I’ve worked in restaurants since I was 19 and regardless of where I moved I could always find a job either as a waitress, hostess, bartender, prep cook, or cook. Over the years I have done them all and that’s why my back and feet bother me so much now. I always liked being around people until I hit menopause then they (people) really started to work on my nerves, not good if you rely on gratuities or tips or tokes in Nevada.

Tip actually stands for To Insure Promptness so I could never understand why people didn’t give the tip before hand to make sure that they received excellent service. Well, of course I knew why and it’s because most people don’t know how to tip and the majority are very stingy so if they tipped before hand they might never get served (joke). If you have a steady clientele then you learn quick where your money is coming from and you cater more to them.

Of course you want to give everyone good service if you take pride in what you do and I was a very good waitress, I always pat myself on the back because I was a professional when it came to my job. I learned over the years that it was the female that actually determines how big your tip is going to be unless it was someone dating then the guys were always trying to impress their date so I always got a bigger tip with new daters.

People that work in the business are usually better tippers because they know what it’s like. I also learned that you shouldn’t judge by how they are dressed either because some of the poorest looking people left better tips than those that looked rich. Young people always proved to be better tippers than older people and that was true also when I cut hair. I always felt that restaurants should pay better wages so people didn’t feel obliged to tip.

When I worked in Nevada I found that the Canadians by far were the cheapest tippers I have ever run across. Sorry to all you nice Canadians, but it’s true. I loved working in Nevada because I loved to gamble back then, that is one habit that I kicked after it got the better of me, but it took years to accomplish that because I had the fever as we always called it. It’s so cool when you’re on a winning streak, but they are very few and far between.

Okay, that’s enough information from me for today.