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Originally posted by PureGoldF2K1
Some other questions for servers...
How many tables on average would you be waiting on at a time? At my restaurant, its normal on a Friday night to have 10-12 tables, all sat at the same time. Upon talking to a friend who works at Olive Garden, I found out that this isnt normal (he would have 3-4 tables) and this is why I get so ridiculously stressed out. Oh, and yesterday I was double sat with 2 parties of 15...at the EXACT same time...thats not typical of most places I dont think!
How much sidework do you have to complete?? We basically have to clean the entire kitchen and our sections which takes HOURS. OliveGardenGuy, again, said this isnt normal...hmmm..Im thinking i want more than my $2.83/hr haha.
Any thoughts?
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When the restaurant first opened, we'd have 3 tables on busy nights. We ended up after the first year with 4-5, depending on the section. We had to roll a tray (or more) of silver (30 rolls) and complete 2 side duty tasks (ie. take out trash, refill A1 bottles and ketchup, clean the server alleys) in addition to sweeping our area and refilling our salt/pepper shakers. All that for $2.13 an hour. I quit after 2 summers. The tips were decent, but I made more doing other jobs.