Update: 'I wish I saw her face when she heard about the complaint': Manager leaves new hire to wait tables alone, customers call in to complain that managers were 'sitting on their phones'

Remy Millisky • Writer and Editor

Oct 7, 2023 3:00 PM EDT

Some managers just show up, take their paycheck, and leave. Why bother actually doing your job if you don't have to?

This teen was working as a "waitress/server/cashier" at a chain restaurant where she could have really used some extra support from her managers. She writes that she, a new girl, and one other employee were at work with a manager who was being totally useless.

Some managers who've worked their way up the ladder feel entitled to their new "good life." If you've worked in a restaurant for a decade, it must be so great to be paid more and get to rest your feet all day. Instead of waiting tables and wearing down pair after pair of shoes, you get to take inventory or take phone calls or just do literally nothing. That's your newfound prerogative. Now, the choice belongs to you: do you help out your fellow waitstaffers in the way you wished your managers would have? Or will you carry on the tradition of remaining in your own world, oblivious to the perils of your waitstaff?

Next up, read all about these red flags you can spot before you place your order at a restaurant---as told by the people who work there and know the place best.