Waiting for a Job

We’ve heard that competition for waiting jobs is, of course, fiercer than ever (a line down the block for an open call for a job pouring coffee at Dizzy’s, to take one example), and here, from Serious Eats’ “Served” column, is further proof: “His sports bar needed a bartender. So he posted an ad for a bartender on Craigslist. An hour later, he received nearly four hundred responses from wannabe bartenders. ‘Really? Four hundred?’ I asked.” [Serious Eats]

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Filed Under: bartenders, servers, Tough Times, waiting

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