Poster's Story Title:   Like nothing you have EVER seen! Name Of Establishment:   The Tapas Lounge Location:   1st Ave b/w 58th and 59th Story:   I have NEVER worked in such a horrendous restaurant before in my life. To give an overall evaluation they are complete and total foreign assholes! They treat their employees like yesterdays trash, tax your tips (yup that’s right) and let a cat parooze throughout the restaurant at its leisure. They start you out at 25%, which means you only get 1/4 of what you earn. They tell you that you will get up to 100% within a few weeks. I was there for a month and was at an astonishing 50%. I had just as many tables as the rest of the servers, but earned half as much… you tell me how that makes any sense. They quiz you daily on anything and everything…sauces, entrees, appetizers, wines, your phone number, how many times you think the owner blew coke before he came and how you really think his fiancé moved up in the chain of command.. hmmm I wonder BJ anyone! The management is full of losers! Alberto is a complete jackoff and has absolutely no social skills. The owner wont acknowledge your presence because he thinks he is a Columbian drug lord and looks like he is straight out of the movie Blow. Need another reason NOT to work at this place? WORST PLACE EVER!!!, Response Story:   let's not forget, after everything else ive mentioned in other posts, about their mandatory tuesday afternoon meetings (waste of a trip to the city) that you have to attend without pay. They also hold you responsible if anyone walks out on a check, or if there is the slightest mistake. in all fairness though..that place in general just wasnt for me. Someone in another thread about Casa mentioned that if you aren't into upselling and have a knack for a certain kind of service, then a certain person who complained about it should shut their mouths. Well, this person is right...I've never been much of a salesperson, so I just couldn't get comfortable with it. STill, there are things this company are doing that are illegal and inhumane. They put employees "on call" to work on days that have been specified as "not available to work". They just have bad manners and an overall bad employer/employee relationship ethic.