Like any job, there are definitely a fair share of struggles that a waiter/waitress go through. All of a sudden, a month into the job you come to the realization that people can just be so awful. It can come to amaze you the extreme of nice and the extreme of mean that people can be. And what do you have to do? Sit there and take it! With that being said, it is not all bad. Some customers can hold conversations, some leave generous tips, and some really make you realize that there is hope in humanity... As a server this is a list of struggles I have come across at work...

1. Having to awkwardly stand at a table waiting for them to stop their conversation and acknowledge your existence.

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2. “Hi, how are y-“
“Water.”

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3. When kids shred food and napkins, leaving a huge mess on the carpet. Better yet, when adults do it.

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4. When a guest leaves you his phone number and a 5 percent tip.

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5. When guests try to have a legitimate conversation with you.

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6. “When do you close?”
“10 minutes.”
“Oh, perfect! We have 18 people.”

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7. 15 separate checks, all paid in cash and needing change.

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8. “Can I get you anything else tonight?”
“A million dollars would be nice.”

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9. When a guest actually calls you by name.

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10. When you check up on a table five times and they tell you everything’s great, but then when your manager goes over, they tell him something’s wrong with their food, making you look bad at your job.

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11. When people seat themselves at a dirty table…and then complain that their table’s dirty.

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12. When you eat a whole meal in 10 minutes on your break and then feel like dying when you go back to work.

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13. When they say they’re ready to order and then spend the next five minutes trying to decide while you stand there and think about the other 37 things you need to be doing right now.

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14. “What time are you off tonight?”
“I’m second cut.”
“But what time?”
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15. “Oh, you can just keep the bill.”

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16. When a guest eats their entire burger and then tells you there wasn’t supposed to be onion on it.

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17. Your aching body makes you feel 85 years old.

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18. You know the bank teller is judging when you go to deposit your crumpled up tip money.

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