Gerry wrote:
On 2007-01-12 08:04:47 -0800, Dan Logcher
said:

wrote:

Gerry wrote:

On 2007-01-10 21:57:31 -0800, "
said:


i just started working as a server at a restaurant that sells thai
food
and has a sushi bar. from what i was told, everytime i sell sushi, i
must give 10% of the sushi bill to the itamae.

for example, if i had a lot of sushi orders, and it came to $100, i
would give $10 to the itamae. but what if the customer tipped me 15%?
which come to $15. that means i would have $5, but the itamae would
have $10. is that normal etiquette?


There is no "normal" to etiquette, everybody has their own.

If you sell $100 in sushi orders you would giver the itamae $10. But
what if they only tipped you 7 bucks. Now you're out three dollars. Do
I understand you correctly--that he gets his money no matter what?



that's how it was explained to me. yeah, i'll be like $3 dollars out
in your theory. kind of an odd situation here. i think i wold have to
explain to itamae that the tip was $7, so itamae would cut me some
slack.


You said he gets 10%.. doesn't that mean 10% of the tip?


No way! If the tab is $100 and the server gets $20 on top. The itamae
would then get 2 bucks. Every itamae has to have an ego larger than
that, surely!

But they also draw a real salary and are not living off of the tips
like servers. I've heard of sushi chefs making $60K-$80K in my area.

--
Dan