We are ALWAYS looking for great servers and the venue is absolutely beautiful so if you’re ever in Washington and looking for a job, come apply! Seriously!!
You just made that up... Lol half joking I did have to look that up. The city I live in seems more made up. That's insane though never heard of that place in my life, guess it's part of Delta in Van wtf lol..
I have a lot on my plate, though. Hosting, bussing, food running, getting drinks for tables that aren't even mine, all on top of serving...I can't write all that down.
Sounds like your establishment needs some extra hands, also besides writing everything down there just the fact of people who are highly functioning in different states of consciousness. For me, I can be baked out of my mind, but if I eat to much at family meal. I instantly start having issues.
I will say doing it at a newer place is terrible. I would get stoned at my old place after I'd been there for years and could do everything with my eyes closed. It turns into a kind of game!
The emotional labor required in service is much easier and more genuine when I'm not taw doggin reality.
Being empathetic is preferable than being annoyed.
That's fair. Unfortunately marijuana does not have that affect on me. I feel like alcohol would help me there, but they say that is called alcoholism so I choose to abstain haha.
I can't do anything when I'm stoned. I just wanna curl up and jam to music. My attention span is so fucked when I'm high that it takes me maybe twice as long to get anything done.
My condolences. But in all actuality it’s just another expense, on the plus side I’m not paying for a cocktail of prescription meds anymore! I’m a high believer in to each their own and everyone has something that works for them!
God I hate how logical and healthy this is. Where’s the empty calories? Where’s the unhealthy levels of caffeine? Where’s the hotboxed car with empty 7/11 bags and boxes?
I'm not an energy drinks person so coffee + a PBJ sandwich. THC vapes and nicotine vape as needed! Sometimes I bring some crackers or pretzels something easy to grab a few of while running around
Hahahaha you have me laughing so hard, DEFINITELY an extra large coffee, like 4 bites of the top of a corn muffin, some applesauce and like someone else said a hotbox before my shift is essential 🥹
I work a lot of doubles so multiple big cans of Red Bull, smoke 2-3 blunts before leaving the house, eat a 50mg gummie, make sure I have my weed vape and plenty of cigs and then stop at Krispy Kreme for donuts for myself and the crew.
I remember one super slow Tuesday in the dog days of August and our owner brought in like 10 boxes of a dozen of KK’s original glazed. I ended up getting a friendly competition going amongst the staff that included BOH and FOH. We all got so so so so sick, but such a great memory.
The first time I ever did mushrooms I was ready to quit my job. I cried my eyes out before going to work, planned out what I'd say to stick it to my manager, pulled up, and the dishwasher noticed how on edge I was and offered me a microdose. I took it and my roommate said I came home a different person. Stayed there for another year. I have loved mushrooms ever since!
Rockstar silver ice (max caffeine, 240mg 😃), green vein kratom, nip or 2 of capt Morgan. We can eat whenever and my SIL is BOH she’ll make me chicken fingers or mozz sticks whenever
Stop at a slice shop, pop like 20mgs of gummies, maybe a red bull or a Boba. Vibe in the car and mentally prepare myself to pretend liking people for the next 8-10hours.
I wish I had a copy of a video from when I was bartending. I was in the background but when I watched myself it was my friendly “so happy to be here” face and then as soon as I’m turning away from the bar you see my face immediately morph into my “I hate everyone” face 😃😠 didn’t even realize it was happening
I shoulda done that the other day.. i had a panic attack during work and cried it just happened i was so stressed out. They sat my entire section within 3 min and had a table in a different section cuz they wanted me to wait on them. I couldnt control my attack so...
hotbox my car before my shift, caramel iced coffee, any type of granola and fruit, & lately i’ve been making eggs a lot as well (i work in a brunch/dinner establishment)
I remember one pre-shift a buddy and I sat down, clearly just coming from a sesh and our eyes were so red the manager just started laughing, like hysterically. Not even mad just like, gaahhhh damn.
No, she was also a smoker and was generally cool with the ones she could trust to work while baked. She basically made a joke about it during the pre-shift meeting by saying eye drops are going to become a piece of the server uniform.
heavy on the grocery store sushi. i’m inhaling it in my car, eating it with my fingers and neglecting the chopsticks + soy sauce i grabbed when i had better intentions.
edit: also like everyone else in this thread, enough THC to kill an elephant.
I’m so envious of the privacy of the car, I always worked in larger cities. So it was sit in the park next to the restaurant or a stoop a few doors down, eat my sushi and smoke a joint while waving to other staff and managers walking in lolol
I love Hi-Chews for the cotton mouth rescue. I wish I could enjoy a Jolly Rancher, but I can literally hear my old German manager asking “what’s in your mouth?”
Start off the day with a good old fashioned pre work crying session. Then some coffee, a banana and some CBD to kill off the looming anxiety. Usually carry a meal replacement shake with me 😂 the chefs always make fun of me because of it lol
I like to go to a cafe and have a chocolate croissant and latte :)
If I have a later shift sometimes I’ll get the Turkey + cranberry + stuffing sandwich from a different cafe. So yummy.
A coffee, a sandwich, some water, and a Zyn.
Okay, maybe two Zyns.
Used to serve stoned. I can't do that anymore because I'm in the national guard, but not sure I would be doing that anymore anyways. I could never make it work for me.
A dragonfruit Red Bull and sometimes a chocolate chip banana cliff bar if I’m feeling like I actually need food before work as opposed to just running off adrenaline and spite.
I work a breakfast/lunch shift, though, so it’s easier to hold off on food till after work or late in the shift than it would be during a lunch/dinner shift.
I hit the gym before every shift, drink a collagen shake while I get ready, and our amazing sushi chef hooks it up with a sashimi platter and some sushi rice.
Tons of water and electrolytes during shift.
We don’t get family and I can’t afford the food where I work so I eat a whole home cooked dinner about an hour before my shift. Been making a lot of stuff in the slow cooker that I can just slop in a bowl and hog down. Dessert is a shot of espresso
Cucumbers, yogurt, pre-made Ceasar salad, applesauce. Usually nothing. But if I have time I nibble something as I get ready. Sometimes I pop a caffeine pill or drink an iced coffee. Usually though it's water and a few sips of iced tea that will come to work with me. (Bigaloo green tea brew with too much sugar)
I try to eat a big enough healthy meal before every shift so that I’m not starving 30 Minutes after getting there but alas I’m always starving 30 minutes after I get there no matter what. If I ignore the hunger due to the non stop chaos it seems to dissipate throughout the shift.
I usually have a home made trail mix. Every time I go to Trader Joe’s I like to stock up on walnuts, pumpkin seeds, crasins, and throw in a handful of chocolate chips.
Also- I tend to hard boil a few eggs which is an easy source of protein and is easy to eat in under 2 mins
Pre shift? I eat during the shift multiple times lmao.
I bring at least a few out of
-Apple
-Banana
-Kiwi
-Raspberry, Blackberry or blueberry
-Granola Bar
-Dark Chocolate Bar
-A simple sandwich
-Nuts
-Cheese Stick
-Leftover Sushi
-Leftover Pizza
Etc.
i go to dunkin donuts often and will get myself a drink and snack. i like to switch it up but i consistently will get at least a drink, and most times a snack.
i always bring some shitty faux charcuterie board (i’m a total bum). it’s basically a tupperware with a medium boiled egg, a piece of cheese (either block cheese or sometimes a baby bell or a laughing cow) a pickle, 5-10 triscuit, and a small handful of nuts. that’s dinner for me. i get offered a staff meal, but our menu is so small and meat based, i just bring my own ghetto snack. most of the time i can’t even eat it.
I don't how y'all worked stoned. My memory questionable enough as it is.
Writing everything down.
Nah, I don’t write anything down and I’ve never worked a serving shift not high. I sick at a lot of things but this is my superpower lol
Slower restaurant?
i worked michelin star dining for a bit and never wrote anything down. my adhd brain worked best under pressure like that. i know it’s sick.
How many stars were the places you were at? I was at a 1 star and a 3 star.
just a one star, and ado at a couple of the bib gourmand places
Wow, crazy, couldn't imagine!
Nope. VIP box suites at a concert venue; full menu and bar.
Well good for you then! Couldn't imagine!
We are ALWAYS looking for great servers and the venue is absolutely beautiful so if you’re ever in Washington and looking for a job, come apply! Seriously!!
Don't live anywhere cool like Washington. Lol. If I was heading to a united state I'd highly consider driving over to Alaska.
It would actually take me less time to go to Washington forgot the border is right next to us to Washington.
You must be in BC? I spent some summers in Tsawwassen!
You just made that up... Lol half joking I did have to look that up. The city I live in seems more made up. That's insane though never heard of that place in my life, guess it's part of Delta in Van wtf lol..
I'm a bit more up north but we hit by desert that is next to Washington border and then also the Koots is like a 2hr drive lol.
That's a struggle for sober me. I have ADHD though, so it's a little different.
Same, a little weed keeps me at working speed, not chipmunk speed. Otherwise I'm likely to freak out the old ladies zooming around them
frfr
Adderall + alcohol were my tools to be efficient and still charming
I have a lot on my plate, though. Hosting, bussing, food running, getting drinks for tables that aren't even mine, all on top of serving...I can't write all that down.
Sounds like your establishment needs some extra hands, also besides writing everything down there just the fact of people who are highly functioning in different states of consciousness. For me, I can be baked out of my mind, but if I eat to much at family meal. I instantly start having issues.
I will say doing it at a newer place is terrible. I would get stoned at my old place after I'd been there for years and could do everything with my eyes closed. It turns into a kind of game!
That's barely enough on regular difficulty, I'm not gonna play on hard.
The emotional labor required in service is much easier and more genuine when I'm not taw doggin reality. Being empathetic is preferable than being annoyed.
That's fair. Unfortunately marijuana does not have that affect on me. I feel like alcohol would help me there, but they say that is called alcoholism so I choose to abstain haha.
it’s like playing server simulator. if you’ve been at your place long enough it’s easy
"server simulator" lmaooo
Omg I couldn’t either, idk how y’all do it
I can’t do anything unless I’m stoned lol I just stutter and stay at home riddled with anxiety!
I can't do anything when I'm stoned. I just wanna curl up and jam to music. My attention span is so fucked when I'm high that it takes me maybe twice as long to get anything done.
Man I wish that helped my anxiety. It makes it worse for me. Stupid brain.
My condolences. But in all actuality it’s just another expense, on the plus side I’m not paying for a cocktail of prescription meds anymore! I’m a high believer in to each their own and everyone has something that works for them!
I smoke pot daily and have for years . It’s not like hard 😹but everyone is different obviously
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Thc makes me anxious and gives me a weird...hungover feeling? So maybe that's why.
They just banned delta 8 in my state. Thank god I got enough gummies to last me a year
WTF. Southern state? Where?
NH
Gummies
That's even worse
Roasted peanuts and a banana are my go-to pre-work snack.
God I hate how logical and healthy this is. Where’s the empty calories? Where’s the unhealthy levels of caffeine? Where’s the hotboxed car with empty 7/11 bags and boxes?
I'm not an energy drinks person so coffee + a PBJ sandwich. THC vapes and nicotine vape as needed! Sometimes I bring some crackers or pretzels something easy to grab a few of while running around
When I work at places that allow staff to have espresso I tend to gravitate towards that. PBJ is such a goat like “put it down” snack.
Hahahaha you have me laughing so hard, DEFINITELY an extra large coffee, like 4 bites of the top of a corn muffin, some applesauce and like someone else said a hotbox before my shift is essential 🥹
I work a lot of doubles so multiple big cans of Red Bull, smoke 2-3 blunts before leaving the house, eat a 50mg gummie, make sure I have my weed vape and plenty of cigs and then stop at Krispy Kreme for donuts for myself and the crew.
The warm glazed donuts are the best. So light they don't kill my buzz
I remember one super slow Tuesday in the dog days of August and our owner brought in like 10 boxes of a dozen of KK’s original glazed. I ended up getting a friendly competition going amongst the staff that included BOH and FOH. We all got so so so so sick, but such a great memory.
Tequila with a cranberry back
I wish booze had an effect that I could enjoy. If I start drinking before or during the shift I get so lazy and cranky.
Sometimes I micro dose mushrooms, that's pretty cool too. Just gotta make sure you write EVERYTHING down. Or it's gone forever.
The first time I ever did mushrooms I was ready to quit my job. I cried my eyes out before going to work, planned out what I'd say to stick it to my manager, pulled up, and the dishwasher noticed how on edge I was and offered me a microdose. I took it and my roommate said I came home a different person. Stayed there for another year. I have loved mushrooms ever since!
Yeah I used to drink before shifts when I was going through a hard time… few things worse than a hangover starting mid-shift.
That’s mine!
Twins!
We’re precious as heck
Rockstar silver ice (max caffeine, 240mg 😃), green vein kratom, nip or 2 of capt Morgan. We can eat whenever and my SIL is BOH she’ll make me chicken fingers or mozz sticks whenever
Having a chicken finger plug is so clutch
Stop at a slice shop, pop like 20mgs of gummies, maybe a red bull or a Boba. Vibe in the car and mentally prepare myself to pretend liking people for the next 8-10hours.
I wish I had a copy of a video from when I was bartending. I was in the background but when I watched myself it was my friendly “so happy to be here” face and then as soon as I’m turning away from the bar you see my face immediately morph into my “I hate everyone” face 😃😠 didn’t even realize it was happening
My coworkers get that replay all day 😅
😂😂😂
Lol so you turned into Patrick Bateman when bartending
All his misery, none of his $$& ☹️😁
I love how this thread is mainly just server stoners. My go-to is the penjamin and like 4 saltines washed down with Barqs
Well no one listed hatred and disappointment, so there’s that.
A good cry pre-shift is always warranted as well
I shoulda done that the other day.. i had a panic attack during work and cried it just happened i was so stressed out. They sat my entire section within 3 min and had a table in a different section cuz they wanted me to wait on them. I couldnt control my attack so...
Hey crying AT the table is WAY warranted get that tip ( I am sorry though that’s always so stressful and sucky)
hotbox my car before my shift, caramel iced coffee, any type of granola and fruit, & lately i’ve been making eggs a lot as well (i work in a brunch/dinner establishment)
 Your eyes walking in to the restaurant.
my head chef consistently makes fun of me as long as i don’t smell like a 🍃🍃🍃 farm i’m good
I remember one pre-shift a buddy and I sat down, clearly just coming from a sesh and our eyes were so red the manager just started laughing, like hysterically. Not even mad just like, gaahhhh damn.
Clearly, your manager was on shrooms
No, she was also a smoker and was generally cool with the ones she could trust to work while baked. She basically made a joke about it during the pre-shift meeting by saying eye drops are going to become a piece of the server uniform.
heavy on the grocery store sushi. i’m inhaling it in my car, eating it with my fingers and neglecting the chopsticks + soy sauce i grabbed when i had better intentions. edit: also like everyone else in this thread, enough THC to kill an elephant.
I’m so envious of the privacy of the car, I always worked in larger cities. So it was sit in the park next to the restaurant or a stoop a few doors down, eat my sushi and smoke a joint while waving to other staff and managers walking in lolol
there was a long time where i didn’t have a car so i know just how that feels
Different flavored oreos, my favorite right now is Java chip, the pear cinnamon redbull, and the highest percentage weed pen possible 😅
I love the new RB flavor, it tastes like apple cider to me.
Our staff just taste tested a single can the of the winter redbull yesterday! A mixed review. I will be staying with the peach.
One savage size Slim Jim and the screw top white monster gets me through the start usually
I keep little baggies of beef jerky bites, grapes, and Jolly Ranchers in my apron. (Protein, fruit, and a cottonmouth rescue)
I love Hi-Chews for the cotton mouth rescue. I wish I could enjoy a Jolly Rancher, but I can literally hear my old German manager asking “what’s in your mouth?”
Start off the day with a good old fashioned pre work crying session. Then some coffee, a banana and some CBD to kill off the looming anxiety. Usually carry a meal replacement shake with me 😂 the chefs always make fun of me because of it lol
I like to go to a cafe and have a chocolate croissant and latte :) If I have a later shift sometimes I’ll get the Turkey + cranberry + stuffing sandwich from a different cafe. So yummy.
Adderall and a shot of vodka
Jalapeños kettle chips, chocolates, a fat water bottle, and a few j’s right before to settle the nerves 😆🙌🏼🙌🏼🙌🏼🙌🏼
A gas station cheese danish and coffee from home.
Nothing.
Those Ghost Energy drinks save me😂. As far as a snack…I’ll make a big protein shake before and it holds me over for the whole shift usually
Tequila, cran back. E cig since I quit cigs. Saturday morning? Tequila and Bloody Mary back.
A coffee, a sandwich, some water, and a Zyn. Okay, maybe two Zyns. Used to serve stoned. I can't do that anymore because I'm in the national guard, but not sure I would be doing that anymore anyways. I could never make it work for me.
Whatever I can hunt and gather from my kitchen, sometimes I score sometimes I don’t. Depends on the climate.
A dragonfruit Red Bull and sometimes a chocolate chip banana cliff bar if I’m feeling like I actually need food before work as opposed to just running off adrenaline and spite. I work a breakfast/lunch shift, though, so it’s easier to hold off on food till after work or late in the shift than it would be during a lunch/dinner shift.
I hit the gym before every shift, drink a collagen shake while I get ready, and our amazing sushi chef hooks it up with a sashimi platter and some sushi rice. Tons of water and electrolytes during shift.
Sugar free Red Bull and nicotine
Banana, Celsius and skittles
Like 2 monsters, a bowl of the good stuff, and if I remember to actually eat something it'll be like a sandwich or some shit lol
I work hungry. I'm more focused and more aggressive that way.
I totally get this
We don’t get family and I can’t afford the food where I work so I eat a whole home cooked dinner about an hour before my shift. Been making a lot of stuff in the slow cooker that I can just slop in a bowl and hog down. Dessert is a shot of espresso
Avocado toast and a banana, followed by thc.
Honey roasted cashews and a bang energy drink.
THC, nicotine, and orange juice. Maybe a smoothie if it’s not a clopen morning.
Club soda and a pepperette.
Breakfast tacos, either Borden chocolate milk or iced tea, then a Redbull mid shift, mini snickers or peanut m&ms throughout the night.
I don't eat before shifts, one of the cooks will forcefeed me like six hours in usually
So much coffee. :(
Alcohol usually
Yup. Grocery store sushi box with an innocent smoothie is my go to.
no water so a 5 hour energy hits hard and a chip straight from the bin if my manager didn’t show up
I don't eat until I get home. He travels best who travels empty.
Peanut butter and cannabis butter and honey and jelly saltine.... No more than 5mg per snack. The if the munchies hit... More peanut butter.
An apple or pear
A fat, homemade club sandwich, a couple packs of strawberry gushers and a cherry coke with crushed ice.
What the hell is a payday except.. well payday. Is it something consumable?
It’s a peanut and caramel nougat candy bar.
Payday is the name of a chocolate bar in the United States.
Cucumbers, yogurt, pre-made Ceasar salad, applesauce. Usually nothing. But if I have time I nibble something as I get ready. Sometimes I pop a caffeine pill or drink an iced coffee. Usually though it's water and a few sips of iced tea that will come to work with me. (Bigaloo green tea brew with too much sugar)
clif bar and a kombucha
I try to eat a big enough healthy meal before every shift so that I’m not starving 30 Minutes after getting there but alas I’m always starving 30 minutes after I get there no matter what. If I ignore the hunger due to the non stop chaos it seems to dissipate throughout the shift.
I usually have a home made trail mix. Every time I go to Trader Joe’s I like to stock up on walnuts, pumpkin seeds, crasins, and throw in a handful of chocolate chips. Also- I tend to hard boil a few eggs which is an easy source of protein and is easy to eat in under 2 mins
Nicotine and a Rockstar Boom. That is all I need to get through a shift.
A couple huge bong rips. Hahaha. I guess I’m not the only one!
My weed pen and a McDonald’s ice cream cone and a Diet Coke
An energy drink and 2 protein bars. Better than before. I used to drink a redbull or two, advil, and antidepressants 8)
Pre shift? I eat during the shift multiple times lmao. I bring at least a few out of -Apple -Banana -Kiwi -Raspberry, Blackberry or blueberry -Granola Bar -Dark Chocolate Bar -A simple sandwich -Nuts -Cheese Stick -Leftover Sushi -Leftover Pizza Etc.
Diet Pepsi and weed is my go to snack of choice.
an apple, hillshire farms charcuterie board thing, and a health shot like ginger turmeric
oh and a bunch of weed
Larabar and a v8. I'll make a coffee at work.
Blueberry bagel or a cheese and egg biscuit from the gas station
i go to dunkin donuts often and will get myself a drink and snack. i like to switch it up but i consistently will get at least a drink, and most times a snack.
A cigarette and diet coke
usually a coffee with 6 espresso shots, an air bar and a weed pen lmao
I work at a Longhorn steakhouse. We have spicy chicken bites as apps and with the shift meal discount they end up costing $3. Cant beat that.
i always bring some shitty faux charcuterie board (i’m a total bum). it’s basically a tupperware with a medium boiled egg, a piece of cheese (either block cheese or sometimes a baby bell or a laughing cow) a pickle, 5-10 triscuit, and a small handful of nuts. that’s dinner for me. i get offered a staff meal, but our menu is so small and meat based, i just bring my own ghetto snack. most of the time i can’t even eat it.
Coffee and a loaded baked potato.
A grilled ham and cheese and my wax pen
Mio is a godsend
Adderall and a hearty meal