Monday, January 19, 2015

What Is A Busboy?

By George Dodson


Sampling restaurants can be a fun endeavor. You choose from various options visit according to what you feel like having at that moment. The wait staff warmly receives you and caters to your every need. You can request for a tumbler of water or an additional napkin or two; they are there for the sole purpose of serving you. After having your meal, you gather your items, put aside a tip and ride home. Your journey is about to conclude. Someone else's voyage however, is just starting. By "someone", I am referring to the busboy who makes the booth pleasant for the next customer after the previous customer leaves.

In both large and small establishments, there is usually staff required to clean up after each customer and help the restaurant staff if and when they need it.

Busboys are not usual in America. Some offer to serve customers snacks and beverages even before the customer takes the initiative to do so. They may assist in the serving of food if necessary.

"Bussing as a profession generates very poor income. They rely on the tips they receive a day to supplement their meager fixed weekly or hourly income.

Those in average restaurants carry boxes stacked with dishes in tower-like fashion. Fancy eateries' busboys carry every plate of food singly, sometimes in only one hand. This takes a lot of time but helps uphold the image of fancy restaurants.

Many a famous actor was, at an initial point in his or her life, a busboy for the sake of earning some pocket money perhaps when times were hard.

Al Pacino was a bus boy at a time. This was eons before he struck gold as an actor.

Alec Baldwin "bussed" at a restaurant in New York.

President of Vietnam Mr. Ho hin Mingh himself "bussed" in an eatery in Boston in Parker House Hotel.

Jon Stewart was a "busser" at a Mexican eatery.

Johnny Depp too was one at a point. Johnny Depp was also a busboy.

When you are eating out next, remember that the cleanliness of your table and the area as a whole is the result of hours of work put in by busboys employed there. They make their living off tips so a generous amount left by you will be of great use to them. Besides, there is always a chance that if they become famous someday, they will recall your kindness.




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