tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8180270631422837748.post5058951121434328322..comments2023-08-16T09:39:08.120-04:00Comments on femonomics: Decorum: Summer Social Dining GuideCoca Colohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05951066922977616639noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8180270631422837748.post-51398220636376288542010-06-14T05:19:29.178-04:002010-06-14T05:19:29.178-04:00Nice art & Art prediction Jamie!!I'll forw...Nice art & Art prediction Jamie!!I'll forward the same to my friends as well,,Chucky Dollhttp://chuckydoll.org/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8180270631422837748.post-39937406028675830512010-06-06T21:59:32.511-04:002010-06-06T21:59:32.511-04:00Thanks, Jamie! I usually am pretty good about aski...Thanks, Jamie! I usually am pretty good about asking up front for separate checks. And I see your point about it being a little late at the end of all service to go back and rethink through who ate/drank what. Glad I'm not being too much of a pain! I'll spread the word to my friends!Pearls N the Hoodhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02930089627189853742noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8180270631422837748.post-43141908762827478582010-06-06T21:58:40.691-04:002010-06-06T21:58:40.691-04:00This comment has been removed by the author.Pearls N the Hoodhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02930089627189853742noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8180270631422837748.post-23399616192049420582010-06-06T16:14:28.135-04:002010-06-06T16:14:28.135-04:00Hey Jamie,
That is really helpful, so thanks so mu...Hey Jamie,<br />That is really helpful, so thanks so much for chiming in. One question for you: Which is more annoying, us asking for separate checks at the beginning, or us giving you 5 different credit cards with our names and amounts written on the back of the bill? I ask because so few of my friends (mostly me!) carry cash these days, that we often do the latter. Does this make you want to spit in our food (not that you would!)?<br /><br />I am definitely not a big fan of "let's all split it evenly", which is super unfair if you're a non-drinker or vegetarian. One solution that I've found works and ensures enough money left on the table is to tell everyone to calculate the amount of their food and add 25% to the total, which covers 8% tax and a decent tip, and is easy to calculate. So if your food was $10, pony up $12.50, bro.<br /><br />I know it must be super frustrating for servers to serve a large group and end up with a substandard tip because people forgot to put in for tax, etc. Part of the reason behind those "18% for parties of 6 or more" policies, I'd imagine.Coca Colohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05951066922977616639noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8180270631422837748.post-24618393540157410732010-06-06T14:46:35.197-04:002010-06-06T14:46:35.197-04:00Hey there
I'm a server, and thought I might ...Hey there <br /><br />I'm a server, and thought I might chime in:<br /><br />so here's the thing with seperate checks. It is sort of a pain, but if you ask for them before ordering anything, any server worth her salt will be happy to do it. Along with table numbers, we use seat numbers, so if the checks are going to be seperate, I have you down in my computer and my brain as being, say, 15.4 : the person at table fifteen who, if it is a four-top, is kitty-cornered from where I'm standing to take your order. <br /><br />So keeping bills seperate from the get-go is not a big deal. But it's quite a different story when, after everything is eaten, drinks are drunk, and desert is had, someone asks for seperate checks. I have about six to ten tables at this point, and I absolutely don't remember who had the martini and who had the rum and coke.Jamienoreply@blogger.com