I did!
As a hostess then server!

I worked as a server, a hostess, and a manager for seven years. I'm happy to say that I'm glad I'm not doing that anymore.

I worked as waitress, and I'm also very happy to say that I'm not doing that anymore! It was not for me..

Hostess and bartender.

And I'm engaged to an executive chef who plans on opening his own restaurant in the not too distant future.

So I'm hoping my MBA in business will help with that!

Does my HS job at Panera count?

I was a hostesss, bartender, waitress... and i am NEVER going back!!!

I did as a waitress!

I worked as a server. It was the hardest job I have ever had. I respect servers so much because I know how hard it really is... I tip VERY well!!

I've been counter help, cashier, barista... never a server though.

I was a server and sometimes a hostess... Hard work, but lots of fun!

Yes, for about 10 years. Mostly bartending but some waiting tables too.

server ass. and server

I was a server... it was hard, but I LOVED it. I ended up with so many regulars and new friends from working at Cheeseburger in Paradise. But, I'll take my steady paycheck over tip-dependancy any day.

i was a barista at a small cafe- i loved it! if it paid more, i would do it again in a second.

I was a bartender. Good times.

Cashier in a highend restuarant many years ago - college job!

waitress. it was exhausting! my husband waits tables now and he has to work until 2 in the morning some nights because the restaurant is also a bar - that sucks!

I did in high school at a ice cream/candy shop

Nope and I would never want to!!

I worked as a waitress one night and I was a real mess!

I'm a server/bartender now part-time and i love it - easy money, great people, keeps you busy. it's the ones who are the most attentive to detail who make the best servers.

Worked at everything from a coffee house, frozen yogurt and Del Taco in high school, to Spago in West Hollywood. Have been a hostess, cocktail waitress, server and trainer and eventually consultant. Everyone should be in the service industry at some point just to see that side of it. I've been out of that industry for a long time but I'm glad I did it. It's invaluable training if you work for a good company.

Yes I did, as a bit of everything and I hated every part of it. Cooking in that kind of environment made it very unenjoyable for me.

I served for a few years, and went home every single night muttering, "I hate people."

That's how you got sparkling clean wine glasses.

hostess, server, bartender. I hope to never do that again.

never have... i dont think i could make it as a waiter... too many picky people to please.

Was a waitress at a couple different places.... you couldn't pay me a million dollars to do that line of work again!!!!

As much as I hated my time as a server, I think it should be mandatory for all teenagers to spend at least a few months working a service job like that--it definitely teaches you that your server, hostess, etc. are human beings too, and should be treated with respect

I did work-study as a server at summer camp. If you think waiting on strangers is tough, try waiting on your peers at the age of 13.

When I was in high school I was hired at a friend's mom's Japanese restaurant for one summer. But when I got there all they wanted me to do was wash dishes. I was hoping to learn something, not slave over a hot sink.
I think I lasted 3 days and never went back.
Oh, and I did learn that they put MSG in literally everything on the menu. The restaurant isn't around anymore.

cashier, one week, not planning to return.

Sandwich maker, Dishwasher, Hostess, Server, Barista, Cashier.

It's very hard work and there's a real art to doing it well.

I've been a hostess, server and cook. Hard work but I loved all three!

as a reservation agent/security becuase they set up the table I would work at during the day in front of the door and a TON of people would come in asking for a table when the restaurant didnt open until 5pm. I was so freakin lonely at that job I had to quit. I love love love F&B life and wish I was back at the F&B side of our hotel instead of rooms division which is boring.

My 1st job actually ... had to pay off a major credit card bill!
I was a server and a waitress ... actaully met my boyfriend of 4 years there! : )

ya kinda sorta now

Previous Hooter Girl haha, great money but lots of bs men to deal with!

Does the drive thru girl at Taco Bell count? Man, do I have some stories...

...as a server when I was 16 in a small steakhouse along the interstate in a DRY county. (Which means NO ALCOHOL served or purchased) Some people thought it was just the FUNNIEST THING they'd ever heard of, a dry county. Grrrrrr....

But I do have some verrrrry interesting stories from hanging out with coworkers.

Waitress (many moons ago, server wasn't a term then) and made lots of money and never paid for food. I agree with you, Jude. It was a Mexican restaurant and oh so tasty.

I did and I hated every minute of it. I was once a hostess, a 'salad girl', and a bartender. But I hate waiting on people in general.

i've worked as a bartender but not in a restaurant - in a bar...so i guess i can't say that i've ever worked in one. i don't know if i would really ahve the paitence for people since i know how picky some can be .

"Phone girl" back in the day when someone wouldn't consider complaining that it was offensive to be called a "phone girl." (or "salad girl" as LeLuxe mentions!) Fun job, except the damn customers.

bartender.. waitress.. cashier.. beauty counter clerk.. go.go dancer.. manager.. ecetera..

i think EVERYONE should have to work in the service industry at some point in their lives..

maybe then there would be less cheap assholes <3!!

bartender at a beer bar...also did many shifts as assistant manager...sooo glad I don't work there anymore. Due to company policy, we were not allowed to accept tips when we were serving on the bar...that really stunk big time! I definitely treat servers and all such with respect and courtesy, and I try to overtip when I can. I know what it's like to try to survive on small paychecks.

hostess with the mostess!

In high school, I worked at a country club. I started as an assistant server (busser) and then moved up to banquet server.

...as a waitress/hostess, and it was the most miserable job I've ever had. Never again!

Regular waitress, cocktail waitress.