effectiveness of the proposal

The sample essay that I have chose to debate its effectiveness is the first reading, Laurel Wilson’s proposal. The purpose of the proposal is to address “the problem of an inequitable tipping policy for hosts in a national brewpub restaurant chain” (Writing Arguments 339). We are reminded that a host is a person who greets you when you come in the restaurant and escorts you to a table.

Wilson establishes her credibility in the single spaced letter of transmittal. In the third paragraph of the letter, she states that fact that she is a former host at the Stone’s End and Brewery restaurant. “… I often felt unappreciated by both servers and management” (Wilson 340). She lets the reader, the CEO of the restaurant, know how she felt while working hard as the host. She splits her letter up into four different sections, problem, proposal, justification, and conclusion.

Problem: The problem is that the hosts feel unnoticed and unappreciated. She then gives a lot of data about the amount of money that a server makes versus the amount of the hosts. She also makes it clear that being a host is as stress and active as being a server. Wilson says that host must organize the dining room, make sure the servers are not overwhelmed with the amount of tables that have, clear and wipe down tables for the busy waitress, etc. Proposal: Wilson proposed that serves give 1 percent of their tips to the host. Justification: “But perhaps the owner don’t currently recognize the disadvantages of this policy, which leads to disgruntled hosts and a high turnover” (Wilson 342).

Wilson talks a lot about how the hosts feel while writing her proposal. However, it is not easy to justify that all of the hosts of this specific restaurant feel unappreciated by the servers and management. She does not present feelings or opinions of the hosts other than herself. But, I am sure a lot of the hosts would agree with her because there are many people who are willing to turn down a little bit of extra money. Although I believe that she has set up her proposal neatly and has given a lot of data, I do not think that there is much of effectiveness of the proposal. It is said in her letter of transmittal that she left the host job for another job of better pay. If it was possible for her to do, I am sure that others would do it if they felt the same. I do not think that the restaurant would change their policy based on the one letter of opinion or proposal from Laurel Wilson. She should have more backup, people other than her self that support her opinion and it would make the CEO feel more sincere about the feelings of the employees.