An Update... and a New Section!

1.  I got a job. (Yay!)

2.  I hate my job because the owner/manager of the restaurant makes me feel incompetent and small. (Not yay.)

But I’m not a quitter. At least, not sometimes. Leaving after only a week seems impulsive, and would only serve to prove him right. So I’ve decided to tough it out for a while (at least until payday).

In the meantime, I’m going to do the number one thing you’re not supposed to do as a blogger: write about your job.

The way I see it, since the servers are not allowed to talk to each other without being barked at to get back to work, there’s little chance I’m going to make any friends, and therefore no real danger of my rants being read by the wrong people (aka. the owner and his family). 

And hey—if I’ve decided to put myself through all the crap (both the belittling at work and the dread and distress at home) that comes with hating your job, I figure I might as well entertain someone along the way!

So here’s the part where YOU come in (complete with some Uncle Sam-style pointing): I need a fun title for my new section that will chronicle stories from my sometimes (but not always) nightmarish shifts. So far I’ve come up with “Banter at the Bar” or “Tales from the Restaurant,” but neither of those really seem to fit.

If anything comes to mind, please let me know! And get excited. Because serving at this restaurant is quite literally the most upsetting job I have ever held, and is going to require some serious catharsis (i.e. plenty of stories to come).

Whoo. I feel better already!

Love,

the traveling (and working) stahr…