it was busy tonight at the restaraunt!! It was a nightmare! I mean, it was great because busy nights mean good tips usually, but sometimes, it's just too much to handle. On weeknights, you are the only waitress for the whole place. Which means:
-deliver menus with a smile
-take drink order
-get them there drinks
-take their order
-give it to the cook
-bring out their coleslaws
-bring out food when it's ready
-bring them anything else they need in between
-write up their ticket by hand
-get them change if needed
-get them a doggy bag if needed
-clear their table
-clean their table
....now picture this when like 10 tables come in at the same time, a few more tables come in after that, the phone is ringing (and yes, the waitress has to answer that to, take the to go orders, get them their to go order when they come in and bag it), you are running out of coleslaws, ice and cups...
and that was my night.
And then people lingered from then on, I never stopped to pee, eat, or socialize from 5 - 9:30pm. And then I cleaned.
And this was all after I woke up at 7 am, got ready, got 3 kids ready, went and picked up a friend's kids so she could get some packing done without the CUTE little ankle biters, had another friend stop over with 3 kids (so glad she did!!!), had my nephews come over at the same time to play, made lunch minus two nephews and friend w/ 3 kids, fed two babies at the same time, 3 toddlers and one adult (me), then at 1pm, friend comes and picks kids up, I put my kids down for a nap and do laundry and read a book...for a little bit because THEN,
the kids decide to get up early from their nap.
So then we go outside.
And then I went to work.
And you kow what happens after that.
-deliver menus with a smile
-take drink order
-get them there drinks
-take their order
-give it to the cook
-bring out their coleslaws
-bring out food when it's ready
-bring them anything else they need in between
-write up their ticket by hand
-get them change if needed
-get them a doggy bag if needed
-clear their table
-clean their table
....now picture this when like 10 tables come in at the same time, a few more tables come in after that, the phone is ringing (and yes, the waitress has to answer that to, take the to go orders, get them their to go order when they come in and bag it), you are running out of coleslaws, ice and cups...
and that was my night.
And then people lingered from then on, I never stopped to pee, eat, or socialize from 5 - 9:30pm. And then I cleaned.
And this was all after I woke up at 7 am, got ready, got 3 kids ready, went and picked up a friend's kids so she could get some packing done without the CUTE little ankle biters, had another friend stop over with 3 kids (so glad she did!!!), had my nephews come over at the same time to play, made lunch minus two nephews and friend w/ 3 kids, fed two babies at the same time, 3 toddlers and one adult (me), then at 1pm, friend comes and picks kids up, I put my kids down for a nap and do laundry and read a book...for a little bit because THEN,
the kids decide to get up early from their nap.
So then we go outside.
And then I went to work.
And you kow what happens after that.
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