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Subject: Why do corporate restaurants make you wait tables before...
From: Davidh
Posted: Wed Mar 5. 2014, 17:39 UTC
Why do corporate restaurants make you wait tables before you bartend?  I've 
always stayed with mom and pop places specifically for this reason, I remember 
years ago, I took a job at one of those corporate places and the manager told 
me it would be two weeks before I would be behind the bar, I remember on the 
day of the two weeks, I quit because I came in and he still had me scheduled 
as a server.  

Buffalo wild wings is the only one who hires from the outside, but why is 
this.  I currently am employed with wild wings and another corporate 
restaurant, but its so depressing working this other place, I watch obvious 
brand new bartenders drown, and I mean DROWN when I could handle that bar 
alone, yet I don't say anything, or cant really.  The agm and gm already know 
my history and qualifications, you think they would want someone qualified. 
Infact, I even told them to give me a couple of days to think about accept the 
server position because of shit just like this.  

I don't know how long these guys have been back there, but its clear they've 
never bartended before, maybe they just got put back there before I was hired, 
but wtf? why not move them back on the floor.  So anyone ever gm'd before?

Is this a lie? will I be waiting tables forever? I hate it, I vowed never to 
do it again, yet here I am.  It's a huge pill to swallow considering I havent 
even accepted a server job in well over 10 years, this is why I stayed away 
from corporations.  The agm told me I had to learn the food, but if these 
people just got put back there, they probably arent going anywhere anytime 
soon.  any tips? thanks!


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