A couple came in this evening with their 3 children. The mother and father split a burger and two of the kids shared one too. The remaining child ordered a small appetizer. They all drank water but for dessert decided to splurge and order milkshakes (3 to share of course). When I dropped the check off I handed it to the father. The mother asked the father how much the check was. When he told her the total of $85 she immediately said “When we can’t eat out again for 3 weeks everyone knows why.” She then waved me down and handed me her credit card. I went into the back and recapped the conversation for the cashier while she ran the credit card. Just as I finish the story the cashier laughs and tells me that the card is declined. When I returned to the table to tell her the card is declined the mother says “Probably because that card has a negative $42 balance.” They scraped together some cash and then left
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This is what waiting tables on the Las Vegas Strip is really like.Negative $42 Dollars
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Posted on 16 October 2009
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- don: Sounds like fun! I'm with you though, 1 cupcake carefully applied sounds like a good 'serving'. (Sorry, I couldn't resist!) And closing her eyes so...
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2 burgers, 1 apatizer, 5 water, 3 milkshakes for 85 dollar? Maybe the canadian of the story before (#309) was right????
Don’t get me wrong – our prices are ridiculously high but they are actually average for high end places located a few feet from the Las Vegas strip. Plus, our menu is located outside, with the prices on it. If people can’t afford to eat there we are closely located to a food court that has cheap, fast food options or people can eat at the all-you-can-eat buffet (but that can be pretty pricey as well). Vegas is much more expensive now that most restaurants are owned by celebrity chefs.
That is more sad than anything.
And, yeah, $85 dollars for that meal is an outrage, regardless of what you call high. Please, a diner is a diner!
$85 is daft. Even high end places in London would be half that.
Would love to see the menu…