Sunday, December 7, 2008
♥ Here we go...
Well here it is, blog post numero uno.. The first post always seems to be the most awkward, kind of like meeting someone for the first time and being stuck in a room alone with them forced to strike up some sort of conversation, except with this it's a little more one sided obviously, so just nod along and agree with everything I say, or don't.. either way.
I suppose I could start off by introducing myself, My name is Naomi and we'll just pretend I don't have a last name for all of you stalker types (sorry, maybe you should find a new hobby?) I was born nineteen years ago and I live in Someplaceville, USA... I am engaged to the most wonderful man I've ever met and his name is Jimmy(thank you for the wonderful birthday) who also doesn't have a last name, we have a Dalmatian named Perdi, she actually does have a last name...Wake up! I am not that boring... it gets better hold on.
I am a waitress at a local family resturant who charges way too much for their food but people show up regardless so I guess it works, in fact I think that is what I am going to blog about tonight, I will educate you on tipping.
Here is a little known fact: You are actually bound by law to tip your server at least 10% of what your entire bill costs, if you don't LEGALLY he or she could take action against you, so basically if your bill is $30 you need to tip a minimum of $3 to your server, and you have no idea how many people don't do that, for instance today I waited on a table of four, they were very rude to me, and asked me to basically do everything for them except hand feed them, after plastering a smile on my face and taking all of their crap like a sport, and doing my best to meet their every need they left me $1 when their bill was over $40... this happens far too often.
Not only is this a problem because I have bills to pay, but because at the end of the day each server gets her report of how much she sold for the company, and we have to claim 10% of that as tips which gets taxed, sometimes because of people like mentioned above we won't make 10% therefore we're paying taxes on money we didn't make.. Nice huh?
The moral of the story? Don't be a stingy tipper.
Anyway that was my tipping rant, I've been wanting to publicly bitch about that for a while so I feel much better now. *phew*
Well I think I am about typed out for tonight, it is about 3:30am right now, I'm a night owl but I do need to get some rest so I'm off to do that right now. Goodnight folks.
I suppose I could start off by introducing myself, My name is Naomi and we'll just pretend I don't have a last name for all of you stalker types (sorry, maybe you should find a new hobby?) I was born nineteen years ago and I live in Someplaceville, USA... I am engaged to the most wonderful man I've ever met and his name is Jimmy(thank you for the wonderful birthday) who also doesn't have a last name, we have a Dalmatian named Perdi, she actually does have a last name...Wake up! I am not that boring... it gets better hold on.
I am a waitress at a local family resturant who charges way too much for their food but people show up regardless so I guess it works, in fact I think that is what I am going to blog about tonight, I will educate you on tipping.
Here is a little known fact: You are actually bound by law to tip your server at least 10% of what your entire bill costs, if you don't LEGALLY he or she could take action against you, so basically if your bill is $30 you need to tip a minimum of $3 to your server, and you have no idea how many people don't do that, for instance today I waited on a table of four, they were very rude to me, and asked me to basically do everything for them except hand feed them, after plastering a smile on my face and taking all of their crap like a sport, and doing my best to meet their every need they left me $1 when their bill was over $40... this happens far too often.
Not only is this a problem because I have bills to pay, but because at the end of the day each server gets her report of how much she sold for the company, and we have to claim 10% of that as tips which gets taxed, sometimes because of people like mentioned above we won't make 10% therefore we're paying taxes on money we didn't make.. Nice huh?
The moral of the story? Don't be a stingy tipper.
Anyway that was my tipping rant, I've been wanting to publicly bitch about that for a while so I feel much better now. *phew*
Well I think I am about typed out for tonight, it is about 3:30am right now, I'm a night owl but I do need to get some rest so I'm off to do that right now. Goodnight folks.
2:56 AM
