Personally I'd prefer a slice of cheesecake or a nice marguerita. Pander to that but not in a way that forces your people into an uncomfortable situation. And I really don't care for the distraction when I'm a customer either.įor people who bitch maybe offer them a free dessert or drink instead? They just want to feel special. So I'd like to work for someone like you. I think making people who's job is to take orders and serve food sing and pretend to be happy for a customer they don't even know sucks as well. whether it's me a family member or another table. It’s ok if you don’t approve of tip culture, but it’s not ok to bait folks into arguing about it, tell them to get a better job, or otherwise blame them for being upset when they don’t get tipped a culturally appropriate amount RELATED SUBREDDITS! It is a place where restaurant employees should be able to come to safely vent without being criticized for working within the system they have where they live. This sub is not the place to discuss whether you approve of tipping, tip adjusted wages, etc. All posts/comments to that effect will be removed.ĭenial of COVID-19 (including being anti-mask, anti-social distancing, or anti-vaccine) will result in a ban.Ĩ No baiting or other disingenuous discussion regarding tipping But we do not condone intentional crimes such as throwing away a customer’s possessions or food tampering. If you accidentally served a minor or aren’t sure if something you did is legal or not, it’s fine to talk about it. You can link relevant pictures or articles in your post so long as they are properly censored to remove personal information. No posts from bots, no linking to personal blogs or websites, no self promotion, no memes
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If you use insults or hate speech, your comments and posts will be removed, and you may be banned.ĭo not post identifying information about yourself, your coworkers or where you work. But those cases are mostly of recorded usages - in films or TV shows, for example - and not live performances in restaurants.This does not just need to be a place to vent your anger and frustrations! Tell us about your good times too!Īnd credit for our amazing subreddit artwork goes to /u/Quartztourmaline for the banner art and /u/Cryptotope for the subreddit icon. In court filings, Warner Music has proposed a payment of up to $14 million US to settle with parties who have previously paid to license the song. court ruled in September that Happy Birthday to You should be in the public domain. Those concerns are likely a moot point now in any event, because a U.S. "We hear about it a lot, the media likes to make a lot out of it … but I think it's blown way out of proportion," he said of copyright concerns. Of course, you can judge for yourself - which celebratory song generates more excitement? This modified version at East Side Mario's or this classic rendition at Olive Garden?Īndrew Berthoff at SOCAN, Canada's largest music organization representing performing and publishing rights, agrees - restaurants likely choose to create their own birthday tunes for marketing and entertainment reasons, and not because of copyright issues. "It doesn't have as many people getting into it," she said of the well-known tune. "Because the people at the table will clap to this one where the original, sometimes they'll sing, often they won't." And she says the original Happy Birthday to You doesn't pack the same punch. (Blair Sanderson/CBC)Anne Cleary, an employee at the restaurant who has worked as a server for 26 years, has seen the rise of these restaurant-branded birthday ditties. But after 26 years in the business, she's used to it. Swiss Chalet server Anne Cleary says she used to be embarrassed about singing in the restaurant.