Interview

Last month around Christmas time, I quit my job. I had already put in my two weeks notice, but a crazy sequence of events caused me to snap and I left several days early. Now, being the hot headed woman that I am ( I really should be red-headed and Irish) - I didn't think about the consequences of my hastiness. For several days after I just moped around and stayed at my parents. I left the birds with the boyfriend and just mooched for almost a week. Then I put on my big girl panties and moved on. Well, I didn't think the strains of the economy would trickle all the way down to me, but it did.

For several weeks I searched thoroughly and applied almost every place I could think of. I wanted a job as a server, because servers make good money - but everyone knows that and so everyone applies as a server and me, with my little serving experience was blown out of the water. Well, eventually I saw an ad that Movie Tavern was hiring servers - I was so stoked.

Movie tavern is the ultimate dinner and a movie. You arrive, buy your tickets (or pick them up if you bought them before hand which is the wise thing) and then see the host who checks your ticket and gives you a menu. You head to your appropriate theater and have a seat - in big, black, rolling office chairs! In front of you is a looooooooong table that stretches the width of the theater. You roll your office chair up to it and there is a little light under the 'clef' of the table which lights your menu. Above that light is a button that you press to call the server when you are ready to order or need a refill.

Now, because they are serving food and drink there are people moving about the theater while you are watching your movie. However that is very much less distracting than people talking and most of the time everyone is busy eating so there is no talking!

So yesterday after class I went and filled out an application and I noticed that 4 people in front of me were waiting on interviews. Two more people came in behind me and filled out applications - I felt that there was no way I would ever get this job. To much competition and too little experience. Upon finishing my application I turned it in and had an interview assigned at 5 pm the next day. Let me tell you, 5 pm could not come fast enough! I went to the interview arriving half an hour early and waited in the car for most of the time. When it appropriate to walk in I was asked to wait because the gentlemen doing interviews wasn't finished yet. I waited. And waited. Waited some more.

Eventually the owner sat down with me and interviewed me and asked me some questions about why I wanted to work there - I gave him the spiel about what a unique concept and how I have fun every time I'm here and I want to be a part of that. The rest of the interview was mainly lecture. Bleh bleh bleh. *nod nod nod* "mhm" *nod* *laugh*.

At the end of the lecture I was asked to present my social security card and drivers license so that a background check could be run, I will of course pass. I was asked to fill out some more paper work and then had my hand firmly shook with a "Welcome to the team!"

I was so ecstatic that I wouldn't let go of his hand for a second and said "Thank you so much, I'm so excited, I love this place!"

I walked out of Movie Tavern with the biggest smile I think I'll ever have when I walk out of there again (except maybe my first night working when I get all my tips!), but I hope not.

The point is: The servers make great money, but I have to work every Friday and Saturday night. Either way, good money is key here. Oh and free movie tickets and discounts on the food (WINGS!). What a great job for a college student like me.