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duhrich

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Re: Poor Waitress
« Reply #15 on: January 04, 2007, 08:21:32 PM »
Actually I'm pretty proud of the entire group of kids. There are times they don't order what they would like (for instance ordering appetizers instead of entrees) to make sure they can leave a "good" tip (20-25% as far as I can determine) ;D I asked my son why they leave such a good tip and he said, "to make up for us being teenagers!"

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Re: Poor Waitress
« Reply #16 on: January 04, 2007, 08:27:13 PM »
It sounds like you have a pretty neat son, Duhrich!  That is great that they do that!  It seems like a very unselfish thing for them to do!

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Re: Poor Waitress
« Reply #17 on: January 04, 2007, 09:05:33 PM »
About 3 weeks ago, my friends and I went out to dinner together.  We're all 21-22 years old (important later).  We kept changing waiters/waitresses.  I got the vibe that they were trying to pass us off to one another because no one wanted to deal with us.  I never said it, though, since I had no proof of this.  Somehow the converation turned to an usual topic (I think the history of certain English words or something like that) when the final waitress (the fourth total) came to refill our drinks.  I jokingly said, "I'm sorry, you walked in to the weirdest part of our whole conversation."  She replied with, "Oh, that's ok, you're in high school right?"  In unision we all said, "No, we're in college" and I added, "Actually, we're all college seniors."  She stuttered, "Oh, sorry," and walked off.  We left her a big tip since she was "stuck" with us, she did a great job, and I felt bad for embarassng her (plus we're big tippers anyway).

After her comment, I was positive no one wanted to get "stuck" with us "teenagers."