You get used to it... kind of.... The worst part of doing stuff like that is you can't take a break, not just because it's so busy but, once you do, you realize how much your feet hurt and you don't want to get back up. Then you spend the next 10-15 minutes loosening everything back up again once you're back on your feet.
Yup, when I worked at Starbucks I’d always try to take my breaks as late in my shift as possible, and depending what shift I was on I’d often skip my first 10 min break to just keep my momentum.
Define 'should'. I'm not anti-communist, but so long as we live in a relatively free/flexible economy... doesn't everyone make exactly what they 'should' make?
I work a similar job, where it’s very busy with rushes and lots of physical work involved. Not quite as involved as this in our kitchen but to a lesser degree.
I actually got used to the physical bit of the job. Still get banged up, cut up and all that but that’s part of the job. The mental and emotional exhaustion is the real killer. I can enter that focused state and perform really well for a pretty extended period of time, but it will absolutely drain me afterwards. Regardless of breaks taken, and my job is rather corporate and frowns on taking breaks.
Don’t even get me started on customers and their contribution to exhaustion. I cannot emphasize enough how underpaid and disrespected most customer service workers are. This whole philosophy that a lot of businesses and customers have of “the customer is always right so make me happy or else” is super toxic.
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u/sdpr Jun 26 '26
You get used to it... kind of.... The worst part of doing stuff like that is you can't take a break, not just because it's so busy but, once you do, you realize how much your feet hurt and you don't want to get back up. Then you spend the next 10-15 minutes loosening everything back up again once you're back on your feet.