Oh God.

Does anyone have a have a spatula to scrap my dead ass off the floor?

What a slow day, I think maybe I had five tables my whole shift. In any case I think I only made about..20% of my sales anyway, so guess what that means kids?

Yep I made no money. Let me explain....

I don't know how it is in other states, but in my state we only get payed 2.15 hourly, servers that is. We also do something at the end of the night called a check out, to make sure that the money we have is correct, and figure out what we owe the store for working.

Let's say Waitress A has 350 dollars in her bank.

Her sales between credit cards and cash are 225

so the money left is 75 bucks. Take 25 from that which is the cash she brings so she can make change for the guests, which leaves her with 50 bucks.

Out of that 50 bucks, 45 of that was on credit cards, which are automatically claimed on her check by the computer.

that leaves 5 bucks unclaimed, which legally she must claim as her cash tips.

add in what she made in 8 hours @ 2.15 ...17.20 which of course is eaten by sales tax on food and drink and state and fed taxes.

that leaves her with 50 bucks subtracting sales taxes

about 8 bucks...ish I'm bad at the % part so give me a brake.

Now can you see where our money goes? If you only tip your waitress 5% of the bill that she is also getting taxed on...she actually loses money.

So now for 5 hours work she only gets about 42 bucks, which comes out to 8.40 an hour.

Some job right?

Now maybe you an see why tipping good is actually helping you get better service. Because who wants to take care of someone who is only going to leave 5% and effectively stealing from her?

Not many my dear.

So, Tips= To Insure Proper Service? No..... To insure FAIR wages...



And a Side order of love,

ApronDiva

Why I am doing this

Look, I'm not out to rant and rave, most of the time.

I'm here for two reasons and two reasons only. I find that more then a few people don't understand the why, the how, or the need to treat food service personell like actual human beings.

Well, do you remember that line in Fight Club? "We are the people who park your cars, the people who cook you food, the people who protect you while you sleep, do NOT fuck with us"

Yeah...

I'm not saying IM going to go spitting in people's food or pissing in the chowder, I like my job after all, But there's no stopping the next guy from doing it honey.

People wonder why servers are an embittered and angry lot. If you had to deal with all that shit AND only get payed by your employer $2.00 and change, then get stiffed or given 2.13 on a $40.oo dollar check? You'd be bitter too.

So, why don't I get an education and get a better job? I DO have an education thanks, working on my Master's currently.

I like this job, I like watching people live, the infinet variety of human life intrigues me.

To quote my Gran, someone who was in the biz for a long time "I've seen it all sugar, and people still suprise me."


I'm going to remain under a psudo-name, and try not to share much of my personal life beacuse this is about the job, a day in the life kind of thing.

Just to keep it in mind though, Im a 26 year old waitress in a pizza joint come from a long like of educated and amazeing servers.

But for now time to go sling pizzas.


With a side order of "Thanks and see you agian",

ApronDiva