A CW friend of mine at the Palms says she averages 30c/drink, day
shift,
working a large slot area west of the pit. The girls working the
pit area make
more per drink, but serve fewer drinks. If I had to guess, I'd say
average is
about $150/day in tips, with $200 being a fairly common good day,
and $100
being a fairly common not-so-good day. YMMV, based on shift, area
worked, and of
course, casino.
Brian
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In a message dated 11/30/2007 7:22:45 PM Pacific Standard Time,
mickeycrimm@... writes:
A cocktail
waitress can easily deliver 500 drinks on a shift. If she
averages a
dollar a drink (some people tip more, some tip less, some don't
tip)
she's raking in some major dough.
Maybe only us booze hounds would notice something like this, but
there are bartenders and then there are sharp bartenders. It's my
experience that when having a drink at a bar, when you throw a tip up
on the bar most bartenders won't take the tip until you leave or you
ask them to take it.
But some Nevada bartenders are just a little sharper than that. The
bartending crew at the North Tower Bar at the Riverside in Laughlin
are a prime example of it. I haven't been there for sometime but I'm
sure they are operating the same. I see other bartenders in the
state operating the same way.
When you sit down at the bar and start playing video poker a
bartender will come along to take your order. When he/she returns
with your drink they will also have a highball glass with a
pen/pencil and a chit inside of it that they will sit in front of
you. You are asked to sign the chit. Now most people will sign the
chit and stick it and a dollar bill in the highball glass with it. A
little while later the bartender will come along and take the chit
and the dollar. Subseqently, the bartender will be back wanting to
know if you want another drink. And the process is repeated. In
other words, they've got you set up to get a tip on every drink they
serve you. And if they come along and there is no dollar bill in
that highball glass, you might notice that you are being ignored.
They don't like deadbeats!
My counter strategy is to not put a bill in the glass. When they
come along looking for their tip I will have the bill in my hand and
say something like " Hey, give me another shot of that Wild Turkey
101" while handing them the tip. This usually gets the job done. I
get two shots of that Turkey for the price of one tip.
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