Ugh!

Gonna do some ranting here...so bear with me :P

So I have two part time jobs. One of them is a hostess of a family owned Chinese restaurant. The restaurant I work for also does delivery and take-out as well as dine-in.

Now what a regular hostess does in a standard restaurant is sit the customers, give menus and take a drink order maybe. I do that too, along with taking orders over the phone and packing the orders for take-out/delivery.

Now business for the restaurant has been up and down, sometimes we're empty and get no calls for take-out and such...then somedays every table is full and the phones are ringing off hook.

I have noticed recently, there have been a lot more people coming in to pick up their food orders rather then having it delivered to them. Now I believe that may have something to do with the economy problems we in America have been having. So in the customers mentality, I think that they're thinking that since they come in and get their food....they don't have to tip, so they can save money.

Now to me....that is complete BULLSHIT! If you really need to save money...use a goddamned stove!! I constantly take the orders and pack the food for someone who has like ordered about $60 worth of food and can't seem to spare a dollar or two for the hostess. I literally heard a couple of guys debating, IN FRONT OF ME, whether or not to tip me. WTF?! One dude was like "its just take out". Yea..who the eff do you think packs your order?! The food boxes just sprout legs and walks itself into the bags? And this wasn't a small order....it was like they were feeding a small army or something.

So standing in a sweltering kitchen, burning yourself trying to get the sweet and sour sauce, yelling at the cooks because they forgot a dish, all while trying to play Tetris with the food boxes so it will all be well fitted together...apparently doesn't qualify getting a tip.

All in all, next time any of you get take out...please be courteous and tip the people. Don't be jackasses.

Thank you
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