It wasn't until the summer going into my sophomore year at college that I really started to take the job hunt seriously. I realized that the time to built up my resume was now and I decided that bartending/waitressing was the perfect way to do that, and after those first few weeks, I soon realized that waitressing is its own breed of customer service. To correctly display the waitressing work I decided to make a list of ten things that happen when you become a waitress.

1. You get crazy awesome upper arm strength. That's right, carrying all of those trays back and forth are totally worth it! Screw having to lift weights at the gym, you get in your workout from constantly running heavy trays back and forth from the kitchen.
2. You you get really good at faking enthusiasm. Everyone has those crap days where all you want to do is sit at home in your PJ’s and binge a tv show, but sadly because of the amount of customer interaction that you have to do, you either have to get really good at faking it, or content with your 5% tips.
3. Whatever part of you that was slightly germaphobic is dead. You’re constantly touching dirty dishes or wiping food/dressing off yourself that whatever part of you was easily grossed out was brutally killed off.
4. With all of the cash that you carry around with you kind of makes you feel like you’re a stripper. It’s always a bit awkward when you're depositing your tips at the bank and you hand the teller 40 ones.
5. Your step count is always super impressive. With that health app on iPhones, keeping track of your steps is easier than ever! Which is kind of awesome considering that you are on your feet and walking around for hours at a time.
6. The number of colorful adjectives you can pull out of your ass is awesome. It’s rather exuberating when your freshly cut sentences are perfectly peppered with buttery vocabulary.
7. You’re always overly nice and respectful to other jobs involving hospitality. You realize the amount of work that goes into serving and because of that you tend to patient with your waiters/waitresses and are always decently generous when leaving a tip.
8. You get really good at dealing with difficult people. You will often get crabby tables who a super impatient or just plain assholes. Luckily you’ve picked up some tricks along the way to get them to loosen up a bit.
9. You become a great multi-tasker. As a waitress/waiter, you have to learn to do quite a few things at once. Like, for instance, getting someone's drink from the bar, grabbing that bottle of ketchup, quickly ringing someone's order and then watering tables on your way to drop off the drink and ketchup.
10. You realize that waitressing is kind of awesome. Though breaking into a waitressing job can be stressful, and rather emotional at times, but whether it’s by getting a great tip, or really connecting with a table I feel like most people can agree that it totally pays off.