Call the waiter and ask for the bill or get up and go directly to the register? Sometimes you are forced to do the latter when you are in a hurry and it is taking too long to be attended to. However, in some bars and restaurants, they don't like it when you stand at the checkout and ask for the bill by surprise. Although, to add more confusion, in other places it happens that what is no longer done is paying at the table…
So, if this same thing has happened to you or will happen to you in the near future, do not be surprised because changes are taking place in the hospitality paradigm that years ago would have seemed strange or eccentric, but that could now become the norm.
Although it is something that has always been done in some establishments, it is a reality that cash payment in bars and restaurants is increasingly common. Specifically, it is something that is taking on special importance in establishments with high turnover and also in which consumption is mainly done at the bar or at high tables.
There's a reason why they make you go to the cash register and it's something you're probably wondering about. Well, the hospitality content creator Jairosanbor has revealed it on his TikTok account. As he explains, it is a trick that works well for establishments with little capacity or that have a small premises.
This is because you make “the customer get up, not cause any kind of problems, leave the table free and, automatically, sit down.” That is, they save on not having to bring the bill to the table, making the waiter make more trips and, on the other hand, they get a new customer to quickly occupy their table.
However, there is another reason. Cashing out at the cashier reduces waiters' interaction with money, both digital and cash. In this way, the responsibility for collection falls on very few employees and the risks associated with currency failure are minimized. If you don't know what it is, it is an extra-salary bonus received by some workers when their job duties include cash transactions.
It is intended to compensate for the damages and risks involved in carrying out operations with money, such as involuntary losses or errors when collecting. In this way, the compensation is that the employer can deduct cash imbalances from the currency loss when they have occurred in the cash register for which a specific worker is responsible.
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