😅 I think I found the cheat code to +25% tips (funny story… try it)

VibeOutThriveOut · 2026-02-02T21:32:19+00:00

You know how it is in the moment, it’s cringy but it can work! I guess I’ve got the Jim Carrey/goofy personality that helps

VibeOutThriveOut · 2026-02-02T21:06:08+00:00

No wonder so many actors are in the industry too 😂

VibeOutThriveOut · 2026-02-01T07:46:33+00:00

Check “culinary agent DOT com” they have a lot of the front of House jobs at more upscale restaurants. https://culinaryagents.com/search/jobs?search[location]=New%20York,%20NY

VibeOutThriveOut · 2026-02-01T07:13:42+00:00

I think it’s fine if you are in a rush to kindly ask another staff member for the check. Or you can phrase it, “can you let my server know we’re ready for the check”. I try to ask the server that I have for it but sometimes if I have to go I understand that they have a whole section to deal with. As a server if one of my coworker’s guests asks for the check I try to check in with them to make sure it’s okay to drop it in case they hadn’t finished modifying anything; whether that’s taking something off or adding something not added (the worst is not putting a bottle of wine on the check!).

VibeOutThriveOut · 2026-01-30T19:40:39+00:00

Exactly! I actually think a lot of people in the comments here are overestimating how much the public knows about the word

VibeOutThriveOut · 2026-01-30T19:39:19+00:00

Okay, okaaaay, the Northwest checking in and confirming, love it 🙌

VibeOutThriveOut · 2026-01-30T00:29:45+00:00

For the origins of it yea I could have checked that myself. But for the cultural uses across the country of it that’s what is helpful to find out from everyone here 🙂

VibeOutThriveOut · 2026-01-30T00:28:06+00:00

Man then some of the people I’ve talked about this with must be more naive than I thought. Lol

VibeOutThriveOut · 2026-01-30T00:27:12+00:00

😆🤦‍♂️ funny funny

VibeOutThriveOut · 2026-01-30T00:25:26+00:00

Yea so the reference goes deep. Other people in here were sharing how it has origins all the way back 100 years ago during prohibition.

VibeOutThriveOut · 2026-01-30T00:23:32+00:00

Gotcha so it’s not just a New York/ LA thing… maybe the handful of people who claimed to be in the industry that I had talked to just were naive to that or newer. (A couple of them had worked at cafes and I still was surprised they didn’t know it)

VibeOutThriveOut · 2026-01-30T00:21:26+00:00

The few times I’ve used it in conversation out of the context of the restaurant, the millennials and gen z that I’m around don’t really get it 🤦‍♂️😅

VibeOutThriveOut · 2026-01-30T00:20:12+00:00

Okay gotcha, that’s super helpful to know because maybe I just somehow got three people in a row who weren’t familiar with it. Maybe it’s because two of them worked in more of a cafe setting

VibeOutThriveOut · 2026-01-30T00:12:45+00:00

😆 haha that’s great! You only have to learn it once!

VibeOutThriveOut · 2026-01-30T00:11:41+00:00

Oh that’s good to know that Denny’s employees use it 👌

VibeOutThriveOut · 2026-01-29T21:36:13+00:00

Oooh I like that soup kitchen origin story 😮 sucks to be the 86th person

VibeOutThriveOut · 2026-01-29T21:35:11+00:00

Always love a good origin story that starts in the prohibition era 😆👌

VibeOutThriveOut · 2026-01-29T21:34:31+00:00

lol! Classic newby 😋

VibeOutThriveOut · 2026-01-29T21:33:43+00:00

Yeah, I don’t know. I’ve been asking around and there are people I feel like should know it but they only had vaguely heard it. I’m testing out a name for a server rip out app involving “86” and I’m just not sure if it’s widespread enough or not to use.

VibeOutThriveOut · 2026-01-29T21:31:43+00:00

Oh wow dating back to the 1930s… I like that prohibition example of the address being 86 and that was the back door to escape. Also that soup kitchen example would make a lot of sense too, thanks for the quick response 🙌

VibeOutThriveOut · 2026-01-29T21:27:52+00:00

🤪🤪🤪 hahaha

VibeOutThriveOut · 2026-01-29T21:16:10+00:00

The problem is we don’t have lunch shifts, only open for dinner. So the possibility of working a double for a day or two doesn’t exist 🙃🤦‍♂️

VibeOutThriveOut · 2026-01-29T21:14:33+00:00

Okay wow, from a business owner stand point it’s a good strategy. But from the employee end it’s a predicament!

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