What do you do?

[Cinna]

i'm a front line attendant and server at golden corral

basically on front line i keep all the cups, teas, ice, and to-go station stocked. my area is right when you walk in the door up to the register. i keep that wiped down and swept so guests have a good first impression. our golden corral is self-serve, so after watching them take 10 minutes to decide a drink choice and fumble out the words "we have x adults, x kids, x seniors, and x drinks," i ring them up on the register and say "have a good day!" we also have hourly jobs to check the restrooms (we share that with servers), sweeping around all the bars and wiping them down, and checking food temps every 2 hours. i did just recently get promoted to front line crew trainer, so really all that means is i get to help train any new people we get on the front line, i get 7.50 an hour, and i get free meals on days i work as opposed to half-price. woo!

as a server, basically i get like 8-12 tables in my section (depending on how many servers are on the floor) and i just greet them, take their dirty plates, refill their drinks, fulfill any special requests they have, and then clean the table once they leave. at the end of our shift, once we get cut, we have 45 minutes to finish taking care of our last tables (any tables that aren't on dessert are given to the person coming up next in your section), clean the whole section, restock napkins, ketchup, steak sauce, salt and pepper shakers, and sugar caddies on your tables if needed, and to do these things we call "sidework." this stuff is like cleaning certain sneezeguards on the bar, cleaning the wood on certain bars, detailing certain areas, restocking pie plates/dessert bowls/salad bowls/soup bowls/glasses/coffee cups/sugar water/silverware/plates, and just overall cleaning everything lol. on busy days, where there are a lot of servers, we only have to do 2 or 3 of this sidework stuff. on slow days, it's around 6-8. but servers get to keep all their tips, and i probably made it sound like a lot to do, but it's really a LOT easier than minimum wage front line ;p i make pretty good tips too.