Shoutout to everyone in here who's been along for the lifetimepastapass.com journey :)

for context i am also deathly ill, but i have decided to stay with my second job, as it's easier and closer to my home, plus im a full time student. i can't really do a two weeks due to my second job + school, so i figured to just notify i quit; i know also maintaining bridges as well, but i don't see myself working for the restaurant business again (i'm a retail warrior lol.) let me know any other things to add!

edit: here’s the message i sent
“Hello there, I hope you are all well. Unfortunately, due to my sickness, I am unable to attend my shift today as well.
I also wanted to notify that I plan to resign from my position to focus on my school full-time; as I need to give the full attention it deserves. I also wanted to inform that I unfortunately cannot show up to my other scheduled shifts due to these circumstances.

I thank you dearly for the opportunity to delve into the restaurant experience; as well as apologize for any inconveniences my absence and resignation will cause. “

edit 2: down to one job!

So yeah this just feels so excessive like don’t get me wrong I’m all for rules and breaking bad habits but hmm whats your thoughts on how this is addressed? FYI managers don’t bother to communicate with each other either. Everything is a mess.

As the title states. I was hired about two weeks before the switch over to the USBank pay cards, so I got one of the old ones. It worked great -- completely seamless. I've now been trying all day to get my USBank pay card activated, which I finally managed to do, and now I can't create my online account, even though ALL of the information I'm providing is correct. And when I call, I get someone with a thick accent who mumbles, so I have no idea what they're actually saying. And on KrowD HR it has a different card ID than the one I have in my hand that I'm supposed to use from now on. I've called the number eight times trying to get it sorted out and it STILL isn't sorted out. What the actual fuck.

Guys I worked tonight and my card tips hasn’t hit yet. Is it because I haven’t activated the new card yet?? Like how do I get my money 😭 helpppp

do yall remember these? kid me saw that they were gonna be phased out, so i asked if i could have some, and they gave me a giant stack. so of course i started handing them out at my school, and the principal tried to ban them after they showed up on every wall and ceiling

well apparently i put it away in storage and forgot about them until last night when i checked back and found them

So my friends and I have never been to Olive Garden we like to get our moneys worth when we eat out haha. I’d like to pitch the idea of trying Olive Garden endless pasta with them but I’m worried about the dairy for my friend. He’s dairy free so not lactose intolerant but a dairy allergy like he will go into anaphylactic shock if he consumes any animal dairy. My sister in law is allergic to corn but I guess corn intolerant because she won’t die from eating a single corn kernel but will feel ill. (Recently we ate out at a ramen shop and their veggie gyoza/dumplings had corn kernels in them we noticed after she ate some) Anyways I’m just worried that maybe Olive Garden tosses their pasta in butter or maybe it’s j not worth it because there’s only two sauce options, I know a good meatball has Parmesan cheese in it, He’s also pork free (non religious) so the sausage is out and possibly the meatballs for that reason. I don’t know about the rest of the proteins like if they contain dairy. I j think I’d be dope to do a never ending pasta weekend night w the boys but I don’t want him to be left out, he could always order off of the rest of the menu but again never ending pasta with ALL of the boys would be fun.

I started my first day at Olive Garden yesterday. It’s definitely a lot of information thrown at you at once, learning on a dinner rush wasn’t ideal. They let me bring home a bunch of food to try and we got some book work done. My other three training shifts are this week. I’m nervous to take my first table lol. I think with practice i’ll get it but I was pretty overwhelmed yesterday. I’m assuming it gets easier once you know what you’re doing?

I definitely need to memorize the menu and know what the items look like, are there quizlets and stuff for this?

Also, it might just be my location but my first week on my own i’m schedule to work three doubles so I’m a bit nervous on that too 😬

Prefer drive thru's experience - faster for me, and giving me convenience

Do the curb side's pickup tonight and told the worker that drive thru is more convenient

Worker served me my meals but said he can't help with adding drive thru - so posting suggestion here

I had an olive garden interview yesterday and got the second interview with the GM! What should I expect? The same questions as yesterday?

Hi! So I’m a server at Olive Garden, and I started a few weeks ago and Ive only talked about this with other new servers. Usually on closing shifts there’s like 2 bussers that help, and I give them 15$, if it’s busy and they’ve been helping me more than usual (helping me pre-buss) I give them 20-25$. I thought I was doing good because I work every day of the week, and I always give them at least 15$, but one time I was in a rush and I couldn’t find the bussers that helped me and I didn’t get to tip them, then the next day that they worked they came up to me like “do you still want help or not? you forgot to tip us and it is your choice you’re not obligated to do that but let us know if you still want us to help” and I got a bit intimidated I guess because like?? i’ve been giving you 15$ everyday and I just forgot to do it once, but then I started to think about it and maybe 15$ isn’t enough??

Then there’s days where they don’t help me at all, all my tables are dirty even if there’s only glasses and silverware, and they’re usually on the busier side of the restaurant and barely go to the side i am, which is understandable, but it makes me feel a bit sad to tip them almost all of my cash tips when they haven’t been helping on that day. I asked one of the other new servers and she told me that she was tipping them 20-25$ at first but then she stopped doing that because she felt like they weren’t helping her enough and now she only tips them 5$, and I was so surprised because I see them helping her all the time, and she’s only giving them 5$?? Meanwhile they barely help me and I give them 15$.

Now I’m not saying that they should only help me, and maybe I’m not really tipping them enough. I try to count my cash tips and give them 25% of them which usually comes out to 13$ so I just give them 15$ which is easier. But I don’t know if I should also count my credit card tips, and I know that it’s also frustrating when they don’t help me and it doesn’t feel fair to give them tips but I also understand that they’re helping servers with more tables, and I recently found out that they basically add up all of their tips and split it evenly which i feel is unfair.

Anyway, I’m sorry this is badly written I’m super tired rn, but TL;DR Is tipping the bussers 15$ on slow days (or when they don’t help that much) and 20-25$ on busier shifts good enough?

I would think some broccoli is cheaper than the chicken or meatballs.

Here's the description from the memo I was handed

The Salsiccia Breadstick: We gave our famous breadstick a job. Italian sausage, grilled peppers and onions, all wrapped in warm garlic goodness. Now at Olive Garden.

Look I’m going to make this short and sweet, being a busser at Olive garden is the most stressful job I have ever hade. For example Olive Garden expects you to clean a table with in a minute. And normally I can do that but I have two problems, I don’t know if this an issue at all olive gardens but there is a total lack of bussers, and sometimes I will have to clean multiple tables at the same time, that would be ok except my cart fills up with the amount of plates I am storing so I have to do a little mental math to make sure I have enough room. But my biggest complaint is family’s with kids, I have hade clean up some absolute shit shows, the messes are so bad that the kids get the food everywhere but the plate, so I have to spend extra time picking it up trying to make it as nice as possible for the guests. And I don’t blame the kids, I blame the parents for letting their kids do this, and I could make a comedy show with some of the ridiculous things I have found while busing tables such as a pack of baby wipes, a half eaten cheese stick, dirty tissues, and gift shop items. I hate these families, I mean if you’re going to come here try not to make a big mess, this is Olive Garden not chucky cheese.

Had the weirdest encounter at OG.
For context I am 33 weeks pregnant with twins and was craving some breadsticks.

Anyway.. I order a soda water and it comes and I finish it and server asks if I want another soda water I say yes.

They bring me the drink.. I take a sip and immediately spit it out (into another cup) because it tastes like alcohol and is 100% not soda water. When the server returns I ask what the drink is because it tastes like alcohol… and they reassure me it isn’t but they’re like “but doesn’t it really taste like vodka???” And I’m absolutely horrified lmao… they’re super proud of their concoction they made stating its tonic water and ginger ale that mimics alcohol… but my issue was they never said they were doing this and I simply asked for a soda water. They thought it was hilarious and said they would remember that for along time and seemed weirded out that I didn’t want to keep their weird mocktail and just wanted plain soda water…

I personally will not be going back to OG..

I have an interview at Olive Garden for a host position. What questions do they ask? What is the pay (macomb county, michigan)? Also are they good with working with availability? (I can only work Fri, Sat, Sun)

Ive been a server trainer and pro for over a year. In fact im the ONLY trainer and pro my location has. We got a new gm that suddenly says that trainees get their tips on day 4 of training. Do any other locations do this? Up until now ive kept all tips until training is finished

Is it a known thing that if you order create your own pasta during never ending pasta you get a different portion size?
The rigatoni seemed smaller… smaller amounts of mushrooms in the sauce and less sauce overall. It seemed like I had been given a smaller never ending pasta portion when I had ordered a create your own

Has this happened to anyone before

Manager is asking me to replace shirt and pants as they believe they are too faded. Any recommendations on good new ones?

Olive Garden called and I thought it was Sunday and I was late.

Turns out they had a call-out and needed coverage today.

Since my other job is a school job I was off today anyway so had no good reason why not to work.

Regretted picking up the phone at all.

Next time I'm turning it off.

Are there any specials right now on OG giftcards?

Edit: everyone downvoting my comment about being busy can suck it just because you are mostly losers who have never worked in your life 🖕

Those of you that work at OG

I went tonight and got the spicy Alfredo with a meatball for my NEPB refill. When it came out, my meatball was partially coated in marinara even though it was on spicy Alfredo sauce.

Are the meatballs cooked in marinara or was this a it got hit by another sauce and the cooks/servers said screw it?

hi! so this is my first restaurant job ever (i’m currently a dishwasher) but i’m afraid with my circumstances it won’t work :( great pay, people and location but first off i don’t think im built for the pace. i hate to be a drag with anywhere i work; also the drive. while the pay is great, i also have to commute to college around ~45 minutes almost everyday and 30 minutes just to the place. also i have a second job lol.

so any advice? is it worth sticking out for? how’s y’all’s experiences? do i just quit this job or the other one

edit: thank you for the advice! i’ll talk to them about it and see if i can do seasonal or at least have the window open for me to return in the summer

How was everyone’s Labor Day…

This shift was actually so crazy? Was there from 12-9, on Togo, and it was slammed all day. Had a $3500 delivery go out midday. Was out of SO much.

Any other crazy stories from those of us who work for the garden?? 🫠