Never worked in the industry, just got hired to be a food runner, what should I expect or try to learn first?
Never worked in the industry, just got hired to be a food runner, what should I expect or try to learn first?
Never worked in the industry, just got hired to be a food runner, what should I expect or try to learn first?
Running with food
>autist believes this
>"you can count on me boss!"
>literally tries to run the hot food
>trips and throws hot food all over some family eating
>pasta sauce burns off womans face as she screams
lol
if you're moronic enough to take this job, then nothing we can say will help you out.
I work outside now and it sucks so i thought this might be my foot into a new industry whats so bad about it
>my foot into a new industry
lol
serve my food wagie and be unnoticed
id love to just do my thing and be unoticed but i still need to learn what numbers each table is, how a line works etc
>but i still need to learn what numbers each table is, how a line works etc
That is a 10 second conversation my friend
the dude who interviewed me made it sound like it was this whole new world i was stepping into
customer service for hungry people is a different world, yes
cant be worse than where im at now
You should try working in a retail pharmacy
>Satan trips
Get out while you can dude
I didnt even start yet :[
You got it! One order of tendies for the fat sexless moron at table 6 comin up!
Of the two sexes that exist, I am a male
Just expect to move around a lot and not get paid that much
Expect to meet some new drug connections in the back eventually
be good at it
eventually, a couple waiters will quit, because waiters are b***hes and are always feuding with each other and cliques quit all at once
then, when management is desparate for waiters, ask them to give you a shot
a good waiter in an expensive restaurant can make a lot of money in tips
Just you go to the interview drunk like I suggested last night? I'm assuming you're the anon who made the thread yesterday.
I showed up with a slight buzz prob the most chill and non pressure interview ever, dude who interviewed me seemed a bit shot out too
**Did you go to the interview drunk
I meant lmfao
dont work in food service, work in a warehouse (amazon, ups, fedex, usps, etc) for unskilled labor. literally the only benefit of working in a restaurant is you'll meet people and make friends. other than that, you're shooting yourself in the foot.
I dont understand, a food runner is just "running" the food from pass to table? Is that its own job in McHuman land? we just have regular servers who do everything....
I worked at an upscale japanese restaurant in australia and in addition to the servers were runners. The runners were either servers in training getting to learn the ropes and what food is what or ESL bus boys. It's not just an American thing
They spend a lot of their time taking orders and putting them in, then collecting money and giving change. They spend a lot of time on the floor rather than in the kitchen.
>Never worked in the industry, just got hired to be a food runner, what should I expect or try to learn first?
wash your hands
>runner
is this some evil automation shit?
A lot of restaurants have runners apparently
good luck!
thanks
Test
I've never seen someone running in a restaurant, I just assumed it was an OSHA violation
Thats the title of the job look it up pal
i got hired as cashier but then ended up having to also serve, take phone calls, bus tables, and clean the bathrooms.
i mean the money was great, it was shellfish during the pandemic so everything was raising in price so with tips and not counting my hourly (cashier) wage, i was still making 22~25$ an hour. i even picked up an extra shift each week because boss hated working and trusted me to run FoH
it's easier when you're the one seating the table, taking the orders, placing the orders, and also bringing it. too much confusion when there's 2+ people and if they run on anything but modern POS systems
Thankfully I wont have to work the pos system, but will have to bring takeout orders to customers and run food to the bar
It clears up confusion if you can just tap on the screen, check what time the order was put in. We had a girl who always took food to her table thinking it was hers, but no nikki, my table also ordered buffalo wings and they sat down first, now my table is wondering why somebody who came in after is getting their wings first.
True
>Foodrunner 2029
will it be hell?
Prepare to be doing 3 peoples jobs at once. Its always the runners/bus boys that get shit tacked on them. Also get ready for all the bitter, middle aged snow possum waitresses to start problems with you on the job. No matter how well you're doing if there's an instance where your job isn't making theirs easier they WILL try and get you fired.
Yea they said id be bussing tables too
this homie bussin
some cute girls work there i wouldnt mind bussin if u know what i mean
everybody hush he doesn't know
The job itself is shit but you'll be amazed at how the kitchen manages to be fully operational despite the cooks being loaded the whole time
any chance I can get cool with those guys and get loaded or do they kinda keep to themselves
Worked about 4 months at a casino restaurant as a food runner. Was more or less a chill job aside from some dumb staffing issues that came with them throwing the restaurant together after abandoning their original buffet idea.
My suggestion is to take any opportunity you can to learn a new skill or job when they come up so you can switch to other tasks and reduce the monotony of food running. For example, filling in as expo, learning phone orders, learning the wine selection, etc. By the time I quit to teach classes at the local college I was the primary expo, got to spend a couple of hours a day just taking room service orders, and enjoyed a fat share of the tips from the servers.
did u work in ac by any chance?
This was in Southern California at a local reservation.
Also, get to know the chefs and line cooks, they make the day go faster with shit-talking and you get some free food here and there.
I was able to test a lot of stuff they were working on adding to the menu and also got to pitch some stuff here and there. Shit was cool.
The interview due/hiring dude seemed chilled yet shot out from being in the business going to start next week so well see what happens thanks for the reply
>what should I expect or try to learn first?
table numbers.
how hard is that?