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Do you say "Thank you" to waiters for expected tasks?

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I guess my questions for you is why enter that job assuming most understand that ahead of time & how much do you feel they deserve to be paid? I'd argue that fast food workers and many workers in factory jobs work harder and either make the same or not a large enough difference for the work they've done and damage to their bodies.
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I don't know. I'm sure plenty of waiters and waitresses would much rather be CEOs or DoctorBs, but sometimes people have to get whatever job they can find to pay the bills. Most people don't grow up aspiring to work in the food service industry, but it's something that many people find that they have to do, since the alternative is often to just be unemployed. Whether someone is skilled enough to find some other line of work or just down on their luck and trying to make ends meat between jobs -- maybe they got laid off, maybe they got fired, whatever -- their choice to take a guaranteed job which offers take home cash every night shouldn't be held against them. Just because they've chosen that line of work doesn't mean anyone should be anything less than courteous to them; they're still people with feelings.

Fast food workers and those in any manufacturing/factory job have quite a few things that your average diner waitress doesn't: benefits, retirement, insurance, and a union. Hell, teenagers bagging groceries at a supermarket have a union, a guaranteed pay scale, career advancement opporunities, a retirement package, guaranteed holidays and vacations, insurance, etc ... etc ...

A waiter or waitress doesn't get squat, and they damn well do work just as hard as someone in one of those other jobs.
 
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I'd just echo what NSB posted. I say please, thank you and you're welcome in all phases of life. I do this not because I'm worried that someone will tamper with my food, or that I might receive a better 'mix' from the bartender. I do not alter my personal conduct based on the actions of others. It is mine, I control it and I resist the notion that it can be easily changed by someone else.

Poor/bad service will receive 10% and a word with the manager. Excellent/outstanding service will receive 20% and a word with the manager.
 
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I always say thank you. Hell, I even thank the person in the drive thru speaker for taking my order at Taco Bell...I also always tip as I go at the bar, and I always buy any of my servers a drink, where I'm a regular, if they get off duty when I'm there...

My reasoning, in order of importance (to me at least :biggrin: :

1) My food is much less likely to have foreign substances in it.

2) Letting them see you smile and give a "thank you" gets me beer faster.

3) When I arrive at the bar, my beer is open and waiting for me before I sit down most of the time, because they know how I treat them. No waiting in lines.

4) If it's a chick, and she is hot, my chances go up drastically.

5) You may actually get some free beer down the road, when one of your servers is off duty and buys you one, for being such a good customer. And sometimes one of the hot ones will sit with you to drink it...


It's just a "thank you". Look at all the upside from saying two little words, besides the fact that just plain being polite makes the world a little more pleasant...
 
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O.k. I have always said please and thank you to anyone that does something for me. It's not something I think about. I was raised with manners.

But as for "tip 'em because they work hard"? Bullshit. Most waiters/ waitresses I've seen don't know the meaning of "HARD WORK". On your feet for eight hours? Boo fucking hoo. Besides, my sister and three of my close friends are servers at fairly busy restaraunts, and NEVER have any of them worked 8 hours straight. Servers normally (at least at the four different restaraunts I am referring) work splits, mornings, nights..etc.

My point is this...I know the meaning of "HARD WORK" and the only people that ever thanked me I could count on one hand. You don't want to make $2.13 an hour? Niether do I, so, I went out and found a job where I bust my ass everyday...and I seriously doubt I'll make 25k in one year. Do I "love" my job? Hell no. But its a living, and I'm gratefull for that. So I don't bitch about it.

Sorry if that sounded mean, but I am tired of coming home after being on my feet for 12 hours STRAIGHT and listening to my friends bitch about how hard thier jobs are. :biggrin:
 
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BUMBUCK said:
O.k. I have always said please and thank you to anyone that does something for me. It's not something I think about. I was raised with manners.

But as for "tip 'em because they work hard"? Bullshit. Most waiters/ waitresses I've seen don't know the meaning of "HARD WORK". On your feet for eight hours? Boo fucking hoo. Besides, my sister and three of my close friends are servers at fairly busy restaraunts, and NEVER have any of them worked 8 hours straight. Servers normally (at least at the four different restaraunts I am referring) work splits, mornings, nights..etc.

My point is this...I know the meaning of "HARD WORK" and the only people that ever thanked me I could count on one hand. You don't want to make $2.13 an hour? Niether do I, so, I went out and found a job where I bust my ass everyday...and I seriously doubt I'll make 25k in one year. Do I "love" my job? Hell no. But its a living, and I'm gratefull for that. So I don't bitch about it.

Sorry if that sounded mean, but I am tired of coming home after being on my feet for 12 hours STRAIGHT and listening to my friends bitch about how hard thier jobs are. :biggrin:
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Thank you, Bumbuck. :)

Better? :p
 
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UNSTUCKBUCK;493653; said:
O.k. I have always said please and thank you to anyone that does something for me. It's not something I think about. I was raised with manners.

But as for "tip 'em because they work hard"? Bullshit. Most waiters/ waitresses I've seen don't know the meaning of "HARD WORK". On your feet for eight hours? Boo fucking hoo. Besides, my sister and three of my close friends are servers at fairly busy restaraunts, and NEVER have any of them worked 8 hours straight. Servers normally (at least at the four different restaraunts I am referring) work splits, mornings, nights..etc.

My point is this...I know the meaning of "HARD WORK" and the only people that ever thanked me I could count on one hand. You don't want to make $2.13 an hour? Niether do I, so, I went out and found a job where I bust my ass everyday...and I seriously doubt I'll make 25k in one year. Do I "love" my job? Hell no. But its a living, and I'm gratefull for that. So I don't bitch about it.

Sorry if that sounded mean, but I am tired of coming home after being on my feet for 12 hours STRAIGHT and listening to my friends bitch about how hard thier jobs are. :biggrin:
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The world will always need ditch diggers :biggrin:
 
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