More reasons why my new job serving at Nick and Tony’s Restaurant is so much better than my old job:
1. Better tips.
2. Parties of 5 or more have the gratuity (tip) automatically added on.
3. Fairer system to determine who gets to serve those parties of 5 or more. We draw for it. It’s random and excellent. No politics or favorites.
4. One server per (up to) 40-person party This is the life. Last night I had my first 12-person party and I discovered how easy it is to tend to them and the tip just GROWS. These people were having 55-dollar bottles of wine, appetizers, cappuccino, the works, and I made $77 just by being the one who brought it all.
5. Cuter cooks.
6. Cuter bussers.
7. Easier work for me. Foodrunners bring the entrees so all I have to do is take care of drinks, appetizers and dessert. Mainly I just make sure their order is correct and keep an eye on them. In this way servers can handle 10 or more tables at a time and that means tips, tips, tips.
8. More easier work for me. Servers do more set-up at the beginning of the shift, but after that foodrunners, cooks, dishwashers and bussers do the heavy lifting, the cleaning and the stocking (at Carson’s the servers much more stocking and cleaning).
9. I am earning way more money than I did when I started at Carson’s.
10. I am earning way more money than I did when I quit Carson’s.
11. Life is good.
Plus I like the management better, the customers are more interesting and I’m getting to know and like my co-workers. In fact, this job is better than my last one in every single way except that Carson’s had better drink serving trays (with cork). Besides that, I’m surprisingly happy at my new job.
The only thing that still bothers me is that I never got to say good-bye properly to my Carson’s co-workers. I was going to enjoy a graceful two-week period of explaining to everyone why I was going and telling them I’d enjoyed knowing them (the ones I liked, anyway). And then that Family Crisis hit right after Labor Day weekend and aborted all that and I had to leave town abruptly to be with my family. I never got to personally break the news to all of my Carson’s colleagues so my departure could be thoughtful and not sudden and heartless. Damn. Saying “Good-bye, I’m leaving!” a month and a half after I already left is just stupid and dorky.
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