After graduation I worked three jobs for a while, and one of them was at a bowling alley as a porter/busser. It was terrible. Working late shifts, getting garbage juice on myself, customers looking down on you, all for $8 an hour. I lasted one month and quit when I luckily got more hours at my current job.
Because of that I always make sure to be as helpful/positive as a I can when dealing with waiters or people working customer service. Those jobs deplete your soul.
+rep. This man never lies. I worked at a restaurant/pool hall/bowling alley downtown chicago while in dental school of all times. Pure hell. I was a cook/food runner/busser. That shyt was horrible. The restaurant was literally the size of 2 gymnasium and I had to walk around picking up plates, filling bar wells with ice, tossing out garbage, loading garbage in a bin to be taken to a large, filthy compactor downstairs, cleaning bathrooms, etc. It was especially awful when we had parties, which could range from 500-1000 easily. Customers looked down on you, servers treated you like trash. It was hell. The only reason I put up with that was because I made 9 plus tips which could be anywhere from $75-$150 per night. Also, when I worked in the kitchen, I worked under this crack head executive chef who literally was bi-polar. He would scream at you for the same order ten times. Face was always bright red. Just hell. I have an appreciation for restaurant workers too. Thats why I went hard as hell in that thread were nikkas was like whats the point of tipping.
