A lot of people look down on servers as being uneducated or unable to attain any other type of employment. The truth is that people wait tables for a variety of different reasons.
- You can sleep until noon EVERYDAY and take a nap later if you want.
- You make good money tolerating people who are complete assholes and at the end of the day you don’t have to see the same assholes again. If you are a judge, lawyer, doctor etc. you have might make more money but you have to put up with the same assholes for an extended period of time, pay off a fortune in student loans, and work really long hours.
- You can work an average of 6 hours a day, very very seldom working a full 8 hours.
- You have no real sense of responsibility for your workplace when you are away. You do not care about what is going on when you aren’t there. This allows you to call in or give shifts away and go to the beach for a few days whenever you want. You can also request additional days off a couple of times a month if working 30 hours a week turns out to be too much for you.
- Time goes by faster when you are moving around as opposed to sitting hunched over a desk crunching numbers or pretending to crunch numbers while surfing the web for scat pics.
- Drinking after work isn’t optional but mandatory. If you don’t stay after work and drink with your co-workers on occasion you are shunned. Sometimes the drinking can last until the wee hours of the morning – when you drive yourself home drunk while everyone is commuting to their 9-5 jobs.
- If you have a child then waiting tables allows you to see your child more frequently or at least choose the hours you see them. For instance, working nights allows you to see them during the day when they are awake for a longer period of time.
- Most servers don’t have to think about what to wear or purchase an extensive wardrobe. Your uniform is provided and you wear it every day. Sure, the uniforms aren’t flattering on most people but they are free. Also, you don’t have to wear uncomfortable dress shoes like office workers – most servers work in sneakers.
- While waiting tables does sometimes provide you with an opportunity to move into management most people don’t bother because everyone knows that majority of servers make more money than the management staff. This means that you don’t have to try to screw or impress your boss in an effort to get promoted. No promotion = No ass kissing. Just go to work, perform your job correctly, and go home until your next shift.
- Waiting tables is an excellent way to pay for college. In fact, I paid my way through college and remain debt free – unlike students who take out loans and owe over $20k when they graduate.
- Working in a restaurant allows you to talk like a trucker – allowing you to use words like “cunt, pussy, cock, snatch etc.” – and modified forms of these words. You can also talk extensively about your vagina, manscaping, ass-to-mouth, and pretty much any other topics normally taboo in office environments.
- Waiting tables allows you to use all your black jokes and other stereotype related jokes. Of course, make sure the person you are making them at isn’t a total douche who can’t take a joke.
So… Like most people I like parts of my job.
