This Is Why We Love It

Ask any server what they like the most about their job and almost all will respond with the same answer: the people they work with. Working in a restaurant, one is instantly connected with people from all walks of life. Serving is often an interim job for many, bringing in people of every age and at every stage of their lives. Currently I work with teachers, students, musicians, evangelists, veterans, immigrants, entrepreneurs, a graphic designer, an artist, a clothing designer, a published author, a radio show host, fathers, mothers ( I fall into the latter category.) The restaurant industry is a melting pot to say the least. But there is something we have that most work places are lacking: a bond like no other. Life long friends are made at these interim jobs. My best friend of five years is an old colleague from a serving job and although we have not worked together in over four years we still speak to each other on a daily basis. I met husband in while working in a restaurant and although our marriage didn’t survive, our friendship did. I am unable to speak to the mechanics of this bond. I am not sure that any of us could explain it. But I can attest to the fact that we would all agree that we have made some of the best friends of our lives through our restaurant jobs. Perhaps the camaraderie is built during the busy shifts when it seems like we go through hell together and all make it out alive making sure to leave no man behind. Perhaps it is in the off the clock when we really get to know one another during the after hours fellowship that often takes place. Whatever it may be, I think all servers are grateful for the friends we make throughout our service careers and most as I said will testify that this is why we love what we do.

P.S. David Grant, we will miss you. But we always have Facebook. ;o)