"Ema Nymton" > wrote in message
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> On 5/19/2013 10:45 AM, sf wrote:
>> On Sat, 18 May 2013 23:15:54 -0700, "Julie Bove"
>> > wrote:
>>
>>> My friend who waits tables and also helps with the
>>> catering has done it all of her life. Why? Because it is what she
>>> likes to
>>> do. But it is a very low paying job for her. And from what she has
>>> told me
>>> that is the going wage there. I can't remember what she said but
>>> something
>>> like just over $2 an hour.
>>
>> Being a hotel banquet waiter can be quite a lucrative career... as is
>> being a banquet bartender. The name of the game is "tips".
>>
>>> That's in TX. I also think TX is hurting in the job community.
>>
>> Texas has no income tax and low business taxes, so they're not hurting
>> for jobs. Manufacturing is moving to the South in general because of
>> less regulation and lower cost of living aka: wages. The rest of us
>> are supposed to ignore that those states have the Walmart mentality
>> and always put their hands out to the Federal government whenever
>> there's a problem.
>
> A week or so ago, there were a couple of people from a waiter/waitress
> association on television, talking about hourly wages. They say most
> waitstaff get $2.30 per hour, with the exception of California, because
> that state requires minimum wage.
>
> Another thing I have noticed, in greasy spoons you see women waiting on
> tables, but in expensive restaurants, it is mostly, or only men. Where I
> live, I see this over and over. She is getting tipped on a $3.99
> breakfast, and he is getting tipped on a $75 steak dinner.

That is common here too. Not sure why. Was watching an old show of Robert
Irvine's last night and the owner lowered his prices. He said he was doing
this to help his staff. Robert pointed out what the tip would be on a meal
for $7.50 and said that wasn't helping his staff. This poor guy had his
cook prepare everything in the morning and then all of it sat on a steam
table all day. The customer's complaints? The food tasted fine at lunch
time. But it wasn't very good at dinner time. Duh! Owner was getting
angry when Robert said they didn't prepared the food from scratch.
Technically they did for most of it. But not all. They used a corn salad
as garnish that they bought. Really? Corn salad is dead easy to make!
Anyway... Once you let something sit on the steam table for 5-7 hours, it
no longer tastes like you made it from scratch.