Wednesday, December 31, 2014

What Kind Of Job Is A Busboy?

By George Dodson


Sampling restaurants can be a fun endeavor. You choose from various options visit according to what you feel like having at that moment. On entering, your presence is graciously acknowledged by those at the restaurant's reception. You can ask for a some water or a setting or two; they stand by waiting for your request. Once you have relished your food and you are ready to leave, you get your belongings, tip the server and leave. Your journey is about to conclude. One person's journey, however, is only just commencing. By "someone", I am referring to the busboy who makes the booth pleasant for the next customer after the previous customer leaves.

In both large and small establishments, there is usually staff required to clean up after each customer and help the restaurant staff if and when they need it.

"Bussing" is not an uncommon vocation in the United States. The "busser," as they are colloquially referred to sometimes, may bring drinks and snacks to the table even before the person makes a request. They will serve food if duty calls for it.

Bussers usually are not paid very well. They rely on the tips they receive a day to supplement their meager fixed weekly or hourly income.

Those in average restaurants carry boxes stacked with dishes in tower-like fashion. Fancy eateries' busboys carry every plate of food singly, sometimes in only one hand. This is a painstaking process that is comparatively time-consuming but which helps maintain the image portrayed by these finer restaurants.

There are many stories of renowned people starting out their careers as busboys.

Before he was an actor, Al Pacino was famous.

Alec Baldwin "bussed" at a restaurant in New York.

Vietnamese president Ho Chi Minh was also a busboy in Parker House Hotel in Boston.

Jon Stewart was a busboy at a Mexican restaurant.

Johnny Depp, well known for his role as "Captain Jack Sparrow" in the Pirates of the Caribbean movie franchise, was a busboy prior to his acting career.

When you are eating out next, remember that the cleanliness of your table and the area as a whole is the result of hours of work put in by busboys employed there. They make their living off tips so a generous amount left by you will be of great use to them. Besides, there is always a chance that if they become famous someday, they will recall your kindness.




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