I quit my job as a server recently because all of my coworkers were talking about me behind my back (luckily I worked with a good friend who would tell me who said what) and I’m really frustrated with the work mentality they had. I was getting paid $2.13/hr but no matter how much work I did it just wasn’t enough. I love serving and I put SO much time and effort into my tables because that’s where my paycheck came from. There were a bunch of other things we had to do that just didn’t feel fair to do at such low pay, so I would always do them when I had time rather than making them a priority. All of my coworkers and most of my managers didn’t like that I wasn’t putting the same effort in the back as I was in the front, but it just didn’t seem fair to pay me $2/hr while getting $10 (or more)/hr effort.
Off topic from the rest of the post, but I was also frequently asked to do host’s jobs or kitchen staff’s jobs while still only getting paid server wage. I got out of those by saying I wasn’t trained in those areas, but in reality I just though it was ridiculous to ask me to do a $10/hr job for $2/hr