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When I take the wife to a nice eat place, I usually single out the
bus-boy and give him a 5 or ten dollar tip. they look at me in shock. I
tell them they have a "thankless" job" and putting myself through
college, I've been there. They usually say something like "Wow, nobody
havse EVER doen anyting like that before. etc.etc." and in many times
they will take up the slack between a waiter/ess being overly busy .

Good generosity doesn't usually go overlooked.

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

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

hmmm, I see the daughter didn't sign out of her gmail account. grrrrrr!


wrote:
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