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[quote=Anonymous]I mean, if food and the service industry are his passion, then that's one thing. If the access to quick cash is the only appealing factor for him, he needs to reconsider. Of course, a year of REALLY seeing what it's like to work in a restaurant may help him solidify his feelings.

I worked as a server every summer because it was good, fast money. I could work May-August and if I saved and spent wisely, I could avoid working at all during the school year.

However, what your DS may not realize right now is a) the restaurant is new and new restaurants are always packed and thriving right after opening. And b) it's the summer - more people eat out during the summer than they do during the cooler months. There are also more events and opportunities for catering and large to go orders during the summer (graduations, family reunions, bachelor/ette parties, etc.

Again, a full year of working at the location will teach him these things. I also worked as a server after graduation for two years because I graduated during the recession in 2007/2008 when no one was hiring. He'll quickly learn that the time after NYE until March madness kicks in are some of the slowest months as a server. January is especially brutal because everyone is coming off spending lots of $$$$ at Christmas and on NYE parties.

There were times when I'd go work a dinner shift in January and be lucky to make $75 where just a few weeks prior during December, I was rolling in cash making at least $350-500 a night.

My brother was never the academic type. He's smart but hated school. He started working as a server after high school, then switched to bar backing, then bartending, and he's now a bar manager. He makes around $110k/year... some years less and some years more. I'm a CPA so I do his taxes so I know what he makes. That said, the restaurant industry as a worker not an owner is brutal on your body. He's got bad knees and a bad back from so many long hours spent standing on concrete and lifting too many kegs. He's had reconstruction surgery on both shoulders that were screwed up from changing kegs and fighting too many drunks. He's 36 but he definitely has the body of someone in their late 40s according to his doctor, ha. [/quote]

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