<p>Last summer I worked as a bank teller and thought it was a pretty sweet job. You get to handle lots of cash, you get to know the customers, and if it’s not busy you can chat with the other tellers. And best of all–all the $2 bills you want.</p>
<p>what exactly is data input? like what do you have to do and how much do you get paid? how much time does it take from the day?</p>
<p>It slowly drains your soul.</p>
<p>I have a job inputting data for an HR department in a grocery store. Its very boring, and its 8 am- 5pm every day, which means it pretty much sucks up my week, but after I realized i made $1,000 my first month there, ive decided there are worse things to do.</p>
<p>jtrain, you saved 1000 or made 1000?</p>
<p>My internship is pretty mediocre. Great people at a great firm and a good location - but the work is thin and hardly useful. I ran into some bad luck with my internship this summer (for anyone who is in tune with relatively current events in the financial world, you can probably conjure up some ideas as to where I was supposed to be working), so while I wasn’t expecting the world, I was hoping to keep busy. </p>
<p>That said, my first job was the worst. I was only putting in 40 hrs per week, but it was my first professional experience, meaning I had to wear a suit to work every day. Not a crazy notion, but considering I had worn t-shirts and jeans to my previous two jobs, it was an adjustment. Besides that, their computers had the most serious internet block I’ve ever come across. I read MSN.com and snoopes.com nearly every day, that is, until I downloaded eastside hockey manager onto my computer which allowed me to waste more time than ever. Ahhh…the joys of interning.</p>
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Why and how did you get a job as a waiter then? You had to put on a pretty good show to hide that attitude during the job interview considering the waiters/waitresses are what create one of the biggest negatives or positives of the restaurant.</p>
<p>Anyway, I really enjoy being a waiter. That includes the good money and the socializing.</p>
<p>a.) never before waited tables until this summer
b.) one can be moderately personable, make good tips, and still hate a job
c.) granted, this thread was posted on a s.hitty day..
d.) except i still hate my job regardless.</p>
<p>"My internship is pretty mediocre. Great people at a great firm and a good location - but the work is thin and hardly useful. I ran into some bad luck with my internship this summer (for anyone who is in tune with relatively current events in the financial world, you can probably conjure up some ideas as to where I was supposed to be working), so while I wasn’t expecting the world, I was hoping to keep busy. "</p>
<p>Hey man are you sure you aren’t working where I work? lol..</p>
<p>Heh, I work in the industry that’s being battered by this financial crisis. So while it’s a great learning experience to see how the managers navigate through the lending fallout, my work is hardly worthwhile..or interesting..or fun..or challenging. Even when I get work to do I finish it really fast. It’s like I’m getting paid to read the WSJ for 40hrs/week. I changed my major before I started my internship, so hopefully next summer will be better.</p>
<p>For the last three years, I worked at a fast food restaurant (Hardee’s). To start out with, it wasn’t so bad (I liked the people I worked with and, being young, even low pay was good pay). Over the last year, a lot of the people I liked left and I was making less money than those that started YEARS after I did. Also, for the last two summers, there was no air conditioning so it would be about 110* in back.</p>
<p>In addition to this job, I also taught golf lessons (i.e. babysat) for two years.</p>
<p>This summer, though, I am working on the grounds crew at a golf course. I wanted this because I am an avid golfer, the pay was decent, plenty of hours, and most importantly, there were set hours, albeit early (7 am - 3:30 pm). It has been in the 90s the last week and a half and there hasn’t been a cloud in the sky. It really takes it out of you. Right now, I would take a mundane job that had air conditioning over this.</p>
<p>Did anyone work as a bussers? I want to know do they get tips from servers. I’m thinking working as a bussers at a restaurant.</p>
<p>the bus boys receive a percentage of the tips the waiters make, as do the hostesses</p>
<p>where i work bussers & bartenders get a tip-out but hostesses don’t
i wouldn’t want to bus tables, though..that’s pretty close to the bottom of the restaurant food chain haha
but i love our bussers, they’re nice guys</p>
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<p>I’m sure it’s different everywhere. However, where I work we tip out 5% to the hostess and 5% to the bartender (if she is someone other than the general manager). We generally only have the hostess on Friday’s and Saturdays and they also bus tables and do whatever they can to help us, the waiters (ideally).</p>
<p>However…on top of that tip, they are also making full minum wage..unlike us (though…I’m not complaining as i do pretty well with tips). It’s just annoying if their is a hostess that barely does anything when we are frantically trying to clear off tables and take people’s orders. On the other hand, I felt very good about tipping the brand new hostess we have…she really helped out and was really nice (she’ll be a great waitress when she turns 18…which is in a year).</p>
<p>leah, a job you hate is probably a good thing to have in college. You get burned out by tests and studying, then a job during the summer reminds you why you’re doing it – so you can get a better job. And waitressing is something good to have in your background; later in life you can quit your job and move anywhere in the country knowing that you can get a job and earn some money until you find a job back in your field again. BTW if you can get it the real money is in waitressing in a bar; drunk guys give big tips, and you can carry out $50 worth of drinks on one tray so even if you’re just getting 15-20% it isn’t too bad!</p>
<p>yeah i thought i’d get more opportunities to make tips by flirting with drunk guys but mostly families come in where i work so i’m outta luck in that respect haha..and yeah, it’s definitely a good thing to have on the resume in case i’m SOL someday and need something to fall back on.</p>
<p>hahah i work at a retirement home restaurant. it’s pretty much awful. i take old people’s orders all day and they freak out if anything is not EXACTLY what they wanted, like if their eggs are poached too firm. it’s ridiculous. then i have to clean up after them. annndd, i don’t make tips.</p>
<p>whatever. i’m glad i have a job. i like money too much to let it get me down.</p>
<p>I work for a home health care company.
I file.
and file.
and file.
then I enter data
and file again.
Its hot, ad everyone there is over 30.
The woman in the cubicle net to me plays the SAME EXACT SONG EVERDAY
“How could I breathe without you…”
so depressing and boring.
but then you get the paycheck (over a g every two weeks)
and its not as bad. lol</p>
<p>i’ve had a regular job that will go into the summer, and i’ve really liked it so far, though i’ve been taking a break from it. will return next week though. but i think the most dreadful summer “jobs” that i have done are boring internships that don’t even pay you, and they try to take advantage of that and have you do boring number crunching, spamming, and other things that if it doesn’t teach you anything, you should be paid for.</p>
<p>For all you restaurant workers, have you ever read the [Waiter</a> Rant](<a href=“http://waiterrant.net/]Waiter”>http://waiterrant.net/) blog? Superb tales about the hazards of waiting tables for the great American public.</p>