The server life isn't for everybody, but those of us who have experienced it know that that being a server comes with a list of "WTH" and "Uhmm okay" common situations that only other servers understand.
1.You actually find comfort in having a load of coins in your wallet.
Quarters, dimes, nickels, or pennies; it doesn't matter. You probably appreciate those things more than most humans.
2. You have a collection of one dollar bills at you house and call it your "stripper" money.
3. You really get pissed off when people steal your Dollar Store pens. Because pens might not be expensive, but they add up quickly. Even it's the most simple pen ever, people find some reason to steal them and make them their own.
4. You think people get thirsty way too fast. I'm not talking about just the weird guys at the bar that try to hit on your as you deliver their meal or the drunk women trying to find the bathroom.
5. You consider parts of the restaurant as high reality. It kind of
goes back to the booth thing; every customer wants a booth and every
server wants the booth section.
6. You generally think the customer is always wrong, but you never say it. "They forgot to say they didn't want that ingredient." "They changed their mind." "No wonder it's cold, the food sat for twenty minutes on their table before they ate it."
7. You have a strong hunger game when in the kitchen. Literally anything looks appetizing, pizza, burgers, chicken, caramel dressing, the floor.
8. You never can have or give enough napkins.
9. You don't know who you dislike more: older people or teenagers. It's not that they are bad people; however, they tend to be the most needy or the worst at tipping. It's like the senior discount or "I'm still in high school and don't have money" always apply.
10. Your secret to waist training: an apron tied to you all day.
11. You cry when "dropping" money at the end of the night.
12. You think 20% is a set standard and come in thinking you'll get most days. It's not a cocky thing, you just think it's common courtesy.
13. You judge those "We'll wait for a booth" people.
14. "Rolling" has become part of your everyday life.
15. You have a collection of "tips" people have left you from gift cards to hotel room keys.
16. You love hearing "I'm cutting you." No, not with a knife even though sometimes that sounds okay too.
17. You get a strange satisfaction in receiving "Call Me" written on the
top of receipts. Even if the person is so not your type, it's kind of
flattering even if it's also a joke.
Serving is more than just taking orders and carrying the orders out. It's also collecting coins, rolling metal, getting cut, and learning life lessons that will carry with you forever.
