jeudi 28 novembre 2013

The Life Of A Busboy

By George Dodson


Sampling restaurants can be a fun endeavour. You can decide where to go and what you want to eat. The wait staff warmly receives you and caters to your every need. You can request for a tumbler of water or an additional napkin or two; they are there for the sole purpose of serving you. 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. The journey of one person is only just going to begin. The person responsible for clearing the mess you?ve made to prepare the table for the next customer is the busboy.

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

?Bussing? is a common job in USA. Busboys occasionally serve customers refreshments even when they have not made an order. They may assist in the serving of food if necessary.

?Bussing as a profession generates very poor income. It is the tips that they look forward to every day.

Many who are employed in smaller, less renowned restaurants carry bus boxes with crockery and utensils piled one on top of the other to carry back to the washer with considerable ease. In high street restaurants, they carry every dish individually. This is a painstaking process that is comparatively time-consuming but which helps maintain the image portrayed by these finer restaurants.

A number of celebrities have worked as busboys when they were young to make money.

Al Pacino was a bus boy at a time. This was eons before he struck gold as an actor.

Alec Baldwin, one of the renowned Baldwin brothers (all of whom are involved in the media), was a busboy at New York?s Studio 54 in his youth.

President of Vietnam Mr. Ho hin Mingh himself ?bussed? in an eatery in Boston in Parker House Hotel.

Jon Stewart was a busboy at a Mexican restaurant.

Johnny Depp too was one at a point. Johnny Depp was also a busboy.

The next time you are out at your favorite restaurant, perhaps you ought to keep in mind that if the place looks scintillating, it is for the reason that the busboys that toil to maintain it. They deserve a little extra in tips; something you ought to consider as it is how they make their living. After all, you never know; maybe, just maybe, one of them will become famous and remember you for your token of gratitude.




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