I was dining with a friend at a higher priced restaurant the
other night; it was a celebratory birthday dinner. We had reservations and were seated
promptly. The restaurant was jam packed,
so when our waitress arrived at our table, she was obviously harried. She proceeded to tell us that none of the
other patrons had reservations, thus only 2 servers were working that
night. So, “they better be prepared to
wait.”
As soon as she walked away, my friend commented, “Now there is
someone who needs a new job.” Of course
we all have those days, and having worked in retail for many years, I’ve had a
few of them pop up myself. But, it
started an interesting conversation: how many people are hanging on to jobs they
hate? Do we need to be miserable in
order to collect a paycheck, even in a slow economy?
