(06-10-2015 02:00 PM)firmbizzle Wrote:  She should be fired!

She was.

Smart move on her part, go on social media and insult the very people that keep you employed.

Back to the line for you!

I don't mind her saying it. Her company did, which is another story.

I'm all about some free speech. I'm not even getting my undies in a bunch over what she said. A lesson that those on the left should pay attention to.

I agree. She probably sucked at her menial job, but at least she was working. More than I can say about a large number of parasites across this country.

Now we get to pay for more of her existence.

Isn't political correctness fun.

(06-10-2015 02:14 PM)blunderbuss Wrote:  

(06-10-2015 11:46 AM)shiftyeagle Wrote:  Being a server, especially serving tables is quite the experience. You find out a lot about society by being a server.

Yeah, in general, black people don't tip worth a damn.

Memphis used to host the annual COGIC convention. Every waiter, waitress, and server in town would ask off for that week.

(06-10-2015 04:23 PM)ODUsmitty Wrote:  but at least she was working. More than I can say about a large number of parasites across this country.

Nailed it. Insane that she lost her job. PC insanity.

My philosophy on tipping is it goes to the level of service. Great service, great tip. Poor service, poor tip.


One time at one of our regular places we ended up with the server from hell. He was too bust worrying about hitting on some girls seated in another section than working his table. At one point he even pulled up a chair to sit with them. When he did get around to bringing our drinks they were warm, and when we got our food it was cold. The only refills we got were when we flagged down a passing waitress who had served us on previous trips who from then on checked on us as she passed by. When we finished he came over to deliver the check and asked if everything was good. I told him that the service was sub-par compared to previous trips and that as a regular customer I hoped it was a case of it being just an example of a poor employee rather than the norm. He blew up talking about how busy it was that night (it wasn't) and how understaffed they were (they weren't) and that nobody is perfect. When I paid the check I paid the exact amount on the ticket with my card. As we walked out I stopped at the greeter and asked her to get the on duty manager. When the manager came up I handed him a cash tip and said "Make sure that this goes to Emily (the waitress who did serve us) and the bus staff. They don't deserve to get cheated because Cliff thought it was more important to work on his love life rather than do the job he was getting paid to do". That was the last time I saw Cliff in that restaurant.

Fast forward a few years to right after 9/11 when everybody and their brother wanted to be a fireman and guess who was sitting across the interview table. Guess who didn't advance to the next stage of the hiring process.

What a nasty wench.

I hope she's fired.

(06-10-2015 04:54 PM)Kaplony Wrote:  My philosophy on tipping is it goes to the level of service. Great service, great tip. Poor service, poor tip.


One time at one of our regular places we ended up with the server from hell. He was too bust worrying about hitting on some girls seated in another section than working his table. At one point he even pulled up a chair to sit with them. When he did get around to bringing our drinks they were warm, and when we got our food it was cold. The only refills we got were when we flagged down a passing waitress who had served us on previous trips who from then on checked on us as she passed by. When we finished he came over to deliver the check and asked if everything was good. I told him that the service was sub-par compared to previous trips and that as a regular customer I hoped it was a case of it being just an example of a poor employee rather than the norm. He blew up talking about how busy it was that night (it wasn't) and how understaffed they were (they weren't) and that nobody is perfect. When I paid the check I paid the exact amount on the ticket with my card. As we walked out I stopped at the greeter and asked her to get the on duty manager. When the manager came up I handed him a cash tip and said "Make sure that this goes to Emily (the waitress who did serve us) and the bus staff. They don't deserve to get cheated because Cliff thought it was more important to work on his love life rather than do the job he was getting paid to do". That was the last time I saw Cliff in that restaurant.

Fast forward a few years to right after 9/11 when everybody and their brother wanted to be a fireman and guess who was sitting across the interview table. Guess who didn't advance to the next stage of the hiring process.

Haha. That's excellent

(06-10-2015 06:01 PM)UConn-SMU Wrote:  What a nasty wench.

I hope she's fired.

Do we really want to measure employment based upon some Orwellian 1984 "thought police" model??

I have come to the conclusion that this world is full of idiots, bigots, gullible, "victimized", entitled, racist, and generally ignorant folks. While in comparison that makes me more employable and better-suited to deal with the modern economy, it also means that, from time to time, that many (if not all) of us will be offended at the beliefs of others. Big ******* deal.

If an employee chooses to express their views and it bothers me too much, I don't do business there anymore. If it affects the employer, he has the prerogative to deal with the issue himself, balancing his own beliefs against the employees and what is best for the business. If too many potential customers have a bad experience, then the business will suffer and ultimately fail. Again, big ******* deal.

The contrived "outrage" with someone bitching about a certain ethnic group or other defining characteristic is a product of a heterogeneous society. Don't like it, let your wallet do the talking. Otherwise, we all need to grow thicker skin and realize that not everyone thinks or acts alike. However, unless significantly detirimental to a business, such thoughts and proclamations are meaningless, and need not be the subject of the mainstream mob mentality that we all have to accept the mainstream mindset on the the issues of the day.

Sick and tired about the left's offense at people's beliefs, and for the right to promote similar public lynchings of leftist thought is just as juvenile, and just as dangerous. Grow the **** up, understand that you will not like everyone and not everyone will like you. And to remove a working adult from the working class for their words (without the business case to support it ) is basically de facto thought police behavior.

I'd much rather just move my business elsewhere and not pay for the social services for the displaced employee that may have offended me. It's like people bitching about a factory or mill that employs 1000's of people in town because some don't like the smell, reaching a critical mass of stupidilty until the business shuts down, and then the majority of the town is unemployed with no prospects of similarly supportive employment. Just plain stupid and short-sighted, and ultimately does offend me in a very personal way, as I now have to help support these people's existence. Are we really that stupid on both sides of the fence?

(06-10-2015 01:12 PM)EagleRockCafe Wrote:  I raised my children to always leave a nice tip. If service was bad, still leave a tip, but not as generous. When one of my children got a job in college waiting tables, I got a text thanking me for teaching my kids to always tip and how it is obvious not all parents teach that trait. I have always heard that anyone that was a former service person who depended on tips for their income are some of the best tippers.

I waited tables in HS and in college and I busted tables and also my ass on a nightly basis to make cash. I did pretty well because I made sure the customer was happy. A tip is a reward for good service. I tip 25% or more for good service. I leave zip if it is bad. I make a point to let the person at the register when I pay know why I declined to leave a tip. If it is a place where you pay at the table?...I find a manager on my way out and let them know. Im not going to incentivize people for bad service...regardless of how much they need the money.

(06-10-2015 01:57 PM)mptnstr@44 Wrote:  that sometimes when the order is wrong or slow it isn't the servers fault.

The thing is, MOST of the time it's the server's fault, here's why:

Ask yourself these questions as a server:

1. WHEN do you put in my order? Do you wait or do you go put it in immediately after taking it? If you are double sat or triple sat, you can still go put in each order into the computer after taking each table’s order. By not doing that can result in a much longer wait and that would be YOUR FAULT.

2. FORGETTING to put in an order. My husband and I have experienced this for REAL that servers ADMITTED to our faces they have FORGOTTEN TO PUT ORDERS IN. All of them were appetizers, bar drinks, and a cup of soup.

3. Did you put in the order CORRECTLY into the computer? Have had many times servers ADMITTED to our faces they did not do that correctly. Have had wrong entrées before due to our server putting in the order wrong. Have had wrong bar drinks too due to the server putting in the order wrong.

4. Did you FORGET ANYTHING I ORDERED such as a SIDE DISH? We have had this happen a number of times as well.

5. Did you DROP anything I ordered? Luckily, we have not had this happen, but I have seen a server once drop some fries from a plate before and I did have a waiter spill some margarita martini when pouring into a martini glass. In other words, it is possible, not likely, but very possible.

6. Did you remember to GET my food? We have had a server do that before. Also, we have had a number of servers forget bar drinks.

7. Did you bring out my food obviously correctly if you bring my food out? Do you realize how many times OUR OWN SERVER brings out DUH mistakes like the side dish is wrong, the entrée is wrong, something obvious is not correct bacon that isn’t covered up isn’t extra, extra crispy when you can clearly notice that it isn’t without touching anything, etc.? Every DUH mistake you bring out is YOUR FAULT I am waiting for what I did order by you wasting my time bringing me the wrong item or wrongly prepared item or forgot something. While we all make mistakes, I would have to say a good 90% of the time, servers NEVER COMPARE THE WRITTEN ORDERS TO THE FOOD, because they are TOO LAZY and DON’T CARE!!

8. Servers DO wait to put in entrée orders when appetizers, side salads, or cups of soup are ordered. THAT *IS* THE GOD’S TRUTH! Sometimes it’s TOO LONG THEY WAIT! If it’s another server, it still doesn’t make it the kitchen staff’s fault I have the wrong side dish for example since that is something that’s obvious. It’s either my server that didn’t put in my order correctly or this other server that didn’t compare the ticket to the food or that this other server did compare the ticket to the food, but just missed it(HIGHLY UNLIKELY, but possible).

9. WHEN do you come to GET MY ORDER? That part is covered in #2 below.

10. WHEN do you DECIDE to LET ME ORDER? That part is covered in #4 below.

11. WHEN do you decide to DELIVER MY FOOD? That part is covered in #1 below.

12. Do you, because they are out of something, decide to assume everyone wants the closest thing so you do the ordering for me? That part is covered in #3 below.

1. Once, we had a Red Lobster waitress had our 2 entrées on the tray as well as 2 side salads that were for a couple that wasn’t even there when we ordered. Anyway, instead of bypassing their table to hand us ours first since WE DID ORDER FIRST(common sense would tell you that it takes more time to cook food than it does to fix a side salad anyways even if it wasn’t our server that delivered our food, but it was our waitress that delivered our food), she decided to hand them theirs first off the tray. THAT IS SOMETHING THAT IS IN THE SERVER’S CONTROL TO HAND OUT THINGS OFF THE SAME TRAY IN THE ORDER IN WHICH IT WAS ORDERED IN!!

2. Once, we had a waitress that greeted us which we ordered an appetizer as well as our drinks when greeted. I saw she tucking in chairs at empty tables and pretty much doing everything but coming back to get our entrée order. Well, I found out what happened. She brought out our appetizer and when I asked she said that she wanted to wait to put in our entrée orders. The thing is, that delayed us more by not at least coming to GET our orders. That way, when the appetizer was ready, we wouldn’t have gotten delayed eating our appetizer since we then had to give our entrée orders when we could have given our entrée orders WELL BEFORE THAT and we would have gotten our entrées faster due to that she could have just left to put our entrée orders into the computer after delivering our appetizer instead of taking time to order when our appetizer was sitting in front of us. The point is, SHE delayed our entrées as well as to be able to start eating our appetizer because she could have at least TAKEN our entrée orders and then when our appetizer would have been brought out, could have immediately gone to the computer to put our entrée orders in. What she did was make us wait while our hot appetizer was sitting in front of us, we couldn’t touch it, because we had to order our entrées and could have done that wayyy before that. She also delayed our entrées because we had to spend extra time AFTER our appetizer arrived to give her our entrée orders when we could have done that wayyyy before that.

3. Once, we had a waitress that assumed that because they were out of raspberry topping for a cheesecake slice when we had ordered dessert that she’d bring us strawberry. Turns out, she knew when she put in the order that the computer had it the manager told us. So she did it on PURPOSE to be so lazy and uncaring as to not come to ask if we wanted the next closest thing. We didn’t, we sent it back, so she had MORE WORK. Also, she didn’t even think about what if someone is allergic to strawberries. I just honestly can’t believe someone would do that. If they are out of something, common sense would be to come to see if the next closest thing is ok. Not everyone wants the next closest thing. So it wasn’t like it was just getting the order wrong by accident or by not verifying the written order with what she was bringing or putting in the order wrong by accident, this was on PURPOSE to be LAZY and to ASSUME. I didn’t know at first that she did that. I thought at first she just was that stupid(or truly just messed up(highly doubt it)) to bring us strawberries on top of a cheesecake when we ordered raspberries.

4. Your server delays coming to get your order or delays you ordering due to personal conversation. We have had that before as well. Once, we had a waiter that we didn’t know after waiting 15 mins. for a table on Mardi Gras day ask us BEFORE we ORDERED ANYTHING “How’s y’all’s Mardi Gras” “Go to any parades.” See, I don’t mind chit chat with a stranger, but be considerate to do it AFTER we have our orders into the computer so you don’t take up our time.

We have also had servers not come to get our order due to playing around. Sometimes taking a long time or a longer time has A LOT to do with the server: My husband and I have had 3 TIMES where servers FORGOT to put food orders into the computer. We also have 8 times servers forget to get bar drinks from the bar. Once a waitress forgot to put in a bar drink into the computer. Two of the 3 times it was an appetizer and the servers ADMITTED doing so. The third time was a cup of bisque which is normally served before a meal just like a side salad is. My husband and I also have had delays due to that the servers delayed putting orders into the computer when they COULD have such as deciding to buss a table first or decide instead of a mini-greet(I’ll be right with you all), one waiter I saw decided to take a party of 6 people’s drink/appetizer orders instead of putting in our food orders into the computer. I can understand if they call you over, but if they don’t, you should be putting that order into the computer not delaying our food. The longer you wait to put in orders, the LONGER WE WAIT!! So truly think about that MOST of the time when you wait a LONG TIME for your food or bar drinks even, it could be the server’s fault. 9 times out of 10, your server had *SOMETHING* to do with the delay in most cases! That’s the GOD’S TRUTH!

90% of the time it's the SERVER'S FAULT for things wrong with the food:

1. They can put in the order wrong into the computer or if it's a written ticket they submit, they could have written something down wrong or hard to read.

2. They could have forgotten to put in the order in the first place.

3. Servers can also misunderstand what the customer is saying such as 2 times when I ordered 2 sides of bbq sauce and the stupid idiot servers thought I didn’t want bbq sauce on my ribs when I NEVER ONCE SAID I didn’t and I didn’t say “ON THE SIDE”, I SAID SIDES, which means extra. One of those times I said extra even.

4. Most mistakes with food are visible:

A. Condiments of any kind regardless of who brings out the food can be brought out by the server ahead of time.

B. If someone orders extra crispy bacon with their pancakes, then the bacon looks limp, not stiff, and you can even see some white fat on it, guess what? MY SERVER COULD HAVE SEEN THAT TOO AND TOLD THE COOKS IT WASN'T CORRECT, TO RECOOK IT INSTEAD OF BRINGING IT TO ME WRONG IN THE FIRST PLACE!

C. Any wrong side dishes or entrees are the fault of the server if they bring out the food even if they put in the order right. You can tell the difference between a baked potato and mac n' cheese, yet, a waiter at Logan's Roadhouse was so stupid as to bring me mac n' cheese when I ordered a baked potato. I noticed it within 5 seconds of the food hitting my table. Like DUH a baked potato looks completely different from mac n' cheese.

D. Any MISSING side dishes, appetizers, condiments, or entrees ARE the server's fault if they bring out the food as well. Have had that happen a few times or so. Our servers aren't blind, so they can tell if something is missing or not.

E. I have seen a red steak delivered to someone before at Outback which means let's say the customer ordered their steak well done, that the server could have noticed the color difference as in someone's example “Steak cooked rare instead of well done ? It’s not your server’s fault, they didn’t cook it, it’s the kitchen’s fault.”

F. If something LOOKS burnt such as a piece of bread with the food and the person didn't order it burnt, my server is at fault for serving me that.

G. If my server forgets an item that an entree or appetizer comes with, that's their fault if they brought me my food without the item such as a side dish or ranch.

H. I have ordered at Outback my fries "lightly cooked" "Not overdone and yellow not brown." I have had their fries before cooked the way I like them before many of times before this time I am talking about. This stupid waitress decided to blame the kitchen staff for REALLY DARK BROWN FRIES as if she was blind or something and my husband even told me he could see that they were really dark. My husband may not agree with me on every subject of course, but with that, you could EASILY tell just by LOOKING that those fries were overdone and very dark. She said she put in the order correctly. I am thinking, SO? I wish I could have said "Are you blind?" That was HER FAULT she DECIDED TO SERVE ME THOSE FRIES THAT WEREN'T CORRECT. I noticed the mistake within 3 seconds of my food being placed in front of me.



You can tell in this picture above the bacon is very crispy just by simply LOOKING at it.



You can tell in this picture above the bacon is NOT CRISPY, just by simple LOOKING at the bacon.

While the server didn't "COOK" the bacon, it's obvious to the *SERVER'S* EYES that one batch of bacon is crispy and the other isn't to decide to BRING the food to the customer wrong or not. It's my server's fault if they decide to bring me the bacon that's like in picture 2 if I ordered it crispy that she or he didn't tell the cooks it was wrong and get them to cook the bacon more instead of SERVING it wrong. WHY bring it out only for the food to be sent back?



You can clearly see the fries are overdone in the picture above if the customer ordered them "NOT OVERDONE, lightly cooked."



In this picture above, you can see the fries don't appear overdone and the bacon is NOT CRISPY. If a customer asked for their bacon to be crispy, I would REFUSE to serve it and I would have enough CARING and COMMON SENSE to get that fixed **BEFORE** I brought it to the customer only to have the customer send it back or leave me a bad tip for not caring about their food.

My server's job isn't just to bring out what the kitchen staff gives them, it's also getting the order OBVIOUSLY correct to the table as much as possible in order to get that good tip. As someone said on a blog or forum “They just want to be tipped well and will do pretty much anything reasonable to get your money”, which that IS VERY REASONABLE to think OUR SERVERS ACTUALLY CARE ABOUT THEIR TIP TO GET THINGS RIGHT TO HAVE A BETTER TIP!!

Get what I am saying here? MOST of the mistakes happen due to either your server if they bring out the food or another server that doesn't compare the ticket to the food(assuming the order was put in correctly by the original server of course).

You also can notice if someone has wing sauce "On the side" vs. "On the wings" themselves. This isn't rocket science.

Most of the things that are wrong with the food can be caught by the server if they bring out the food, even if they didn't cook it. If it's another server, they can catch obvious errors on the ticket and menu(such as menu states the item comes with bbq sauce and the ticket doesn't say "no bbq sauce") if the ticket was correctly put in by the original server that took the order. Condiments(in bottles or on the side in containers) can always be offered to be brought out ahead of time REGARDLESS of WHO brings out the food to the table.

So most of the time when the food has something wrong with it, chances are, your server or another server could have caught the mistake before it got to you in most instances. I NEVER said ALL, but in most cases, it can be caught BEFORE bringing out the food(unless another server brings out the food with the ticket wrong), because then the original server that took the order is at fault for putting the order in incorrectly into the computer.

There are few rare cases where the food being wrong is the kitchen staff's fault such as raw food(such as raw chicken), slightly undercooked or overcooked food that you'd have to CUT into to know if it was under or overcooked, or anything the server cannot see with their eyes unless they were to TOUCH the food. Things such as a pickle under a bun the server can't notice unless they lift the bun, so unless they put the order in wrong, they wouldn't be at fault, but in general most food mistakes can be caught BEFORE bringing the food to the table.

What I am saying is, MOST mistakes ARE PREVENTABLE by the SERVER if they bring your order to you that they can NOTICE things wrong by comparing those written orders to the plates of food.

Once a waiter at Chili's said "The kitchen forgot" when I had ordered 2 sides of mayo and 1 side of mustard. The thing is, my waiter brought out the food, so NO, HE HE HE HE HE FORGOT, the kitchen staff didn't step out the kitchen to bring me my food and forget obvious missing containers from my plate that aren't covered up by anything. MY WAITER DID THOUGH!!

You walk in one room in your house with a plate of food, but forget the ranch. Even if your mom or significant other plated your food, which you even told her you wanted a side of ranch for your fries, but you bring it to another room. HOW IS THAT THEIR FAULT? It's YOUR FAULT YOU LEFT THE ROOM WITHOUT THE RANCH AND DIDN'T NOTICE IT SINCE IT'S SOMETHING OBVIOUS YOU DON'T HAVE TO *TOUCH* TO NOTICE THE MISTAKE!!

Even if he didn't bring out the food, that waiter could have prevented that type of thing from being forgotten since it needs no cooking to bring it out ahead of time. It is always the person bringing out the food that is at fault for any type of mistake that you don't have to TOUCH the food to notice the mistake, unless of course, the order was put in wrong by the original server that took the order with another server bringing out the food. Of course unless, the kitchen goofs up, making it correctly even if the ticket is wrong, but that's highly unlikely scenario.

I cannot believe you honestly think that the server is not at fault for most food mistakes. WE LIVED THROUGH THE "DUH" MISTAKES, SO WE CAN SEE WITH OUR EYES WHO WAS AT FAULT!!

We had a waiter once admitted he grabbed the wrong entrée from the kitchen. It was just my husband and I. This waiter not only admitted he didn't compare the WRITTEN ORDER with the entrées he was bringing out, but also we saw he had other entrées for another table that he didn't ONCE get his pad of paper out to see WHICH ENTRÉE WENT WITH WHICH TABLE!! So 2 times he could have caught his mistake, but didn't *****TRY HIS BEST AS HE SHOULD HAVE, because that's HIS JOB**!!

He admitted that he grabbed the wrong entrée from the kitchen. He brought my husband fried shrimp w/fries when he ordered crawfish au gratin w/baked potato. Those items look NOTHING A LIKE, but yet THAT WAITER WAS TOO LAZY AND UNCARING TO VERIFY *WHAT* HE WAS BRINGING US!! We still left him 17% BTW, just to let you know since he profusely apologized TWICE and FIXED THE SITUATION IMMEDIATELY just about. We honestly shouldn’t have though, because that really didn't make him LEARN anything. If I had to do it all over again, I would have tipped 13%. It's because since that happened(a number of years ago, maybe like 4), me and my husband have had some terrible experiences. We have had good ones too of course, but the servers need to LEARN that they can't just hand you ANYTHING like McDonald's cashiers do. They are there to EARN a tip, NOT to just hand you anything.

It's very rare that it's not the server's fault. Things like if I order no pickles if you took my order and brought out my food, which there are some pickles under a bun that you'd have to lift it to see it, unless you admitted putting in the order wrong, I will assume it's the kitchen staff that is at fault and probably is.

Things like raw chicken tenders aren't the fault of the server.

A slightly over or undercooked steak if the order was put in correctly is not the server's fault.

Also, some people assume things as well, that end up being wrong.

If another server brings out a wrong side dish or if they are missing items other than condiments, no it's not the server's fault if they put in the order correctly, but it still counts against the tip. It's part of the service.

Why also is it when you say "no pickles" or "ONLY lettuce and onions", they still have a pickle on the plate? WHY you servers can't understand that if the customer states they don't want pickles, that means on the plate, because otherwise, they'd specifically state they would have wanted it "ON THE SIDE." Think about it. WHY do I keep having servers bring me some pickles on the plate when I ordered no pickles? NO SERVERS ARE BLIND OR ILLITERATE that they cannot determine any of the obvious errors that don't have to be touched to notice the mistakes or mistake.

I can't say you aren't right about it being "SOMETIMES", but it's VERY RARE it is HONESTLY. The thing is, the way you are writing, it sounds like you believe it's hardly ever the server's fault, but it's usually IS the server's fault. This is my point of this post.

That is the most detailed response to any topic I have seen on this forum ever.

I am going to guess that the man owns an eatery, one where ****** food gets people taken out back and shot. Or, is OCD as ****.

(06-11-2015 08:39 PM)HeartOfDixie Wrote:  That is the most detailed response to any topic I have seen on this forum ever.

I am going to guess that the man owns an eatery, one where ****** food gets people taken out back and shot. Or, is OCD as ****.

That is one EPIC post for sure.

(06-11-2015 10:25 PM)EagleRockCafe Wrote:  

(06-11-2015 08:39 PM)HeartOfDixie Wrote:  That is the most detailed response to any topic I have seen on this forum ever.

I am going to guess that the man owns an eatery, one where ****** food gets people taken out back and shot. Or, is OCD as ****.

That is one EPIC post for sure.

I had to give the man some points for that one.

That was a PhD dissertation on waiting tables.

(06-11-2015 08:39 PM)HeartOfDixie Wrote:  That is the most detailed response to any topic I have seen on this forum ever.

It felt like I was back in high school literature class. It wasn't quite as long as War and Peace but damn, it was thorough.

Springs1, I raised a bottle to this post and toasted you. I can't rep you per site rules, but in my heart it's there for you.

(06-10-2015 12:16 PM)SuperFlyBCat Wrote:  

(06-10-2015 12:13 PM)EagleRockCafe Wrote:  Brookfield Zoo fires employee over racial comment in online post

This is craziness at work....PC is going to ruin this country. Discipline her at worst by having to miss a week of work, but fire her for that comment. Please..

Quote:Brookfield Zoo officials said Tuesday they have fired an employee who was pictured in a social media post with a racially insulting comment about zoo customers.

"We do not tolerate this behavior," zoo spokeswoman Sondra Katzen said.

The posting showed what appeared to be a selfie of the worker in a Brookfield Zoo cap and shirt at a concession stand. The employee indicated she was at Brookfield Zoo.

A message with the photo read: "Wassup y'all? At work serving these rude ass white people"

Tuesday morning, the zoo issued this statement: "Yesterday, we became aware of the actions of a single employee which we agree are unacceptable. This employee's statements in social media are in violation of our policies and do not reflect our institution's values. We have zero tolerance for these kinds of divisive behaviors. We treat all employment matters confidentially, but rest assured that we have taken prompt action to remedy the situation.

"We hope you continue to hold Brookfield Zoo in high regard and not let the actions of one individual overshadow the longstanding good work of the Chicago Zoological Society."

http://www.chicagotribune.com/suburbs/ct...story.html

I would have given her the option to apologize via social media. I hate zero tolerance policies.

Nope. She had to go. Nobody gives a damn about how you feel.

(06-10-2015 12:30 PM)NCeagle Wrote:  

(06-10-2015 12:04 PM)shiftyeagle Wrote:  My experience:

Middle-Upper Class/Upper Class White folks: Good tippers, but only if you kiss their feet. Children are usually little shitheads.

Black folks: Generally not very good tippers, but I also got my highest tip ever from a black family ($50). Dude said to me "I bet you think I'm not gonna tip you for shiit" and slipped me a $50 before the check even came. But generally, they didn't tip well regardless of (perceived) financial status. JBH.

Working-class Hispanics: generally above-average tippers and don't bother you with nitpicky bullshiit.

Rednecks or White Trash with Money: Tip well, but only if drunk. Otherwise they're terrible and complain about any imperfections with their meals.

Gay men: Excellent tippers, well-mannered, and pleasant. Race and financial status didn't matter. I wish all the tables I served were comprised of gay men.

Lesbos: Rude. Bad tippers. Angry.

Foreigners: Not very good tippers and they always act like they don't speak English. I'm not buying that they aren't good tippers because in other parts of the world tips are usually factored into the check.

Asians: Excellent tippers, well-mannered children.

White trash: Not worth the effort because I knew I wasn't getting shiit as soon as they sat down in my section.

Folks getting out of Church: This is the primetime money-making of serving tables unless you're working a major holiday and receive sympathy tips.

Straight women with no men: For whatever reason, they don't tip worth a damn unless they're drunk and flirty.

Teenagers: The absolute worst. No manners and they're paying with parents' cash and pocket what is left over after the meal.

Old folks: Easy tables, but low tippers.

very accurate.

On the black people not tipping me thing, I always made sure to give everyone the same service because you never know. I filled up a gentleman's glass of tea at another table a couple times because his server was ignoring him. He gave me a 50 on the way out.
That was pretty cool. lol

And yeah, I always knew i was getting a solid tip when it was a table of gay guys. lol

He was trying to compensate for those other horrible black tippers. Strangely, they do tip heavily at the strip club.