Comments on: The Truth About Olive Garden

By: cmetzm2

cmetzm2 — Sun, 22 Jan 2012 05:54:13 +0000

Do you really want to mess with the people who bring you YOUR FOOD? Idiot.

By: Reliable Comment

Reliable Comment — Sun, 15 Jan 2012 21:21:47 +0000

Everyone has their opinion.

By: Sharlene

Sharlene — Sun, 15 Jan 2012 03:52:49 +0000

You have all just made my decision for me. I feel sorry for the people that get stuck, and I do mean stuck and not too lazy to look for real work, working for tips. The food places like Olive Garden are no better than a McDonalds. If you want good service at a decent price with people who actually get a decent wage… Don’t go out. I rarely tip well. I, myself, have a low paying job, but the mental benefits of serving the public to help them are worth way more. I wish I knew exactly which restaurants pay their employees by tips because I would never go to them. The writer of this blog I would have to say is quite the snob, though. I’m sorry, but some of the crap he wrote just made me sick to my stomach. I share with my family at every meal we go out just because we can barely afford it, but like to get out and not have to cook at a decent place with good food. The places that sell “Great” food tend to, in my opinion, have the WORST food, most overly priced and snobs for waitresses/waiters. The way they look at you, too, when you walk in with your family and you can barely afford to give a mediocre tip disgusts me, hence the reason I don’t go to them. The places without waiters and waitresses serve just as good of food as these pricey restaurants. Not only that, but damn, don’t bring any kids because most people that are sitting in them are just as big of snobs as the help. It’s a sin to have a kid that doesn’t act like they’ve been beaten severely into submission. I was looking for a nice place to get together with a friend I haven’t spent time with in forever and I now know I don’t want to go anywhere with a waiter or waitress involved. As for all the people who enjoy being waited on, happy for you. If you can afford to go hang out at a place that may have people who are only nice to you to get a buck, kudos. I, myself, want nothing to do with it. I would rather go to a backhills truck stop with people that treat you like one of the family because they were raised to not judge people by their pocketbook. As for the rest of you speaking here, some of you have good points. I agree with a lot of points on here. Even the guy in the first reply on here. There are two sides to every story and no matter where you go you still run into snobs. Just do me a favor and stay out of my path, cuz I want nothing to do with it.

By: Thomas

Thomas — Wed, 11 Jan 2012 14:16:32 +0000

I am a server myself.

Expect what you work for. If you are a GOOD server you will make ABOVE minimum wage. If you are an EXCELLENT server, you will do much better. Impress every single table that comes in, and you will find that one big tip of the night. It’s a number’s game people, wake up. So what. You left their drink empty for 10 minutes and expect a really good tip? No. 15% is guideline, not mandatory.

Be a good server and you can make $10-$15 an hour. At a higher end establishment, you can make a lot more. If you are as good as you think you are, apply for the higher end places. I was making on average $30 an hour before I moved. It was a high end place though.
Wake up.

By: Roy

Roy — Mon, 02 Jan 2012 15:42:05 +0000

You sure sound like annoying, pretentious, stick in the ass person. Glad not to have the misfortune of knowing someone like yourself.

By: Jojo

Jojo — Fri, 30 Dec 2011 22:30:12 +0000

First of all I work at olive garden and what you wrote us truly false. You can get soup and salad combo for 6.95 at lunch and 9.95 for dinner and if you can’t afford that then don’t go out to eat and sharing is ridiculous because the portions are per person so adjust your stupid blog and do not go back

By: Heather

Heather — Fri, 16 Dec 2011 17:32:33 +0000

If a tip is a bonus then where the hell is my given? If I give good service and have to count on you for my “bonus” then I’m screwed. You’re worse than that Lily chick. Ughh I pitty the server that has to kiss your ass.

By: Heather

Heather — Fri, 16 Dec 2011 17:29:52 +0000

A tip is not a bonus dumbass it’s my only form of payment idiot. No paycheck, no tip equals no money. Bonus lmao get outta here.

By: Heather

Heather — Fri, 16 Dec 2011 17:28:23 +0000

By: Heather

Heather — Fri, 16 Dec 2011 17:25:41 +0000

No it’s not. It’s $6 a person. If you share a salad or a soup, then you will be charged for a refill. just ya know, fyi. So don’t bring someone in and order one order of soup salad and breadsticks for the two of you. It won’t work.