Author: Olivia

I work at a small family owned restaurant with a team of less than 10 people for the front of house, including our hosts. Hosts are responsible for seating, bussing etc, as well as taking to-go orders. Hosts keep all of their own tips from take outs as well as getting a tip out at the end of the night for helping servers on the floor. I am one of those servers Tonight, the assistant store manager was acting as our host, as that is part of his job, and at the end of the night he collected tip outs from all three of the servers working. Not only was he making tips from all of our to-go orders but he also makes much more than any of our usual hosts do! I was upset to say the least. I usually don't have a problem with tipping him out of…

This will be my first post on Reddit, so hello everyone! ​ I'll keep this short but I had a thought I wanted to share. I figured at this point in my life, I'm probably not going to be an entrepreneur (work on my own terms) or become rich (LOL). I'll most likely end up having to work a “9-5” for the rest of my life. It's not something I'm “happy” with but have come to terms with. I live in a place that gets the seasons in terms of weather in the US (hot in the summer, cold in the winter, etc), but thought to myself, I hate the cold. Now, if I'm going to end up doing this 9-5 business for the rest of my life, along with the fact that the standard age of retiring may rise a year or two by the time I get close…

I'm here for a goddamn paycheck, which barely covers my rent.

Sending thanks to the Amazon fulfilment worker for sending us 120 packets of instant ramen packs instead of the 20 packs I ordered. I've donated the extra to people who need them more than us.