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In reply to the discussion: $2.13 Minimum Wage - are you fucking kidding me [View all]Glassunion
(10,201 posts)I actually made out better working at Perkins than I did at a higher end place.
At the Perkins, I could turn over a table about once an hour for dinner, at the higher end place, I would only turn each table once, to maybe 2 times in a shift. Also at the higher end place you have fewer tables in your section (at least my experience), so the opportunities for tips were fewer. So at the Perkins, I had 10 tables turning over 4 to 5 times in a shift, but at the higher end place, I had 6 tables only turning over once, maybe twice for dinner service.
My best experience was between the two. A sports bar. I could clear about $500 an evening on Fridays and Saturdays. Mondays were also great during football season.
Also, getting the shaft at a Perkins was not as painful as getting the shaft at a higher end place. Maybe 1 in 10 would stiff you on the tip. This held pretty true for both places.
At the sports bar, tips would flow all night, and I cannot recall but a handful of times that I got stiffed.