I didnt mean to take pesonal what you said just hit close to home there me being from East TN yanno, but not everyone here is like that. Jealousy is everywhere and its unfortunate.
I agree and I get dirty looks when ever I go out to dinner I am customed to tip my waiters Waitresses. I was told by many that leavin a $20 dollar tip is too much and not to do that. But when I talk to the people bringin me my food that they get $2.00 an hour and the rest the company expects the waiters to make up in tip is ridiculous. In calif waiters and waitresses get paid $9.25 an hour then they also get tip on top of that.
Thoughts on the New Minimum Wage « Wannabe TV Chef - BlogFor those who do not know, the federal minimum wage recently went up to $6.55/hr and will increase to $7.25 this time next year. Great, that’s fine. However, the server minimum wage remains the same $2.13/hour that it has been since 1991. First, there is no moral justification for paying servers less than any other profession. The whole, “they make their money from tips” thing just doesn’t wash. Not unless the government is going to pass a law that says if you don’t tip 20% regardless of service then you spend a night in the poky. And a law like that is just as crazy as a law that says CEO’s, salesmen, and retail manager’s can receive bonuses that are separate from their salary, but servers have to chose one or the other. Servers should make the same minimum as any other proffession and then tipping can go back to being what is was supposed to be, a bonus for a job well done. As the law stands now not tipping is against the law, however the government punishes the victim rather than the offender. You see server’s still have to pay taxes on tips even if they don’t get one. And in today’s economy they are not getting any. The restaurant server is an endangered species in America.
You are being very broad in stating that California food servers make $9.25 an hour. That may be true is San Francisco but my wife, who has served tables for nearly 40 years make $8.00 an hour today which is the minimum wage for the State.
U.S. Department of Labor - Employment Standards Administration (ESA) - Wage and Hour Division (WHD) - Minimum Wage Laws in the States - January 1, 2008
A tip should be 15% for good service, 20 % for great.
BTW minimum wage for a server is about $2.15 with the rest made up in tips.
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10 Reasons Why Restaurant Servers Should Receive Better Tips! - Associated Content
This is Exactly what I am sayin. It is not Fair for them. I have not worked as a server in 15 yrs but still it is not fair to them.
Except that in CA making 8 dollars is like making 2 dollars in other parts of the country. Using Knoxville for example the rate of pay is on average 23% less than San Francisco and the cost of living is 52 percent less in TN
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Woooo you quote GENESIS 1:26 but yet you have a really bad mouth. Hmmm; must be nice to be a bible thumper when someone cusses you out, but when you cuss it is ok right? 2 face people are everywhere, your in east Tenn no wonder your 2 faced. Alot of people in east Tenn are 2 faced.
Firstly, congratulations on the job. Then:
I'm not going to quote your VERY offensive post and language, However, NOTHING shows up a hypocritical "christian" more than quoting from the Bible, and then calling a person the words you used. IF you are going to continue in that way, please REMOVE the Bible quote from your signature! You just give anti-christians more reason to put down people attempting to be real christians.
Read the forum a little, realise he was joking, and NOT using a personal attack with the word he used. It might have been a bad choice of a word, but is used in a way that's familiar, and doesn't mean the obvious definition in the context of his sentence.
Not much of a joker is he? More or less a joke!Geez, lighten up. The guy was only joking.
props to the fresh fish...
By the fist month youl get it down.. Ask to go out with the top guys in the office and keep your mouth shut.. dont let your cable exp stand in your way dont be the gofer.
All your customers are babies so pamper them and walk them through every thing once your on your own and make sure to get the HR persons phone number for your local as customers will try to tipp you for your great service just thank them but say you wuld be glad to give them your HR's number insted of the 5-25 they are tryign to give you ..50-100 keep it ;-P
Went from 13hr to 24 in four months doing this .... by month six i was out of DNS and now subbing selling and installing for dish direct wild globe idirect all traning payed by my new office and pay has dubbled over dish.
They are wanting to train us where we get to apply what we have learned in the classroom out in the field. This is a new office and I can already tell things are kinda going kinda not as planned...It has been about a month long process just getting paperwork, test, etc done. I start class next week and will let you know what's going on. I'm happy to get my foot in the door at a new office!congratulations on the new job. dont listen to some of these guys, there are downfalls at every job, but what you have to ask is do the perks outweigh the downfalls?
where else can you say you can get a monthly bonus just for doing your job correctly? a 10% increase in pay each time you level up? (which you can easily do twice in the first year)
i've had techs tell me this month that with all of their bonus', overtime pay, etc that they made close to $60k in 2008.....if you're willing to work and do the job correctly dish is willing to shell out some money to keep you here
i am curious though as to how the training at that depot runs....do you do class training 2 days/ride with a tech 2 days, or is it 2 weeks of class, 6 weeks of shadowing a tech?
Dude...trust me I will not be unemployed no matter what the customer says. I know how to act professional and when to defend myself. I bet your a small aren't you...a little guy we have here. Admit it...your small and belong in a can Man I know I can out work you. I KNOW IT! Granted I'm just a corn fed overgrown redneck, but I started running a sawmill at the age of twelve...I was 6ft 6inches then. I now have people running that sawmill for me, and I make bank... and my wife is a Dr. Come to think about it why am I working anyway? I just get bored fishing and hunting all the time...and enjoy telecommunications and meeting new folk. I'll quit wasting my time now...have a good one buddyI can see it already. Some customer is gonna walk up to him and ask "working hard I see..." He'll be unemployed shortly thereafter.