I wonder if people realize...

[Saint Cy of JFC]

For just my wife and I the waiter gets a 30 dollar tip. We are usually there for about an hour. So that would be 30 dollars per hour if they only have the one table. Plus my wife and I are probably poorer than the average guest there so most couple probably tip more.
Plus some tables will have more than two people eating.
Then you figure that they probably have at least 2 or three tables per hour rather than just one.
Then you add in their non-tip pay.

I figure, by my calculations, a waiter at Ruth's chris should be making around 60 dollars per hour at the least. (If one table for one hour equals 30 dollars + a couple more tables with one of them having three or four people at it and them being higher tippers than me + their hourly wage)
And it seems that 60 dollars in tips per hour would be conservative.

Plus they probably only work like 5 hours per night so they could even have another job too.

I bet they would make around 100,000 per year if they work every night for like 5 or 6 hours per night
So ya, not exactly rich I guess

Lol no way.

 

[Saint Cy of JFC]

I think I remember my aunt telling me that the most expensive restaurants in New Orleans, the waiters make like 50K-60K annually.

So maybe places with higher cost of living make a lot more, maybe top end waiters in NYC or LA make 6 figures.

 

[Archie Moses]

This is random, but I bet a lot of people, even people who have lived in Utah their entire lives, don't realize this.

Tipped employees in Utah do not make minimum wage on top of their tips. They make $2.13/hr.

Not only that, but no matter how bad their actual tips might be, they get taxed as though they got at least 10% of their sales as tips.

They can report more than that, but they can't be taxed less than that.

Yet, they choose to do that for a job. Good thing they're not forced.

Why the hell do we tip in the first place? Murica.

 

[LogGrad98]

For just my wife and I the waiter gets a 30 dollar tip. We are usually there for about an hour. So that would be 30 dollars per hour if they only have the one table. Plus my wife and I are probably poorer than the average guest there so most couple probably tip more.
Plus some tables will have more than two people eating.
Then you figure that they probably have at least 2 or three tables per hour rather than just one.
Then you add in their non-tip pay.

I figure, by my calculations, a waiter at Ruth's chris should be making around 60 dollars per hour at the least. (If one table for one hour equals 30 dollars + a couple more tables with one of them having three or four people at it and them being higher tippers than me + their hourly wage)
And it seems that 60 dollars in tips per hour would be conservative.

Plus they probably only work like 5 hours per night so they could even have another job too.

I bet they would make around 100,000 per year if they work every night for like 5 or 6 hours per night
So ya, not exactly rich I guess

You aren't very good at math are you?

 

[RandyForRubio]

$30 tip?! Is Ruth Chris's so expensive that it's $150 for two people?

 

[fishonjazz]

You aren't very good at math are you?

What do you mean?

$30 tip?! Is Ruth Chris's so expensive that it's $150 for two people?

Yes. Pretty much.
(I cash in my credit card reward points once a year and get a 100 dollar gift card and take my wife there for Valentine's day. Best food I have ever had)

A steak by itself is close to 50 dollars. We usually share a side/appetizer.
Dessert. Drinks. Bye bye money

 

[RandyForRubio]

Gosh damn. That's a lotta $$$.

 

[franklin]

What do you mean?

Yes. Pretty much.
(I cash in my credit card reward points once a year and get a 100 dollar gift card and take my wife there for Valentine's day. Best food I have ever had)

A steak by itself is close to 50 dollars. We usually share a side/appetizer.
Dessert. Drinks. Bye bye money

Money well spent. I've never been to Ruth's Chris, but still..

 

[LogGrad98]

What do you mean?

Yes. Pretty much.
(I cash in my credit card reward points once a year and get a 100 dollar gift card and take my wife there for Valentine's day. Best food I have ever had)

A steak by itself is close to 50 dollars. We usually share a side/appetizer.
Dessert. Drinks. Bye bye money

You can do better than Ruth's Chris, especially for the money. Are you one of them in STG or SLC, I always forget? Anyway, ever been to the Timbermine? Meat easily on par (dry- and wet-aged on site), and sides with more variety and *gasp* included! Plus it's a nice secluded location, quiet and romantic-like.

 

[fishonjazz]

You can do better than Ruth's Chris, especially for the money. Are you one of them in STG or SLC, I always forget? Anyway, ever been to the Timbermine? Meat easily on par (dry- and wet-aged on site), and sides with more variety and *gasp* included! Plus it's a nice secluded location, quiet and romantic-like.

Where is timberline? I always want to try new steakhouses

I doubt it could be as good as Ruth's chris though

I'm in slc btw

 

[Ron Mexico]

Ruths Chris is really good food but you are also paying for the atmosphere and the way you are treated. Ive had better food for less and spent more for worse food. But that said Ruths Chris is really good food and never lets you down. I think its great to go now and then, like Fishonjazz I go every once in awhile and enjoy it. If I want a really good steak for a decent price I make it myself.

 

[franklin]

Ruths Chris is really good food but you are also paying for the atmosphere and the way you are treated. Ive had better food for less and spent more for worse food. But that said Ruths Chris is really good food and never lets you down. I think its great to go now and then, like Fishonjazz I go every once in awhile and enjoy it. If I want a really good steak for a decent price I make it myself.

You have an 1800 degree infrared oven? Jealous.

Log, not to attempt to discredit what you're saying, but judging by that place's website it looks like your typical upscale meat quality grill steakhouse. Is that true?