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coachmarkos
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 Posted: 01/14/04 - 11:28 Post subject: Fast Food or Restaurant Experience?
Anyone ever run the fryer?
Wait tables?
Wash Dishes?
I have much experience in the fact that my parents ran a "Bar and Grill" type restaurant for about 10 years. I was about 12 when they bought it, so I spent many of my teenage days helping out.
It sucked. However, I did learn alot in my time there.
How bout you?
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airehead
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Posted: 01/14/04 - 11:30 Post subject:
I worked at a deli that sold burgers/fried foods/salads/hot plates. Best boss I ever had.
I also worked as a hostess for MickeyD's. Worked my arse off, being a general dogsbody. (Meaning I dressed up as a clown if the real clown didn't show up or I ran the fryer if the fryer didn't show up)
I feel so complete after MickeyD's. 
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runaroundsue
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Posted: 01/14/04 - 11:32 Post subject:
I bussed tables, made food for a salad bar, did dishes....it sucked 
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purple hayes
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Posted: 01/14/04 - 11:34 Post subject:
I've done just about every back-of-the-house position except pastry chef.
I've also delivered pizzas (kick butt job!) and delivered steak (easiest job evah).
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Noley
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Posted: 01/14/04 - 11:34 Post subject:
I worked at a Larry's Icecream between my Freshman/Sophomore year of college. It was a lot of fun to work there. The people were nice when they came in and you could always bring up good conversations. The best part was giving the little kids a little extra icecream in their bowls.
I lived on icecream and beer that summer as well! 
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MastrBrewr
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Posted: 01/14/04 - 12:23 Post subject:
Worked at Bojangle's in HS. Fried the chicken, made biscuits, gravy, etc.
Freshman & Soph. year in college I delivered for Pizza Hut (like PH said, a kick butt job!). I always had the closing shift 5 nights a week, so I would usually come back to the dorms with free pizzas.
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rolling rock
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Posted: 01/14/04 - 12:24 Post subject:
i worked in a restaurant once. for a day. it sucked so bad i quit after my 8 hour shift. seeee ya. 
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cherylpf
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Posted: 01/14/04 - 12:26 Post subject:
Hostess/table busser then a server at a different restaurant.
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gretriever
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Posted: 01/14/04 - 12:26 Post subject:
Worked at a pizza restaurant for a year after getting out of college. 'zas, sammiches, lasagna, spaghetti - can still make 'em all from scratch.
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jrjo
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Posted: 01/14/04 - 12:28 Post subject:
| purple hayes wrote: | | I've also delivered pizzas (kick butt job!) and delivered steak (easiest job evah). |
Pizza-rio extraordinaire here too... did all the jobs. Fun times.
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kobyj
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Posted: 01/14/04 - 12:29 Post subject:
I thought about working for Jimmy John's (a sub-sandwich place on Purdue's Campus). It would have been great training because the delivery "drivers" use bicycles. 
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robp
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Posted: 01/14/04 - 12:29 Post subject:
No fast food joints here. I did work in a gas station for two years back when the workers actually pumped the gas. and I worked in a drive-thru for a total of three days. Both jobs pretty much sucked. The gas station had some interesting moments on occasion. One was when a 40 something woman came in, I walked up to her window to see how much gas she wanted and she had her shirt open and her uh, attributes, on full display  . Pretty shocking to an 18 yr old kid..... She acted totally normal about it, like it was customary to pull into a gas station with your boobs out.
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brie k
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Posted: 01/14/04 - 12:31 Post subject:
Wendy's while in high school, and also briefly when I got out of the USAF, also an ice cream place.
I could never be a waitress. I don't have the ability to walk and carry multiple spillable items without spilling them. I'm severely non-graceful. I admire those people who can do it. I wish I could, it may be easier to get a part-time gig if I had that type of experience.
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akern
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Posted: 01/14/04 - 12:33 Post subject:
I worked at Burger King for 3 years as a teenager. Since I was about the only one that showed up they made me a Shift Manager. At 17 I had the keys to the store, the combo to the safe, and the power to boss people around. It was great!
Also worked for a fancy schmancy restaurant for a few months bussing tables, but I had to behave so I quit. 
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Cappy
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Posted: 01/14/04 - 12:35 Post subject:
Worked at Taco Bell for a bit after high school. Worked the fryer
Worked at a Steak Shop and Deli while in High School. Good money because it was under the table
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