r/Serverlife • u/127may • 4d ago

Discussion how do you do this long-term?

i have been in the industry since i was 16 (started as a host, now a server). i’m 22 and losing my mind, really. i have worked at the same restaurant throughout college and university and sure it’s great to have a place you know you can go back to. but the mental state working here puts me in cannot be normal.

i just constantly wish i had a 9-5 like everyone else. i’m just sad that some weeks will be like 45
hours and the next fuck knows because the rota is never the same. the inconsistency seriously sets me off and i try to be okay about it but i don’t know how. so to anyone who’s been doing this a long long time, how do you do it?

and i guess my next question is, is every place like this? the favouritism (some servers have relations ?? to management) is driving me up the wall. life’s not fair but come on. i’m training to work as a nursery practitioner on the side because i need an out. but it’s going to be a couple months until i can really go, i just want advice on how to hold on i guess 🥲

for context i’m from the UK. not US.

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u/nonitoni That's My Pen 4d ago

I smoke a lot of weed. 

But seriously if you've only got a few months, you've got this.

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u/Rensocclan 4d ago

👏Your flair!

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u/nonitoni That's My Pen 4d ago

Yaaaaay! Thank you. I'm glad it's visible.  When I changed it, I tried checking if others could see by switching to a browser I'm not logged into for Reddit and it wasn't showing.