sci.research.careers

Sharon wrote:
> In article < @ >, Straydog writes:
>>
>> On Wed, 25 Jul 2007, BMJ wrote:
>>
>>> Straydog wrote:
>>>> Today's WSJ, LTE from Peter Kilgore, Acting Pres & CEO of Nat Rest Assoc,
>>>> Wash DC: Says experienced waitstaff make $46,178 average, and entry level
>>>> make $ 35,568 (based on 40/hr week, 52 week/year, and given hourly wage).
>>> That's all fine and good, but what does one have to do to earn it?
>> You've never been in a restaurant?
>
> Eating at a restaurant only gives you a glimpse of what the servers go
> through. Check out - the forums for a real-life
> perspective. I have no idea why, but a large percentage of the population
> seems to think that servers are *servants*. A few seem to find it a fun game
> to run a server ragged. I have customer contact in my IT job and still I
> wouldn't take on a waitressing gig unless the pay was around $100K/year.

That was what I was hinting at. The place I used to teach at had
departments for cooking and for restaurant/hotel management, so I heard a
bit of what goes on behind the scenes.