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Me three.
I was a waitress towards the end of college and shortly thereafter. I made more in tips than at my first real job and then I got laid off and ended up taking temp jobs for even less just to stay in my field and keep working. It is a little hard when you hear bartenders bragging about how much they make and feel so poor. I have to just keep reminding myself of the long term. Their career is a dead end, mine hopefully isn't.
The other part of this is that I burned out on waiting tables. There are people out there that are really into the service industry and have serious discussions with co-workers on selling drinks and deserts, building a rapport with your tables, getting the maximum tip, etc. I never cared about any of that, I was just trying to pay my rent and move on with my life. After a while, I was so sick of running drink orders that I could feel myself getting grumpy at the thought of going in to work and being short with people for no reason. At that point, it's time to move on.
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