Tuesday, December 3, 2013

The Life Of A Bus Person

By George Dodson


Dining out can be an enjoyable experience. You choose from various options the eatery to visit according to what you feel like having at that moment. The wait staff warmly receives you and caters to your every need. You can ask for a glass of water or a napkin or two; they stand by waiting for your request. After having your meal, you gather your items, put aside a tip and ride home. Your journey is about to conclude. Someone else?s voyage however, is just starting. Someone has to be at the ready to clean up after you to make it pleasant for the forthcoming customer. The person in charge of this 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.

Busboys are not usual in America. Some offer to serve customers snacks and beverages even before the customer takes the initiative to do so. They may assist in the serving of food if necessary.

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.

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. Fancy eateries? busboys carry every plate of food singly, sometimes in only one hand. This takes a lot of time but helps uphold the image of fancy 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 worked at Studio 54 in New York.

Vietnamese president Ho Chi Minh was a ?busser? at Boston?s Parker House Hotel.

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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