Waaah waah paying a living wage is hard
Some restraunteurs seem to have managed to have a long gripe session printed in the chronicle.
Evidently it is very hard to hire cooks in SF due to a lot of demand for a small pool of workers, and the fact that cooks have the audacity to demand to make more than $12 an hour. Then they complain that the fact that they have to pay waiters minimum wage is taking to much money from their payroll. Simple solution, pay waiters more money, don’t accept tips. Raise your prices to cover the difference and pay out the difference. If you have to raise prices at your restaurant, raise them and pay you workers are real wage. Everyone benefits. Eating at expensive restaurants is supposed to be expensive. If you can’t hire good workers you need to pay more. Simple as that.
November 19th, 2007 09:37
Yeah in Japan (which has the world’s largest middle class) wait staff are insulted when you try to tip them…they are paid well for what they do, and bill you accordingly.
In Hong Kong every bill simply has a 10% “service charge” added to it, which the wait staff then split amongst themselves. You then only round up the change when paying your bill (paying $80 for a meal that cost $78.50 HKD).
In NYC I get dirty looks for tipping 20%!!!
November 21st, 2007 22:04
You don’t know a thing about me
Is there something that you should know?
I can tell you what you want to hear
Let your inhibitions just go
No you don’t know what you will give up
You don’t know what you want
It may take you years to find out
You don’t know what you need
It’s something that may never come to you
Trust is something that comes easy
Whan you’ve never been a victim
Lies and promises and words are said
It’s you’re decision to accept them