Service hurt. Badly! It didn't help that I had already slept on my shoulder oddly so it was in pain to begin with. Anyway, I had to lift those realllyyy heavy trays over and over again with lots of plates on them to bring out starters, salads, and then the entrees. *sigh*
Today is the day after and I've been on a constant stream of aspirin, which is taking probably 1/4th-half of the pain away. I also had a migraine last night... and headaches all day today.. I think it's coming from all the stress in my shoulders. I know this is all just whining, but I really don't have anything positive to say about being front of the house. Back of the house is good because it is experience in the field you're going to be working in. But... waitressing? Really? The school charges so I can hurt my shoulders and put on an overly friendly personality that I can barely pull off? I love the rest of my classes... I love cooking and learning about all the things that I feel a passion for. But I really can't wait until second term so I don't have to deal with customer service anymore! I don't see the benefit there!! Well, if I'm lucky, I'll be back of house 3 times, and front of house just 3 more times this term. And maybe they will be buffets so I wont have to lift the trays! xP Yeah. I'd definitely have a better attitude about this if it weren't taking so long to recover from it. xD
Anyhow, I am having a nice weekend in spite of it. I don't have any homework, because really we didn't get much! I finished the little we did get during the week! hehehe
Spent most of the day today with Patrick, which is always nice even though he was sleepy today. We bought snacks, played Sims 3 and watched nerdy television. <3 Tomorrow is reserved for cookies and playing around some more with my adorably small laptop that came today! And possibly more recovering. Jeez, I feel so old. :/
Ahh... yeah, waitressing is tough work, I definitely don't think lowly of those who work as waitresses.
ReplyDeleteBut y'know, as much as it kinda sucks, in order to be in the restaurant business, you kinda have to know about customer service and be comfortable with people just enough to make them feel like you actually care about what their buying instead of being cold and distant and just taking their money. We all know we can't stand it when someone doesn't give a shit about customer service. :P
So, hopefully you've recovered enough to have a different POV about it... it's a very very very important part of what you are studying!
Not trying to rain on your blog entry or anything... just offering another side. :D
OH yeah, and even if you are a restaurant owner and won't be seeing people very much, it still helps to have experience in customer service so as to know who will be good to hire and to be able to train them correctly, and occasionally deal with unhappy customers.
ReplyDeleteWell, I've already done customer service for almost every job I've had since I turned 16, and I could put up with it because there was a paycheck involved. So, I already have an appreciation for how difficult it is, and I already know how to make people believe I care more than I do about selling them a cheeseburger or something. xD
ReplyDeleteDealing with strangers just stresses me out probably more than anything. >.< Especially old people, I dunno why. So yeah this was me venting because I basically wanted to explode all day.
Well, at least you can put on a good face! :D That may be a more important skill now that I think about it..... lol
ReplyDeleteThe sad truth, huh? xD lol
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