Have you ever waited on tables? - Democratic Underground

Jara sang

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Thu May-05-05 10:30 PM
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Have you ever waited on tables?

I did for quite a while. At several resort area hotels in the summer. Ohh boy, what fun. Actually, the best was doing room services, I did that for a while, the tips were real good and you didn't really have to put with too much shit.

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tyedyeto

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Thu May-05-05 10:33 PM
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1. For many years...

still doing it, but now have a sort of management position...dining room supervisor but still wait on customers.

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lildreamer316

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Thu May-05-05 10:34 PM
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2. Yep.

Too many to go into right now (i'm drinking on an empty stomach; sorry). I believe everyone should at some point in their life. Gives ya better perspective, don't you think?

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LynzM

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Thu May-05-05 10:42 PM
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4. I totally agree, LD

Everyone should have to have some sort of service job at some point in their life, preferably early on. I did kitchen prep/cashier/wait tables/bussed one summer, and spend two years working in my college cafe (made a nice break from Engineering homework, to be honest). I'm still amazed at the way that people will treat anyone in a 'service' job, just due to the nature of the position.

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Rowdyboy

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Thu May-05-05 10:38 PM
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3. Yes, at a decent restaurant in a small town for about 6 months....

That's why I tip 20% regularly now. People can be real assholes.

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GreenPartyVoter

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Thu May-05-05 11:00 PM
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5. Yes, I bussed one summer and waited tables at a lodge (it was family

style dining so no ordering and no tips).

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giant_robot

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Thu May-05-05 11:03 PM
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6. I was a bartender in college, but waited table occasionally...

...and I'm also at least a 20% tipper now.

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really-looney

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Thu May-05-05 11:10 PM
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7. Twenty years

On the floor and behind the stick

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likesmountains 52

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Thu May-05-05 11:23 PM
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8. Yup..night shift at Sambos...later turned into Denny's but we had

light up drawings of "Little Black Sambo" in the restaurant..

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Kurovski

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Thu May-05-05 11:26 PM
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9. I loved it, mostly.

Edited on Thu May-05-05 11:27 PM by Kurovski

Four different restaurants in Chicago, and the executive dining rooms at the Northern Trust Bank.

Seventeen years, give or take.

Edited to say; "86 GEORGE W BUSH!"

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Ophelia Rising

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Fri May-06-05 12:09 AM
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10. I need another side of fries on the fly please!

Man, I waited tables to get through college and grad school....I finally graduated in November-from grad school and waitressing...it sure as hell gave me TONS of persepective on things and it helped me utilize my intuition to the fullest-within the first 2 minutes at a table, I could usually tell what kind of tip I was going to get and I was right about 90% of the time....now I use that intuition as a therapist. I tell you, the lessons learned in a job such as serving are invaluable!

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progmom

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Fri May-06-05 12:11 AM
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11. Yes,

I can tell you definitively that the swing shift at Denny's is NOT where the big money is.

I waited on Michael Moore. That was as exciting as it got.

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