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[–] PillowTalk420@lemmy.world 108 points 2 days ago

Man, I don't even feel comfortable grabbing my own plate at a buffet.

[–] SkunkWorkz@lemmy.world 41 points 2 days ago (3 children)

Imagine his partner is in labour for hours. He gets impatient and just grabs a baby from the nursery and brings it to her with that smile. Like I’m hundred percent sure that if he does this regularly he has grabbed plates that were meant for other tables.

[–] A_norny_mousse@feddit.org 12 points 2 days ago

He gets impatient and just grabs a baby from the nursery

You don't want to know how often that really happened!

[–] demunted@lemmy.ml 5 points 2 days ago

Uhh... I did most things in the hospital before my wife gave birth. The nurses were simply too busy so I started helping with the small stuff and then they said ohh thanks when I'd adjust the baby heart monitor and other sensors that randonlu went off. I of course made sure it was ok with them.

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[–] massive_bereavement@fedia.io 27 points 2 days ago (3 children)

Because there's no such a thing as unskilled labor, some people believe that you can wait tables without training, and that people duck as waiters.
Plus they clearly hate the job so it makes me feel as if they are making me a favor. That said, probably the job pays terribly and that's the reason why this happened in the first place.

I want competent waiters with competent salaries.

[–] turtlesareneat@discuss.online 9 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Friend of mine is a waiter who says things like “give me that two dollar minimum wage any day with tips.“ Says he makes more than anybody else in the restaurant except the owner. But again, this is skilled labor as you say, I couldn’t just go in and be the same caliber with no experience, he’s been doing this decades.

[–] FauxReal@sh.itjust.works 9 points 2 days ago

It depends on where you work for those tips. Fine dining and busy bars tend to do good. Though I was a bartender at one somewhat busy bar and tips were shit because the clientele were just that way. Old folks and people who spent all their money gambling on video poker mostly. Was kind of annoying when someone won big and bought the house a round but didn't tip at all or tipped $1.

But I only had that job for one year before I left to work in IT. No tips but way better pay overall.

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