How to be a Busboy

What kind of job is a busboy?

Eating out can be fun. You choose from various options the eatery to visit according to what you feel like having at that moment. The waiters welcome you with open arms and wait to serve you the best way they can. Whether itÕs a refreshment or a tissue, the waiters eagerly await your request to. When you are done eating, you leave a tip for the waiter, snatch your items and go. Your journey is almost over. Someone elseÕs voyage however, is just starting. The person responsible for clearing the mess youÕve made to prepare the table for the next customer is the busboy.

In both large and small restaurants, there is usually staff required to clean up after each customer and help the restaurant staff if and when they need it.ÒBussingÓ is a common job in USA. Busboys occasionally serve customers refreshments even when they have not made an order. They may help serve the food if the restaurant is short-staffed or even otherwise.
ÒBussersÓ in general receive insufficient pay. It is the tips that they look forward to every day.

Those in average restaurants carry boxes stacked with dishes in tower-like fashion. Fancy eateries Õ 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 .
There is an abundance of renowned people who were employed in this vocation before their careers took off.Al Pacino was a bus boy at a time. This was eons before he struck gold as an actor.
Alec Baldwin worked at Studio 54 in New York.
President of Vietnam Mr. Ho hin Mingh himself ÒbussedÓ in an eatery in Boston in Parker House Hotel.
Jon Stewart worked as one in a restaurant serving Mexican food.
Johnny Depp too was one at a point. Johnny Depp was also a busboy.

The next time you are out at your favorite restaurant, perhaps you ought to keep in mind that if the place looks scintillating, it is for the reason that the busboys that toil to maintain it. They deserve a little extra in tips; something you ought to consider as it is how they make their living. After all, you never know; maybe, just maybe, one of them will become famous and remember you for your token of gratitude.