Busboy

It’s five o’clock sharp when I walk into the restaurant, embracing the warmth of the heaters and the mix of chatter overpowering the sounds of the grill and coffee machine. The warm lighting from the light fixtures hanging above every table sets the tone for large gatherings and romantic date nights in contrast to the mix of Spanish and indie pop music that plays together in harmony. Customers gather around the counters, trying to put in the last orders to the cashiers, as the workers starts to…

As I stroll though the parking lot with the sun blasting its rays in my eyes and beads of sweat casually running down my face, I spot a small garden in front of The Whiskey Cake building. The garden, systematically placed right next to the front door, is filled with fully grown herbs like: rosemary, cilantro, basil, and mint. The small garden represents a simple principle the owners of The Whiskey Cake revolve their restaurant around, always keep the ingredients fresh and local. As I step into…

Servers should be paid the higher federal minimus wage for non-tipped employees. Servers income is so low they also depend on tips to make a living. According to a researcher at Cornell University, servers increase up to 1.5% of tips more than the bill amount even if they provide the best service. This is doesn't sound like a big problem, until you consider how many tips a server might make on a slow day or if the customers decide to not tip at all. This affects if these workers have enough for…

Star Service My past host parents from when I was an exchange student invited me to a restaurant called Square 1 Burger and Bar. They opened about two weeks ago in downtown Winter Park. Usually new restaurants are disorganized, employees have no idea what they are supposed to do, and the managers are frequently unsure of their business structures as well. I was not expecting too much, but since it was a restaurant a friend of my host parents recommended I was hoping for a good experience. From…

Although many of Billy Collins’ short poems feature a first-person perspective, readers should not necessarily assume that the voice belongs to the poet himself. Indeed, at times, Collins speaks in the voice of a distinct character whose experiences and thoughts reveal a specific situation and crisis. In “The Waitress,” for example, the speaker’s observations indicate that he dines out often enough to recognize the behaviours common to restaurant servers, but the detail of his description…

Every worker knows the woes of all the varieties of customers that pass through their job. These customers’ that pass through restaurants and fast food places can be classified into five groups; these groups have been named the “Understanding”, the “Perfectionist”, the “Can I Speak to your manager”, the “Grandma/Grandpa”, and the “Trash”. The understanding customer is quite possibly the best customer to ever come into the workplace. This type of customer is always understanding of the…

Servers at the Waffle Now restaurant are getting paid minimum wage plus tips but that is not enough for them due to income taxes. It is understandable that they need more money because of all kinds of bills they have to pay and being taxed on tips too. The manager at Waffle Now believes that would not be a good idea because for servers to get a pay raise, the menu prices would have to go up too and customers will be lost. Giving servers a raise will lead to laying off some employees or giving…

Millions of people over the years have worked and received tips for their services in the restaurant industry. While working shifts, servers and bartenders have customers they have never waited on before, some they see every other week, and others they see every day. Over time, many servers as well as bartenders could tell you that their tips from different customers can vary even when the final bill and the service where the same. People all over the U.S have been taught when growing up by the…

I. Dario’s physical appearance As I stepped foot into Virgilios to conduct my interview with Dario, his dress attire caught my attention right away. Dario wore a pressed white long-sleeve shirt with a black long dress pants and black leather low shoes topping it off with a red Virgilios apron. By the way his clothes were well-ironed, creased, and clean showed me that he meant business along with his good posture. Dario was very mature and funny throughout this interview. His height is 5”8 and…

does this like he’s built into the very fabric of the environment, and it’s just something he “has been” doing. The speaker later adds that they could be “…the factory worker who wove this fake Oriental carpet, /or the hushed shoes of the busboy.” Both the “busboy’ and the “factory worker” are representations of lower class workers performing ungratifying tasks. The “fake Oriental carpet”…