I’ve always told my kids that if you are going to work in food service, be a server. Tips bring you over minimum wage-way over on a good night. It’s changed though, since I was 16. You must have experience before you can be a server. Our oldest works at DQ-he was a shift manager before he was old enough to drive because he works very hard and is pleasant to customers even when they are difficult.
Twenty years after graduating from college I am back to waiting tables. It’s a way I can homeschool my kids and still make some money. It’s often intense and I’m sore at the end of the night but the money is good and it teaches me to “die to self” every single night. Between that and motherhood my path to sanctification must surely be accelerated;-)
God bless you NorthstarMom. My son started as a waiter, now he is a sommalier at a high end restaurant making big bucks. Like his brothers, he didn’t care for college, and all three sons are doing extremely well—the other two are in real estate and sales...and... not college brainwashed.