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In reply to the discussion: Sitting in a restaurant today I realized how much trouble we are in for [View all]Maine-ah
(9,902 posts)can be very good...can also be very bad. It's a crap shoot. I've been in the business for 17 years. I now work at a seasonal, on the water, incredible food restaurant. Last summer I was pulling about $200 a shift, which was a six hour shift. If I had been able to work five nights a week, I'd be making $1k a week.
I've worked in places like the one in your OP. Had days where I only made $5-10 on a full shift. For server's, it's much like real estate...location, location, location.
Usually in the low tip restaurants (places like Applebee's, where I moved from server to management) you get treated like shit on top of having crap tips.
It's a hard job. Usually no insurance, unless it's corporate, and even then it's pretty crappy insurance, but better than none.