How many people work in the restaurant business - Page 2

I know what you mean. It sucks not being able to put our work experience down in our resume.

I have a lot of respect for dishwashers... it's a tough job. At my restaurant the dishwasher is this really old man, and I always feel bad when I see a HUGE load of dishes in front of him. Then he has people yelling at him to wash more dishes, blah, blah blah...

I've worked as a server in a few restaurants. A little tiresome if you work the whole day everyday, but other than that a pretty decent job if people tip well. There are a lot of crappier jobs out there, be grateful for what you have.

well i actually work in the "fast food' restaurant business, except as a manager, its still a tough job but not as bad as having to cook or clean other people's mess. and yes im very thankful for the job i've got.

Hypothetically speaking...I used to work as a dishwasher a month or two ago. Some days were horrible, you'd come in and there would be dishes towering from all of the three sinks. To make it worse the sink itself is rather kind of low, and considering I'm over 6 feet tall I had to be hunched over the whole time, by the end of my shift my back was just killing. Other days though you would just pace back and forth back in the kitchen munching on hotwings and other fried delicacies, free food was the only part of the job I really liked. Pretty much every week i came in there I thought about quitting, I think I would've too at some point if I hadn't been laid off. I still feel bad for the owner though considering this was his first restaurant and he just opened it quite recently. I mean how bad do things have to be going for you that you need to lay off your dishwasher of all people?

^^ Maybe you should have been washing dishes instead of snacking on the "free food" :P lol jk

But I too work in a restaurant, and I've been in this type of business for about 5 years now and I'm pretty much used to working the long, busy hours.

I had a job in my cousin restaurant. It was HELL!! I was being exploited by my own cousin. I had to be at the restaurant at 3 am until 4 PM. The saddest part was having the tips go to him. I had class from 5:45 PM until 10 PM. I don't even know how I was able to keep up... I was fortunate to be offered a better job a month later...

wait. what? why?

I worked at a country club for a couple of years during undergrad. it sucked. hard. i hated every single day that i was there. yet, i had to do it to pay my way through school. I quit that stupid job about a month before i graduated with my bachelors. after that i got a nice paying comfy office job. i then had the great idea of giving that up and going back to school for my masters. now i'm looking for weekend work but refuse to go back to working at a restaurant. there don't seem to be many other options though. sigh.

Because according to him my hourly rate of 6.00 per hour was more than sufficient to include the tips. I was baking, grilling, dish washing, waiting on table and handle cash register form time to time for 6.00 per hour.

Hehe, the food really was free, as long as you don't treat the fridge as your own personal buffet I mean why not? I'm kind of surprised that there are restaurants that actually charge their kitchen staff if they want to get anything to eat, but i suppose there are all kinds of cheap asses out there who will count their pennies to a fraction.