I worked bussing tables when I was 16. We actually got some of their tip money, but the actual waiters and waitresses made damn good money. They'd make more in tips on one weekend night than I made in a week.
One thing I figured out after a little while, on Saturday night they always wanted to go out and party after work. At the end of the night each one of them was expected to "deep clean" their tables. We're talking things like wiping off the seats and every little nook and cranny, refilling condiments, etc. Ten minutes per table of work, tops. I started getting them to pay me $10 per table to do it for them. I was making an extra $100-$200 every Saturday for an extra couple hours of work and they didn't care because they were still leaving with $400 bucks to go blow at the club.
Personally, I'd like to totally get rid of tips. It just seems so much easier when I've been in tip-free countries to not have to screw with it.
I worked bussing tables when I was 16. We actually got some of their tip money, but the actual waiters and waitresses made damn good money. They'd make more in tips on one weekend night than I made in a week.
One thing I figured out after a little while, on Saturday night they always wanted to go out and party after work. At the end of the night each one of them was expected to "deep clean" their tables. We're talking things like wiping off the seats and every little nook and cranny, refilling condiments, etc. Ten minutes per table of work, tops. I started getting them to pay me $10 per table to do it for them. I was making an extra $100-$200 every Saturday for an extra couple hours of work and they didn't care because they were still leaving with $400 bucks to go blow at the club.
Personally, I'd like to totally get rid of tips. It just seems so much easier when I've been in tip-free countries to not have to screw with it.