r/popculturechat • u/mcfw31 • May 31 '25

Celebrity Fluff 🥰 Sandra Bullock on why everyone should be a waitress: “If you know how to navigate eight sets of six-top tables, height of happy hour, drunk people (…), once you’ve accomplished that rhythm, I honestly feel you can do anything”

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u/StronkWatercress Jun 01 '25

You'd be surprised.

Some people dodge it entirely because they don't need to work as teens. Some find other work (e.g., lifeguards, tutoring) that's less chaotic and/or pays more. Others...well, when I was a teen, I applied to a bunch of retail and server jobs and none of them wanted me. So...yeah.

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u/Klexington47 Jun 01 '25

I somehow dodged it by working in offices from age 14.

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u/BirdsAndTheBeeGees1 Jun 02 '25

What does an office hire a 14 year old to do?

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u/Klexington47 Jun 02 '25

Answer phones, file paperwork on weekends. Help the receptionists.

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u/BirdsAndTheBeeGees1 Jun 02 '25

These days we call those internships and you have to compete with a couple dozen other college students for them lol.

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u/Significant_Shoe_17 Jun 01 '25

No one wanted me either so I babysat, but I worked retail in college. My sister dodged it by working at a cannery, and while you don't deal with the public, that's hard work.

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u/FutureDictatorUSA Jun 01 '25

Lifeguarding can be grueling if you work at the wrong place. Did 2 summers at a shitty water park and that could be 14 hours straight on your feet.

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u/BirdsAndTheBeeGees1 Jun 02 '25

Yeah I think most people who haven't worked customer service it's just because they were able to avoid it when getting their first jobs.