At least there isn't as much bending, though she's still on her feet all night, almost constantly in motion. The servers work their shift without a meal break. Some won't even take a bathroom break. Bike Week patrons are famously generous to their servers. A hundred-dollar tip may be rarer than a Florida panther, but that doesn't mean they aren't out there.
Servers have a variety of reasons for keeping mum about just how much they rake in each night.
At the Full Moon Saloon, they share 20 percent off the top with the stable of barbacks, the brawny guys who keep the tubs filled with beer and ice. That still leaves enough for some of the top servers to take home more from one night of Bike Week than they might make in a week at their normal jobs. Walton processes mortgages for SunTrust Bank. Lakkis was a professional bartender before settling down as a full-time mom. She gave birth to her second daughter four weeks ago.