Group: sci.research.careers
From: Beladi Nasralla
Date: Friday, July 27, 2007 11:44 AM
Subject: Re: Waitstaff: $46,178 ...was: Re: College grad salary: $48,749

On Jul 28, 1:36 am, f...@ (Sharon) wrote:
> In article < ...@ >, Straydog writes:
>
> > On Wed, 25 Jul 2007, BMJ wrote:
>
> >> Straydog wrote:
>
> >>> Today's WSJ, LTE from Peter Kilgore, Acting Pres & CEO of Nat Rest Assoc,
> >>> Wash DC: Says experienced waitstaff make $46,178 average, and entry level
> >>> make $ 35,568 (based on 40/hr week, 52 week/year, and given hourly wage).
>
> >> That's all fine and good, but what does one have to do to earn it?
>
> > You've never been in a restaurant?
>
> Eating at a restaurant only gives you a glimpse of what the servers go
> through. Check out - the forums for a real-life
> perspective. I have no idea why, but a large percentage of the population
> seems to think that servers are *servants*. A few seem to find it a fun game
> to run a server ragged. I have customer contact in my IT job and still I
> wouldn't take on a waitressing gig unless the pay was around $100K/year.

Gee, Art do not hold an exclusive right to dissing out the _correct_
career advice !