Sunday, August 12, 2007

Bleh..

Well, I have a four day weekend coming up. It starts tomorrow actually. And I have a feeling I'm going to drive myself nuts after a while. But, in a way, I am looking forward to relaxing.

I have a job interview on Wednesday. I have to call tomorrow to set up the time. Yes, I know I have only been at my current job for a little over two months, but my self delusions of what a great job it is has worn off and I'm realizing how much they are taking advantage of me, and how little hours I am actually getting. Oh yes, the schedule may say I have 37 hours this week, but by the time you take out the half hour breaks, and the hours they send me home early (which is every day), it's not very much at all. Plus, after talking with Master I realized that my pay is to "flexible" since 85% of it depends on what people want to leave as tips. Not to mention the fact that the more servers we have on that day, the less money I make because the less tables I have. And forget about it if that table feels like staying for 2 hours to talk... In fact I had a table in today that was there for 2 1/2 hours just talking and drinking coffee, after their food... they left me $4.00. If they would have left, I could have used that table 3 times over if not more, and made more then $4.00. Oh, and a word of advice. If your service at a resturant is good.. do NOT stiff them! Don't just figure, "Oh there must be a gratuity fee..." or "Well, I'll get them next time." Servers in Wisconsin only make $2.33 an hour and the rest of our money comes from the customers. Oh, and usually, we're not just serving, we're also busing the tables, cashing out checks, and doing our side work.. plus anything else the manager feels like throwing at us. Denny's does not include a gratuity fee. At all. At least not the ones in Milwaukee. And we don't share tips, which is why we don't make minimum wage... *sigh* By the way, yes I am guilty of sitting in a booth at a resturant for a couple hours and just talking and eating... but I never stiff a waitress or waiter. Even if the service isn't that great, I at least leave a couple bucks. I am just frustrated right now, and I feel I did better service then $4 for four people who wanted endless coffee, and kept thinking of new things for me to fetch when they just could have told it all to me at one time. I literally would walk up to the table with what they had asked me for, and suddenly, "Oh! I forgot, I wanted this too..." I was polite, I never once lost my cool, and I was smiling the entire time. Oh... and I had 5 other tables besides them and they had everything they wanted immediately.

Hopefully, the job interview will go well and I will get hired. If I want my dreams of owning a home (anything but a trailer), having a yard, having a motorcycle, building up Sir's blade collection, among other things.. I need more reliable income. If it's a dead day, I'm broke. If its a busy day, I might be broke anyways because we have to many servers on. I have quickly become jaded with the idea of serving, or being a waitress. It only took me two months. Not to bad.

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