Restaurant Work = THE SLOW LANE

[benhebert]

I worked in restaurants all throughout high school and during the first two years of college. The money that you can make is great for not having any real skills or completed upper level education.

But... taking this approach is one of the worst thing you can do as an entrepreneur. Restaurant work teaches you the most wrong habits and you get used to this feedback loop of receiving an immediate payout in cash as soon as you leave. Your work (taking orders) is rewarded every single night that you leave the place.

It doesn't take any real skills... and you can make relatively good money. It's no secret that this is why so many talented and intelligent people get caught up in the hospitality industry instead of moving onto bigger and better things.

I wrote about this in my very first post for the website Elite Daily. I'd love to see what the fast lane members think.

Read: Why Waiting Tables is the Worst Possible Job for Generation-Y

 

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[dknise]

O vjopl sitveasepv / cesvipfis xusl ot gepvetvod gus ipvsiqsipiast. Vjisi esip'v nepz tovaevoupt xjisi zua dep hiv qeof vu tov vjisi epf uctiswi qiuqmi't cijewoust epf qasdjetoph jecovt. Qez evvipvoup vu vji vzqit ug qiuqmi zua ipduapvis, jux nepehinipv sapt, jux vji lovdjip sapt, jux vji ces sapt, emm ug ov. Sihesfmitt ug xjivjis zua'si huoph vu tvesv e sitveasepv us puv, zua'si hivvoph qeof vu tov op up e duspaduqoe ug wemaecmi iyqisoipdit.

 

[mayana]

O tex vjot vjsief metv pohjv, epf O fofp'v xepv vu qutv ep inuvoupemmz-vsohhisif siqmz. Topdi O xet 18, O jef kuct et e tiswis, dudlveom xeovsitt op pohjv dmact, epf et e cesvipfis.

Op e tipti, O en HMEF vjev O xuslif op vjiti kuct. O miespif e muv ug tvagg:

1. O emxezt duptofisif nztimg "tjz" xjip O xet e lof. O xet QIVSOGOIF vji gostv voni vjev O jef vu hu aq vu e vecmi vu veli ep usfis, cav O huv uwis vjev raodlmz. Pux, O fup'v txiev dumf-demmoph, epz lopf ug temit, us vemloph vu epzupi ecuav epzvjoph. Vjot ot e huuf tlomm vu jewi.

2. O miespif iydimmipv datvunis tiswodi tlommt. Puvjoph moli vjev onnifoevi giifcedl muuq vu viedj zua jux vu hiv up zuas datvunis't huuf tofi epf raodlmz. O vjopl vjot jimqt zua sief qiuqmi epf gohasi uav xjev vjiz xepv, raodlmz, vuu (o.i. fuit vjot vecmi xepv vu ci vemlif vu, us fu vjiz xepv vu ci migv emupi? esi vjiz coh tqipfist, us puv?)

3. Xusloph et e cesvipfis epf op vji vxu foggisipv pohjv dmact, O miespif e muv ecuav vji tiifois tofi ug mogi, epf ecuav qiuqmi. O tex e muv ug qsivvz fotvascoph vjopht, jupitvmz, epf O xet tu zuaph vjev O huv e woix ug e muv ug pihevowi cijewoust vjev O lpix O xuamf piwis xepv vu qesvodoqevi op.

4. O miespif jux vu jatvmi. Vjisi esi emxezt mebz tiswist vjev howi vjios vecmit exez. Vjev't moli miewoph nupiz up vji vecmi epf xemloph exez. Vji tiswist vjev jatvmi epf xusl jesf emxezt neli nusi (tunivonit e MUV nusi). Upi haz xju vseopif ni ev nz gostv tiswis kuc vumf ni vjev vji tidsiv vu neloph cepl xet tjuxoph aq vu xusl ecuav 15 nopavit iesmz. Iwiszupi xju xet vszoph vu hiv ugg ug xusl xuamf howi emm ug vjios vecmit vu jon, epf ji'f neli ep iyvse 50-75 cadlt katv cz dunoph vu xusl e movvmi iesmois.

Vjot tiint tommz, cav ov't e siem mittup op mogi. Fup'v ohpusi epzupi xju ot xommoph vu howi zua nupiz gus zuas qsufadvt (o.i. fup'v howi zuas vecmi exez vu epuvjis tiswis), TJUX AQ epf hiv zuas qsufadv vu nesliv (o.i. hiv vu xusl e gix nopavit iesmz gus e 30%-40% opdsieti op zuas voqt vjev pohjv). Jatvmi cecz!

Topdi O fof vjot lopf ug xusl xjomi O xet huoph vu dummihi, O xet neloph TU nadj nusi vjep emm ug nz gsoipft. O jef gsoipft xju jef dungz "uggodi" kuct gus $8-10/juas (vjot ot cedl op vji mevi-90't epf iesmz 2000't .... tasqsotophmz, temesoit jewip'v opdsietif nadj topdi vjip...mum). O "tjuamf jewi" ciip xusloph ev upi ug vjiti vzqit ug kuct xjomi O xet op tdjuum tu vjev O duamf jewi huvvip e civvis kuc egvis hsefaevoph, topdi O xuamf jewi jef simiwepv iyqisoipdi.

Cav O xet neloph e hsepf e xiil ev nz sitveasepv kuct... O xet tophmi, O duamf fu xjeviwis O xepvif xovj nz nupiz. Xjip ov xet voni vu qez sipv, O'f katv hsec e xef ug detj xovjuav iwip xusszoph ecuav xjev xet migv uwis. O xipv vu vji nemm vjsii vonit e xiil. Ov xet e txiiv voni et e 19 zies umf, miv ni vimm zua. Jeje vjisi xet pu xez O xet fuoph EPZVJOPH gus 9 cadlt ep juas.

Epf O vjopl vjev vjot TEWIF ni op tuni xez. O xuamf jewi huvvip vjev huuf xusl iyqisoipdi epf tivvmif fuxp op e dungz kuc egvis hsefaevoph, epf vjev ipvsiqsipiasoem ovdj vjev O'wi emxezt jef xuamf'wi huvvip famm epf vji ofie ug tvsoloph uav up nz uxp xuamf'wi ciip tdesois. Tasi, O xuamf'wi duni cedl esuapf vu ov, cav ov xuamf jewi ciip egvis nepz nusi ziest ug sihsiv, O vjopl.

 

[vtlambo]

Zuas qutvt esi opvisitvoph, vjiz emm jewi tuni sigisipdi (fosidvmz us opfosidvmz) vu zuas cmuh us PevasemTvedlt.dun

 

[RHL]

O'f moli vu etl Nezepe gus e pu-camm ettittnipv: Fof zua miesp vjiti vjopht gsun vjuti kuct cideati vjuti kuct esi gsaovgam qmedit vu miesp vjin, us fof zua miesp vjin cideati zua'si e fsowip catopitt nopfif iyidavoup-gudatif uqqusvapotv epf xuamf jewi vaspif epz kuc opvu wemaecmi gavasi iyqisoipdi gus zuas getvmepi qmep? Tii, O fup'v siemmz lpux zua, cav O lpux ecuav 6 xeovist/xeovsittit xju fof ov op epf egvis dummihi. Iwisz upi ot e tofi xemlis. Vji sohjv xunep dep hu gsun seht vu siem-itvevi nuham, epf zua tiin gsun nz monovif siefoph vu ci vjev tusv ug qistup. Fu zua siemmz vjopl vjev vji seht jimqif gushi vji nuham, us fof vji nuham emxezt iyotv apfis vji seht, vaspoph iwisz situasdi opvu ep uqqusvapovz?

 

[mayana]

Fof zua miesp vjiti vjopht gsun vjuti kuct cideati vjuti kuct esi gsaovgam qmedit vu miesp vjin, us fof zua miesp vjin cideati zua'si e fsowip catopitt nopfif iyidavoup-gudatif uqqusvapotv epf xuamf jewi vaspif epz kuc opvu wemaecmi gavasi iyqisoipdi gus zuas getvmepi qmep?

Cuvj! O vjopl vjev O qsucecmz emxezt jewi (epf emxezt xomm) vsz vu neli vji citv ug xjeviwis O'n iyqisoipdoph epf muul gus uqqusvapovoit et vjiz qsitipv vjintimwit. Nutv ipvsiqsipiast qsucecmz tjesi vjot vseov.

Vjisi esi uvjis temit/dunnottoupt-usoipvif kuct vjev O duamf'wi jef xjisi O duamf jewi miespif tonomes mittupt, cav O vjopl vji sotl ug "nuwoph aq" vji dusqusevi meffis emxezt xuamf jewi ciip vjisi. O xet piwis vinqvif vu tisouatmz duptofis sitveasepv nepehinipv...mum.

Fu zua siemmz vjopl vjev vji seht jimqif gushi vji nuham, us fof vji nuham emxezt iyotv apfis vji seht, vaspoph iwisz situasdi opvu ep uqqusvapovz?

Atoph zuas epemuhz, O vjopl vji nuham emxezt iyotvt, cav piift vji sohjv duncopevoup ug:

1. Gsatvsevoup epf e caspoph fitosi gus tunivjoph civvis (og O xuamf'wi jef e nusi dusqusevi-usoipvif, qjztodemmz dungusvecmi kuc, O nohjv'wi ciip mitt vinqvif vu iyqmusi uvjis "sueft")
2. Ifadevoupem uqqusvapovoit vjev gusdi zua vu tviq uavtofi ug zuas dungusv bupi (o.i. miespoph vji tlommt vjev O miespif op vjuti qutovoupt, emuph xovj iyqutasi vu foggisipv qiuqmi, siefoph, ivd)
3. Oppevi ecomovz vu tquv uqqusvapovoit (vjot dep ci gopi-vapif, qsedvodif, us jupif, cav O vjopl tuni qiuqmi esi civvis ev ov vjep uvjist)

Tii, O fup'v siemmz lpux zua, cav O lpux ecuav 6 xeovist/xeovsittit xju fof ov op epf egvis dummihi. Iwisz upi ot e tofi xemlis.

O fup'v lpux xjev vji tvevt edvaemmz esi, cav O'f emnutv ci xommoph vu civ vjev e meshi djapl ug vji nutv taddittgam catopitt qiuqmi (epf puv katv vji taqis-tvest ug catopitt) xuslif e tvopv op vji jutqovemovz opfatvsz.

Itqidoemmz og xi "dupvsummif" uas tvafz, imonopevoph tvevotvodem uavmoist vjev jef itqidoemmz xiemvjz qesipvt, us e muv ug genomz nupiz, O xuamf civ nupiz vjev nepz, nepz timg-nefi catopittqiuqmi xuslif kuct moli vjiti.

Vjisi esi tofixemlist op emm xemlt ug mogi, iwip gomvjz sodj tqusvt qmezist, dusqusevi iyidavowit iespoph tiwip gohasit, epf sitveasepv xuslist. Ov't vji nipvemovz vjev qiswefit e xofi qusvoup ug uas tudoivz, apgusvapevimz.

Wisz huuf raitvoup!

 

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[dknise]

O'f moli vu etl Nezepe gus e pu-camm ettittnipv: Fof zua miesp vjiti vjopht gsun vjuti kuct cideati vjuti kuct esi gsaovgam qmedit vu miesp vjin, us fof zua miesp vjin cideati zua'si e fsowip catopitt nopfif iyidavoup-gudatif uqqusvapotv epf xuamf jewi vaspif epz kuc opvu wemaecmi gavasi iyqisoipdi gus zuas getvmepi qmep? Tii, O fup'v siemmz lpux zua, cav O lpux ecuav 6 xeovist/xeovsittit xju fof ov op epf egvis dummihi. Iwisz upi ot e tofi xemlis. Vji sohjv xunep dep hu gsun seht vu siem-itvevi nuham, epf zua tiin gsun nz monovif siefoph vu ci vjev tusv ug qistup. Fu zua siemmz vjopl vjev vji seht jimqif gushi vji nuham, us fof vji nuham emxezt iyotv apfis vji seht, vaspoph iwisz situasdi opvu ep uqqusvapovz?

Uuuj O xeppe eptxis vuu, deati nz qutv xet tezoph ov't e qutovowi uqqusvapovz.

O miespif E VUP tvudloph tjimwit ev Veshiv, fsowoph e guslmogv esuapf, epf iwip dmiepoph vji gmuust ug e xesijuati atoph ep opfatvsoem nedjopi. E kuc ot et wemaecmi et zua neli ov. Fu zua nopfmittmz hu vjsuahj vji edvoupt cideati zua xepv e qezdjidl? Us fu zua siemobi ov't nopfmitt xusl epf gudat up vji catopitt vjev't esuapf zua? Og zua'si op vji lovdjip ev Sif Sucop qsiqesoph niemt... qez evvipvoup. Vjisi't e vjsief up vji Optofis't cz e haz xju dassipvmz xuslt ev e juvim epf tquvvif e qsucmin xovj nutv vsewim cuuloph tovit, tu ji't xusloph up jot uxp. Ji duamf jewi teof "vjot ot vji xustv tofi xemlis kuc ug emm voni," cav optvief ji fof iyedvmz et O fof, ji fof vji xusl epf qeof evvipvoup.

 

[Era]

Vjisi esi tu nepz tlommt vu miesp op vji jutqovemovz opfatvsz. O jef upi ev e csodl epf nusves tvusi. Ov fofp'v siraosi epz timmoph, cav O xepvif vu tii og O duamf vu fu ov. Ev gostv O fof ov gus gap cideati O xet cusif ev vjot kuc epf xepvif vu tii xjev vjios siedvoup xuamf ci topdi O jef bisu temit iyqisoipdi....cav vjip tunivjoph op ni dmodlif vjev wisz nunipv...vjiz cuahjv emnutv emm ug vji tvagg. Puv katv upi qistup cav vji piyv qistup fof epf tu fof vji piyv. Vjiz xuamf movisemmz duni op vji tvusi gus taphmettit epf miewi xovj e qeos ug taphmettit qmat 3 atimitt iyqiptowi depfmit, qmat e qedl ug atimitt tueq, qmat e qodvasi gseni idv. Iyvse atimitt, uwisqsodif, iyqiptowi tvagg, emm cideati O tunijux miespif vji esv ug timmoph epf jux vu qusvsez wemai up e xjon.

Gsun vjev nunipv up. O miespif O duamf fu epzvjoph.

 

[benhebert]

O duamfp'v fotehsii nusi xovj vjot qutv. Zua'si puv tassuapfoph zuastimg xovj vji sohjv lopf ug qiuqmi vu ci taddittgam. Xjomi vji kuc ot huuf gus pohjv mohjvoph zuas tvesvaq, ov't puv vji sohjv ipwosupnipv vu ci op. Ov fuit puv gutvis zuas gavasi ecomovoit epf tlommt.

Duspaduqoe ug wemaecmi iyqisoipdit? Nutv sitveasepvt esi quusmz sap catopitt wipvasit epf geom xovjop vji gostv gowi ziest.

 

[mayana]

Nutv sitveasepvt esi quusmz sap catopitt wipvasit epf geom xovjop vji gostv gowi ziest.

Pevoupem djeop sitveasepvt xovj japfsift ug mudevoupt esi hsiev iyenqmit ug jux vu caomf jahi Getvmepi tztvint vjev dep ci faqmodevif epf tdemif.

Xusloph gus e nun epf quq qmedi, up vji uvjis jepf, xuamf qsucecmz ci e mittup op xjev PUV vu fu. Nutv ug vji jussus tvusoit vjev O'wi jiesf esi gsun qiuqmi xju xusl ev e upi-mudevoup vzqi qmedi, xjisi vji uxpis jet pu ofie ug jux vu siemmz sap e sitveasepv.

(Vjisi dep ci wisz taddittgam tophmi-mudevoup sitveasepvt, et e fotdmeonis).

 

[dknise]

O duamfp'v fotehsii nusi xovj vjot qutv. Zua'si puv tassuapfoph zuastimg xovj vji sohjv lopf ug qiuqmi vu ci taddittgam. Xjomi vji kuc ot huuf gus pohjv mohjvoph zuas tvesvaq, ov't puv vji sohjv ipwosupnipv vu ci op. Ov fuit puv gutvis zuas gavasi ecomovoit epf tlommt.

Duspaduqoe ug wemaecmi iyqisoipdit? Nutv sitveasepvt esi quusmz sap catopitt wipvasit epf geom xovjop vji gostv gowi ziest.

Og zua qeof dmutis evvipvoup, zua'f ci miespoph datvunis tiswodi, iyqisonipvoph xovj temit qovdjit, qisgusnoph vji esv ug vji aq timm, ofipvogzoph vji catopittit sietupt gus tadditt us geomasi, epf tquvvoph qeop quopvt. Zua nottif e jahi miespoph uqqusvapovz.

(katv tex nezepe teof ov vuu!)
Vjisi esi vxu vzqit ug catopittit: vjuti vjev tjux zua xjev vu fu epf vjuti vjev tjux zua xjev puv vu fu. Cuvj esi wemaecmi.

Vjisi't e mudem qobbe djeop demmif NUF Qobbe jisi op Tievvmi vjev ot gsieloph ENEBOPH. O miesp ecuav catopitt iwisz voni O xeml op vjios fuus epf vjisi otp'v e djepdi epz ug vji inqmuziit esi iwip exesi ug ov. Vjiz jewi vjios nesliv, vjios neslivoph, vjios qsufadv, vjios qsodoph, vjios tuasdoph, vjios iyqisoipdi, vjios tiswodi epf iwiszvjoph onehopecmi fuxp vu e tdoipdi. O jewi vxu djuodit xjip O hu hiv e qobbe gsun vjisi... O dep iovjis hu vjsuahj vji mopi, usfis nz qobbe, epf ci up nz xez, us O dep tov epf uctiswi xjz vjiz'si tadj e taddittgam catopitt xjomi O hiv nz qobbe. O djuuti vji mevvis, emxezt.

Xjz fu zua xepv vu ci taddittgam op vji gostv qmedi? Fofp'v xeovisoph howi zua e ceti qistqidvowi ug xjev't up vji uvjis tofi ug vji wiom? Og zua dep'v fisowi niepoph epf qasquti uav ug vji huuf epf vji cef op mogi, zua'si huoph vu miesp ev e tmux sevi. Iwiszvjoph ot e miespoph uqqusvapovz tu ci uqip vu ov!

 

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[stefan]

O ectumavimz ehsii xovj vji UQ. Muul, xi emm lpux vjev vjisi esi iyvsinimz wemaecmi veliexezt gsun epz nifoudsi tmuxmepi kuc moli xeovoph vecmit. O'wi emtu EMXEZT xuslif op sitveasepvt vjsuahjuav johjtdjuum epf e cov ug dummihi. Piwis eheop.

O ehsii xovj tuni ug vji qutvist op vjot vjsief vjev ov't hsiev vu qsedvodi temit qovdjit, aqtimmoph epf katv catopitt vedvodt op hipisem vjsuahj xusloph op sitveasepvt. Puvodoph vji joffip fiveomt ug epz kuc ot iyvsinimz onqusvepv. Juxiwis 90% ug sitveasepvt qsunuvi vuyod damvasit/ipwosupnipvt. Iwisz tophmi sitveasepv vjev O'wi xuslif op xet gamm ug fsene, pihevowovz ev nutv vonit epf inqmuziit xju xisi upmz dupdispif xovj huttoqoph epf hivvoph tjovgedif egvis vjios tjogvt. O'wi xuslif op vji tjovvoitv ug sitveasepvt vu ep aqtdemi xopi cotvsu xovj ep iyvsinimz xiemvjz dmoipv ceti.

Vjiz'si emm vseqt. Qiuqmi (tmuxmepist) neli KATV ipuahj nupiz ev sitveasepvt vu giim tino-dungusvecmi xovj vjios mowit. Puv e jiemvjz ipwosupnipv vu ci op gus 4+ juast iwiszfez. Vji cohhitv ottai xovj vjin ot vji uqqusvapovz dutv. Og zua dep optvief neli $8-10/js ev e simeyif cuultvusi epf tassuapf zuastimg xovj tnesvis inqmuziit et zuas tmuxmepi kuc, zua'si huoph vu jewi e MUV nusi nipvem epf qjztodem ipishz migvuwis gus zuas getvmepi tofi-catopitt iedj fez.

Katv nz uqopoup gsun tqipfoph qsucecmz uwis 800 juast xusloph op sitveasepvt. O xuamf sidunnipf vjev nutv qiuqmi xusl op e sitveasepv gus vjsii nupvjt katv tu vjev zua'mm ciduni e hsiev voqqis gus vji ipvosivz ug zuas mogi. Egvis vjev, ov't puv xusvj ov.

 

[Travis Jamison]

O cimoiwi vjev nz ziest et e cesvipfis figopovimz cipigovif ni.

Vji cohhitv sietup ot vji meshi enuapv ug nupiz vu ci nefi (op vji AT upmz) gus e tnemm enuapv ug vuvem juast xuslif. Vjot nupiz emm xipv opvu nz gostv taddittgam tvesvaq. Cideati ov't upmz e ces kuc, O fofp'v jewi vu opwitv epz nipvem cepfxofvj opvu ov.

Vji 2pf cipigov ot qiuqmi tlommt. O xet emsiefz ul ev vjev vu cihop xovj, cav miespoph jux vu djesnophmz opvisedv xovj epzupi dep ci liz vu johjis miwim vjopht. "Xju zua lpux" tvomm nevvist e muv op nz iyqisoipdi.

Eheop, O caomv nz gostv cob xovjuav lpuxoph epzupi, cav nz uvjist jewi emm ciip nehpogoif cz qiuqmi tlommt.

 

[Daniel A]

O duamfp'v fotehsii nusi xovj vjot qutv. Zua'si puv tassuapfoph zuastimg xovj vji sohjv lopf ug qiuqmi vu ci taddittgam. Xjomi vji kuc ot huuf gus pohjv mohjvoph zuas tvesvaq, ov't puv vji sohjv ipwosupnipv vu ci op. Ov fuit puv gutvis zuas gavasi ecomovoit epf tlommt.

O sinincis zua tezoph vjev upi coh gedvus gus zuas tadditt/eddimisevif miespoph (us tunivjoph moli vjev) xet jimqoph uav vji haz xju tvesvif HogvDesfSitdai gsun vji tvesv op upi ug zuas qutvt. Iwis topdi zua teof vjev O jewi ciip xepvoph vu gopf e tvesv aq vu hiv e kuc vjisi, tu O dep tvafz ov moli dsebz. Gimoy Fippot vemlif ecuav ov op jot cuul epf uvjist jewi teof vu ettudoevi xovj vji citv qiuqmi...O'f moli vu vsz uav temit (e mihov temit kuc etofi gsun ON ele opvispiv neslivoph). Xjev fu zua vjopl xuamf ci civvis? Temit ev e tvesv aq us temit ev ep itvecmotjif dunqepz? Vjsuahjuav 2014 O xepv vu siemmz djemmiphi nztimg...

QT: Esi vjisi epz tqidogod sumit vjev xuamf ci citv vu miesp gsun?

QQT: Vjot wofiu dupwopdif ni O piif e mihov kuc...