dizzyturtle
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His brother passed away and one of his wishes was to go out for pizza and give a great tip the waiter/waitress.
People saw the video and wanted to donate so they kept going.
Working in the restaurant industry is not easy. I did it for 10 years.
Source: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EuzJWZX5FDg&t=3s
Don't forget it's not the waiters fault if the food comes out late or if they are behind on drinks when they have multiple tables. It's a stressful job at times and I kind of wish everyone had to at least try it out for a week to see what it is like.
iSpamm
I almost cried a little <3
stavro05
Why would people down vote? Was one of his brothers last wish. Wtf people.
Gaiashining
Being a waitress was my favourite job ever. I’d do it now if I could live on the earnings.
mrfloris
Meanwhile the cook..
YesYouJustLostTheGameAgain
As much as I love and respect servers (I'm a kitchen manager), most are impossible to train, and don't care about the business they work at.
YesYouJustLostTheGameAgain
The servers who do care and listen well, are amazing, and I have but the upmost respect for you:)
ReturnOfActionCheese
Hey Youtubg, don't forget to like and sub
dizzyturtle
It has been 4 years since this happened.
Boomboomyeahshaketheroom
I think it is just a joke, all YouTube videos seem to start or end with this phrase.
ToastForSale
In HS, my junior year, I got a fast food job to help my parents get their bills paid. I got a $100 tip one night and was sent home crying.
Ahumblebubble
All but one of there are guys giving girls giant tips. If it was a mix I'd think this is people being genuine.
redbikemaster
I've never worked as a waiter, but as a truck driver, sometimes they're the only human I talk to for several days. I always tip well.
heromemewholikestofertwhatsayou
We have saying where i come from, respect the person providing you food.
heromemewholikestofertwhatsayou
Because yelling at them about your steak or whatever may result in
ruikki
M’waiter
BuddhaTJ
That gal in the red shirt really tug onto my heartstrings. Damn onions.
ringwood
Hey so like maybe advocate for a living wage for workers instead of turning them against the consumer
herrau
Still don’t understand a system that doesn’t guarantee a salary you can live on. This would be sweeter if the system wasn’t so stupid.
DjRiff
Some states don't garnish wages because of tips. Those were the states I don't normally tip unless I get amazing service.
kspice
It's an opportunity for attractive white women with big boobs to get bigger tips than everybody else.
LadyBith
technically it is supposed to by garunteeing min wage if your tips aren't enough. But, this assumes min wage is sufficient... it isn't.
eightcents
It makes no sense! How did it get to be this way?
M3rce
During Great Depression, owners couldn’t pay waiters, thus tipping became a thing. Now if you don’t make at least minimum wage through tips,
M3rce
management has to raise your pay to match minimum wage, for that check.
siccoyote
The great depression
eightcents
I HAD NO IDEA!
perhapsthisusernameisnottakenyet
Crying because you get a 500$ tip and realising you can finally pay your monthly bills or whatnot is unreal in itself... I get the
gypsyspot
Pretty sure most of that 500 is going towards booze and weed. That's where i would put it anyways.
perhapsthisusernameisnottakenyet
Happiness, but it clearly doesn't make sense to me. A system where people aren't paid enough to at least live decently is deeply flawed
mesoziocera
To be fair, it all depends on the restaurant. I have friends that just work Thurs to Sun and make more in a weekend than I do in a month.
benjaminslara2127001
I'm working at the front desk in a big hotel. I hear it everyday. The customer always think it's the fault of the Service... they are wrong
shoulkion
Now I want pizza. Fuck you
molphen
Was this the guy that did it in each state? Because this happened to a server at a place I worked a few years back
dizzyturtle
Yes I believe he did end up doing it in every state.
dieselweezel
My wife an i do this every Christmas. We go out to dinner for our anniversary 2 weeks before Christmas leave a small note and tip 200%.
dieselweezel
We try to pick an out of the way type of place not a chain and try to leave before our server sees the tip.
bohjeenie
It may not be your fault, but the reaction is how I base my tip. If the server doesn't care that the service has been sub par, then nor do I
metalprep2k3
why no sound
TrapsAreIllegal
Why are they all women?
BurtMaklinFBI
As an American, I hate tipping culture - but as long as it’s the norm (and I can afford it), I try to always tip exorbitantly
justGeorge
Same here.
Macandcheeseandsuffering
I'm a waitress, had a customer give me $200 on a $20 tab. MFW shaking and holding back tears. P.S. if you leave a nice little note 1/
Macandcheeseandsuffering
alongside a proper tip servers love that shit! Keywords there are PROPER tip, $5 on $100 and "you were great!" Is a slap in the balls.
Bakseed
"servers love that shit!" and the patron cares why?
Macandcheeseandsuffering
Because it's nice to make other people feel nice?
YouSuckBigTime
this is dumb
bwfrieds
Don't they have to share it with the kitchen staff?
SirDaemos
Depends on the employer and the state. On a federal level tip pooling is legal as long as the employer does not take a cut. 1/
SirDaemos
But on a state level it depends. Minnesota for example does not allow tip pooling to be enforced by an employer. 2/
SirDaemos
Employees can decide for themselves to do it, but the employer has no right to do so. This just bit Surly Brewing in the ass recently.
rtkutless92
I don't hold a few small mistakes against a waiter, but when they don't even show their face for 20 minutes and I have to ask for my 1/2
rtkutless92
Drinks a second time from another waiter then you're not gonna get a great tip from me 2/2
MyOwnWorstFriend
The only time I don't get upset about it is if it's super busy and you can see that they have another table(s) that's being difficult.
rtkutless92
Oh no the one time in particular I'm recalling I had a waitress who we couldn't even track down in the whole restaurant.
MyOwnWorstFriend
My FIL had an experience like that. Another waiter took care of them. He got a really good tip while the one that disappeared got fired.
Actionmidget
What if we had national service but not for the military in the service industry? You think it’d help people be more polite to each other?
siccoyote
Thank you for your service
GreenYawgmoth
I've been saying we need mandatory service in retail for years.
sinnfinn86
not one male waiter. i’m just saying
Iwouldbenick
Because they already make more.
CreateYourOwnNormality
https://www.youtube.com/user/SethCollins/videos Plenty male waiters. I'm just saying.
Delabouilliederizquisourit
there's a lot of guy waiter in my country, maybe more than women
BurntOnMustafar
I'll take statement with no meaning for 1000, alex.
ranivotz
But he was just saying! /s
AGuyWithAMusicDegree
I know what you mean but even still, I'm pretty sure the last 6 times I've gone to a restaurant I've had a female waiter.
BakaWakka
Because guys often get stuck in the back washing dishes.
bdesign7
If you go to high end places it’s mostly men
BoopShoot
That's a fair point but then again I don't really see many men doing it.
CheekyBreeki
Saying what? Elaborate on your point a bit here, buddy
alpacasaurusrex
“They probably don’t tip men” idk. I’m making a guess. I’m probably wrong.
CheekyBreeki
Yeah I know I was guessing that too...but also like 3 other things that his sentence could be interpreted as.
ColoniaCroisant
They aren't as fun for dudes in fedora's to hug
daydark1337
what is the plural of fedora?
Alrightyouwin
Fedori
palmo
That's a plaid trilby. And he's wearing it at the table like the neckbeard he is inside.
kittykat
There's also no waiters of color. You saying that's intentional?
BakaWakka
People of color are not evenly distributed in the world like the two sexes...
thisisagoldfish
I was a male waiter and I was terrible at it. Made good tips tho.
Lostchild12
I was a male waiter. Good at it. Clients mainly elderly. Females got much larger tips. Leather jacket wearers do not leave tips.
softballacenic
If you go to the website aaroncollins.org there are male waiters that receive it.
extraDimensionalAnxiety
it?
roguejuan
Anal?
TacoPuncher
Just the tip
ImJustAGigolo
As a waiter, sometimes it's our fault. :)
VigorousButtstuff
As a customer, I watch. I tip well even if the food is late as long as I know the waiter is doing good. If I see them on their phone, no.
Tortfeas0r
But we’ll tell you it was the kitchen’s fault (since they get paid no matter what)
RhymingEverything
Gonna get DV'ed to hell for this, but I used to be a server and wasn't very good at it and would sometimes forget to put in items or not(1)
RhymingEverything
do it correctly and I would always blame the kitchen. (2)
Spacebandit
whiskeyvillage
Give OP a tip just for being fucking honest.
kugel1978
I can't give them a tip, but I can give them an up vote
LizardSphereX
As an Expo, I HATE listening to servers piss and moan about how they didn't get tipped well from a table when they've already accumulated 1/
LizardSphereX
twice what I'm going to make in one shift. The annoyance isn't the fact the they are making more than I am, it's that I know annually I 2/
LizardSphereX
make less while busting ass to make sure their food is right, and making sure their tables don't go without anything.
JHawke
Ye but fuck it, I have yet to meet the first person who never makes any mistakes. The only thing that matters is how mistakes get corrected.
Inarticulated
Your username doesn't check out with your claims
mentalproblemz
If you write down my order, and still get it completely wrong, including drinks that's gonna be a deduction in tip, sorry...
reallyguysseriously
Also if you don’t write it down and completely mess it up. One of my biggest pet peeves at restaurants. It takes 2 seconds
Squiddlydouche
As a cook, I assume SOME responsibility.
zigbigidorlu
As a manager, I assume absolutely no responsibility.
Dramacian
As a food, sometimes i arrive at work a bit late.
ChronikDiabetes
As a chef, literally always someone else's fault
WehWehWeh
Everyone makes mistakes, it's unreasonable to expect everyone to be perfect at all times.
randomitguy
I've worked in the service industry before and will always treat waiter/waitress with respect and dignity no matter who's fault it is.
alpacasaurusrex
The only time I haven’t is when it was dead and it took her 20m to bring me drinks, another 20 to take my order. And when the food got there
alpacasaurusrex
it was stone cold. And we had to flag down other waiters for drinks. I left a tip, but I left a note suggesting waitressing wasn’t her bag &
alpacasaurusrex
she should try something else out. And it’s not like she was busy. I saw her propping up a wall texting and talking to the other wait staff
alpacasaurusrex
when I went to the bathroom.
ElRoboDiablo
When I was a cook I had to set some boundaries with servers bringing forgotten tickets to be rushed, otherwise they did it all the time.
Chols
Accountability. I am impressed.
ElRoboDiablo
E.g. I'd cook it next but I wouldn't make another order late to do it.
shadetee
How much is there to actually rushing an order? Other than moving it to the top of the queue, food still takes the same time to cook, no?
ElRoboDiablo
For example, you can pull a steak that was on its way to well done for one order and give it to the late order.
Fatbird
At our place, this wasn't even our choice. If we forgot something, management wants that shit to hit their table *now*. I know I fucked up/1
Fatbird
but it wasn't even my call whether or not to rush it. Sometimes the table would even say they don't mind waiting(old friends), didn't matter
TallDude
Yep. In the end it is all about the customer. They want their meal in a timely manner, up to staff to fix. Sucks though for the chef.
LooseyGooseyBrett
As a customer, I hate the concept of tipping in the US. It's stupid. The restaurant should pay their employees wage, not rely on tips.
endersjeesh
As a customer I love tipping. It's a way to show my gratitude for good service.
Yojoo
As a server, I couldn't agree more. Not that that means folks shouldn't tip, but the system should really evolve into modern times.
Blastergv9
I think it usually works. There are always some bad tippers, but in my experience the better servers made more at the end of the month
JustSomeHoneybadger
In Norway tips is included in the waiter's wages, but that doesn't mean you can't tip for a great service.
VigorousButtstuff
Legally, they're supposed to. If your tips do not total out to the federal minimum, your employer is required to make up the difference.
VigorousButtstuff
Most servers don't know this, however, so businesses get away with lying. Contact your local labor office for more details.
M3rce
That’s how it was before the Great Depression.
PiGiSpi
Yep. but you say that and then all the people in the industry start shaming you for it, ensuring it continues to perpetuate
alpacasaurusrex
I got payed $2.30 and barely made enough in tips for gas. Most times I made about $1-$3 per table. It sucked.
eric42724
Have you ever been to Europe where in a lot of places they don't tip? I agree higher wages but keep tipping.
eric42724
otherwise you'll have service like they do in Madrid.
sweetsimplicity313
Clearly you have NO IDEA how a restaurant works.
PangolinBan
I live in Belgium. We have some of the highest taxes around. Tips are included in the price of your meal and staff get a real salary 1/2
PangolinBan
2/2 nonetheless. It's a very difficult business to make work, for sure, but doing so doesn't require paying stupidly low wages.
mecrookedfrenchy
yeah like in france we don't have good restaurants with waiter's wages and tips included. and usually same prices as yours.
M3rce
Clearly you have no idea how restaurants use to work before the Great Depression. Owners couldn’t afford to pay the waiters.
thenaftermidnight
They make more from tips!! Personally been in the industry for over a decade & $12 hour easily goes to $40 hour with tips ... 1/2
thenaftermidnight
2/2 $200 tax free a shift + wage (+/- $100) .. there's a reason it's hard to get out of the industry
JHawke
I can promise you, here in the rest of the world we also tip our waiters, and they get normal pay.
LooseyGooseyBrett
It shouldn't be tax free.
LizardSphereX
It's only tax free if they don't report all their tips (most usually don't). It only works with cash tips though
alpacasaurusrex
I never made that much and I was good. I think people STILL don’t know about it. My ex’s dad had NO idea you tip your hairdressser. And even
alpacasaurusrex
though I’d cut his and his wife’s hair for them at their homes, they tipped me. He was shocked & said he felt horrible he has never tipped.
slowtreme
Paying better wages and tipping your servers are not mutually exclusive. They shouldn't rely on them, tips should be gratuities for service.
DietCokeIsTheBest
But only for serving staff, and maybe hairdressers? Not the numerous other people that provide a service?
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PangolinBan
I think the issue is that by and large other such professions have an acceptable regular salary in the US. Doesn't mean you shouldn't 1/2
PangolinBan
2/2 tip them (those salaries aren't great either), but it's more of a courtesy than a financial necessity.
bicuriositykilledthiscat
I tip anyone who I’m allowed to. There are service people who can’t take anything. But I take care of the people who take care of me.