ABOVE where you enter the tip and sign the bill. It should be at the bottom, out of the way. This tactic FORCES them to read through the tip scale before they even get to the part where they enter the tip and total. FURTHERMORE, it says "Please circle your gratuity choice or write in a different amount below." It's heavily implying that they almost have to pick one of the numbers before they even sign the bill. It's dirty. I don't like it.
If they wanna scum it up let them....it's their prerogative. It's a dirty tactic. I shouldn't need to ask for a tip....I'd rather let it just happen. I bet this tactic is counter productive in a lot of instances to. It's just tacky man....there's a reason why I've never seen such an atrocious placement of tip scale. Literally never. It's always at the bottom, much more discrete. You can refer to it if needed...but it's not all up in your face like that.
