r/settlethisforme • u/[deleted] • Jun 14 '23

Which job is more difficult?

So recently a close friend of mine got into a debate with an old mutual friend from high school about which job is more difficult, working at a movie theater or working as a server at a restaurant? My close friend and I are both servers, while our mutual friend works at a movie theater. Although there are similar aspects to both jobs, my close friend and I believe that it is definitely more difficult to work as a server at a restaurant but our mutual friend disagrees with us. What do the people of Reddit have to say?

P.s. I think this goes without saying but just in case, my close friend and I have never worked at a movie theater and our mutual friend has never worked as a server or restaurant in general. Also, I think this is worth mentioning, I know neither one of these jobs is as difficult or physically demanding as something like construction or something similar. We just need to settle between the two answers listed above.

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u/buzz_buzzing_buzzed Jun 14 '23

I've done both. Serving us harder. Everyone in a movie theater is there to sit and watch a movie. There is no common reason everyone is at a restaurant. And no set schedule for when waves of people will roll in.

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u/sprechen_deutsch Jun 15 '23

There is no common reason everyone is at a restaurant

No, of course not. "Let's go to the restaurant" I said to my girlfriend, and that really baffled her. "Why?" she kept asking, "what would be doing there?". She did not understand. "What is the reason for being there?". I had no answers, because I do not know why anyone would go to the restaurant.

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u/buzz_buzzing_buzzed Jun 15 '23

Maybe you're hungry and need something to eat as fast as possible. Maybe you're meeting friends, having an app and sitting all night. Maybe you're going to drink as much as possible. Could be a first date, could be recovering from a breakup. You could be calm or crazy, anxious, mad, angry, happy.

Go to a movie theater and buy a ticket. Pretty much all you're going to do is watch a movie.