Manager basically told coworker to shark tables
I was already annoyed as someone had called off and instead of the owner finding coverage they told me “you’ll be fine”. It ended up being the busiest night we’ve had in awhile which is great because it’s been extremely slow, great chance to make money. Our restaurant goes by number of people and first in gets first table. Right off the bat my coworker who just started takes the first table when it should have been mine. I let it go and took the next table. Then another table came in which would go to me but she went right over. I rewrote the rotation paper and just put her first so there wouldn’t be any confusion. As the night goes on she repeatably takes tables that are supposed to be mine but I let it slide because she’s new.
When I mention it to the owner she says “well I did tell her to help out and take more if you were busy”. 201
The reason I was constantly busy is because I’m expected to do voids, deal with customer complaints, and answer everyone else’s questions. We also have issues with our tickets not printing to the kitchen so I have to deal with that as well. I snapped and told her that was messed up as I don’t get paid extra to deal with all this stuff, I’m actively losing money every shift. She didn’t care at all just pointed out I made a lot of money last month.
Other than finding a new job what would you do? I get paid as a server but have to train everyone, close most nights which means I have to stay even if I don’t have a table until everyone leaves, deal with all POS issues, customer issues, voids, coworker questions, update items on the POS, frequently get guilted into coming in on my days off. My schedule is constantly changed to accommodate everyone else. She’s obviously aware I should be paid more but she doesn’t care.
I just want to be a server and not deal with everything else but all of our employees are teenagers so she has no one who is even capable of taking over. If she were to hire someone I would lose most of my hours because we don’t have shifts available for an additional person. My tables don’t know I’m doing all this extra stuff so they think I’m just being lazy which has an impact on my tips. It’s just frustrating to be doing so much more than everyone else but making less and having a lot more stress. 814