yep, that was me Saturday night.
A couple weeks ago, I had a REALLY bad night.
Just in case you missed it...
And Saturday was starting out to be the same.
I was in Station 9, I got yelled at by Mr. Shitter, my regulars were late, and I held a table for them in the middle of a busy Saturday rush, and I was dealing with my own Holiday stress.
I went out to the break room to try to cool down. One of the bartenders was out there and he made the mistake of asking me what was wrong. It was like a cork was released. I had a total meltdown as I screamed what was wrong. What was wrong with the restaurant and the fact that we still have too many servers on even though business is back to normal, the customers who are jerks, the constantly crashing kitchen, the door servers who can't seem to find the back of the restaurant, the way the bathroom smells. You name it, I yelled it.
In my 17 years of waitressing, I have never had such an abusive outburst - AND IT FELT GOOD!! 17 years of being nice to people that secretly disgust me, and it finally came out.
Anyway - Once I was done screaming, I laughed a little, pulled myself back together, and went back out on the floor.
Tuesday, December 25, 2007
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3 comments:
Good for you - a meltdown once in a while is good for your mental health! Have a good rest of your holiday!
You deserve to let it all out once in a while for sure. Good for you. Indeed, the holidays and the restaurant business together make for a hectic, unstable situation to begin with.
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I'm so relieved that I'm not the only one that feels like flipping out. Every day I swear I hate people more and more. Hospitality probably isn't the right industry for me when some days I feel like scratching annoying people's eyeballs out. Hang in there and keep smiling, even if it is a fake one. Lol.
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