life was not so much of fun in college, especially when you work as a waiter for a wedding function.
that was my second job in university. during saturday nights, or some other nights, a hotel nearby host wedding functions, company gala dinner, or reunion dinner for the riches and the haves. in need of ‘good looking’, dedicated, and money-loving part-timer waiter, the hotel hired me and bunch of other friends.
the job was easy. get tables and chairs ready by 6, have your own dinner at the basement cafetaria, line up when guests arrive, and then off you go.
serving food, drinks was somewhat fun. more often than not, the dinner serves a full 9 course chinese dinner, which normally start with serving chinese tea. then appetizer, and so on. so, there was virtually no rest from 7 – 10, and then the guest will not leave the room until 11 or sometimes to midnight. especially when free-flow of alcoholic beverages were on the host.
as such, after putting all the tables and chairs back to the store room, or preparing for tomorrow’s function, we head home at round midnight.
what did i get? a hard earned cash of $40 per night. a cool thing actually, since big mac cost me like around $3 and coke was $1.
was it a good time for me? well, not really. but this was the time i really think that working just for the money ~ as it was then, is not a good idea. working without enjoying a thing you’re doing is a grave mistake. shouldn’t do it.
i should have applied to be a disk jockey instead…
Originally published on luqyantamanni.wordpress.com, August 4, 2007: view original.
