A couple of months ago there was a big turnover at the diner. There were like five or six waitresses who had been there since before I was born. Now there are only two and it looks like they both might quit soon too. One of the busboys got caught stealing tips and got fired. The owner's wife doesn't like the other hostess and always tells her she's screwing up. The other hostess is really timid and now she screws up because she's nervous she's going to screw up. Two of the busboys are friends with the one who got fired and a third is his cousin (or something, I couldn't quite catch the spanish). The old waitresses don't like the new waitresses.
On top of all that it's really hot in the city this summer and all the customers are grumpy and irritable (not to mention smelly). So work has been getting worse and worse. Each time you walk in, you have to try to figure out who is angry at whom. Everyone is like, pumped to find some reason to be furious at everyone.
I have not been able to figure out if things will calm down soon and I should just wait it out, or it's all going to shit and I should get out now before it gets even worse. When I got home tonight wait. Let me just say that I have now moved so much that when I got to the bottom of the subway stairs I had to stop for a second to think about where I was supposed to go to actually get home. It amused me. Anyway. When I got home tonight Josh's friend was over. He is some guy who I guess lives here but Josh didn't meet until they were both in Europe. I walked in, the guy looked me up and down, and then turned to Josh and told him, "Yeah, I see why now." When I asked why what Josh shook his head and changed the topic.
I did the good girlfriend thing and dropped it, waiting until the guy left to ask what he'd meant. Josh looked embarrassed when he told me "Once he saw you he understood why I agreed to such a girly comforter." I was glad to find out he is not a good friend. And it is not that girly.
Anyway. So I was telling Danielle tonight's diner gossip and Josh was listening. Finally he asked if the free food is really worth putting up with all that. Dani and I stared at him like he was retarded. Because of course it is. Josh asked if I'd thought about tutoring. I haven't. You know, what with not being a teacher and all. Josh told me that pretty much everyone he grew up with had tutors at various points and a lot of times, especially in junior high, people hire college students. He said I could definitely charge like $20 an hour or more.
So now I am thinking about that. Because that's way more than the diner pays and I could make people come here so I would be home with my sisters. Plus the extra money would more than make up for the free food. Because I barely eat like $10 worth of diner food less than each shift. I need to look into this more. It could be the perfect solution.
2 comments:
Oh yeah, Josh's idea sounds good. Hope you will seriously consider that. :)
Very good idea, when I tutored in college I went to the local middle schools and spoke to a few teachers, gave them my information, etc., you could do the same at High school, especially if you have some former teachers that know you well enough to recommend you, generally they are the ones that can get your name around, and once you have a few clients, it just grows by word of mouth. Great idea! I wouldn't quit yet either though.
I think the look up and down would have irritated me, and I don't think it's too "girlie" either.
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