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1. Time flexibility: By being able to trade shifts,
your time is flexible to accommodate other things in your life.
(Family, continuing education, a second job, leisure time, other
professional endeavors, etc.).
2. Flexible income: If you need more income you can
pick up shifts.
3. Immediate feedback on your success or failure in the form of
tips and/or customer compliments.
4. Earnings (wages plus tips) are substantially higher
than many other professions and can be achieved faster than other
occupations.
5. Mobility: once you master the basic skills of the craft
they are easily
transferable to anywhere in the world.
6. Clothing costs are minimal as most employers provide
uniforms verses the office job that requires a change of attire for each
day of
the week. ($$$ Initial investment not including the dry cleaning
expenses!)
7. Equipment expenses are small. (Pens, paper pad, lighter, pen
light, table-crumber, wine opener, good pair of shoes etc.)
8. Complimentary shift meals.
9. You don't take the job home with you. When you
clock out at the end of your shift, you're done until the next shift!
10. Lots of exercise!
11. You meet lots of interesting people.
12. It's never boring. Something different happens every shift.
13. You learn how to run a business by being exposed to costs vs.
sales vs. signature service.
14. There is a very unique sense family and camaraderie among
employees that you don't find in other professions.
15. You learn the art of sales and merchandising.
16. You learn the value and importance of teamwork both inter and
intra departmentally.
(Paul
Paz is a Dinersoft advisor and writes a monthly
column for Servers here. He also runs an egroup
devoted to waiters.)
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