Crazy rich people...

defintely insanity. the kind of insanity i want to partake in.

 

WOW! I sure hope they tipped you well

 

Ugh, that's pretty bitter irony. You work at a place that serves some extremely wealthy people, but you're not allowed to accept tips

 

I'm not exactly rich but there's been many times where my knife show friends and I have topped that, especially in Vegas. A few drinks, appetizers and ordering from the wine list will add up FAST! I've been out to dinner with companies where it's been double that much. Would I pay that much myself?? Sure ..........................NOT!!

 

It's all relative. I can remember thinking a $25 date night was expensive about 18 years ago when I was in high school. Now $25 is the bar tab while my wife and I wait for a table to clear up. Plus $30 for the baby sitter, $60 for an average dinner, and another $20 for a movie and popcorn, and it costs us nearly $130 just to have a simple night out together.

We went to Ruth Chris a few months back with another couple. We didn't have any drinks at all, but did have a couple of appetizers and desert. Bill was around $400. I've been to the Commander's Palace in New Orleans and seen bills much larger than that.

I have a good friend that is an orthopoedic doctor who got into a small partnership with some other doctors. He says that the surgeons there routinely bring home $200k per month. If you're making money like that, what's a $1000 dinner to you? Heck, many of them pay 6 figures a year just to be members at the local country club. There's not much that smacks of snobbery like old money in the deep south.

 

How can you work at a rich country club without receiving tips...I thought was the reason to even work at a place like that. Anyway how much is the hourly rate you get?

 

at a country club (im guessing from what i've heard if its private, which im assuming it is) on top of the yearly membership fee, each person has to spend so much a week in the clubhouse to keep their membership. one place near where i live is $20,000 to join, $15,000 per year AND you need to spend at least $250 a month in the clubhouse... these people are crazy

 

Please don't say minimum wage

 

Another Mobilian. Not many of us on TB! I've got a good friend who is the event coordinator at Ruth's Chris. It's really not uncommon for people's tabs to end up around $200 each. Last time I was in there, back in December, there were 7 of us, and the bill was right around $1000. We had several reasons to celebrate, though, and that included some champagne and a $125 shot of cognac.

 

Cool! You're the only other one I know of now! There has to be more of us out there though, lurking....

 

So take the tip anyways it's not like they're going to see. I mean it's not like they have these


hanging all over the walls what is there to worry about.

 

lbpark doesn't post much any more, but he's here in town. Xush hasn't been active in a few years, but I still see him out every now and then. And there's one or two others who post pretty rarely.

 

My personal high is $60 for a prime rib meal at the Mesa Grill inside Caesar's Palace in Las Vegas. I thought that was high-rollin! I was WROOOONG!

 

it can be nice when you get gigs for folks like that...

 

Heh. My boss will bet 5 grand on a game of football and not even blink.

Must be nice.

 

I've gone about $60 a couple of times as well but only one time in particular (Lumiere in West Newton) did I think the food lived up to the price (actually it was bargain - it was that good).

If it was on someone else's tab and there was some serious vintage wine involved - I'd love to be in on one of those $150/head meals.

 

Oh yeah? I've spend $50 on Jack in the box dollar menu, now that's high rollin...