16 Legit Truths If You've Ever Worked Holidays At A Restaurant

    Working on New Year's Eve = literal hell.

    1. Every restaurant worker dreads the month of December...

    2. For starters, there's absolutely zero chance of getting your holiday shifts covered...

    3. And customers will inevitably become bitter due to the stresses of the holiday season...

    4. Your friends will start asking you if you have Christmas day off.

    5. And even when it snows five feet overnight, your boss STILL makes you come into work...

    6. That's because everyone is "treating themselves" for the holidays, so the restaurant gets SLAMMED.

    7. And when it's the week between Christmas and New Year's, the rush of people becomes OVERWHELMING.

    8. Your tables all start telling you how much they're enjoying their time off.

    9. And the dining room plays the same damn Christmas song over and over again.

    10. And all your tables say the same darn thing: “Wow, they’re making you work on Christmas Eve?!"

    11. You rush to do your closing work in the hopes of spending some time with family.

    12. And when you work the bar shift during New Year's Eve, the customers turn into ACTUAL monsters...

    13. And they start breaking glasses, screaming, and (worst of all) throwing up...

    14. And then (just like last year) every damn table asks you to take their picture at midnight.

    15. But luckily, some customers turn into generous tippers during the holidays.

    16. So you suck it up and survive another holiday restaurant season.