Open Post: What's happening in your world?

Kate still isn’t over the seven years she spent as a waitress.

Hi readers, welcome back to Mamamia’s Open Post. If you’re new around here, this is the place we come to talk about what’s been going on in our weeks. Absolutely nothing is off limits. I’ll kick us off.

This week, I’m thinking about how awful it is to be a waitress, how do I know? Because I was one for seven long years of my life.

I was having a coffee at a cafe this week, watching the waitress getting orders barked at her from the barista, running in and out of the kitchen and dealing with complaining customers. All I could think was, “Thank God that’s not me anymore.”

For me, I’ve still got emotional scars from the time I had some runs in with some angry chefs who make the Soup Nazi from Seinfeld look tame in comparison.

There’s nothing worse than screwing up an order and having to face the wrath of an angry chef. I mean, I can see it form their point of view, they’ve been slaving away over the stove all day and then you come in and tell them they’ve got to start all over again… I wouldn’t be too happy with me either.

Then there was the time I leaned over to pick up a napkin from a table, only to find that the napkin was… wet. Very wet. I still feel like my hands are dirty.

I’m just so glad I got to hang up my apron with a small shred of my dignity still in tact.

What about you? What’s the worst job you’ve ever had? What’s been happening in your world this week? 

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