i'm so annoyed. i went to a restaurant interview today and i was totally disappointed. I thought it would be a great place to work with good food, a great location and a high check average (thus, high tips). However, when i arrived, I found out that it's not a good job at all and my "interview" was a group interview with 10 other people. The manager noticed me immediately, and then i fell off the map of potential hires. I didn't take to her at all, so i'm not surprised that she didn't take to me.
I hate the service industry, I think. I am praying (possibly literally) that the other service job I have works out. Last week, I applied at a great location in a small trendy restaurant and TWO managers interviewed me at the same time. They were both cool, and they've since called twice to confirm my training shifts this week. I have had TERRIBLE luck with managers in my serving life, and this is the last summer I plan to serve, so all I can say is, I HOPE TO GOD THIS JOB GOES WELL! I am counting on it both for my sanity, and for my bank account!
I'm really mad about this "interview" today. I feel like I took the interview seriously, I prepared for it and brushed up on my wine knowledge, I looked forward to the interview. And then to get there and find they aren't even separating 11 people into two groups and haven't bothered much with resume reading... it was such a disappointment. The questions they asked were very typical and in the end, they are only looking for full time people (I want part time) and every shift will be on-call depending on the weather. That means that if it rains for a week in a row (and it does that in this city), you don't have grocery money. At the end of the interview one of the managers asked, "Is there anyone who is thinking there's NO WAY they'd want to work here?" I decided to keep quiet because my answer wouldn't have been received well.
so basically, i hate serving, and i really hope this next serving job goes well because i don't know if i have the heart in me to look for another serving job if it doesn't work out :-(
