Comments on: How Waiters and Bartenders can Make Money Scamming People http://www.expandmywealth.com/2008/01/18/how-bartenders-and-waiters-can-make-money-on-the-side/ Sun, 21 Mar 2010 22:42:09 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.2.2 By: Evonne http://www.expandmywealth.com/2008/01/18/how-bartenders-and-waiters-can-make-money-on-the-side/#comment-219438 Evonne Wed, 18 Nov 2009 19:02:58 +0000 http://www.expandmywealth.com/2008/01/18/how-bartenders-and-waiters-can-make-money-on-the-side/#comment-219438 Yes, this sounds like a typical waitress scam. The majority of the time the customer will just pay the additional $10 without second guessing the situation. The waitress probably pocketed that $10 and will probably do this scam several times a night. Rarely, the situation is an innocent mistake and that $10 actually fell out of the folder and onto the floor. This would be if you paid that $21, with two $10 bills, but if you paid with a $20 bill and she came back with a $10, you were most definitely scammed! Yes, this sounds like a typical waitress scam.

The majority of the time the customer will just pay the additional $10 without second guessing the situation.

The waitress probably pocketed that $10 and will probably do this scam several times a night.

Rarely, the situation is an innocent mistake and that $10 actually fell out of the folder and onto the floor.

This would be if you paid that $21, with two $10 bills, but if you paid with a $20 bill and she came back with a $10, you were most definitely scammed!

]]> By: JKofToronto http://www.expandmywealth.com/2008/01/18/how-bartenders-and-waiters-can-make-money-on-the-side/#comment-219429 JKofToronto Wed, 18 Nov 2009 17:24:16 +0000 http://www.expandmywealth.com/2008/01/18/how-bartenders-and-waiters-can-make-money-on-the-side/#comment-219429 I'm pretty sure I was scammed last night at Cafe D. on College St. West, Toronto. Bill $18.25, put $21 cash in the folder, waitress returned it with $11 in the folder "you did not leave enough." Scam: make the customer believe they left the wrong bank notes by mistake. Risky! In retrospect I made no mistake, my wallet IS ten dollars light! I'm going to go back weeks on, see if she will re-scam. It sucks that bonehead waiters are willing to screw Toronto's already dodgy dining scene with cheesy rip-off antics. I’m pretty sure I was scammed last night at Cafe D. on College St. West, Toronto.

Bill $18.25, put $21 cash in the folder, waitress returned it with $11 in the folder “you did not leave enough.”

Scam: make the customer believe they left the wrong bank notes by mistake. Risky! In retrospect I made no mistake, my wallet IS ten dollars light!

I’m going to go back weeks on, see if she will re-scam. It sucks that bonehead waiters are willing to screw Toronto’s already dodgy dining scene with cheesy rip-off antics.

]]> By: Colin http://www.expandmywealth.com/2008/01/18/how-bartenders-and-waiters-can-make-money-on-the-side/#comment-211329 Colin Sat, 21 Mar 2009 00:17:44 +0000 http://www.expandmywealth.com/2008/01/18/how-bartenders-and-waiters-can-make-money-on-the-side/#comment-211329 Hey Jamie, how did you scam them? Were there ways to charge them extra or pocket money that wouldn't go back to the restaurant? Hey Jamie, how did you scam them? Were there ways to charge them extra or pocket money that wouldn’t go back to the restaurant?

]]> By: jamie http://www.expandmywealth.com/2008/01/18/how-bartenders-and-waiters-can-make-money-on-the-side/#comment-211325 jamie Fri, 20 Mar 2009 22:51:09 +0000 http://www.expandmywealth.com/2008/01/18/how-bartenders-and-waiters-can-make-money-on-the-side/#comment-211325 i worked in a restaurant and use to scam like crazy. It was a very small restaurant that only sat about 40 people comfortably. I use to walk away with about 150 extra on a good night from scamming. It's a rush that you get. You start and it's hard to stop. I never scam on nice people just the cheap jerks. i worked in a restaurant and use to scam like crazy. It was a very small restaurant that only sat about 40 people comfortably. I use to walk away with about 150 extra on a good night from scamming. It’s a rush that you get. You start and it’s hard to stop. I never scam on nice people just the cheap jerks.

]]> By: Jeff http://www.expandmywealth.com/2008/01/18/how-bartenders-and-waiters-can-make-money-on-the-side/#comment-210874 Jeff Wed, 04 Mar 2009 23:52:52 +0000 http://www.expandmywealth.com/2008/01/18/how-bartenders-and-waiters-can-make-money-on-the-side/#comment-210874 I work at a busy night club & bar in San Francisco which probably sees around a third of the customers that your typical Bourbon Street place would see. Tending bar and scamming I can easily make $150-200 during the week and $300-400 on Friday night and $600 on Saturday (all day & night) scamming. On a typical Saturday I will pour over $10,000 worth of drinks. Our drinks are $5-12 each depending on what you order (beer $5, cocktails usually $5-12). So it's not that hard to skim $600 over the course of a 10-12 hour shift... so that would be pocketing $45-60 an hour. Which isn't that much or noticable when you are taking in $1000+ an hour. Especially when there are free drinks given out to regulars and friends of the owners, as well as tips flying left and right. I work at a busy night club & bar in San Francisco which probably sees around a third of the customers that your typical Bourbon Street place would see.

Tending bar and scamming I can easily make $150-200 during the week and $300-400 on Friday night and $600 on Saturday (all day & night) scamming.

On a typical Saturday I will pour over $10,000 worth of drinks. Our drinks are $5-12 each depending on what you order (beer $5, cocktails usually $5-12). So it’s not that hard to skim $600 over the course of a 10-12 hour shift… so that would be pocketing $45-60 an hour. Which isn’t that much or noticable when you are taking in $1000+ an hour.

Especially when there are free drinks given out to regulars and friends of the owners, as well as tips flying left and right.

]]> By: rachael http://www.expandmywealth.com/2008/01/18/how-bartenders-and-waiters-can-make-money-on-the-side/#comment-210871 rachael Wed, 04 Mar 2009 20:22:17 +0000 http://www.expandmywealth.com/2008/01/18/how-bartenders-and-waiters-can-make-money-on-the-side/#comment-210871 hey larry. you must never have been a server. on an average day a person can make about $100 extra by scamming and on really good days $200 and more. an excellent day would even net a good scammer $500 or more. and trust me, it happens everywhere, in every restaurant chain. hey larry. you must never have been a server. on an average day a person can make about $100 extra by scamming and on really good days $200 and more. an excellent day would even net a good scammer $500 or more. and trust me, it happens everywhere, in every restaurant chain.

]]> By: Travis Bickle http://www.expandmywealth.com/2008/01/18/how-bartenders-and-waiters-can-make-money-on-the-side/#comment-209689 Travis Bickle Wed, 07 Jan 2009 13:42:20 +0000 http://www.expandmywealth.com/2008/01/18/how-bartenders-and-waiters-can-make-money-on-the-side/#comment-209689 Restaurant management passes on the overhead to the customer; so, in essence, you were ultimately cheating the customer. Also, in general, knowledge of the scams assists in thwarting them, as the average customer is aware of what could possibly happen, thus is on the look out for them, although always being on one's toes lessens the pleasure derived from eating out in the first place. Just buy high-quality food at your local grocery store and prepare it yourself. Restaurant management passes on the overhead to the customer; so, in essence, you were ultimately cheating the customer.

Also, in general, knowledge of the scams assists in thwarting them, as the average customer is aware of what could possibly happen, thus is on the look out for them, although always being on one’s toes lessens the pleasure derived from eating out in the first place. Just buy high-quality food at your local grocery store and prepare it yourself.

]]> By: Travis Bickle http://www.expandmywealth.com/2008/01/18/how-bartenders-and-waiters-can-make-money-on-the-side/#comment-209688 Travis Bickle Wed, 07 Jan 2009 13:35:17 +0000 http://www.expandmywealth.com/2008/01/18/how-bartenders-and-waiters-can-make-money-on-the-side/#comment-209688 I guess what I said in 1976 about a good rain coming and washing out all the scum should have been applied to New Orleans, not NYC? I guess what I said in 1976 about a good rain coming and washing out all the scum should have been applied to New Orleans, not NYC?

]]> By: John http://www.expandmywealth.com/2008/01/18/how-bartenders-and-waiters-can-make-money-on-the-side/#comment-209658 John Mon, 05 Jan 2009 22:32:54 +0000 http://www.expandmywealth.com/2008/01/18/how-bartenders-and-waiters-can-make-money-on-the-side/#comment-209658 Wow. I worked as a waiter at a family-owned restaurant this summer and one of my co-waiters did many of these scams. I must say, although it was wrong, I always ended up making more on the nights I worked with him (we would split the tips evenly). But we rarely ever scammed the customers out of their money. Most of the time we were getting the money out of the restaurant itself. For example, if a person ordered a soda, we would give them a soda but write water on their checks. Then when it was time to total up the bill, we would charge them for their soda and then pocket the difference. Wow. I worked as a waiter at a family-owned restaurant this summer and one of my co-waiters did many of these scams. I must say, although it was wrong, I always ended up making more on the nights I worked with him (we would split the tips evenly).
But we rarely ever scammed the customers out of their money. Most of the time we were getting the money out of the restaurant itself. For example, if a person ordered a soda, we would give them a soda but write water on their checks. Then when it was time to total up the bill, we would charge them for their soda and then pocket the difference.

]]> By: Nancy http://www.expandmywealth.com/2008/01/18/how-bartenders-and-waiters-can-make-money-on-the-side/#comment-143803 Nancy Fri, 18 Jul 2008 20:52:14 +0000 http://www.expandmywealth.com/2008/01/18/how-bartenders-and-waiters-can-make-money-on-the-side/#comment-143803 I used to be a bartender, I never scammed I had too good of a job to jeopardize it, besides what about the customer that scams. Sometimes these posts make the good look bad if they do make an error, then when another customer complains about a drink that you need to remake it makes the establishment start thinking bartender is scamming. I used to be a bartender, I never scammed I had too good of a job to jeopardize it, besides what about the customer that scams. Sometimes these posts make the good look bad if they do make an error, then when another customer complains about a drink that you need to remake it makes the establishment start thinking bartender is scamming.

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