Worker Bee's

Okay, so this summer I took on a job at the local Applebee's to save money for The Birthday Dinner. It was my first time working as a waiter. I have friends who are servers in the food industry at various restaurants, and they all say once they got the job they had a lot more respect for servers. I am the same. Waiting on a table, being a server is a really hard job. It may not look like it, but it is. It is fast paced, it is time consuming, it is uncertain, it is a gamble. I would go from 10 AM to 5 or 6 PM without a break, without food, sometimes without stopping to get water, and never stopping to use the restroom. Doing this all from $2.13 an hour. I never worked so hard for such little pay. It is crazy.

I'm a little weird about my view of tips. The way the food industry is set up, we are employed by the restaurant, but we are really paid by the patrons. I don't think it is the patrons responsibilty to pay me as they do not know me or employ me. It is their sole responsiblity to pay for their food. That being said.....the person that has brought you your food has made a short journey to hell and back to bring it to you....so a tip is the least you could do. The patron has made a decision to go to a restaurant and whenever anyone makes a deccision to go to a sit down restaurant know that you made a choice not to go to a fast food restaurant so your food may not come all that fast, know that the server literally only brings out the food and has gone through a lot to get it out, and reward them. If you do not want to wait on food or tip someone for bringing it to you, then don't go to a restaurant. Honestly.

That being said, I am no longer a waiter. Not for those reasons. The Birthday Dinner is slowly approaching and I really want to focus on it and make it the best show I can. That is going to take me a lot of work so I had to leave Applebee's because that also took alot of work and time that I cannot sacrifice at this point. I was able to leave Applebee's having doubled my budget for The Birthday Dinner and feeling really rpoud of myself for working hard despite it all. My bosses told me they were sad I was leaving and told me I can come back anytime I want to. Literally. If I want to work for a day. I can. That's good to know, as I may need money and may only have a day to work. But it's also good to know when your hard work is appreciated. I plan on working just as hard and harder for The Birthday Dinner and I hope to have this same feeling of appreciation once everything is all said and done.