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[–] Ejh3k@lemmy.world 6 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I was bouncing at a bar in college when Lady Gaga was first getting huge, and we had a touchtunes that would play two songs for a dollar. So, sorority girls would come in put a dollar in, and play one lady gaga song and one other popular song at the time. It seemed like every third or fourth song was lady gaga. Being a sober person amongst drunk people playing the same songs all night long was getting on my nerves.

Lucky for me, there was a bar top game machine that also had touch tunes worked into the system. And, even luckier for me, I could play next for a dollar instead of the usual two dollars.

Every time lady gaga played, I'd put a dollar into the bar top console and I'd play next Hall & Oates "Rich Girl". Yes, I'd probably lose money most of my tip out doing this, but it was worth it for me.

Took a couple nights for my manager to catch on, and he got a kick out of it. And it went on like this for a month or so until he got annoyed with it and told me to knock it off. Which I mostly did, but I'd still do it a couple times a night.

The best part for me was some sorority girl who asked her group of friends when my song came on, "what's with this song playing all the time?"

[–] idiomaddict@feddit.de 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)
[–] Ejh3k@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Bartenders will generally split off a certain percentage of their tips with bar backs and bouncers. Just as waiters will split off some of their take with the kitchen.

[–] 21Cabbage@lemmynsfw.com 1 points 1 year ago (2 children)

As former kitchen staff allow me to laugh sarcasticly for an annoying amount of time at this comment.

[–] Ejh3k@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

If you aren't getting some of the wait staff's tips, you need to find a new kitchen.

[–] 21Cabbage@lemmynsfw.com 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Or you could find out that shoveling snow the next state over pays twice what any job you can get in your hometown does.

[–] Ejh3k@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)
[–] 21Cabbage@lemmynsfw.com 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Nah I'm talking shovels and upper body strength. Some people learn to love it some don't.

[–] Ejh3k@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago

Well, I'm glad you've increased your earnings at least.

[–] Adulated_Aspersion@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Quit fucking up the mashed potatoes, and you just might get a part of the tips, KEVIN!

[–] 21Cabbage@lemmynsfw.com 1 points 1 year ago

Nah they were just bitching about me making the absolutely grand minimum wage of $8/hr when they had the technically legal waiter's wage of $2.something/hr even though their actual take home pay at the end of the night had extra zeros on what I was making. Motherfuckers.