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<blockquote data-quote="B96brig4CC" data-source="post: 1731692" data-attributes="member: 7661">Typically waitstaff will tip share with bus staff and bartenders.&nbsp; Bus staff is paid an hourly wage and tips are just gravy.&nbsp; I typically tipped bartenders based on my liquor sales at the end of the night.&nbsp; If I sold $100 in bar tabs, then I&#039;ll tip $20.&nbsp; Bus staff on a busy night would get tipped well by me to make sure my tables are cleaned as soon as the guest leaves so it is seated quickly.&nbsp; I would also so the kitchen a bone to make sure my orders had top priority and cooked right the first time.&nbsp; IF something had to go back for either a mistake I made or the kitchen made it also guaranteed me priority on a remake and avoids the manager having to comp anything.So lets say in a given night I make an average of 20% in tips on a total sales of $1200 in 4 hours.&nbsp; That&#039;s $240 in tips.&nbsp; Say I had $200 in bar tab, that&#039;s $40 to the bartender.&nbsp; I may tip another $20 to the bus staff to split($10 each) and the head cook gets $20.&nbsp; So I walk away with $160 or $40/hr.&nbsp; But if you look at the fact that this is the only job I have while going to school that ends up being $20/hr for an 8 hr day.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="B96brig4CC, post: 1731692, member: 7661"] Typically waitstaff will tip share with bus staff and bartenders. Bus staff is paid an hourly wage and tips are just gravy. I typically tipped bartenders based on my liquor sales at the end of the night. If I sold $100 in bar tabs, then I'll tip $20. Bus staff on a busy night would get tipped well by me to make sure my tables are cleaned as soon as the guest leaves so it is seated quickly. I would also so the kitchen a bone to make sure my orders had top priority and cooked right the first time. IF something had to go back for either a mistake I made or the kitchen made it also guaranteed me priority on a remake and avoids the manager having to comp anything. So lets say in a given night I make an average of 20% in tips on a total sales of $1200 in 4 hours. That's $240 in tips. Say I had $200 in bar tab, that's $40 to the bartender. I may tip another $20 to the bus staff to split($10 each) and the head cook gets $20. So I walk away with $160 or $40/hr. But if you look at the fact that this is the only job I have while going to school that ends up being $20/hr for an 8 hr day. [/QUOTE]

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