So after working a total of six shifts I now have a new manager. I'm not sure how much I talked about this in the last post but the place where I'm working now is really poorly managed. At first I didn't like it but once I figured out that everyone does things their own way and nobody really cares means that since I already know how to work in a restaurant I'm just gonna do things the way I was taught and so far that's been going great.
Super Bowl Sunday was my old manager Matt's last night and today I got to meet Ken for the first time. Matt was this really chill dude from Chicago that really didn't give a fuck as long as it didn't make his job harder. Favorite liquor is Sailor Jerry, which he had us do shots of when the Steelers scored. Ken on the other hand is the exact opposite. He's worked in the the restaurant business for 20 years including six years of setting up new Applebee's. While today was the first day that I met him he actually spent the last couple of days watching us on the camera upstairs. The first thing that he's doing is creating handbooks for all of the jobs followed by busting out his own personal P-Touch Labeler.
Should be interesting, I'll keep you guys posted.
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Tuesday, February 8, 2011
Tuesday, February 1, 2011
Time to Work
So I finally got a job which means that I have something to write about again. It seemed like I applied for every possible job in the Bay Area and for a while I really thought I wasn't going to find anything but I had an interview last Friday and got hired by the Cable Car City Pub and Cafe. I actually applied as a Busser/Server (shows how desperate I was) but they like my resume and started me out as a Bartender filling in as a Server when needed.
I showed up on Sunday not sure what to expect, the only thing I knew was that I had to wear all black, so I'm still wearing the same uniform that I wore while working up in Gillette. The place is located in downtown San Francisco so a lot of the business depends on tourists and Jan/Feb really aren't traveling much so the three shifts that I've worked have been pretty dead. I think it's good though because I didn't get overwhelmed and felt like I was able to ease into the new job a bit easier. The other thing is that minimum wage in San Francisco is $9.88 (even for servers) so even when it's dead I feel like I'm making decent money. The other thing is that they are understaffed right now so I was able to start earning money right away instead of training for a few weeks. On Monday everyone else actually ended up getting cut so I was the only person in the whole restaurant for a couple of hours, except for one chef, so I served and bartended at the same time and prayed that I didn't make a mistake because there wasn't a manager around if I messed up. I think it's crazy that they would just leave someone who just started alone in the restaurant but it worked out alright so I'm not complaining. The only thing I really don't like about the place is that it opens at 8:00 am for breakfast so every now and then I need to work a morning shift which means I need to be there by 7:30. I had to do that today and I didn't get my first customer for a couple of hours but there really isn't any sidework so I just chilled and watched TV so it wasn't too bad. Other than that the only other thing is that I wish I worked with more people because I'm trying to meet more people in the area but I figure now that I have a job I can also go out more and meet people.
Since hearing back from this company on Friday I've already had three places call me asking me to come in for an interview or a job offer which I feel like happens to everybody when they're looking for a job. Every time I'm just like where were you three weeks ago when I was desperate enough to consider getting a real job.
I'll end this post with a picture I took the other day when I was walking around San Francisco. I wasn't able to get a good picture of how steep it really is there but to get an idea realize that instead of sidewalks they have steps in a lot of areas. I guess they're lucky that the roads don't ice over, otherwise cars would be slipping all over the place. In the picture the island in the middle of the bay is Alcatraz which I still haven't had a chance to check out so when you guys come and visit we'll have to go.
That's all I got right now. Peace
Oh I tried finding an image online to show you guys where I work but the Street View picture was taken before this place opened up. Street View has this creepy feature though where it searches through everyone's pictures and finds similar ones and while I wasn't able to find a picture of the restaurant what I did find was a picture taken from the 2007 Gay Pride Parade. I'm pretty sure it's two chicks on the bike, enjoy.
I showed up on Sunday not sure what to expect, the only thing I knew was that I had to wear all black, so I'm still wearing the same uniform that I wore while working up in Gillette. The place is located in downtown San Francisco so a lot of the business depends on tourists and Jan/Feb really aren't traveling much so the three shifts that I've worked have been pretty dead. I think it's good though because I didn't get overwhelmed and felt like I was able to ease into the new job a bit easier. The other thing is that minimum wage in San Francisco is $9.88 (even for servers) so even when it's dead I feel like I'm making decent money. The other thing is that they are understaffed right now so I was able to start earning money right away instead of training for a few weeks. On Monday everyone else actually ended up getting cut so I was the only person in the whole restaurant for a couple of hours, except for one chef, so I served and bartended at the same time and prayed that I didn't make a mistake because there wasn't a manager around if I messed up. I think it's crazy that they would just leave someone who just started alone in the restaurant but it worked out alright so I'm not complaining. The only thing I really don't like about the place is that it opens at 8:00 am for breakfast so every now and then I need to work a morning shift which means I need to be there by 7:30. I had to do that today and I didn't get my first customer for a couple of hours but there really isn't any sidework so I just chilled and watched TV so it wasn't too bad. Other than that the only other thing is that I wish I worked with more people because I'm trying to meet more people in the area but I figure now that I have a job I can also go out more and meet people.
Since hearing back from this company on Friday I've already had three places call me asking me to come in for an interview or a job offer which I feel like happens to everybody when they're looking for a job. Every time I'm just like where were you three weeks ago when I was desperate enough to consider getting a real job.
I'll end this post with a picture I took the other day when I was walking around San Francisco. I wasn't able to get a good picture of how steep it really is there but to get an idea realize that instead of sidewalks they have steps in a lot of areas. I guess they're lucky that the roads don't ice over, otherwise cars would be slipping all over the place. In the picture the island in the middle of the bay is Alcatraz which I still haven't had a chance to check out so when you guys come and visit we'll have to go.
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| View of the North Bay |
Oh I tried finding an image online to show you guys where I work but the Street View picture was taken before this place opened up. Street View has this creepy feature though where it searches through everyone's pictures and finds similar ones and while I wasn't able to find a picture of the restaurant what I did find was a picture taken from the 2007 Gay Pride Parade. I'm pretty sure it's two chicks on the bike, enjoy.
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