Back on May 6th I blogged about my very first job experience delivering newspapers (a horrible experience!). I would like to tell you now about my second job that I had when I was in High School and about 16 years old. I was bustin' suds (washing dishes) for an Italian restaurant in Pasadena. I can tell you that this was one horrible job as well! I worked from 6:00PM until approximately 1:30AM and received a grand total of $10 in pay! Yep! You heard right! Ten bucks!
When I would show up at 6:00PM the area was already flooded with dirty dishes and dirty pots and pans. I had waitresses yelling at me all night that they needed more water glasses, more silverware, more salad bowls, more plates, and on and on it went all night long. I also had the cooks yelling at me that they needed more pizza tins, more pots or pans, etc...etc..all night long.
When I finally had some down time and the dishes slowed down I had to slice salami and pepperoni and grate cheese and any number of other grueling tasks my boss would decide he wanted done. At the end of the night I had to sweep and mop the floors as well.
I can tell you that I worked extremely hard for those $10 and did this job for a lot longer than I should have. I saved every penny that I made and bought a stereo, a new tenor sax and then a new soprano sax. My friends were all buying cars (low riders) but I had my priorities. So there you have it, another chapter in my life and employment history.
Hear the violin playing?......what do you think...you were the only one?....Bob's Big Boy,,,yaak...pots, pens, garbage mopping floors etc and the pay was $ 1.25 per hour....but I wanted big bucks so I went to work for Van De Kamps...here is where the big money was $ 1.35 an hour. Although the waitresses had a foot in the grave. I needed more money to pay for my expensive condo rent ...$ 50.00 / mo.
ReplyDeleteSO I GUESS SLAVE LABOR WAS RAMPANT ALL OVER WAY BACK WHEN.......I CAN SYMPATHIZE WITH YOU THERE HOMIE.
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