Occasionally I can actually hit the top of the nail!!!! :-)


"Mark Lipton" > wrote in message
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> Richard Neidich wrote:
>
> > Ok try this on for size.
> >
> > Many people make a ton of money working at low end pancake houses of
15-20%
> > tips. Why...they turn the table 2-3x an hour.
> >
> > Dining in a fine food establishment the server probably gets to turn a
table
> > 2x in 4 hours.
> >
> > Think of you tip that way. Same % but different time at table.
>
> My thought perzackly, Dick. And this also speaks to why our system of
> tipping would never work in France, f'rinstance: there, most restaurants
> that I've dined at have a *single* seating per night at a table. So, a
> server's tips would come from a single party -- pretty rough business.
>
> Mark Lipton