Poster's Story Title:   Horrible! Name Of Establishment:   Casa La femme, Tapas Lounge- Location:   58th & 59th on 1st. ave 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 ass##les! 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:   I was a waiter at Casa La Femme for over a year. While it is true that when you’re newly hired you don’t earn the same as the veteran waiters however, you are given the opportunity to take the 100% test as soon as you are ready. Part of that test includes an evaluation by your peers. Why should you get an equal share of the pool if you don’t know your stuff or can carry your own weight? What if you don’t know the menu to the same degree of as the rest of the staff or the wines, and anything that pertains to product knowledge? Everyone thinks they are so “Special” and that everything should just be handed to them. (Makes you wonder where all the “ordinary” people come from.) So everything is relegated to what you can and know how to do. You can make as much money as you are willing to sell, but you have to know “how to” sell. In another restaurant it’s the same thing. You’re not given a full station until you know your way around the restaurant and know the product fully inside out. Casa La Femme has been in business for over 15 years. This speaks volumes of its ability to function as a business. And as for you knowing what goes on in the minds of other people as you projected about Medhat. You say, he does not acknowledge you because he thinks he is a drug lord. By the way, it’s “Colombian” not Columbian. There are no drugs grown in the District of Culumbia, USA. You don’t know why people do what they do, or what they are thinking otherwise you might have a different job. Life is hard and hard situations only make you better. I don’t know what you are looking for but there is no other better job than to have your own business. Every boss is going to have fault or a problem, unlike you who seems to be perfect and without faults. Personally, I loved looking at the models. It was part of what made the place an attraction to others. I considered it part of the advertising. You need to chill, don’t complain so much and if you’re going to do a job, know how to do it correctly. Oh one more thing… what’s wrong with paying taxes? You have something against paying taxes? The line between what is right and wrong can be moved for you? You wont cheat on your spouse but you wont pay taxes, at what point does the line get moved again? How can you be trusted if you make “convenient” exceptions for yourself? Pay your taxes you self-centered scum bag, like the rest of us. But I mean that in a “nice way.” If you don’t pay your taxes you are a criminal or at least UNAMERICAN. Yours is clearly a case of the pot calling the kettle black. Just because someone does something you know is wrong does not give any of us the right to do the wrong thing. If everyone wants to cheat on taxes, let them. I will pay mine. If everyone wants to do drugs, let them, I will not. I chose what kind of a life I will live and I am happier when I don’t compare my insides with other’s outsides. All in all, I am sure you learned something useful while you were there. And the only reason why anyone is resistant to the idea of being a hard-selling food service professional is because they are afraid of rejection. Your customers might say “NO” to your suggestions. Get over it. YOU Fucking pussy!!!