About a month or two ago, my boss asked me if I wanted to start waitressing. At that point, I had already been working the register for about 3-4 months, so I already knew the menu and how most things worked around the restaurant. I slowly began to learn how to waitress, by watching the other girl's waitress. I already had some past waitressing experience, from when I used to work at a small breakfast place about 3 years ago. However, I wasn't the best waitress 3 years ago.
After, about 2 weeks of watching the other girls and beginning to waitress with some help, I had my first shift waitressing by myself. I was pretty nervous to be alone, as you never know how busy it may get and I didn't have anyone else helping me, so I had to make sure I kept everything organized, so I was still quick and efficient.
The night started off being pretty slow, but around 5 o'clock I started to get a few tables. Then, by about 6 o'clock I got even more and I was running around like a crazy person. I somehow managed to stay calm and I did my best to get everything done. By the end of the night, I was exhausted. Waitressing, definitely, uses up a lot of your energy and I'm usually pretty beat by the end of my shift.
Although, I was pretty stressed out for most of the night, I was proud that I managed to do everything on my own.
I used to work at a restaurant as a hostess and just WATCHING the waitresses run around stressed me out. I can see how much work that is, and customers don't always make it easier. I'm glad to hear you've made it through so far and hopefully it continues to be as easy as it possibly can be.
ReplyDeleteI totally get the stress over being a waitress! When I was looking for a new job, I knew being a waitress was something I could never do because it would stress me out too much. I'm glad it went well for you!
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