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14 Struggles Of Being A Waitress

I got 99 problems, and it's all serving.

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Those who have worked in the restaurant business can agree that if it wasn't for the money, the job would definitely not be worth it. Kids making a mess, entitled customers and pushy managers are enough to make a server walk out the door. Here's for all of the waiters and waitresses who dare enter the food and beverage industry.

1. When you greet a table and nobody responds.

2. When your table compliments you on your fast service but leaves close to no tip.

3. When your customer is certain you poured the wrong Pepsi.

4. When your manager catches you on your phone.

5. When the dishwasher doesn't show up for the dinner shift.

6. When the old men at your table tell terrible jokes, but you have to laugh for the sake of the tip.

7. When the creepy dad at your table flirts with you.


8. Repeating the beer list to everybody at the table.



9. Asking if your table is ready to order, they say yes and proceed to take 10 more minutes.

10. Finding your manager at the end of the night is harder than finding Waldo.

11. When you forget to ring in an order.

12. When your friends who work other jobs don't understand that you never know when you will be out of work.

13. Having to close and then open the next day.

14. When your table stays an hour past closing.

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