Servers are a diverse group....

Servers, for the most part, tend to be a younger group of people. However, due to the economy, job loss and anything else you want to throw in…..those who are not so young are going back to serving. Some are moms, going back into the workforce. Some are college graduates who can’t find any other job right now, some are students and there are others that I call “displaced business owners.”

I had my own title research business for 7 years, but when real estate went down the toilet, so did my business. But if hadn’t been that, we eventually would’ve been done in by the internet…..so I went back to restaurants.

Another guy, (in his 40’s) who had a landscaping business, found his business no longer kept him busy enough to survive, so he too went back to restaurants. Then there are the 20 something’s who are trying to figure out what to do with their life.

At our restaurant we range in age for 18 to 55. Makes for interesting conversation. In one way it helps to keep you young and in touch with what’s going on with those of the younger generations. Serving is a physically demanding job, and that too helps to keep you feeling younger, (except for those days when you work a double shift and all you can think about is going home and soaking in a hot bath with Epsom Salt, while the younger ones are discussing which bar to go to after work)

From the 18 year old student to the 55 year old me, we all have one thing in common, we are adrenaline junkies. We love the rush! We love running our butts when it’s busy and the time flies by! And when all is said and done, and the shift is over, we laugh about the glitches (because we powered through them) and leave with the satisfaction of knowing it was all a job well done, and a pocket full of money.