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Subject: first time restaurant owners
From: Cask
Posted: Fri Jan 20. 2006, 05:11 UTC
I work at a new restaurant and the owners are brand new to the industry, which 
makes for a lot of annoyances.  For instance, so far the tips from servers to 
bar have been given to the owners, they divide it up and give it to the 
bartenders a couple days later.  We're switching to a system where the servers 
will tip out tenders directly each night.  She keeps trying to tell me it's 
better not to do it this way because the servers are bad at math and will 
unwittingly short me and I'm like, well I'll take my chances.  Plus, I told 
her I think I'll get a larger tip out because people are tipping me directly 
and want to show their appreciation, etc. because servers make more than 
tenders where i work and I'm busting ass to make their drinks.  I shouldn't 
have told her this.  
  So.. she's sitting at the bar talking to a couple servers about this "new" 
direct tip out system and says in front of me "well, he thinks you're going to 
tip him out more if you do it directly."  I was like, give me a freaking 
break, could you be any less professional about making me look like an ass 
because I want my money that night?  It was just really rude, I thought, and 
the tip of the iceberg with how unknowing the owners are about the service 
industry and how things are run.  Maybe I'm making a mountain out of a mole 
hill, but I work hard for not a whole lot of money while managerial duties are 
snuck into my work I want no part of.  I feel like I'm calming an infant 
sometimes, kissing ass because the boss doesn't know how to handle things 
professionally without getting nasty.  I know the example I gave is small, but 
it's mostly other stuff, mostly attitude and the tone of certain conversations 
that have irritated me.  I credit it to lack of experience on their part.
  anyway, just needed to vent

breathe....exhale...pour...smile :)  
  


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