If you have any server friends, you know what being cut
means. No, not like I was making lemon wedges and sliced my finger cut, more
like “I’m cut so I can finally get out of here”. These words that have such a bad
connotation sound so magical after a long shift at work. Getting “cut” cannot
be desirable in any other context.
There are others that can probably be figured out like “side
work” which is just what we have to do before, during, and after our shifts
aside from actually serving tables. This can include restocking, sweeping,
rolling silverware and anything else that needs to be done in a restaurant
through the day.
There is also “stiffed” meaning we got $0 for a tip.
“Bussing” which is just cleaning tables. “Tip out” which is a tip we have to
give bartenders and food runners (the people who take your food to your table) for
doing their job. There’s all those, but
my all time favorite serving expression has to be “I’m in the weeds” or “I’m
weeded” meaning, “I’m so extremely busy I probably should not even be telling
you I’m in the weeds because it’s taking away precious seconds from what I need
to be doing.” It’s funny, I mean, who even came up with this term and from
where? I can’t even begin to make up a story of how it came about because all I
think about is someone actually standing in some bushes full of weeds. There’s a whole code and language, but I would
say, these are the funniest and most important.
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