A customer overheard me philosophize on what young adults should be paid for work. At a restaurant, our margins are pretty thin so $8 for a guy with no skills and no value is pretty reasonable. If they can be useful I'll bump it up to $10. If they can work with little supervision the sky's the limit!
Of course I'm splitting tips among the hourly workers. They end up with at least $20 for a 4-hour shift, though on the weekends they got over $70 a few times. (If my customers won't tip, I'll bump up the prices and raise wages to compensate.) At the end of the day, they should be bringing in $15-$20/hr once they show me they can do real work. You can't raise a family on that kind of money, but I'm not asking for much.
The customer who overheard me ran his own business. He said he wouldn't hire anyone with experience. He'd rather train young people. His starting wage was $15 for a guy with no skills. Since actual work is way harder than restaurant work, and requires far more detailed skills, I agreed that was a good strategy.
Folks, $15/hr at 40 hrs/week adds up to around $30k/year. If you're still living with your parents, that's good money. I am sure once you learn the trade he'll bump up your pay accordingly. I know these guys bill out at $100 to $150/hr of work, so I imagine if they had a guy that could do the job with little supervision, $50/hr = $100k /year is not unreasonable. That kind of money is enough to raise a family if you're careful with your budget and your wife is cooking home-made meals and watching the kids. I know lots of guys doing just that in our town.
I'm more than happy to pay trade guys $150/hr of work, especially if they do the job right the first time. I don't negotiate with them. I figure the first price is the fair price. If the price is out of my range, I'll let them know I'll contact them when I have enough money to pay for it.
Of course, if they show up to work with a bunch of mexicans, I'm out. Sayonara amigo. I'll hire the guy that hires American workers, not the burrito eaters.
If my restaurant isn't bringing in $1m in revenue a year with something like $300k raw profit, I'm doing something wrong. I'm more than happy to share my revenue with people who are worth hiring to do jobs I need done. I hire local as much as I can!
This is in rural Texas, by the way.
Like even in Europe (((some))) restaurants factor in a "service fee" (regardless if the service was shit) to the bill
A tip is a statement, not a fee
You should pay if you enjoyed the service, if the service was shit you don't tip
In Muttlandia they not only add a service charge but also tax (on top of the service charge) and waiters still expect a gratuity?
The (((American))) system is beyond retarded
They never will.
You're paying the waitresses to wait on you. If you just want the food, order takeout.
Hell i don't mind grabbing it myself and putting it on the table if that saves me *waiting* on the college aged faggot/foid from remembering they have a job to do
Most of time, if i want an additional something to order i get up to the counter and ask it myself
I ain't some wheelchair bound obesity golem that needs to be "serviced"
I get fine dining like high end restaurants but like weekend grub i just want to eat and continue on with my day
I really don't get it why mutts justify tipping, you are already paying for the food, and the service should be like a bare minimum already included with the price
I was standing outside the vet waiting for him to finish neutering my bull calves. He had a few customers before me so it took a while to get to my cows. In the end, I was standing in 95 F heat for about 4 hours. There were fans to keep me and the animals cool but I was done for.
I went to a local burger / smokehouse joint that's been around since the 70s. I walked in, the waitress asked what I wanted to drink, and before I sat down I had the drink in my hand. I never had to say anything, that cup was full of drink the entire time. She knew I was dehydrated and she knew I needed water.
She took care of me when I needed someone to take care of me. I was more than happy to leave a generous tip. She wasn't a college student. She was probably someone's grandma.
That's the kind of wait staff I'm going to have at my restaurant. People who understand the work that men are doing outside in the heat in summer, or in the winter in the cold, and are going to make sure that they're taken care of if they decide to set down in my restaurant and order a burger and some fries.
But more often than not i get shitty, lazy service from ungrateful college fags who are clearly pretending to work than actually working
Though this days i rarely eat out, since its an incredible waste of money and your "Tenderloin steak" is actually something else yet still costs the same
If i don't want to get ripped off i have to buy and make everything myself, by hand
Which always come better because i know my seasonings and olive oils
ALWAYS REMEMBER TO TIP 50% I LIKE SPENDING MY MONEY ON ONLYTHOTS AND PERFUME MADE OUT OF COW SHIT
SAAR PLZ GIVE ME 5 STAR ON UBER EATS ITS MY LIVELYHOOD ASIDE FROM HARASSING WHITE WOMEN AND MONITOR LIZARDS