  Yesterday I served food for the first time. It was really fun! It was our first day open for lunch, there was massive construction right next door that created a dust storm, and we had a very limited simple menu, so we didn't get a lot of people in. About five groups came in, and I got two tables. I made $10 in tip, which on two meals totaling $25.20, that is 39%.
Considering lunch is 10%, dinner is 15%, and great service is 20%, I don't think I made out too bad. I am cocktailing tonight, so I have got to really work it. Friday is going to be nuts, because I serve lunch (I have to get there at 10:00), and then I get to go home for a couple of hours and hten I come back and work all night. It is dollar-you-call it again, which means it is going to be fricking insane. But, I am going to make bank!
This time, the problem of the bartenders being too slow in serving me is going to be solved. Apparently, they hired a barback. What is a "bar back" you ask? This is the dude that relives the bartenders of the hassel the encounter while working. As the servers bring back glasses, instead of the bartenders washing them while they try to serve drinks, that is the bar back's job.
The bar back is usually a bar tender in training, and he does the grunt work. Basically, the bar back will help us serve drinks and give the bar tenders more time to serve rather than clean. My goal is to get over $125. Lets see how it goes! Dana 
