I am currently employed at a small beer-and-shot bar while I go to college to eventually earn my doctorate. I have been in the industry for 10 years. I have been your waitress at the family restaurant, the uppity breakfast place, the night club, the college bar, and the hole-in-the-wall. The people change, the attitudes never do. I can not bitch to coworkers, so this is my attempt to regain my sanity.
Sunday, January 17, 2010
Hungry
I am tired of not being able to eat the meal I order (and have to pay for) while I am working. That is all.
Lone Waitress...I can't go to work without eating beforehand cause I know I will get hungry while working and be unable to eat. It is bad when you should have a break to eat but cannot.
I'm not even allowed to order food at work. We eat soup and left over bread and swipe bananas and apples from the BOH.. But, you know you've been waiting tables too long when you forget to sit down to long and you don't notice how hot, cold or old your food is.
Waiter- I always eat before work because I know this happens. Sometimes, when you are working a long shift (say, 15 hours) the oatmeal you had for breakfast just doesn't stay with you that long!
Lone Waitress...I can't go to work without eating beforehand cause I know I will get hungry while working and be unable to eat. It is bad when you should have a break to eat but cannot.
ReplyDeleteI'm not even allowed to order food at work. We eat soup and left over bread and swipe bananas and apples from the BOH.. But, you know you've been waiting tables too long when you forget to sit down to long and you don't notice how hot, cold or old your food is.
ReplyDeleteWaiter- I always eat before work because I know this happens. Sometimes, when you are working a long shift (say, 15 hours) the oatmeal you had for breakfast just doesn't stay with you that long!
ReplyDeleteConfessions- I agree. I do eat many a cold meal.
Don't you get a discount or a staff meal? I guess not...
ReplyDeleteI do get a discount on one meal per shift, but I'd rather not pay anything for something I don't get to eat.
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