Way back in the 7th decade of the previous century, when I first started working in restaurants, there were a few things that were different…..
We were called waitresses. There were very few waiters, actually none, at any of the restaurants I worked at. And…..we wore skirts. At some jobs we wore very short skirts. But I was 19 and had great legs. Short skirts were nothing new to me, I wore them all through high school. One waitress and I had a sort of an unspoken contest going on to see who could wear the shortest skirt. I finally told her, “I’m 5’8” and you’re 5’1”, you’re not gonna win this contest.”
Oh my God! The shoes we wore! Think about it….we had on skirts, you couldn’t run around in clunky waitress shoes, you had to have shoes that looked good….or so we thought. We wore shoes that had heels or wedges or even (because it was popular at that time) platforms.
Even after we had made the transition to slacks…..we were young and allowed vanity to get the best of us, and we still wore stupid shoes. No wonder my knees are shot!
But alas, now I am firmly entrenched in the realm of thick soled, non-slip sensible shoes. When I see a group of high school kids come in all dressed up for the big dance, the girls hobbling around (because they haven’t learned to walk in them yet) 3 and 4 inch heels…..my knees start to hurt and my ankles want to buckle…and I am waiting for one of them to fall off of their shoes…..and then I glance down at my feet and remember that I am solidly planted on the ground. Thank God for sensible shoes!
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My first waitressing job I had to wear a skirt too! Stayed there for 5 years. I didn't get to wear pants or be called a server until college...I guess that's what you get when you work at a restaurant that's been around forever!
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