Last week was crazy busy; this week will be the same. Much better than sittin’ around waiting for utilities to get shut off though…
I ended up turning down the waitressing job in favor of a bartending job instead. More pay, better tips, right? I may have made the wrong choice. The bar manager is a total, complete ass. No matter what I do, it’s not right, not enough. Then there’s the racial slurs. He tosses around the ‘N’ word like it’s candy in front of the customers, no less. I can tell by the look on the customers’ faces (what few there are) that they hate his talk too. Although I was originally hired to work Saturday nights, the day after I started, he took away Saturday nights and gave me the opening shift on Saturday instead. I figured I’d try it; what a miserable shift. I had two customers in six hours for a total of $5 in tips. I could’ve worked the catering job instead and made much more. I think that this week I’ll tell him I’m not available for Saturday and work the party instead. Most all of the customers that did come in last week said pretty much the same thing – he’s an asshole. They’ve told me that there’s been a huge turnover in the dayshift bartender, and I understand why. The verbal assault is awful and it goes on non-stop for six long hours. I think I will work this week, see what happens, and if it’s the same with the lack of customers and tips, I’m done there. I’ll see if I can’t get the manager at the dinnerhouse to give me another chance. Pay per hour is less, but I’m sure the tips are more, plus I won’t have to put up with the constant comments about minorities.
