Mods please remove if not allowed.
I'm a waitress. I just started three weeks ago. I kind of suck at it, but I'm always nice and respectful and will fix any mistake I make. I'm getting better with each shift, but this system is still all so new to me.
I already feel like I'm losing my mind. This is nothing like my second job or former jobs. People are so mean for no reason. A man tried to get me fired because we ran out of something last week, blamed it on me being new and not the fact that we were physically out of supply. Today I dealt with a couple I've had before who absolutely hated me because I didn't know how to ring up their order last time (but I got it fixed). They were so hateful to me today. I got their order perfectly right but it seemed everything I did was wrong. When I gave them their check, the lady started berating me because the premium side she'd ordered was a dollar extra. Her total initially would have been $7. Her total on the check was $8. I tried to explain but after she called me stupid and told me to “read the menu for once”, I told her I'd get the manager. When I checked on one of my other tables, a lady mentioned that her tea was bitter and I just started bawling. I was hysterical and completely put out of commission. I couldn't enter the floor for an hour because every time I tried I was sobbing.
I didn't stop crying for nearly two hours. Even writing this I'm in tears. There's glass in my arms from a shattered plate, I have a migraine, and I feel absolutely worthless.
Please treat your servers with kindness. Some of us could really use it.