I had a day of between my third and fourth days of training, and I needed it.
On Day 3, I was supposed to take my menu test. Unfortunately, I was working on my online Alcohol Serving class the night before and kind of put off studying for the menu. As a result, I knew all of 1 of our signature drinks, which was one of the 11 pages of the test.
Other than that, I spent day 3 with the girl who first got me an application and told me I was hired. She's really nice and bubbly and definitely knows what she's doing. She introduced me to all her tables and I got drinks and rang in food. I was starting to remember all the stuff I was supposed to do.
Yesterday was my last day. I retook the menu test (only 3 or 4 wrong, none of them drinks :)), did my mock shop (that didn't go so hot, my trainer from Day 3 was reviewing me and she intentionally asked about promotions and what things came with what and I'm still having trouble remembering all that).
Most importantly, I got my own section! Keep in mind, I've NEVER waitressed before this so it was a huge deal. I was given three tables, but we had a huge group of guys come in with their kids and hang out for like 6 hours playing fantasy football. They had a big display in front of their tables and part of it was in the way of one side of one of my booths, if that makes sense. So no one sat there all day. So I really only had two tables in my "section". Anyway, when I got off work around 6, I'd made $75 in tips on 6 tables. I don't know how good that is, considering it was a Saturday afternoon, but I'm excited :)
I work three nights next week so I'll have more posts soon!
Sunday, August 23, 2009
Saturday, August 22, 2009
Training Day 2
Today is my last day of training, but I promise I'll recap Day 3 soon.
On day 2, I was actually trained a little bit. I followed one of the girls around, took drink orders, and rang in food. I learned the "Ring, Sling, and Bring" rule, and took my liquor and ticket times test.
I got 100% on the liquor test, and 42/44 on the ticket times. :) So far so good.
I also met some of the regulars, both the nice ones and the creepy ones. Ick.
Now I need to finish getting ready for my last day! I have a menu re-test (oops), and my mock shop where my manager pretends to be my customer and makes sure I do all the steps. Our store is expecting a Secret Shopper anytime now so I hope I remember everything :\
On day 2, I was actually trained a little bit. I followed one of the girls around, took drink orders, and rang in food. I learned the "Ring, Sling, and Bring" rule, and took my liquor and ticket times test.
I got 100% on the liquor test, and 42/44 on the ticket times. :) So far so good.
I also met some of the regulars, both the nice ones and the creepy ones. Ick.
Now I need to finish getting ready for my last day! I have a menu re-test (oops), and my mock shop where my manager pretends to be my customer and makes sure I do all the steps. Our store is expecting a Secret Shopper anytime now so I hope I remember everything :\
Tuesday, August 18, 2009
Training Day 1
Today was my first day of training! So exciting.
Yesterday, I bought nylons and shoes for work. Of course, I came in today and was immediately given both and told that I could buy the right nylons in a vending machine in the back. I have to pay for the shoes, but oh well.
I really didn't do a lot today. I came in and bummed around before the store opened. I got my uniform! :) Once things started getting up and running I was supposed to follow my trainer. But she let us (me and one other girl) kind of do our own thing, a.k.a. running food.
Toward the end of the day we took a test on table numbers and answered a packet of questions on hospitality and some menu things.
Now I have to go study my ass off for my liquor and ticket times tests tomorrow :(
Yesterday, I bought nylons and shoes for work. Of course, I came in today and was immediately given both and told that I could buy the right nylons in a vending machine in the back. I have to pay for the shoes, but oh well.
I really didn't do a lot today. I came in and bummed around before the store opened. I got my uniform! :) Once things started getting up and running I was supposed to follow my trainer. But she let us (me and one other girl) kind of do our own thing, a.k.a. running food.
Toward the end of the day we took a test on table numbers and answered a packet of questions on hospitality and some menu things.
Now I have to go study my ass off for my liquor and ticket times tests tomorrow :(
Sunday, August 16, 2009
Hooters Girl in Training
Today was my Hooters "Orientation".
I woke up at 9, despite not having to show up until 3 this afternoon. I showered, shaved, got dressed (black slacks with a white tank top that showed off some cleavage, plus a short blue button-up shirt over the tank), and did my make-up.
I was kind of nervous. Sure, I'd already been offered a job, but I'm not much of a girly girl. I never really learned how to do make-up; I just assume mine looks alright. I don't own 30 pairs of shoes; I own 6, and half of those are sneakers.
I dragged my boyfriend out to lunch to kill time before heading over. I was hoping the girl who'd given me my application was working; she was super nice and friendly every time I've gone in (I had a second interview after my initial one so I've seen her a couple times). Of course, she wasn't there.
The girl who showed me to a table was great too, though. Goldilocks is about to go back to college, so she won't be there for much longer by the time I start, but it was nice meeting her anyway.
Despite getting lunch, I showed up 20 minutes early, so I sat around until the manager showed up. I was one of four girls there. All of the other girls were older than me; I would guess early twenties. They all had children and smoked, so I didn't have a lot in common with them.
After reading all sorts of blogs from other Hooters Girls, I was disappointed when the manager finally showed up. We filled out a stack of paperwork, he gave us our handbooks, and we were dismissed. Took about 40 minutes. :(
I start training on Tuesday. Hopefully that will be more exciting.
I woke up at 9, despite not having to show up until 3 this afternoon. I showered, shaved, got dressed (black slacks with a white tank top that showed off some cleavage, plus a short blue button-up shirt over the tank), and did my make-up.
I was kind of nervous. Sure, I'd already been offered a job, but I'm not much of a girly girl. I never really learned how to do make-up; I just assume mine looks alright. I don't own 30 pairs of shoes; I own 6, and half of those are sneakers.
I dragged my boyfriend out to lunch to kill time before heading over. I was hoping the girl who'd given me my application was working; she was super nice and friendly every time I've gone in (I had a second interview after my initial one so I've seen her a couple times). Of course, she wasn't there.
The girl who showed me to a table was great too, though. Goldilocks is about to go back to college, so she won't be there for much longer by the time I start, but it was nice meeting her anyway.
Despite getting lunch, I showed up 20 minutes early, so I sat around until the manager showed up. I was one of four girls there. All of the other girls were older than me; I would guess early twenties. They all had children and smoked, so I didn't have a lot in common with them.
After reading all sorts of blogs from other Hooters Girls, I was disappointed when the manager finally showed up. We filled out a stack of paperwork, he gave us our handbooks, and we were dismissed. Took about 40 minutes. :(
I start training on Tuesday. Hopefully that will be more exciting.
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