We did not buy the party tray to receive any special favors.............we
just wanted to say "thanks" for a job well done.

Oh, I know..I know. But that "thanks" doesn't go unnoticed, and
sounds to me like they want to give the best service they can.

Thats still a great jesture of appreciation.






Eisboch wrote:


Nice gesture, for sure, but are you aware that in most decent restaurants it
is common practice for the waiters and/or waitresses to contibute a
percentage of their tips at the end of the day to a tip fund for the busboy?
I know, 'cuz I wuz one. (Les Shaw's in New Haven in the '60s)


Eisboch

I'm very well aware of the fund, 'cause I "wuz one" also. But the bus
kid is the one who has to clean up the slop, making sure the tables and
chair's/booth's/stools are sterile clean, at the same time risking
poking his/her hand with a used knife or fork with lord knows what kind
of DNA is on it etc..... And yes, the waiter/ess's are supposed to
kick in a fund, that's true. And don't get me wrong, I tip the
waiter/ess pretty good too.

But it's always cool to see the look in the bus-kid's eyes when a
patron goes out of the way to give him/her a generous tip . Just
something out of the ordinary seems to make the kids day a bit
brighter.

Here's a site I was combing for rememebring my college days of being a
short order cook (Sambo's) in one place, and busser in another
(Tresslers)...

http://www.bitterwaitress.com/

Here's some thought about tipping the busser...

http://www.bitterwaitress.com/war_st...s.html?id=1957