"how is everything tasting"

this post is purely to clear a few things up for all you people out there that have never had any experience being a server!
being a server is HARD work weather you believe it or not
and it requires 3 things
1. the ability to multi task
2. patience/customer service
3. a good pair of shoes
in the restaurant  industry the customer is right 100% of the time. And there is not a freaking thing the server can do about it. most of the time we agree with you but there are times when we bite our tongue  when we know you are wrong.
we only get paid $2.15 a hour not  $7.25 so.....
yes we live off our tips and when you tip bad we don't even make minimum wage that hour!
YOU SHOULD FEEL BAD
when the restaurant is busy and your food take a little time to come out ITS NOT MY FAULT
if the cook messes up your food ITS NOT MY FAULT
if the hostess skips you ITS NOT MY FAULT
if you don't like your food ITS NOT MY FAULT
so some one explain to me why am I punished (with a crappy tip) because someone else messed up!
also a little more information about a restaurant us as servers have to "tip out" the buss boys a percentage of what we sell that shift
let me break this down for you!
if I sell $500.00 in a shift I tip out $15.00
so if you dont tip me I still have to tip out on your bill which means I lose money because of you!
if you "DINE AND DASH" the restaurant does not eat your bill I DO
just because we live in Utah and are over whelmed by a LDS community and we pay our church 10% tithing does not mean we cant tip our servers more than 10%
DO NOT and I repeat DO NOT TIP YOUR SERVER LESS THAN 15% EVERRRRRRRR!
and when Oprah suggest only tipping your waitress 10% to cut down on the cost of a meal DONT LISTEN
if your intentions when you go out are to not tip your server or tip him/her less than 15% why don't you just stay home and save even more money!
all in all dont punish your server for something you know they had no control over and....
ALWAYS TIP YOUR SERVER!!