A little bit of advice for you all.
Never be the good employee. It doesn’t pay off. The other night we were SO slow. And for a waitress, when we are so slow, it means NO money. I had 2, count them, TWO tables the whole night. So, I asked Carlos (my boss) if I could go home, since there was another waitress there, and I have never gone home early the whole year and a half that I have worked there. He thought about it for a few minutes, and then said “No”. His reason: because he doesn’t trust the other waitress to be able to handle it if by some slim chance it got busy. And he doesn’t trust her with money. So, we both had to stay and I made $11 dollars the whole night. When I could have been at home doing something more productive. Or just watching a movie or something not productive. 
And who gets a phone call when someone else calls in sick? It’s me. It’s me. Because I’m a good employee, and I will probably say yes to covering someone else’s shift. So, today, I am working both the lunch and dinner shift, because the lunch girl is sick. So, hopefully, I make more than $11.
(And I just used a kajillion commas, but I’m not gonna go fix it right now. )
My name is Rhonda. I am blessed to live in a beautiful place out in the country with my wonderful husband. In addition to our "real" jobs (I work at a garden center and he is a teacher), we have a small farm where we raise vegetables, eggs and chickens to sell at local Farmer's Markets. We are currently fixing up/remodeling a house into which we will soon be moving...hopefully. In my free time, (what is that?) I enjoy traveling, cooking, crafty projects, reading and watching the sun set on the hills.
that stinks big time. the high school girl that I teach English and History to waits tables in the afternoons. Last night, she came over to my house dead tired… seems like the same thing is happening to her. And because she’s the bottom of the totum pole as far as seniority, she sometimes gets a bum deal. I don’t think I’d ever be able to be a waitress.
Well, but you made more money in working than in not.
Hey Rhonda, I have a story for you that happened to me today in regards to this issue, but it’s kind of long to have as a comment here, so if you want to send me an e-mail, I can send it to you. You can grab my e-mail adress from your “edit comments” screen.
Matt(the good employee who tends to use too many commas too)
Ignore sending me an e-mail, I grabbed your address.
i just don’t work at all.
Oh dont let Carla read this with all your commons. She’ll twitch or something.
Rhonda, you’re a good employee. It’s better than being the bad employee.
Yes. that was the stupidest comment ever.