Thursday was a fairly straightforward day, with me working the main club during the day, and then originally having the evening off. However, for fear of only making 25 hours this week, I asked to swap shifts with Anahita in the evening so that she could be a lazy-arse and I could earn some more cash. Thursday nights are usually quiet ones to work anyway, as they’re Bistro nights which aren’t overly formal, and don’t attract big tables of people. What did make it interesting however, was the fact that there was a massive thunderstorm on that evening, and at some point, a power line must have been struck by lightning because we lost power for half an hour. All of the extractor fans died in the kitchen (along with the lights), making it completely illegal for the kitchen staff to cook hot food in there. However, they didn’t have much choice as they were in the middle of cooking a bunch of steaks and chickens for a birthday party for one of the important members. Him and his 17 friends.
Saturday was the opposite of this dark disaster of a short, quiet shift. On Saturday, a couple of the members got married. This meant that I worked from 8am ‘til 11 as a breakfast waiter, from 11.30am ‘til 6pm bartending at the terrace bar, and then from 6pm ‘til after midnight bartending at the wedding. And with it being a wedding, there were people there who didn’t know that the staff weren’t allowed to receive tips. To be honest, the evening was actually the most fun I’ve had at work in a while, as there was an awesome covers band playing all night and I could get away with drinking on the job.
I came away from Saturday evening with $20 in my pocket, 16 hours of wages in the bank, and a massive need for some sleep.
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