Being a hostess can be a lot of work. Don't you wish that sometimes your customers could know how much you have to put up with? Here are 29 sings of the hostess life explained by "The Office."
1. When it's rush hour and the restaurant's jam packed
I can't even.
2. Watching customers relax and eat while you're stressed trying to complete a million tasks
I should at least be rewarded in food.
3. A few hours into your shift and you're forced to be peppy even though you’re dying from exhaustion
My cheeks hurt from fake smiling.
4. Having to make small talk with customers when you’re mentally checked out
"What was that?"
5. Having to work with that one co-worker you secretly hate
Trying to keep your distance best you can.
6. Tripping and stumbling while taking customers to their table
I'm trying over here.
7. Watching waitresses make serious bank in tips while you’re watching them like...
Still waiting over here!!
8. When you mess something up and have .5 seconds to strategize the best way to solve the situation before your manager finds out
Oh ****.
9. And when your manager and coworkers find out what you did and start being snarky about it
Oh come on! And you've never messed up?!
10. Spending half your shift wishing you were doing anything else besides working
Going to the beach sounds nice right about now.
11. And spending the other half trying to figure out what food to eat after work
Maybe they'll give me free food from the restaurant. *Continues dreaming*
12. When 60-year-old men hit on you
HA. No.
13. When your manager schedules you to work Friday and Saturday night
My life is non-existent.
14. When you spot someone you hate from school enter the restaurant
Duck and cover?
15. When your boss yells at you to be more enthusiastic
Show me money and you'll get the answer you so please.
16. Trying to politely deal with rude customers
Internally crying.
17. When you're overly exhausted so you go to the bathroom to take a good long look in the mirror and try to pull yourself together
Convincing yourself you look hot in the outfit you're required to wear, even when an attractive man enters the restaurant and sees you.
18. When your manager asks you to do a job that's not in your job description
Do I get a raise for doing this?
19. Working with that one hostess who takes their job way too seriously
Oh please. Stop trying to impress.
20. The mental anguish of struggling to hold in what's really on your mind
Just a few more hours and I'll be back at home with my true love, Netflix.
21. Sneakily whipping out your phone and getting severe FOMO from seeing all your friends' Snap stories
I'm going to pretend that I didn't just see that.
22. When the restaurant's been slow for hours but you haven't been cut so you just stand there like
Can I just go and eat?
23. Closing tasks
Almost there!
24. When customers come in five minutes before closing
We're closing!!!
25. Rolling silverware
I can do it in my sleep.
26. When your manager wants you to do a few more tasks but you already clocked out
*Mic drop*
27. When your feet ache after a long shift
Someone get me on a couch!
28. Looking in the mirror after you get off and realizing you looked like a hot mess all day
Oh, how wonderful.
29. Getting your check at the end of the pay period and realizing you're totally underpaid for all the stuff you go through
They couldn't even throw in some free food bonuses?
