“Waitresses Are Too Stupid To Work a Cash Register”

Wendy doesn't know shit.

Wendy doesn’t know shit.

Very often, people ask me why I choose to wait tables when there are so many other options out in the world. I figure since Broadway star hasn’t happened for me and my teeth are too jacked up to be a male super model, I’ll just keep peddling pasta and potatoes for a living until something better comes along. I had my reasons for becoming a waiter back in the late 1980’s, the number one reason being I needed a flexible schedule to pursue an acting career. I liked working nights at the restaurant so I could audition during the day and then if I got into a show, I could switch to lunch shifts allowing me to rehearse and perform at night. That was a good enough reason for me to become a waiter and I’m sure everyone has a good one for their own personal experience. Maybe the reason is so that a parent can work the breakfast shift and be finished with work in time to be home for their kids when they get out of school. Or maybe someone likes being able to make more money per hour than they would selling a pair of Easy Fit jeans at the Gap. Or maybe they just like the way their hair smells after carrying sizzling trays of fajitas all day. What I’m trying to say is that there are lots of reasons someone chooses to tie an apron around their waist and make a living serving food. One of those reasons would NOT be what some clueless chick named Wendy said on Facebook:

I think people become waitresses for one of two reasons. Reason 1 is that they are too stupid to work a cash register at McDonald’s or Wal-Mart. Or the most likely reason is because they choose to make $2.83 an hour (and pocket all the tips) so that they can still receive their food stamps and welfare checks.

Oh, Wendy. Poor, unaware, shit-for-brains Wendy who honestly thinks that every server is a total loser when in actuality it’s anyone who says something so ignorant who is the loser of the bunch. There are so many things wrong with her statement (not to mention that Facebook profile picture) that I don’t know where to begin. I shall start at the very beginning; a very good place to start. When you read, you begin with “A-B-C.” when you blog you begin with “Oh, bitch, please.”

For her to imply that all servers are stupid is simply a blanket statement that holds no truth. I’m not saying there aren’t stupid severs because there are and I have worked with some of them. (Hey, Mo, how are you, you stupid fuck?) For the most part though, servers are not stupid. On the contrary, we have to use our brains while we are at work, unlike Wendy who probably just counts the roaches on the ceiling as she lays on her back at the whore house*. Secondly, no disrespect to people who work cash registers, but you don’t have to be that intellectual to use one. They are basically big calculators that tell you what to do and how much money to give people as change. Severs use cash registers or computers on a regular basis, so fuck off, Wendy.

Wendy also thinks the most likely reason we are servers is because we choose to make $2.83 an hour and pocket all the tips. Ummm, yeah, bitch, we pocket all the tips because that’s our fucking paycheck. She’s wrong about collecting food stamps and welfare checks. Does she think we don’t have to claim those tips as income? Does she think that the government believes we survive on only $2.83 an hour, or less in some states? Does she think that blond hair in her profile picture is fooling anyone? Plenty of servers make more than enough money to make a decent living and have no need for government assistance. Surely there are some who do, but I would say it is definitely the minority of servers. Wendy is full of shit (and Diet Coke, probably) and doesn’t know what the hell she is talking about.

Thank you to the person who sent me the screenshot of Wendy’s statement. I like to do my part when I can and stand up for us servers so that people can understand the truth about our jobs. Even if I have to tackle one misinformed person at a time, that is what I will do. Wendy, wherever you are (probably squeezed into a booth at an Applebee’s somewhere complaining that the iced tea isn’t sweet enough), I hope this blog post bounces back to you so you can read it and get a bitch slap of the truth. You need it.

* Since I don’t actually know Wendy, this is a joke. She may or may not work in a whore house. I cannot be sure. This blog is for the sake of comedy and it’s all based on my opinion. It ain’t CNN. Get over it.  -BW

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