On 15 Feb 2004 18:09:08 GMT, (Bruce J. Richman)
wrote:

Art wrote:


"Sander deWaal" wrote in message
. ..
Lionel said:

dave weil wrote:
I am grown man who makes a living as a waiter.
Please God, let me die.

Are you singing blues now ?

This post was a forgery.


hopefully by someone who will have a plate of spaghetti
dropped in his lap the next time he dines out.




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Or have a pot of hot coffee miss the target and land on him instead. (I
actually saw this happen during my brief stint as a teenage summertime
waiter/musician at a resort dining room).

There are other more subtle ways of getting revenge that sometimes
fall in ones lap; (so to speak). I waited on a couple on Thursday who
seemed nice. They were up here as Oriental rug vendors out of Kentucky
at the Antiques and Garden show. I asked them for two of their cards,
because I wanted to patronize them in case I might want to buy a rug
and I prefer to patronize my patrons whenever possible. I got the
second card because one of our other servers dabbles in the same
business *and* has a lot of contacts.

Their check was $135 and they left me $12 (of course, they just LOVED
everything!) I went back to the other server, showed him the check and
he took the card that I had given him and tore it up. I kept the card
for future reference.

That's really stupid - give a server your business card and then screw
them with a tip. They basically cost themselves a possible sale *and*
a *bunch* of possible sales, all over not leaving at least $8 more.

This happened one other time with a guy who actually owned a winery in
California. After extolling the virtues of his wine and hoping that we
might add his wines later when they became available in this market,
he left me 13% on a $200+ bill. Needless to say, if his wines ever get
sold by my restaurant, I'll *never* suggest them to my guests,
especially considering the number of quality wines that I *can*
suggest. I have to wonder if he has *that* little business sense
whether or not his winery will ever be successful. Since I sell over
$50,000 in wines a year, it's not very bright on his part, because if
I like a wine, I can sell a lot of it (in appropriate situations of
course - I would never suggest a wine just to suggest it - it has to
fit with the budget and the meal).