Thus ends my second summer as a waitress. Last year I worked until the dire end and worked the night before inservice. I think my students really suffered because of it. So this year, I decided to stop two weeks before inservice to make sure I have time to recharge my batteries.
We had our incentive meeting the other night. We get business cards when we do something good. It’s a token economy that is suppose to motivate us to work harder in the hopes of earning these cards. We throw them all together and draw names for prizes several times a year. I won at the end of last summer, so I was prepared not to win this time. But in fact, my name was chosen three times; I was the first and the last winner. The grand prize was $200 cast, no too shabby!
As with last summer, I told the managers that they could call me for weekends. Those of you who know where I work understand why working weekends are helpful to the restaurant and money makers for me. I told them I could work Saturday OR Sunday, but not both. They told me to be prepared to work every weekend, but we will see if they call. It’s like meeting a great guy at a bar who says he’ll call. Occasionally, you will get the call, but more often than not, he won’t call. It’s just what you say to people. Should I work this fall, I will inevitably have some fantastic stories to report, so I will send out the all-call to let everyone know. Otherwise, this might be the conclusion of my waitressing career. I’ll have to find another summer gig that I can do undercover and report on.
Thanks all for reading!
