Restaurant bans tipping. Guess what happened?

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kysirsoze you speak the truth!

Originally Posted by kysirsoze

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Also, most good tipping regulars tipped well regardless because they loved being treated like friends when they came in. We would know their name and/or favorite drink/dish. That kind of thing.

very true. ((It's funny to have my boss tell me "hey your ladies just came in"))

Originally Posted by kysirsoze

The only thing that really drove up profit for the servers was volume and alcohol sales. And cleavage. Don't forget cleavage. Even that, however, only really seemed to make a difference with certain groups or, especially, those eating/drinking in the bar area. A lot of attractive girls in the regular dining room didn't seem to much better than myself. (An average-ish looking white dude)

Hope this helps.

also true. but i'm old, fat and don't show any cleavage.
i bust ass and turn tables. I just make sure none of my tables feel like i'm hurrying them.