On 5/19/2013 1:31 AM, sf wrote:
> On Sat, 18 May 2013 23:04:10 -0400, Cheryl >
> wrote:
>
>> On 5/18/2013 4:01 AM, Julie Bove wrote:
>>
>>> "Cheryl" > wrote in message
>>> eb.com...
>>
>>>> Exactly. I don't know of anyone who waits tables just to meet minimum wage
>>>> with salary + tips. It is usually much more than that in a decent place.
>>>> I waited tables for a few years back in my younger days when salary was
>>>> only about $2 or less per hour. Tips were the only way to make any money
>>>> at all. Tips could equal even more than $200 per day on good days.
>>>> Weekends even better.
>>>
>>> They do because they can't find another job.
>>>
>>>
>> I don't think that's true. If you find the right place the money can be
>> very good. Plenty of people work their way through college waiting tables.
>
> Plenty of people make it a career. The restaurant takes care of them
> and they're good at their job. I know lots of restaurants where I see
> the same faces year after year, decade after decade.
>

True, and again nothing to do with Julie's statement that they do it
because they can't find another job.


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