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service industry of the shroomery, unite!!!!!
    #14109011 - 03/12/11 01:25 PM (12 years, 10 months ago)

this is a thread for any shroomerites who are servers, bartenders, barbacks, food runners, etc who want to vent or otherwise chat about working odd hours, stingy customers, arrogant and crazy chefs, pompous managers, annoying co-workers, ETC ETC ET AL

i REALLY like the place where i am working right now but it just opened and we're having a hard time getting people in the door.  so the money is not great.  im gonna stick it out through the spring and see what happens. 

i also do coat check on friday nights at a music venue (i live in NYC) and that's been great but it's gonna warm up soon and then that will be dunzo.


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Re: service industry of the shroomery, unite!!!!! [Re: yogabunny]
    #14109019 - 03/12/11 01:26 PM (12 years, 10 months ago)

I work at hooters.


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Re: service industry of the shroomery, unite!!!!! [Re: RonaldFuckingPaul]
    #14109035 - 03/12/11 01:29 PM (12 years, 10 months ago)

pics or it didnt happen
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Re: service industry of the shroomery, unite!!!!! [Re: yogabunny]
    #14109049 - 03/12/11 01:31 PM (12 years, 10 months ago)



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Re: service industry of the shroomery, unite!!!!! [Re: yogabunny]
    #14109050 - 03/12/11 01:32 PM (12 years, 10 months ago)

I'm an unemployed barista with ~2 years of experience.

I want to go back to work soon, but I'm going to school full-time, not exactly in dire financial straits, and I've just been so goddamned lazy. :tongue2:

The funny thing about this type of work is that if you can show you're experienced, it's very easy to get hired even in this economy.


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Re: service industry of the shroomery, unite!!!!! [Re: yogabunny]
    #14109052 - 03/12/11 01:32 PM (12 years, 10 months ago)

I'm in tech support/customer service and pretty much answer phones and emails all day from people who can't get their computers to work, many of whom should not even be qualified to go near or touch a computer in the first place. Although most of our customers are pretty tech savvy. It's a pretty good job, but I don't get tips even though I help people all day. But I love dealing with demanding assholes and people that are trying to scam the system and get shit for free. Or the chick that buys a video card and in the process of trying to install it destroys her motherboard and tries to blame us and make us pay for it. I deal with more bullshit in a day than the average zookeeper, but it's kinda fun.


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Re: service industry of the shroomery, unite!!!!! [Re: Shroomism]
    #14109065 - 03/12/11 01:36 PM (12 years, 10 months ago)

lol I just realized ted kennedy is dead sorry if I offended anyone.


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Re: service industry of the shroomery, unite!!!!! [Re: Shroomism]
    #14109072 - 03/12/11 01:37 PM (12 years, 10 months ago)

Worked at a pizza place for a year with my best friend. We opened the store 4 days a week and needless to say we fcked around a bunch and were always high.


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Re: service industry of the shroomery, unite!!!!! [Re: Shroomism]
    #14109073 - 03/12/11 01:37 PM (12 years, 10 months ago)

Wooo Barista's unite! I got 2 years as well behind the bar. Never in my life would i have thought that i could steam milk to perfection while blindfolded but look at me now :discorex:


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Re: service industry of the shroomery, unite!!!!! [Re: yogabunny]
    #14109078 - 03/12/11 01:39 PM (12 years, 10 months ago)

Cool thread.

I fucking hated being a server most of the time.:shrug:
My co-workers were mostly pretty cool though.
It was good to meet new people, but overall it sucked.

I liked working at a family pizza resturant as cashier and on the phones a hell of a lot better than serving.:thumbup:
It was like being a server without serving shit to anyone,
except beer.:cool::thumbup:

I'd just call the customers to come get their pizza/food themselves through an intercom.
The intercom was pretty fun, i'd sometimes do funny voices or say funny/clever things.
And it was normal for the customers to give you funny names for their orders, the best one i got was Mr. Fister.

So i had to call out "Mmmmister Fister, your order is ready!":awesome:


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Re: service industry of the shroomery, unite!!!!! [Re: PeacefulJedi]
    #14109080 - 03/12/11 01:40 PM (12 years, 10 months ago)

Quote:

PeacefulJedi said:
Wooo Barista's unite! I got 2 years as well behind the bar. Never in my life would i have thought that i could steam milk to perfection while blindfolded but look at me now :discorex:




From my kitchen last month:


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Re: service industry of the shroomery, unite!!!!! [Re: Shroomism]
    #14109081 - 03/12/11 01:40 PM (12 years, 10 months ago)

i like being in charge of making sure people have a great experience (most of the time :tongue2:) so i kind of pride myself on providing impeccable service and being able to turn any negative situation into a positive.  communication is key, i find.  like, a lot of times things happen that are completely out of your control, but since you are the face of the restaurant, so to speak, any delay or mistake seems like your fault. 

last night, for example, we were DEAD until 10:30 and by then my manager had cut the other server.  at 10:30 I got 6 tables all at once, including a 15 & 10 top.  the bar was SO backed up with drink orders one of my tables waited forever for their drinks, and at the end of service they commented how much they appreciated that i made a point to acknowledge that they'd been waiting, apologize & explain, and thank them for being patient.  granted, not all customers are that easy going, but a good example of how you can change the experience through good communication.


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Re: service industry of the shroomery, unite!!!!! [Re: yogabunny]
    #14109162 - 03/12/11 01:57 PM (12 years, 10 months ago)

I never dreamed I could make like 30 pizzas in 10 minutes. I am glad I worked there though and want another pizza guy job.


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Re: service industry of the shroomery, unite!!!!! [Re: HuHEN]
    #14109169 - 03/12/11 01:57 PM (12 years, 10 months ago)

Plus i got so much free pizza!


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Re: service industry of the shroomery, unite!!!!! [Re: HuHEN]
    #14109197 - 03/12/11 02:04 PM (12 years, 10 months ago)

Now i want some pizza and beer. :homerdrool:


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Re: service industry of the shroomery, unite!!!!! [Re: HuHEN]
    #14109199 - 03/12/11 02:04 PM (12 years, 10 months ago)

yummmmmmmmmm


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Re: service industry of the shroomery, unite!!!!! [Re: HuHEN]
    #14109217 - 03/12/11 02:08 PM (12 years, 10 months ago)

I worked at a pizza restaurant for 2 years.

It was a fun place to work, but it was totally stressful sometimes. I did various things there like server, cashier, in the kitchen for a few shifts so I got a taste of what it's like from each position.


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Re: service industry of the shroomery, unite!!!!! [Re: x Ju x]
    #14109267 - 03/12/11 02:16 PM (12 years, 10 months ago)

I had a drunk guy (i found out later he was drunk, and high on something) come up to me once telling me i didn't know shit and he was going to take my job.

I kept as cool as i could, but when he said that i told him "Yeah, good luck with that, pal.":whatever:

And he was like "WHAT!? Do you know where i work? I don't even need to work in this restaurant!"

I told him "Sir, i couldn't care less where you work."

And he demanded to speak to my manager and asked him for an application saying he's going to take my job.

Thankfully, my manager was on my side and could tell the guy was full of shit so he told him "Actually, this is one of our best cashiers and we are NOT hiring."

The dude later tried to come apologize to me, trying to have me talk with him outside, but i just told him it's better if he just left.
Bitch.:crankey:


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Re: service industry of the shroomery, unite!!!!! [Re: thoughts]
    #14109303 - 03/12/11 02:24 PM (12 years, 10 months ago)

OMG!!

:facepalm:


people are so weird.

end of the night at my coat check job sometimes gets VERY emotional because drunk people lose their tickets and then have to wait til the end for me to help them find their coats.  they get very angry and defensive like im trying to STEAL their things when in reality im just trying to protect other people from walking off with their coats/bags.

one night this 40 year old man (very drunk) threw a stomping tantrum and burst into tears because he lost his ticket.


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Re: service industry of the shroomery, unite!!!!! [Re: yogabunny]
    #14109307 - 03/12/11 02:25 PM (12 years, 10 months ago)

Ive been in a few service industry jobs but with my current appearance I only think Id be able to get one at health food stores, head shops and record stores.


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