Being a waitress is a lot harder than most people give credit to. You're constantly running around, you have to deal with difficult customers, screaming babies and cranky old people all while keeping a smile on your face. Here are 13 things all servers experience far too often.

1. Wanting it to be busy but also so slow

2. Being ignored after you say hello to a table

3. Substitutions of any kind

4. Trying to answer the question, "What is your favorite thing on the menu?"

5. Or even worse, "What kind of food do you have here?"

6. Side work

7. Having to pretend you're interested in hearing the customer's life story

8. Bad tips

9. Convincing the manager to cut you and let you go home early

10. People saying they're ready to order when they are soooo not

11. People who come in 10 minutes before close and stay FOREVER

12. Not having enough glassware/silverware/plates etc.

13. Being blamed when food food takes too long to come out