So I’ve worked at this restaurant DeeJays in Bridgeville, PA as a server since it’s launch, which granted hasn’t been too long but has been the duration of its life, about 8 weeks.
I worked previously as a server at a downtown diner for the months since my 18th birthday, so I do have expierence serving but have been in the restaurant industry for the last two years.
I’ve avoid causing drama. Even when a coworker was sexually harassing me, I didn’t say anything because I didn’t want the managers to think of me as a problem causer.
In the last week or two, I’ve been getting the sections farthest from the kitchen because they figured I was “young enough” to handle it, but these sections are also outside and it’s been in the high eighties, and there is not an outdoor covering. Consequently, no one’s wanted to go outside and eat.
The problem is, they don’t give me any tables inside. From 12-5 this last Saturday, I had a single table. They left a tip of 11.54 – which was over 20 percent and I was so grateful. Im so grateful for every tip. I closed their check at 1:17. I did not get another table until 5:00. I waited all those hours not saying anything because I didn’t want to be a trouble maker. But at 6, I went into the walk in and cried because over 6 hrs I made only 24 dollars.
Flash forward, my baby sister works their. She walks into the office for a name tag and the managers are saying that my sales are low because of my “bitchy attitude” and I need to fix myself. That day I was their for 9 hrs and only got 21 guest — 4 of which were under 8 years old. My sales were 500. I ended up with 107 tip, but had to tip out 20 dollars.
Now I’m crying because I’m making no money and the managers are blaming. What should I do ? I don’t want them to schedule my sister less if I quit, but I feel like I’m slaving myself away.