A friend and I were in Houston to attend a New Years Eve party in the days when 35 or 40 dollars a week was a good paying job. My friend wanted to take me a particular restaurant famous for it’s prime rib. We werern’t quite this scruffy looking, at least we had shaved. The evening gown clad waitress seated us at a table right by the kitchen door, hidden from the rest of the dining room. We didn’t care, we were there for the food. A kitchen helper brought our order and when we needed bread or something, I asked a busboy to get it. He cheerfully did and checked on us periodically. When we started to leave I asked him if he had to share tips with anyone. He said no. I told him that I wanted to tip him, but that I wanted him to make sure our waitress knew how much we tipped, and I handed him a 20 dollar bill, my friend handed him one, too. This Mexican kid made 40 dollars from us, which was probably the equivalent of a couple of hundred or more now. I’ll bet this kid was the hightest paid person there that night. Best I remember two prime rib dinners was about 7 bucks.
A friend and I were in Houston to attend a New Years Eve party in the days when 35 or 40 dollars a week was a good paying job. My friend wanted to take me a particular restaurant famous for it’s prime rib. We werern’t quite this scruffy looking, at least we had shaved. The evening gown clad waitress seated us at a table right by the kitchen door, hidden from the rest of the dining room. We didn’t care, we were there for the food. A kitchen helper brought our order and when we needed bread or something, I asked a busboy to get it. He cheerfully did and checked on us periodically. When we started to leave I asked him if he had to share tips with anyone. He said no. I told him that I wanted to tip him, but that I wanted him to make sure our waitress knew how much we tipped, and I handed him a 20 dollar bill, my friend handed him one, too. This Mexican kid made 40 dollars from us, which was probably the equivalent of a couple of hundred or more now. I’ll bet this kid was the hightest paid person there that night. Best I remember two prime rib dinners was about 7 bucks.