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.

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