My Job As a Busboy

Ever since I was a kid, I loved to go out to eat.fill water glasses and the list goes on and on.
Everything was very different and exciting. All theYour mindset would constantly change based on
different foods that you could get - totally unlikewhether you were in the kitchen or on the floor.
the food at home. The food at home was great,While on the floor, you were totally cool and
but this was different. Besides, I could never getcontrolled, but in the kitchen there was chaos,
a Shirley Temple at home.controlled chaos. You always knew who was in
Back in high school, I got a fill in job as a busboycharge -the Head Chef. Hey, I was just a busboy,
at a very expensive, continental restaurant in myeveryone told me what to do.
town. Little did I know, but that made me look atWe always came in and checked to see how
restaurants, their personnel and how they didmany reservations there were for the night. That
business differently forever. Luckily, this was awould tell you just how ON you need to be as far
very clean, will run establishment. It is gone now,as setup and control of the dining room was
but a lot of people that I know remember itconcerned.
fondly.WOW -- did my feet hurt after every shift.
First, Pippin's was my first job of hard labor. ItI learned a lot as a busboy. It has stayed with me
taught me to think and prioritize my everyfor the past 30 years. It has positively effected
movement -- FAST. Every step was taken withmy career in sales. I am responsible to many
the end result being customer satisfaction anddifferent people as well as customers. I treat
efficiency. Who am I kidding? The harder youeveryone the same. With respect and like they
worked, the more you made. That is assumingare the King because it comes right back to me.
you did not tick off a waiter. Standing around wasIf you ever get a bad waitperson, yes, get mad
never an option. Fold napkins, make sure thereat them, but you should be angry with their boss
are enough salads in the cooler, bake some rolls,for not training and motivating them.