How many people work in the restaurant business

I'm sooo tired today. I like/hate busy days.... busy days=good tips BUT when I get home I'm dead, like today. I can barely feel my feet.

I always get nostalgic as I'm driving home because I think of how I'm stuck working as a server when I "could" be working in my career... Oh well. I guess this is one of those things that just makes you a stronger person, right?

So, what kind of restaurant do you guys work at? I work in a Chinese restaurant. It's funny, because we have a full bar and sell lots of wine... before working here I would have never guessed that people enjoyed eating chinese food w/ wine! And when people order a bottle of wine, we have to do this whole wine presentation.

I work at an Italian Restaurant right now, and yeah I know exactly how you feel, its a love/hate relationship I have for busy days. But I think I'm very lucky to have a flexible schedule that works with my school hrs. And honestly, out of all the disadvantages I think not being able to put down on my resume that I have been working since I was 15 years old and still graduating with honors from high school and keeping up a 4.0 now in college is what I dislike the most. I wish I could say i'd been working my butt off, but I'm afraid that being in my situation that will be more of a disadvantage for me than an advantage.

yo i know wat you mean, lucky for me i work in a mexican restaurant. its pretty cool most of the times, but when it gets busy it gets BUZY! ive been there for 3 years and i pretty much do everything from bussing tables, hosttessing, waiting on tables, wash dishes and even cooking when it gets crazy. lol they want me to bartend when i turn 21 but i think i might pass on that though. but the cool things about being a male server is when the cute girls come in to eat, thats when the real magic happens. lol

dude bartending... major tips!!!!! I would love to have that opportunity, it's not very common. I would totally take that chance. This is coming from a guy who doesn't drink an ounce of alcohol.

I work at a sushi joint, crappiest sushi joint in town... low tip, cheap asian customers and foreigners who doesn't speak English and have no manner. It is a love hate relationship, I've been working there for two years and it's depressing because it's demeaning work for me. However, I am so thankful that I even have a job right now and that this job has kept me afloat for past two years while I am going to school and helped me save ten grands.

I used to work at a Mexican restaurant in AZ about 3 years ago. Before I worked there, I would've never guessed how tiring the work can be. I could not sleep the first night because my feet hurt so badly. I went out the next day and bought super lightweight black shoes.

Also, I learned the value of tipping well at restaurants. Nothing worse than when cheap ass patrons would leave the few coins they got as change as your tip. .47 cents? Thanks!

well i thought of it but sometimes our bar is slow. plus it doesnt stay open late like other bars. it closes around the same time the restaurant does like at 9 and it would be hard to make room in my schedule with school. i work 4 days a week which is cool becuz i need time for studying. i make more money as a server then as a bartender. i would do it only if i had time. but about he demeaning part i know how u feel. i had offer of working at a architecture firm but becuz of my status i cant. sometimes i feel like im better then this and that i can be doing something else way more fulfilling. yet im still thankful and lucky that i just have a job.

haha this guy. there are also a lot of hot women who come in at my job, i work at a restaurant as well, where a lot of professionals come in and eat during the lunch rush, so i know how u guys feel when it gets busy. the boss is real cool, which makes the job more enjoyable, but ya i do a lot of various things, not just one or two things.

I used to work at Jap restaurant. I dont know but I like to work at restaurant because you get a lot of benefit from it. For me, I used to get a lot of tips and my work place is chill so I didn't really need to work that hard.. And during break time, I always get free lunch or dinner. Thats cool part about it. I dont need to spend money on food when I used to work at jap restaurant. =D

I worked in a "french restaurant" as a dishwasher for a week right after graduating from high school. I worked from 10pm to 7am. I hated it. It is HARD work. So, I said, "fuck this" I quit on my 8th day in the job and got my old job back in the car wash. Then I got to college and the rest is history.

Oh my gosh .47 cents!! And I thought $2 was bad, hah... I too learned the value of tipping well. Now, whenever I go out to eat I always tip well, unless my server is rude.