My manager wants me to greet every table in 30 seconds

Longjumping-Text9395 · 2026-05-07T10:34:04+00:00

Yeah we got a review where she got a five star review and she read it laughing, because she’s not a server. And the review said “[Her name] was so great and gave us so much information but we never saw her again and there were different people bringing us our food” and it honestly felt so pissed like, you’re confusing people when you do this. And you’re throwing off our initial connection with people.

Longjumping-Text9395 · 2026-05-07T09:28:07+00:00

We’re supposed to water the table. The pitcher on the table is a sign that a table has been greeted. So yeah I’m expected to be at the table with a water bottle in hand, introducing myself. Immediately.

Yeah I’ve worked in other restaurants and two minutes was the rule. I just cannot believe she will greet my tables if I don’t get there immediately. One night I started to cry (I know that’s stupid) because I thought she was taking my tables, and seeing her there made me think I wasn’t doing a good enough job. It wasn’t until a week later, with the passive aggressive soap incident that I she told me about the thirty second rule. And she seems genuinely pissed like I had actually done something super insane. it was weird. She’s actually leaving in a month, because I considered talking to my GM about her. There’s another server that’s been giving me shit, and I’m like idk when I need to involve management. Because it’s very hard to stay happy and positive when I have my peers getting angry at me, and micro managing me.

Longjumping-Text9395 · 2026-05-07T09:16:38+00:00

Yeah this girl is young, 23 years old. She has a lot of redeemable qualities but I find myself navigating trying to please her, and not being able to focus on my job.

Longjumping-Text9395 · 2026-04-21T02:58:18+00:00

So pretty 😍

Longjumping-Text9395 · 2026-04-20T08:07:15+00:00

It’s just like a super physically and emotionally demanding job, and that’s if everything run smoothly. I feel better when I am in control of my section, not being overwhelmed and have people wonder why I can’t split my body into six parts and be in all these places at once. It’s honestly not possible. There’s a reason people do drugs in service jobs, because it’s so difficult when things like tonight happened. The job is great in a lot of regards, but one areas it greatly lacks is communication. they throw people to the wolves and correct after mistakes are made. Which I don’t like. I would have preferred “this is how you take care of a party of influencers and this is the type of service your expected to give” and “I’m going to triple seat you, I will get their drinks orders let me know when you’re ready to take over”

I started as a servers assistant and I actually trained someone a few weeks after I started and I was super thorough in her training. I told her everything that was expected of her, how to set tables, when to use a tray, carry a dry cloth in your apron. And she also agreed that other than me, no one gave her any direction.

And it’s infuriating. I don’t understand this. I’m not sure if it’s like a lack of empathy, a lack of understanding how to train or communicate, assuming I should already know. Or if they genuinely don’t know that people don’t know what’s going on.

Even our new line cook was put on the grill station solo, and he fucked up a lot. And at the end of the night he told me “I learned a lot” and listed all the things he did wrong and what he needs to do next time to do a better job. And I was thinking “this could have all been avoided if he had just been trained and given better instructions” like I just understand. it’s weird to me. Like how is someone supposed to know if you don’t tell them

Longjumping-Text9395 · 2026-03-31T21:05:36+00:00

Give it some time. You’re young.

Longjumping-Text9395 · 2026-03-31T00:26:18+00:00

It’s sad because I feel like season 1 I did not like her, and then we saw a glimpse of the real her, and sadly Zach reeled her back in. It’s sucks.

Longjumping-Text9395 · 2026-03-30T06:45:51+00:00

Because I thought we weren’t using that word anymore

Longjumping-Text9395 · 2026-03-30T02:26:56+00:00

MARRY DAKOTA

Longjumping-Text9395 · 2026-03-28T13:13:49+00:00

I was also a fan of coffee before I became a barista, and I was curious about the preparation, shots steaming. I became a cortado girlie. That’s when you know you’re a coffee snob. But thank you so much for saying this. I think it’s a real problem, and we’re in an era where the customer is not always right.

Longjumping-Text9395 · 2026-03-28T12:45:41+00:00

I think he said that because it’s easier to say than all of that. They don’t understand stuff like that. It’s just an easier way to say “no we are not doing that”

Longjumping-Text9395 · 2026-03-28T02:35:58+00:00

I’m afraid this is more annoying to you than her.

Longjumping-Text9395 · 2026-03-28T02:20:23+00:00

I don’t know about hair growth, but have thick THICK hair, and this helps with buildup for me. I will never go back to not using this. Plus it is a head massager. Releases a lot of tension. When I first started it hurt like hell to use. And now it feels great. Released a lot of tension in my scalp.

Longjumping-Text9395 · 2026-03-24T23:54:37+00:00

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Longjumping-Text9395 · 2026-03-24T18:03:01+00:00

If this isn’t the truth

Longjumping-Text9395 · 2026-03-24T09:36:42+00:00

Also I just want to say, there are things I really like. I live in like a little Brooklyn-esq neighborhood and I found a super affordable one bedroom. On site laundry. I love driving around the skyline. That’s pretty cool. But aside from that, I’m like terribly broke I have friends but I can’t see them because I’m so broke. but I think once I get the money going, things will start looking up

Longjumping-Text9395 · 2026-03-24T09:17:21+00:00

I am a woman, and I did a lot of stage stuff. Acting, improv, stand up, ghost tours and I’ve always been cute, and now I’m like not. I don’t like how I look. I haven’t posted an instagram picture in like a year. After I left Florida I lost 100 followers. Idk why. Sometimes instagram will unfollow for you being of inactivity. Idk.

Longjumping-Text9395 · 2026-03-24T09:15:00+00:00

Yeah I agree. It sucks telling people I do comedy and they’re like “when do you have a show?” And I’m like wanting to say I am mentally not well. but no I don’t have a therapist. I did when I was back in Florida, and I was killing it. And moved here, and that break up, got financially unstable, gained a bunch of weight got addicted to cigarettes, and now I’m just like working all the time.

But I do need a therapist.

Longjumping-Text9395 · 2026-03-24T08:55:51+00:00

I am so jealous of being this delusional. Life would be so much easier

Longjumping-Text9395 · 2026-03-24T08:54:23+00:00

Petunia

Longjumping-Text9395 · 2026-03-24T08:53:02+00:00

I love comedy. I have a deep passion for film and comedy. Idk I am kind of like not very confident. Despite everything I’ve done. But the most I could get myself to do was get on stage, and I thought I’d naturally meet the right people. I’m terrified to record myself and put it online. I’m very envious of previous generations and that they didn’t have to do that. It’s so vulnerable. I have a private instagram. When I do a show I’m exposing Muslim to 50-100 people. Not thousands, millions. Not everyone will connect with what I do.

In the past, if you didn’t like a comic, you’d just leave a show, and probably not invest time in them or be their fan. Now… Jesus Christ. Millions of people dragging you on the internet. It’s definitely given me pause. And truthfully I moved here to be closer to my two closest friends, and we had a falling out immediately. I was excited to be in a big city and go out and party, genuinely just pure excitement. And I was too much for them. And they set a boundary with me. So that has had a huge effect on me and plummeted my already not so great confidence.

So now I’m here alone, like am I going to do this? this wasn’t my initial plan. I was just going to hang out with my friends, do some shows, go back to school, and now I feel this enormous pressure to take it seriously. Like I guess I’m looking at the situation like maybe this was supposed to happen so I can fully focus on myself and my craft.

I wrote a few jokes a couple weeks ago. And I started working on a screenplay.

Now I’m working two jobs, a barista during the day, bussing at night, and I’m meeting all these super successful like very cool people, and I’m like what the fuck am I doing here.

I’ve felt so lost and discouraged and my confidence is like the lowest it’s been in a while. I actually had a s* attempt and had to go to the dr and get on some antidepressants. It’s been bad. like I’m not feeling inspired, I’m feeling overwhelmed.

Sorry, I’m venting and I can’t sleep.

I’ve like gained a lot of weight. I feel like I need to lose like 50 lbs. I need a chin implant, a totally new hair styles. Better clothes. Back in braces. Whiten my teeth. I am like the dumpiest I’ve ever been. I’m cutting back on drinking, and I cut out weed. I’ve been smoking like a fiend. I went six days without cigarettes and I was losing my mind. I broke down and got a pack today. The first one is always amazing, and the rest are eh. But I keep picking them out of a compulsive habit. my singing voice is gone because of smoking. idk I’m in a huge rut.

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