burning 2,000 cal a day without working out

peckish_pomegranate

Poor Beijing wait staff. :C

bregalad5

Non-Americans might also find this fascinating (from the NY Times)



ETA: we don't have it as good as people think we do in terms of work situations...

piinchi

My husband is a server in a fine dining steakhouse, and can be on his feet for up to 12 hours a day, not including walking to and from the train (a mile each way). He lost 30 lbs in less than a year, and lets just say there's a reason *I* am on the site and not him... we eat the same food (I even eat much smaller portions) but I work a desk job. He says he has to keep working there or he's going to have to join MFP too! I believe you, trust me!!

Get some Epsom salts and wash your feet every night, you'll feel AMAZING. It just feels so good to soak and massage your feet after a long day, even if you don't take a full shower. Its super rejuvenating.

Thank you, I will definitely take that advice. I'm pretty sore, but it's my feet that are killing me! I put them in a tub or warm water for a little bit and my fiance rubbed them with lotion (what a sweetheart) but they still feel quite sore and swollen.

It's so rough. The feet take the brunt of the work. I should have clarified, the epsom salts are for soaking, massage/scrub your feet with your favorite gel or wash and then soak for a few minutes, you'll feel better. And definitely get your fiance involved, haha, its very nice

ashlinmarie

Horrendous service-10%
Decent service-15%
Good service-20%
Excellent service 25%+

Also, I hate when people blame you for the kitchen messing up their food. If the server is nice (as most are as they are trying to save and hope for a minimum tip) and they go above and beyond to make it up to me, I tip higher.

I gotta admit, if the waitress/waiter is awful (and I mean as in, being a real ***** or a real jerk) I tip them a face-down penny. This has only happened 2 times in my life.
People don't understand there is a difference between slow/poor service and the server being bad. Sometimes they are really busy, and I can understand that. So even when I get service most people would say gets 15, I tip 20. If you're really good, you can usually expect a 50% tip. Decent ones get 20 to 25%.

ETA: One of the times I tipped a penny, was when I went out to an Applebees for a going away party with a few friends. We were one of three tables there. The restaurant was very open, so you could see them walking out of the kitchen, etc. They went by these little service buzzers where it would send them a page if we pressed a button. We pressed it three times the entire meal. The first was when she took our drink orders and never came back. For twenty minutes. We were literally looking right at her, she was just sitting at the bar. When we pressed it, we all watched her roll her eyes. The second was after she set down our drinks and left without taking our order, and my friend found a bug in his drink. She rolled her eyes again. When he asked for a new drink she glared at him and said "There's no bug in there." He literally picked it up and showed it to her and she said, "That's not a bug." ...it doesn't ****ing matter, there should be anything in his drink! So she replaced it after more eye rolling. The third was after we finally got our meals, and we were done eating and drinking (she not once refilled anyone's drinks) and then we waited another 30 minutes before we rang to get the check (mind you, the whole time she is sitting at the bar, flirting with the bartender.) More eye rolling. We decided as a group that she wasn't getting a tip, and as we were leaving I decided if she wanted to a *****, I would too, so I left her a penny in the middle of the table, face down. lol

Wow, it sounds like we had the same Applebees waitress. My husband and I were celebrating our anniversary at Applebees and our waitress didn't even stop at our table for 15 minutes. She only had one table and they were 4 older people and I could tell she thought she'd get the best tip from them so she was hamming it up. She finally took our drink order and after 20 more minutes, we had yet to see our drinks so when the manager came by and asked why we had no drinks I told him our waitress was downright ignoring us. He apologized and said he would be serving our table. He was fantastic. He gave us free dessert and our drinks free so on what would have been a 45$ bill and a 10$ tip, I left 5$ and a note that said it was for the manager and his excellent service as he saved our experience and that our waitress should be more conscientious of her other tables. I'm sure he gave it to her as he makes a lot more money, but I wanted him to know we appreciated the hard work because he could have just lectured her to pay attention to us. It was hilarious when she came to check on us after our food (the first time we'd seen her at our table since we got drinks) and he came by and told her not to worry about it. He wouldn't even let her talk to us.

ashlinmarie

Whoa where do you people live? Waitresses make that little an hour? :sick: That's crazy, here waitresses make 9.80$ + tips an hour.

http://money.cnn.com/2013/02/13/news/economy/minimum-wage-countries/index.html

Japan may not have a minimum wage, but even McDonalds employees make close to 15$ on Okinawa. Also, it is not customary to tip in Japan.

You should always check before you visit a country...I get so mad when foreigners act like they don't know what tipping is...and maybe they don't, but it is polite to RESEARCH it before visiting. Like in France, tips are usually included in the bill and I can't say 100%, but I've heard if you tip more that it goes to the restaurant, not the server. Some cultures find it insulting and others only tip for certain services.

bregalad5

Japan may not have a minimum wage, but even McDonalds employees make close to 15$ on Okinawa. Also, it is not customary to tip in Japan.

Yeah, in a previous post I mentioned it depends on the custom of the country. I always research because I don't want to be rude, but... nevermind, I won't go on a rant here :happy:

ashlinmarie

Japan may not have a minimum wage, but even McDonalds employees make close to 15$ on Okinawa. Also, it is not customary to tip in Japan.

Yeah, in a previous post I mentioned it depends on the custom of the country. I always research because I don't want to be rude, but... nevermind, I won't go on a rant here :happy:

I know how it is! I'm glad I found out though...some of the older people can be really insulted if you tip them...it is seen as a pity thing more than a payment. I feel bad because commissaries work by having baggers who work for tips only and with 90% of them being Japanese.......yeah....I don't get how they make enough because I doubt most of the spouses tip as well as I do after they buy 300-400$ worth of groceries.