Minimum wage jobs have become a sort of norm for college and high school students for decades. We need some pocket change and gas money, so we get a part time job working at a store or a restaurant to pay for small stuff.

At first it's exciting: a new job, new people, learning the ropes. Gaining experience for your resume.

And then it becomes what all minimum wage jobs are: hell.

Most people think, those jobs aren't difficult. They're minimum wage because they require minimum training, minimal effort, minimal time commitment. This could not be more wrong.

Retail and restaurant jobs are among the most difficult. The main reason for this is the customers. That's right, you people that frequent our places of work are what make our lives and our jobs a living nightmare.

People come into restaurants and come to the host podium to give us their name. The host tells them the wait will be about 45 minutes because it's the dinner rush and we don't want to give you false hope. You, in turn, get upset and say that's far too long and storm out.

What do you think that host can do about the wait time? Kick people out? Make you the top priority over all the other people who have been waiting for 45 minutes? It's not our fault, don't yell at us.

Also, back away from the podium, people. You don't need to see my list, you don't need to bend over my podium and read my screen upside down just to see the floor plan and the list of names. Being that close to me and breathing in my face is super rude.

And once you get to your table, don't blame your server for everything that goes wrong with your order. It's not their fault. If your order gets stuck on the grill line or its missing the side that you ordered, be polite. If your server is taking a little longer to get your fifth refill in 20 minutes, be patient. That server has several additional tables besides you to deal with, and, believe it or not, the world doesn't revolve around you.

Moving on to retail and store workers. If an item is out of stock, it's out of stock. There is literally nothing that worker can do to make more of that object appear on the shelves. No, they're not just telling you it's out of stock so you'll leave them alone. No, they won't go back and look for the object. (Maybe they will, but they probably know it’s all gone, so they'll pretend to be looking and instead check their phone to appease you.)

Retail workers also have no power to lower the price of an item. Along with trying to put your name at the very top of the list at a restaurant, you can't get a special discount at a store just for being you. And when you nudge the salesman and say, "Yeah, but what's the price for me?" they want to punch you.

But not nearly as much as they do when the scanner doesn't catch the barcode the first time and you say "Ohh, that means its free right? Ha ha ha ha!" No it doesn't, and now it costs extra for subjecting me to that.

In conclusion, be nice to these people. Truly, we are trying to help you. We have sufficient training, you don't need to speak to our manager about the price about this or that and you don't need to get in our face about every little thing. Be polite, be considerate.