My mother and I ran a cafe together for a year. It was very hard work, long days, lots of cooking and serving customers. We were in over our heads though, as my Mum had too many overheads and not enough income to support the business and we had to sell after 12 months. It was a very stressful time in both our lives, but we love each other more for having gone through it. I couldn't face lasagne for a couple of years after it though! :)

In college I worked weekends at a theatre restaurant. It was a medieval theme with The King and Igor as the floor show and a cool band for music. Waitresses were Wenches and served the food. Waiters were Knaves and served the drinks. Knaves wore big lace-up shirts, ug-boots and green tights. It was an absolute hoot! And, at 19/20 and fit, I had more than my fair share of offers to 'party on' later. Took most of 'em up too... Ah, glory days!

I have worked in three different restaurants. The first was a pizza joint. I washed dishes when I wasn't doing deliveries. The second was a Red Robin (gourmet hamburgers). I was hired as a line cook. I couldn't multitask well enough so they moved me back to the prep kitchen, but then they had too many prep cooks and I was the only who spoke English. So, I could communicate with any of my coworkers back there. So, this wound up being the first of two jobs from which I was fired. The last time I worked in a restaurant was during my first summer as a graduate student. I was a dish washer for a now closed restaurant that was your basic sit down type restaurant.

I worked at UNO's for a while as a hostess, it was so boring and it sucked. Plus I hated almost everyone I worked with.

I ran the register and bartended , waitressed Steakhouse's Country Club's a bunch of them

I worked in an Italian Deli as a foodserver and counter-person. I also worked in a healthier food restaurant as a foodserver. Last, I worked as a prep cook and foodserver for a fine food caterer, but that's kind of like a restaurant on wheels.

I lived in a Deli for the first 8 years of my life. Does that count?

Sort of... It was a candy shop primarily... or so it started out. The lady who owned it put in an ice cream counter. And we served sandwiches and soups. I was hired as the head "Candy Technician" (as she called it), but since she couldn't afford to keep many people on staff, I also took orders, made sundaes, milkshakes, malts, ice cream sodas, fresh lemonade, limeade, and sandwiches... served soups, waited tables, washed dishes, baked cookies... and, of course, made candy. (Soft centers, truffles, chocolate barks, dipped dried fruits, caramels, brittles, and dipped pretzels.) Yes, all by myself. She had NO CLUE how to make/do most of the stuff I, mroe the most part, taught myself how to do. When she opened her candy shop, she had only 3 kinds of centers for her chocolates. I created at least a dozen more, plus some new chocolate barks, and dipped dried fruits and things for her too. People loved my lemon centers, coffee creams, peanut butter truffles, and my pumpkin, egg nog, and cranberry selections during the holidays :) I quit because the store wasn't making any money, and (besides the fact that I wasn't ever going to get a raise...) the store didn't seem like it was going to make it. I worked there a few months before she opened the retail shop, until about 6 months after it opened. The store went out of business a few months after I left. Sadly, I think I may have had some effect on that... since I was basically running the store for her, and when I left, nobody knew how to make all the stuff I made daily. It was actually quite fun, and I wish the store had gotten more business, because I really did like what I was doing there most of the time. Business was just so slow, that I didn't have anything to do at times, and I got bored.

Yes I have waitressed in a Night club , it was very hard work but finacially very rewarding. It was an eyeopener into certain relationships too I enjoyed the work.

My frist job, i worked as a waitress. I was 14, and the resturaunt was called Ranch Corral Cafe. It was in the Aqua Barn here in WA (I lived close). It was awful. It was kindof fun because I had my own job and everything, but the people were all old and they had square dancing avery tuesday and thursday, and I would have to serve the whole place by myself (and the cook obviously). It wasn't poppin' by any means but as a 14 y/o kid... And the tips! If I got a whole dollar I was stoked... It was a good learning experience though :P

As a teenager I worked in a McDonalds.

Yes, I worked in a truck stop diner for almost 2 years. It was the best job I ever had. I could eat anything, (which, the day cook's specialty was steak tips in gravy), and I ate them almost every day. And, the people I worked with and the people I served were the best.

I was a waitress for 8 years I have worked in truck stops coffee shops southwestern and chiness restaurant. I am so glade I don't any more

Yes. A terribly posh silver service one. It sucked.

My very first job was at a Captain D's seafood fast food joint.It was horrible,my manager was a beast and I would get off of work smelling like a can of tuna. I worked there until I got my first paycheck and I was outta there.

Yeah, I worked as a manager for TGIF's and Planet Hollywood restaurant

over 15 years I have cooked, served, bartended, and managed in a verity of restaurant settings from quick-service coffee/sandwich shop to high end sea-food restaurants.

Yes, 1) Fast food restaurant as a fry cook and short over cook. 2) Japanese restaurant as a bus boy 3) Japanese Sushi/Teppan/Robata restaurant as a Host/Assistant Manager/Bartender 4) Hotel Restaurant/Snack Bar as Manager/Bartender