If you're an over fifty waitress....you better have a sense of humor

And IF, you're an over fifty waitress...you probably do.


It's not easy starting a job, where you are old enough to be eveyone's mother, and

everyone else is in their twenties. Then...just to add insult to injury....you find the
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only way you can handle your glasses, (which are only needed for reading and working the

computer)...is by hanging said glasses on one of those old lady cords around your neck. (I

had no choice)...I'd either get them stuck in my hair when I put them on top of my head,

or I'd start walking with them on...and realize I couldn't walk straight and everyting

looked dizzy...not good when you are carrying things you're not supposed to drop.....



If you haven't carried trays in ....let's say about 30 years....(as a bartender I didn't

have to carry trays).....the first two weeks are killer on your tray arm. My left arm was

permanently bent at a 90 degree angle. I had to push my arm down to straighten it out.

(I'm not sure if this is a good thing or not.)


You realize that EVERYONE, is moving faster than you. Shit....gotta pick up the pace. But

through careful observation, (and a keen eye for the obvious), you begin to see that some

of these people of whom I am old enough to be their mother.....are just running circles

around themselves. When you're an over fifty waitress....you don't want to move any

faster, so ya just gotta work smarter. No problem.


Ya get a couple of weeks under your belt.....the job's getting easier....you got more time

to talk to your fellow serves......and you realize they speak a different language.....