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Americans Will Still Tip After Terrible Service, New Data Says

VinePair

Of the respondents, 77 percent say they normally tip waitstaff, with 56 percent claiming their reason for doing so is to reward a good service, 24 percent of tippers doing so because staff isn’t paid as much as they should be, and the remaining 15 feeling social pressure to leave gratuity.

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Ask Joanna: What Do I Do if Service Is Slow but I’m at a Table With a Time Limit?

VinePair

This way you’re not stressing as you’re trying to leave, and the waitstaff knows your intention to go and hopefully won’t rush you along, which indeed is never pleasant. (Nothing is worse than having to wait another 20 minutes for a second cocktail when everyone else in your group is almost done with theirs.) Same goes for the bill.

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The Crypt in Ballarat is bringing a spooky twist to the old 18th Amendment thanks to mother-daughter team

Australian Bartender

There are plenty of amazing human beings on the scene: hard-working owners, managers, bartenders, waitstaff, and kitchenhands. Savannah: The Hospo scene in Ballarat is very tight for the most part. There’s a great amount of recognition between venues of what we do. We actually decided to change our opening hours to include Monday nights.

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Top 25 ways bartenders steal and how to stop them.

Bar Cop

It's not always just your bartenders that you have to worry about either, our bar inventory control software has helped catch waitstaff, kitchen staff, and even dishonest management from robbing some of our customers blind. Waitstaff and bartender work together to skim table tabs. Keep money customer paid for order.

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How restaurant inventory control software works.

Bar Cop

Point of sale software inventory tracking is typically for making orders and calculated based on what your bartenders or waitstaff are ringing into your POS system.