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Originally Posted by MelBridgeman
I somewhat disagree - I don`t think you can compare those two jobs ( i have done both) - most dishwashers are some 16 year old kid still living with mommy and daddy and the odd hipster who has no social skills. A dishwasher may `work` but the stress level of a server can be much greater at times - considering they are slaving for your extra pennies to pay off their student loans.
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Having done all of the restaurant jobs, dish pig, cook, waiter, bus boy and bartender. The list of jobs in terms of easiest to worst goes bartender, waiter, cook, bus boy, dish pig. The level of pay is opposite. Although in fancier restaurants cooks will be reasonably paid but really in most reastaurants beyond the head cook the rest are paid like crap relative to the front of the house (note this is based on 10 yars ago)
The other thing to add is that if you arent tipping because of bad service you have an obligtion to talk to the manager to discuss the problem. They will appreciate it. If the service wasnt bad enough to talk to management then at least tip 6% to cover tip out. But even then if you are less than your base line tip you should tell someoe why. Also if you tip more than normal for good service you should tell the manager as well because giving positive feedback is nice in a very negative feedback based industry.
A tip, unless you are a regular customer, is not a method of feedback.