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Current/former waiters of the OT - singing Happy Birthday at a table
Posted on 3/10/19 at 1:45 pm
Posted on 3/10/19 at 1:45 pm
Is this the worse fricking thing a restaurant makes its employees do?
I worked at two places that did this, Chili’s and Applebee’s (I hated Applebee’s, lasted about 3 weeks).
People wanting a free brownie sundae and have the staff happy birthday are the same people that don’t tip worth a damn.
I worked at two places that did this, Chili’s and Applebee’s (I hated Applebee’s, lasted about 3 weeks).
People wanting a free brownie sundae and have the staff happy birthday are the same people that don’t tip worth a damn.
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Posted on 3/10/19 at 1:51 pm to theantiquetiger
I think it’s great. Hooters and Superior Grill do the best job when it comes to birthday parties.
Posted on 3/10/19 at 1:52 pm to theantiquetiger
Yeah it’s frickin terrible. Eventually made my way to a more fine dining where we didn’t have to do that crap.
Posted on 3/10/19 at 2:06 pm to theantiquetiger
It’s not as bad as when you’re the sole male member of the staff and they randomly assign you a 10 top of young preppie males.
Posted on 3/10/19 at 2:54 pm to theantiquetiger
Back in college I got so sick of this that I began singling VERY LOUDLY in a HIGH FALSETTO opera style and was still singling long after everyone stopped. Funny thing is ....it back fired on me and tables started requesting me to sing for them....and then palming some extra cash. So, being the money whore waiter I was ....I started doing this performance nightly.....I could only do it twice a night cause it killed my voice.
Eventually Nelson Dakmak ( if you know the name....you know where I worked) put the kibash on my side hustle.
Eventually Nelson Dakmak ( if you know the name....you know where I worked) put the kibash on my side hustle.
Posted on 3/10/19 at 2:55 pm to theantiquetiger
I was lucky enough to work in a restaurant that didn’t do this.
Posted on 3/10/19 at 3:13 pm to theantiquetiger
Back in the early 1980’s TGI Friday’s had us do this, but after a couple of years they changed the policy to each of us just tying a balloon to the person’s chair and quietly telling them happy birthday. Big improvement!
Posted on 3/10/19 at 3:15 pm to theantiquetiger
I never worked at a shitty restaurant so no I never had to do it.
Posted on 3/10/19 at 3:17 pm to DavidTheGnome
quote:
Yeah it’s frickin terrible. Eventually made my way to a more fine dining where I didn’t have to do that crap.
Posted on 3/10/19 at 3:17 pm to theantiquetiger
Posted on 3/10/19 at 3:23 pm to theantiquetiger
In the restaurants I worked in, there were only certain servers who ever sang. These were the ones who really could sing and enjoyed it. No one was ever forced to sing.
And of course there was the gay server who had a voice like a mongoose in heat but thought he could sing bc he was gay and artsy.
And of course there was the gay server who had a voice like a mongoose in heat but thought he could sing bc he was gay and artsy.
This post was edited on 3/11/19 at 7:49 am
Posted on 3/10/19 at 4:39 pm to biglego
I would always go to the back and said I had an urgent order.
Posted on 3/10/19 at 4:43 pm to theantiquetiger
quote:
I hated Applebee’s, lasted about 3 weeks).
Did you not wear enough pieces of flare?
Posted on 3/10/19 at 4:45 pm to Marco Esquandolas
Bunch of party poopers up in here, literally.
Posted on 3/10/19 at 4:51 pm to theantiquetiger
I worked at a place that made up it's own birthday song to the tune of Boogie Woogie Bugle Boy. Fortunately, I was able to get a better job and only had to work there for a week.
Posted on 3/10/19 at 4:59 pm to Marco Esquandolas
Chotzkie’s
Posted on 3/10/19 at 5:11 pm to theantiquetiger
'Rolling silverware. Can't help. Sorry.'
Posted on 3/10/19 at 5:20 pm to Donkus
The only thing I saw worse than singing happy birthday, was my friend bartended at a restaurant in Atlanta.
It was required that all male bartenders had to shuck six dozen oysters before getting behind the bar. The female bartenders went straight to the bar. He would work with two girls and they would share tips, but the 30 mins or so he spent shucking oysters at $2.25 an hour, the girls are racking up tips during happy hour. As soon as he got behind the bar, the girls would empty the jar (only split between them two) and start the total back over.
It was required that all male bartenders had to shuck six dozen oysters before getting behind the bar. The female bartenders went straight to the bar. He would work with two girls and they would share tips, but the 30 mins or so he spent shucking oysters at $2.25 an hour, the girls are racking up tips during happy hour. As soon as he got behind the bar, the girls would empty the jar (only split between them two) and start the total back over.
Posted on 3/10/19 at 8:17 pm to theantiquetiger
I don't see this much anymore, but I always feel sorry for the staff when they have to sing. They usually look like they want to commit suicide.
Posted on 3/10/19 at 8:20 pm to Mr Clean
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It’s not as bad as when you’re the sole male member of the staff and they randomly assign you a 10 top of young preppie males.
Unless you're gay, then it's JACKPOT!
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