Never work here. Im warning you.

Ive only been working at applebees for about a week now as a hostess. Why do i want to quit? many reasons one being i never know when i get off till they tell me like a slave that i can leave. Oh did i mention i am 16 years old and i have yet to obtain my provisional license, which means i have to sit outside or walk over to target till my mom comes to get me like 20 minutes later. Yes i do get paid but its too much work for that little bit of money. My daily tasks include: Greeting guests and seating them at a table, bus tables, sweep, run food to tables, take drink orders, and clean the bathrooms! Maybe that doesn't sound like much to you but trust me it is. Hosts have to seat people in a certain section or the servers get pissed because they have to many tables,or not enough tables. It is tough going back in forth from the kitchen, to tables, to the foyer. Oh and the manager, lets just say he says rude things to the hostess's. No he has never said anything to me yet. But if he ever does i will quit on the spot. I wont even put in my two weeks. So take my advice and do not work at Applebees.

POST A COMMENTeconobiker(08/13/2010)
Get over it, this is your job at 16, there are alot worse.

I did the same at 14-15 as a restaurant dishwasher and I even had to clean the gross grease traps and grill traps of the nasty food scraps.

At age 16-18 I worked grocery stores where I had to clean the rest rooms even when I wanted to use them plus push in the grocery carts in the snow and slush during the winter.

And bring a book to read during that oh so long 20 minute wait for your mom to drive you home.

And if you really want to impress your mom try giving her 25% of your paycheck either for your college savings or to help her out with the family bills.

lyshalysh(08/14/2010)
(it wouldnt let me post another comment on my post for some reason)
No, i will not "get over it" i quit yesterday. Yeah maybe you think i am unwilling or too lazy to work but i'm not. I would probably think the same thing if i read some other persons post. I have a 4.0 gpa, and take advanced placement classes. I try my best in everything i do, including working at Applebees. The main reason i quit is because the general manager treats everyone who works there like crap including me. He calls all the girls there "dumb sl*ts". I would be more than willing to work for someone who treated me with respect, like a human being and i would also want him to treat everyone else there the same way. Maybe the job isn't for me; I'm sure there are plenty of people who could stand there and be insulted and bullied without even thinking about it but no i can not. I am a strong person and i will not let anyone talk to me like that.

lyshalysh(08/14/2010)
*forget the stuff in the parenthesis it wouldnt let me post at first

Bgirl(08/24/2010)
Hang in there! You sound smart enough to know that you are better than your crappy job. I hate to say it, but teenagers get the worst jobs! They save those for you. When I was 15 I worked at KMART. Not too bad, except I had to open and close every single weekend and work way past closing time during the week. They will try to use and abuse you - DON'T LET THEM! Stand up for yourself and quit only if you have to. Just know this: Hardly anyone likes their job. And remember: "This, too, shall pass."

econobiker(08/24/2010)
lyshalysh/teen worker:
Certainly, if the management is being wrong or evil you don't need to stay around to take that abuse. The description and tone of your initial posting was that of a spoiled teenager though, so that is why I replied to those points.

Good luck.

Sphincter Detector(08/31/2010)
Working for sh**holes is a right of passage, we all have to do it to earn our stripes from the school of Hard Knocks... but enough Cliches. It gives you discipline ( if you don't quit), and teaches you this very imporant lesson " Graduate, or work here for the rest of your life. These jobs are what motivate us to strive for better things. If they were so wonderful, we'd all be content to be a bunch a grade 10 dropouts working as managers at Applebees for 10 bucks an hour.

anonymous(08/31/2010)
after graduation you will work for better educated sh**tholes. nothing changed except the use of insults. language used will be more sophisticated and legal.

Sphincter Detector(09/01/2010)
Soooo true :)

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