[Cali Panthers Fan]

Easy: Dishwasher.

I was trying to work after school to make some extra cash of my own. I had never worked in a restaurant before and this was a pretty busy one. They knew I had no experience.

The training consisted of a 10 minute conversation with the executive chef and a 2 minute demonstration of the job. No discussion of how the restaurant operates or what my specific responsibilities were. No discussion of best practices. The work wasn't especially hard, but I often had other people yelling at me to do this or that with no clear expectation communicated to me ahead of time.

The hours were terrible. I'd start at 5 or 6 and stay until after closing, which is fine, but they would often have me do the deep cleaning and set up for the next morning which meant I would be there until 2 or 3 in the morning...on a school night. I think I was making less than $5 an hour at that time. Just not worth it.

The absolute worst part was that the menu consisted of a lot of food that had cheese melted over it or onto the plate. When you are trying to spray and scrub that off, there is a distinctly awful smell that results when lots of hot water is sprayed onto cheese stuck to a plate. It took a long time to get off, and so the smell was there for a vast majority of time on the job. I still have flashbacks to that experience.

Needless to say I didn't do it long, perhaps a few weeks. Just an awful, awful job. I feel for people who do that kind of work every single day.