06-11-2024, 02:41 PM
(06-11-2024, 12:31 PM)HarleyDog Wrote: Wow, you really went all out to blame everything on everyone else here. Granted, some of your points have merit, but you have to consider the way it is. Food servers are paid lower wages because they receive tips. Is that fair? Well, depends how you look at it. If you guarantee a waiter/waitress good money, then what is their inventive to provide good service? However, if their tips are the main source of income, then they are forced to provide good service and if they can't they don't belong in someone else business.
As for the abuse, where is this happening? It's only abuse if you are led to believe conditions are different before accepting a job. However, to accept a job knowing beforehand what it entails, how can they cry abuse after they went to them for a job? I will agree that hours are crappy, but then again, most part time hours are crappy. I don't see where you get managers and owners working hard to cheat them out of pay either. Not saying it doesn't happen, but yikes. That's not the norm and usually places like that don't stay in business long once the word gets out. Lastly, I will agree customer attitude has taken a downturn lately. Maybe it's time we get rid of the saying, "The customer is always right." Because more times than not, it leads into soapboxing. There are better ways of handling service issues than throwing stuff in the restaurant and punching the server.
The vast majority of service employees are not tipped employees. Try being a hotel housekeeping having to clean 20-25 double rooms in 8 hours. Try being a grocery store clerk. Try being a line cook.
These are hard back breaking low wage jobs where you are on your feet constantly. We exect perfection from their performances but somehow we dont want to pay them for it
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