I worked as waitstaff for a school year (high school), and come summer switched over to Service Room work. IIRC it was roughly... 60%?... busing + washing loads of dishes + putting the cleans in their proper places.1 It was *so* much less stressful than waitstaff work,2 and once I got over the squick of "I am submerging my hands in a goo of half-eaten food and cigarette butts" it was often downright peaceful / meditative.
I hope wherever you are, you are also happy!
I am! Got back from a work-and-fun trip Friday, have been doing stuff with family, unpacking, seeing a couple friends, and sleeping a LOT.
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1 Plus 20% cleaning stuff in general, and 20% hauling supplies from the freezer room or whatnot. I've probably forgotten something; the image that sticks with me most is the dishwashing machine.
2 Waitstaff work was high-demand social + high-demand mental3 + medium-demand physical all at once. SR work was highly-variable-demand physical + low-to-medium-demand mental, usually with much less time sensitivity.
3 Both "realtime interleaving / prioritizing of tasks" and "memory".
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I hope wherever you are, you are also happy!
I am! Got back from a work-and-fun trip Friday, have been doing stuff with family, unpacking, seeing a couple friends, and sleeping a LOT.
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1 Plus 20% cleaning stuff in general, and 20% hauling supplies from the freezer room or whatnot. I've probably forgotten something; the image that sticks with me most is the dishwashing machine.
2 Waitstaff work was high-demand social + high-demand mental3 + medium-demand physical all at once. SR work was highly-variable-demand physical + low-to-medium-demand mental, usually with much less time sensitivity.
3 Both "realtime interleaving / prioritizing of tasks" and "memory".