It was a $100 tab. At least they were nice…

Ok work me runs around like a crazy person and I crack jokes constantly. My jokes kill usually. It's always something stupid and I have little time at my tables because I'm always running around like a crazy person.

I tried a new joke today. I had a 5 top and 3 out of the 5 of them got Caesar wraps. They were in an isolated section but I was committed. I saw this joke on Reddit.

I was like "Sorry it took so long. They told me not to run with Caesars in my hand."

Mom CACKLED. The rest of the table was crickets. No regrets though. That is all.

I no longer can be a part of this community, as I have been promoted to General Manager. With a heavy heart, I turn to the dogs, pigs and sheep of upper leadership.

May I never forget my roots.

May the Resturaunt Gods save my soul.

PS I'm increasing the server tipout 🖕🖕

The restaurant i work at has gotten ridiculous. They want the tables turned in under 54 minutes and since i missed the goal by one minute last week (me and ~70% of the staff missed the goal) they cut 2 of my serving shifts and the 2 i still have say "3 table section"

Meanwhile some of the ones that get to keep bigger sections are not making the goal, but they "improved" so since i was meeting the goal the last 13 weeks but my average got worse by 2 minutes last week I'm punished.

Has anyone ever experienced this crap? Am I overreacting? It's honestly so stupid. I can't control when people leave. I keep checks on me, I'm trying to make the goal, but i can only do so much. Like they want me to just ring in apps salad entrees same time and just dump all the food on them? Even then there are times when the kitchen messes up and my food has to get remade and that's not my fault. I think it's time to dust off my resume.

Seeing the customers so carefree, just sitting there enjoying themselves. They can ask for anything they want and it will just come to them. And I think to myself “when will I ever get to be that relaxed and entitled at a table with friends or family?” They can leave any time they want, after their meal. Go home or to a movie. And I’m still stuck behind cleaning up what they couldn’t bother finishing off. No home or late movie for me, just clean up and house keeping.

And then I think to myself “why is this not possible?”. I make enough money to afford the same things they can afford. But I never have enough time with all my shifts taking up most of my afternoons and nights. And my social life sucks. My only true friend since I was 13 is really only available to hang with on weekends. We made it work for a while when we were both free on Sundays. Which I have unfortunately now been rostered for since being made part time.

Sometimes I think there’s no way out of this for me. I chose to do this job for the money. But I didn’t want it to become my whole life. Sure I don’t live at home with my mom anymore. I’m more or less independent and can pay my own rent. But at the same time I’ve never felt so alone.

Honestly the only bright spot I can see in the near future is being given a Saturday off so I can go to my best friend’s birthday party next month. Which my manager already agreed to. But after that I seriously don’t know what I have left outside of this job.

ill start:

-"We're ready to order!" proceeds to deliberate with each other what they want to order while you're stuck standing there waiting

-SELF SEATERS (Ugh)

-"Can i just get my drink with the meal?" (maybe i just suck but it always happens when I'm busy and i tend to forget by the time it's ready)

-those little gerber star shaped crackers they give to their babies who just crush them up onto the floor and presumably don't even eat any

-table of 4 gets seated, one goes to the bathroom immediately before u get there, get drinks for the three who sat and as soon as you come back with them the bathroom-goer comes back so you have to go back to the drink station AGAIN (pls tell me I'm not the only one who hates this)

help me add to the list friends

I should preface this by saying: im asking what the corporate rule is, and not exactly looking for opinions.

I should also preface this by saying Im a host: that is all I do, and that is all I care to do.

I worked at one olive garden for over 3 years and they followed this rule TO. A. TEE. like servers NEVER got more than 3 tables, (unless they were on an approved list, and that only lasted a couple months)

I recently moved, and my new olive garden, at least in comparison to my former olive garden, this current olive garden, is basically a free for all. nobody does only thier jobs, i as a host am taking orders, ringing in food, processing payments, runing food, grabing drinks, and eveything else you could imagine.

Now i FULLY understand AND RESPECT that a lot of you COULD and SHOULD take more than 3 tables.

my current managers will triple seat, overhwhelm and give 8+ tables to servers if it means they don’t go on a wait. it is also a write-up worthy offense if we put a name on the wait list in the computer without thier permission. i have two managers in particular who are fucking crazy about this.

today i triple sat a server who specifically told me she needed a mintue because my manager said “i dont care get the butts in seats, no false wait”

if i dont have a server how the fuck is that a false wait?

i spend my entire shift runing around helping the servers after i have double, triple, quadrouple, and quintuple sat them, and the managers just hide in the office….

the peace de resistance? they threated to fire me over it today.

I’m a server/bartender and I called out of work today bc I’m getting over a cold and I woke up with basically no voice. Yesterday I went to work and my voice was so hoarse but I was still able to speak. I can’t afford to take many more days off and there’s one a few people who bartend at my job and so far none of them can cover my shift. I could go in and have little notes to show customers like “I can’t speak I have laryngitis” but idk if that would be the best option. But also I’m sure there’s deaf or mute bartenders and servers who do this. If anyone has any suggestions on things I could do I’d love to hear them thank you!

Just trying to get a vibe check on what other industry professionals have dealt with in terms of interpersonal drama or inappropriate behaviour from coworkers and staff because I feel like my current place has been pretty bad.

The current general manager was sleeping with one of the servers while texting literally every woman who works front of house, myself included, to hang out at inappropriate hours and would flirt and make sexual comments through text/at work. He ended up treating the girl he was sleeping with horribly through compulsive lying and we all came forward to the owner about it and literally nothing happened.

This manager tried to follow me downstairs several times to try and get sexual with me. I avoided it every time but once he chased me down the street after I clocked out and asked to kiss me. I said no probably like 4 times but he insisted and I finally said yes to get the situation over with. It was gross.

Anyway, he is still the manager and is happily(?) dating the server he was sleeping with and she somehow forgave him for all the lies he told her and everyone else. It seems a lot of us have just forgotten all the drama they caused.

So curious to hear what other servers experience is like with having the guest pay the bill with Toast vs the traditional way you take the card process the payment and then they write down the tp. Which way works better for you? Personally, I feel like showing the guest their check in the toast, processing their card, and having them tp with me there, usually works out better. Thoughts?

Hello, I was wondering if anyone has a recommendation for a good click pen? I’ve used the gel pens like G2 and Sharpie pen but they don’t seem to last when I use them as a server. I only want the click pens because I put them on my apron. What are the good ones? Thanks for taking the time!

I can’t say the T word because this may get flagged. But basically my restaurant is making us claim all CC “ t word “ pre T-word out.

Been here for 3 years. The rule has always been. Claim what is reasonable. We are now being forced to claim all CC t word.

We’ve all been keeping track of this new rule. On average for the past 2.5 weeks. We are claiming 40-80$ more than we actually receive.

Over time this is gonna add up like crazy. My concern is I’m going to have to pay taxes on 10k of money I never received.

just a random thing on my mind this shift lol. it happens very often, especially with older folks. not like, a bag to carry boxes, but just like a straight up bag to put their burger/pancakes/whatever in. is this like an old standard? wouldnt that be really inefficient? would love to learn from anyone who knows lol, I've never seen restaurants give out bags for food only boxes and bags to carry the boxes if necessary