Courtjester
The Town Drunk
They are always hiring. Every night, multiple people call out and the remaining staff has to pick up the slack. Last night, my daughter was there until 3:00 am and she is already back on the clock for tonight's shift. One weekend, they didn't have a dishwasher hired. I told my daughter, I would come down and take the job for two nights for $250 (under the table of course). Heck, I am retired and have time on my hands.Is this Applebees hiring? GM and I would like to know.I think the volume of people was surprising, but the tip percentage is all my kid. She is made for sales. Her last check was 3k for a two week period and that didn't include cash tips. They have state-wide server rankings for sales and she has been #1 for many months. She is paying her own way through college and has over 20k saved. We are very proud of her.Just anecdotal, as I mentioned previously, my 19 year old daughter is a server at Applebees. One of the worst snowstorms we have had in about a decade started Wednesday night and has just kept going. I have well over 18 inches in my front yard. The whole town is closed. Well, my daughter still had to go in last night and do a 4:00 pm to close shift. I told her, oh, it is going to be slow, slow as the roads were just impassable. Nope. The place was packed to the brim. She made over $400 in just CC tips and another $100 plus in cash and didn't get out until 2:00 am. I didn't know people needed Riblets so badly.
Does your area tend to lose power during snow storms? Is it possible people were there because they couldn't cook at home?
That's a great night for your kid! I think everybody should spend some time as a server. If I got fired today, I'd start waiting tables tomorrow and job search on the side.
But there are nights that some tables are absolute nightmares. $300 tabs and a zero tip. The worst ones are the people that are just looking for a comp--they will eat 3/4th of the steak and want a refund or drink most of the alcohol beverage and say is was bad. Some guy left a negative review on her because she wouldn't give him her phone number. She has had to break up fights between groups of women--you know exactly the kind of things you would come to expect from an Applebees experience.
However, you are dead on that the experiences and people interactions are priceless and will serve her well once she graduates.
That's great stuff! I can see pride vapors leaping off your words in here.