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<blockquote data-quote="farmerjan" data-source="post: 1371116" data-attributes="member: 25884"><p>I waitressed for years in the 80's & 90's and mostly in a "pancake type " place days. Made an average of $50-$75.00 for an 8 hour shift because you would have to go in 1/2 hr to 1 hr before opening to get stuff ready, then had rush times and slower times, then close your section to do the cleanup work & prep for next shift. We got approx $2.50 hr which usually paid the taxes etc that were taken out your pay. Today I try to tip 15-20% and maybe more if the service, AND FOOD, is good but don't eat out all that much. Can eat better beef at home out of my own freezer. Mostly eat seafood when I go out. It was good money, but hard work and my knees and ankles are paying the price for all those hours pounding on the hard floors. One thing, used to be that any tip on a cc had to be claimed as income because it could be verified. Cash tips did not have to be claimed per se, but you had to claim a percentage for tax purposes as it is known that there are tips. Knew several wait staff that were audited over the years. So it isn't all tax free money, but I try to leave cash. Also. the wait staff has to "tip" the "busboys" that clean the table out of their tip money, and if there is someone who helps to deliver the meal, etc., they also get a part of the tip. So even if a person has 10 tables and each leaves $1.00 per table and they all turn over every hour, that $10.00 tip money is only actually about $6.00 to $7.00 per hour plus the pay of $3.00, then taxes are taken out.</p><p>It was good money back then, but not all in the waitresses pocket.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="farmerjan, post: 1371116, member: 25884"] I waitressed for years in the 80's & 90's and mostly in a "pancake type " place days. Made an average of $50-$75.00 for an 8 hour shift because you would have to go in 1/2 hr to 1 hr before opening to get stuff ready, then had rush times and slower times, then close your section to do the cleanup work & prep for next shift. We got approx $2.50 hr which usually paid the taxes etc that were taken out your pay. Today I try to tip 15-20% and maybe more if the service, AND FOOD, is good but don't eat out all that much. Can eat better beef at home out of my own freezer. Mostly eat seafood when I go out. It was good money, but hard work and my knees and ankles are paying the price for all those hours pounding on the hard floors. One thing, used to be that any tip on a cc had to be claimed as income because it could be verified. Cash tips did not have to be claimed per se, but you had to claim a percentage for tax purposes as it is known that there are tips. Knew several wait staff that were audited over the years. So it isn't all tax free money, but I try to leave cash. Also. the wait staff has to "tip" the "busboys" that clean the table out of their tip money, and if there is someone who helps to deliver the meal, etc., they also get a part of the tip. So even if a person has 10 tables and each leaves $1.00 per table and they all turn over every hour, that $10.00 tip money is only actually about $6.00 to $7.00 per hour plus the pay of $3.00, then taxes are taken out. It was good money back then, but not all in the waitresses pocket. [/QUOTE]
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