Just plain carbonated water is not the same stuff you use for drinks
Unless the carbonated water you get in america is smurfing terrible, which would explain why you all hate it.
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Just plain carbonated water is not the same stuff you use for drinks
Unless the carbonated water you get in america is smurfing terrible, which would explain why you all hate it.
Are sparkling water and mineral water the same thing? Because they taste the same to me (ie terrible)
Mineral water "should" meet some criterias for amounts of actual minerals, while non-mineral water could just as well be from the same source as your tap water.
And different amounts minerals means different taste. Maybe you're just not refined enough to notice!1
Yeah the irony of America, waiters and bar staff there literally live on their tips however it's not against the law for the owner of the restaurant or bar to say: "Ok tips go in the till" or "Tips go in this jar and we all take equal share including me" or "tips go in the jar, I will divide them as I see fit" sucks really. I truly think there ought to be something similar to the UK where after a campaign by a certain tabloid (it was the sun ok) caused a change in the law whereby it became illegal for many of the same practices to be done in the UK. It used to be that you could have your wages topped up to min wage by your tips, now your tips go on top of the min wage. This still leaves several undesirable troutty tips systems in place such as the "tips go in the jar and we all get equal share" or "tips go in the jar and I will divide them as I see fit" having worked as a waiter before I was lucky to work in a company where your tips are your own. So long as your takings for the day are correct and present at the end of the shift (if you're down, you gotta pay the difference, if you're up then you can keep the extra but if others are down by the same amount it will be asked back from you considering it's clearly just you ended up booking a table off on their sign on accidentally, tips are always kept separate to your takings to ensure it's not a mistake) you keep anything tip wise you've made, the boss won't even ask you how you did because that is your business. This means tips are non-taxed earnings and a good waiter can make in the region of £50 - £100 in them over the course of a weekend (2 shifts, sat night and sun night) that can allow someone to live for a week tax free whilst not dipping in to their wages at all. I am grateful to say I was a very good waiter and so literally could live on my tips for around 6 months whilst saving the paycheck from both of my jobs at the time.Quote:
Originally Posted by Pike
Wait do they seriously make a lower minimum wage? For once in my life I'm glad I'm stuck in retail hell.Quote:
Originally Posted by I'm my own MILF
If anything, if the restaurant was always as busy as a saturday and sunday night and I worked the same number of hours I work now in retail? I would be earning on average £300 more per week than I do now based on earning 50 - 100 in tips every 2 days. I would also be fatter than fat because working as a waiter made me gain 2 stone in weight over the course of 6 months.
If you squeeze a tonne of lime juice in it on a hot day it can be godly. I'll agree that it's not much fun to drink on its own though.
Seriously, wtf is wrong with normal smurfing water?
People can't drink more than just water anymore? :/
This was a few years back, but when I was a waiter I think my hourly wage was 3 maybe 4 bucks.Quote:
Originally Posted by PikeWait do they seriously make a lower minimum wage? For once in my life I'm glad I'm stuck in retail hell.Quote:
Originally Posted by I'm my own MILF
I made the mistake in Ireland of thinking their tip system worked the same way as here in America. I didn't know gratuity was automatically calculated into meals, so I was over tipping. It was the third week before we realized why so many of our waiters/waitresses were so nice to us as we were leaving. I did the math on our reciepts and I was tipping an average of 50-60% on bills. :p They deserved it anyway. Don't smurf with people that handle your food, treat 'em right!
It doesn't feel as amazing, that's what.Quote:
Originally Posted by NorthernChaosGod
Shared tips is stupid. It doesn't promote good service. I'm undecided whether minimum wage laws should even exist, but I'm certain of my position on shared tips.Quote:
Originally Posted by IceglowYeah the irony of America, waiters and bar staff there literally live on their tips however it's not against the law for the owner of the restaurant or bar to say: "Ok tips go in the till" or "Tips go in this jar and we all take equal share including me" or "tips go in the jar, I will divide them as I see fit" sucks really. I truly think there ought to be something similar to the UK where after a campaign by a certain tabloid (it was the sun ok) caused a change in the law whereby it became illegal for many of the same practices to be done in the UK. It used to be that you could have your wages topped up to min wage by your tips, now your tips go on top of the min wage. This still leaves several undesirable titty tips systems in place such as the "tips go in the jar and we all get equal share" or "tips go in the jar and I will divide them as I see fit" having worked as a waiter before I was lucky to work in a company where your tips are your own. So long as your takings for the day are correct and present at the end of the shift (if you're down, you gotta pay the difference, if you're up then you can keep the extra but if others are down by the same amount it will be asked back from you considering it's clearly just you ended up booking a table off on their sign on accidentally, tips are always kept separate to your takings to ensure it's not a mistake) you keep anything tip wise you've made, the boss won't even ask you how you did because that is your business. This means tips are non-taxed earnings and a good waiter can make in the region of £50 - £100 in them over the course of a weekend (2 shifts, sat night and sun night) that can allow someone to live for a week tax free whilst not dipping in to their wages at all. I am grateful to say I was a very good waiter and so literally could live on my tips for around 6 months whilst saving the paycheck from both of my jobs at the time.Quote:
Originally Posted by PikeWait do they seriously make a lower minimum wage? For once in my life I'm glad I'm stuck in retail hell.Quote:
Originally Posted by I'm my own MILF
If anything, if the restaurant was always as busy as a saturday and sunday night and I worked the same number of hours I work now in retail? I would be earning on average £300 more per week than I do now based on earning 50 - 100 in tips every 2 days. I would also be fatter than fat because working as a waiter made me gain 2 stone in weight over the course of 6 months.
If I find out a place has shared tips I wouldn't know whether to flat % tip (the ideal thing to do) or to find a way to tip the person in a way that is allowed yet promotes good service.
As far as I know, in some places they can deduct your pay so that your deducted pay + tips = minimum wage even. I hear it's better to split the tips evenly because there's less backstabbing that way, but I've never been a waitress before, so I wouldn't know.
Also, I think sparkling water is also used to serve diluted alcoholic beverages.
...why would you dilute alcoholic beverages?
Because you are at a business dinner with an employee's grandparents and you don't want to be singing "hit the road jack" in their living room (which he did anyway after I went all the way to CVS to get the sparkling water!).
Well ok, I can accept that as a somewhat valid excuse.
To me, this not-so-sparkling sparkling water has the aftertaste of beer.
Just throwin that out there...