Crave this.
I work a lot, a lot, a lot, a lot. I probably complain about my job as much as I work there. I am a server in downtown Dearborn at a sushi bar/restaurant/bar/lounge. A lot of the clientel is upity or wannna be's, name droppers of local celebrities, too tan, too much make up, clothes that are ridiculously priced people. Or, they are at the complete other end of the spectrum. Either way, it's not fun. Our restaurant is attractive, the food is beyond fabulous, and fresh-fresh-fresh. We order from all over the world and our executive chef trained under Noubu. The people I work with are some of the greatest people I have ever met and plan on keeping relationships with them throughout the rest of my life.
I hate who I work for. I work for an executive chef who wears his emotions on his sleeve, he has unpredictable moods and likes to get involved in drama. My one manager and the owner are brothers. Disgusting, ridiculously stupid people. They consistently do things that are disrespectful and lack common sense, no matter how much you try and tell them how much they don't make sense. I will now give you some examples of what I have to deal with and the idiocy I have to endure while at work:
1.) I got told that I was burning the candles on the table to fast. (Like I can control the speed in which the candles burn?)
2.)We have a check fee and a pen fee taken out of our checks each week. ( I have to pay to use pens, which by the way, I haven't seen one yet, and I also pay to get my paycheck. Tell me how that makes sense?)
3.) We are forced to split tips. I am the second best server there and the hardest worker. I get a larger section, with bigger parties, do more sidework, and make more money, and I have to split with everyone else? I don't mind splitting if everyone pulls their own weight, but if i am pulling mine plus, that's not fair. For example, the other night I had 306 dollars before tip out, after we all split, I walked home with 125. How is that fair?
4.) We get charged for Miso soup if we want to eat it, when we give it away complimentary at lunch.
5.) My manager thought the tea was too dark, and I was wasting the tea, he asked me how many tablespoons I put in the filter, I replied two, and he took the filter out and measured it. He thinks we are spending too much money on the huge barrel of tea that we have. Yet, the owner comps (completely pays for) 700 or 800 dollar bills for his friends, desserts are given away, drinks payed for, multiple times a day to multiple people. Sometimes I think he is looking for a hangout rather than owning a successful business.
6.)We also now have a new policy, teamwork. Which mind you, we are all friends, and teamwork is a way of life at Crave anyways. Now, we have a person who soley pushes drinks, and approaches your table befor eyou get there to take their drink order. This is a horrid idea. There is no possible way that one person can reach every table that is sat, there just isn't enough time. Than, that person has to find out who really has that table and give them the drink order so we can ring it in, it confuses our tables, it confuses us. They don't know who their server is, I don't know what drinks they have and have to ask them when they want another one. Also, this person isn't taking any tables, they are making NO money that night. It ends up just making us short staffed one person, so now he wants to put another server on. The result is that there is one more person to split with, confusion, irritation. I just don't understand the mentality of these people. I could go on and on and on about the ridiculousness of this business, but at teh end of the day, I have friend sthere, It's close to home, and I make money, as much as I get ripped off, I still do for the most part. I'ts a trap you'll never escape.
Tuesday, February 20, 2007
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