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Yahoo Answers Answers Part 39
April 8th, 2021 | 
Author: i feel like quiting school?
Robert,
Go with Marty, Tox and IcU!
I like IcU’s the best! She tells it like it is and she is fresh! But Tox and Marty are right on the money too!
Education is a tool ONLY! What would happen if your car broke down and all you had was a screwdriver? Could you fix your car? Don’t go into a career without all the tools that you need. You don’t want to be someplace 5 years from now and have your boss say “Darn, Steve’s leaving us – How am I going to replace him?” You say “Hey Boss, I can do it!” Boss says “Sorry, position requires a degree!” You would then be all pissed at your company because they are going to hire some jerk, just a kid, to boss you around!
Be that Jerk!
If you need to, talk to a counselor and reduce your course load. You’ll be happier if you do.
Good luck!
James in San Diego
Why does it seem so hard to get a good paying job?
Hey Andy,
I wish I could offer a catchy answer! They fine folks ahead of me already stated it:
1). Education
2). Start at the bottom and work your way up!
3). Sell Drugs or Become High Priced Gigolo!
Oh, wait, That last one shouldn’t be on there! Andy, we want everything now! With the exception of a lottery winner, everyone else has had to pay dues!
Sorry!
Follow their advice!
James in San Diego
How much tip should you leave at a buffet restaurant?
Hey Strapped,
I would do the same as Steve G has said. Tip them like you would a pizza delivery person (But never less than $1.00 per person.). I don’t understand the whole deduct money if the service is not as quick as it should be because you don’t deduct from the pizza delivery person if you realize that they forgot cheese, after they have left.
If you are really strapped, there is nothing wrong with stacking your plates, or at least making it easy for the busser to get the plates from your table. If you leave a clean table, the busser will appreciate it and you will feel better about not being able to leave anything!
Putting dirty plates on a clean table nearby is just TRASHY ETIQUETTE ! If I am at a buffet and I am looking to sit down, I don’t like Mr. Fart Head deciding my table is for his dirty plates.
If your busser has assisted you by getting a Hi Chair or a Bumper seat, leave them a little more.
Regarding the comment that you don’t tip the busser or the Hostess, While most think that this is untrue, you server in nearly every restaurant tips out everybody from the front to the back of the house!
Regarding the “They would get offended” comment… I am offended that you would think that way. I hope you have a boss that thinks that way.
James
An offer offered by a friend.?
Hey Apache,
While I tend to like the answers about the part-time jobs and even rated then with a thumbs-up, I have since had second thoughts.
I like the way that you articulate yourself in your description of the events that have unfolded.
I think that you should talk with your friend and tell him/her exactly what you have told us. Ask him/her if they have any ideas. The only way you are going to get through this without having egg on your face and save your friendship is to have this exact same, non-confrontational discussion that you’ve had with us. He/She may not like this talk, but they will respect you for it.
Good Luck, you sound like your heart and your head are in the right place!
James in San Diego
I was thinking of going to bartending school. Can a guy make a good second income from bartending?
Hey Matt,
I don’t agree with the bartending school. I bartended for 12 years and from what I have seen, they do a lousy job training you and when they say they have job placement, what they are really saying is:
“Look, I can get you a job at the American Legion Hall or someplace else that nobody wants to work at, but don’t forget to pay me my $500 or you don’t get the referral”
What’s in a rum and coke? See, you are as qualified as I was!
Different bars have different pours and places like TGI Fridays don’t ever hire from outside anyway, and they have their own drink recipes.
Get to know the owners (without being a regular) and get to know the bartenders. That is when you’ll find out about openings. People will tell you to submit an application. In all the years that I have done this, no manager or owner has ever gone back and looked at the submitted applications. I have NEVER filled out an application before getting a job bartending — They’ve always asked me to work for them and then I have filled everything out after the fact.
Yes, you can make a decent living (At the right bar), just keep in mind that you work at most bars either the open or the close shift. Close for most bars is 1-3am. Allow another hour to get out (Stocking and Cleaning) and it’s early in the morning. Many I have known have lost their daytime jobs because of their nighttime gigs bartending. It might work if you can do banquet or Hotel bartending. You are usually done by 10 or 11 at night and rarely have any restocking to do so you are out fairly quickly.
Good luck,
James in San Diego
What is ‘Mrs Robinson’ by Simon and Garfunkel about?
Hey David,
October has it mostly right. It is a song. It was written before the movie (The Graduate) and it is about losing the age of innocence in America and the world as well (Vietnam war). Mrs. Robinson, played by Anne Bancroft, seduces Dustin Hoffmans character in the Graduate as a metaphor for that loss of innocence. The song plays at the end of the movie. The song is from their album “These days and other thoughts”. Several songs were featured in the movie.
Hope this helps,
James in San Diego
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UPDATE 9-14-06
David,
It wasn’t written for the Graduate! It was written before the film. The films producers liked it so much that they included it in the movie (Even changing the name of the female lead to Mrs. Robinson). I said the song was to express lost innocence. If you review the lyrics, you will see how the idyllic early 60’s turn into the troubled late 60’s. It’s very much about a family hiding a secret, it doesn’t have to be a sexual one, any tabu secret. The reference to prayer and God are hopes that no one ever finds out the secret (Jesus loves you more than you will know..) The song tells how when the secret becomes known that their is the loss of innocence (Where have you gone? Joe DiMaggio…) This isn’t Ayn Rands “Atlas Shrugged”… It’s a simple song that has some lyrics that may not make sense, they are included just to be a song. If you had been born or alive during the 1960’s the song and the movie would make much more sense to you. There was Vietnam and the failed Tiet Offensive, The Cuban Missel Crisis, the deaths of President Kennedy, Senator Kennedy and Martin Luther King, increased legal and illegal drug use, women’s issues, Civil Rights and Gay issues All of this is from 1962-1969.
Spend sometime studying the culture and the headlines from that period of time, the song (and the movie) will make so much more sense to you.
James in San Diego
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