Dear Katastrophe Waitress
New JobI was hoping I'd never have to be a food slave ever again but it seems like the obvious option seenas I'm only in Sydney another month before Sarah-chan gets here and we enbark on a ranpage of Aus.
Last week, armed with a folder of Cvs and a clean shirt I set off looking for a new job. It didn't take long. I saw "waitress wanted" scrawled in a bit of ripped paper on the window of a restaurant around the corner from where I'm staying and enquired within-they asked if I could start that night, I said yes and wallah! I have a job! I was expecting it to be hectic and annoying but actually I love it!
Its in a small Italian cafe. Reasons why my job rocks are as follows:
~ It has 9 tables which means I always know whats going on order-wise and I can chat to people easily. A lovely change from 200 at a time in my old hotel job.
~ The place is run by a lovely Armenian family who are sweet, funny and great cooks.
~ The food is fresh, varied, cheap and unpretentious. I get to eat mistakes. It's damn good.
~ Its cash in hand and way more per hour than I'd make back home.
~ MTV is on all the time. This is kind of a mixed blessing as I can watch Jessica Simpson, Shakira, Pussycat Dolls and Nelly Futardo only a certain amount of times before I want to stab myself in the neck. However! They let me change it to a VH1 type channel last night and I was entertained by "Top 100 rock songs of the 90s" last night. Yosh.
~ The people who come in are-at worst a bit rude but at best entertaining, funny and full of reccomendations of things to do in Sydney. They ask about my acccent. I make them guess. Its a game that hasn't got old yet.
~ Theres a few regulars that are real characters. One women is absolutely gorgeus-6foot tall, long blonde hair-she told me she used to be a model in the 60s she doesn't look a day over 40. She is in the midst of getting a new place after being thrown out by her family. She tells me super personal stuff quite willingly. She's a delight.
~ A cute Japanese girl works in the kitchen so I can chat about J-land with her and practise my J-go too. Yea.
~ The other waitresses are entertaining characters too-an over confident Canadian girl and a cute confident 17 year old Aussie. Strange how quickly you make freinds when you rely on each other.
posted by Kat @ 11:13 am
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