a resignation letter

Tuesday, October 20, 2009

Dear Tucanos Management,


I am resigning from my job as a server. After two months of working here, I am not enjoying the
job, and I do not think I am particularly good at it either. Please consider this my two weeks notice.


Thank you for the time and commitment,


Cordially Yours,


Mandy Kraft





All I didn't say:

• why I don't enjoy the job, a list as follows:

a. Guests who leave me a $1.50 tip on a $50 ticket, when I do an excellent job taking care of them. Since I only get to keep 45% of the tips, that leaves me with about 70 cents. There are some people who don't tip at all, it happens not every shift, but a couple times a week to me, and I just feel terrible when it happens.

b. Carri, all 300lbs of her and her volatile and unprofessional way communicating. I only started to feel like a bad server, when she called me a bad server after I worked a double shift and wasn't quick enough to greet a table during a rush. I think she is deeply unhappy because she finds joys in hurting others. Never has she told me "good job" or any other positive thing, and I am NOT a bad server.

c. When I am told to go home after I come in ready to work. "We don't need so many servers" is the explanation. "

d. All the side work, the cleaning that takes near to 2 hours to complete after we close. I get paid 2.13 an hour, and I am not making any tips during those hours. I feel taken advantage of. My feet ache.

e. The hurtful, careless language I hear all around me aimed to make others feel weak. The restaurant industy is a hard knock life.

so yes, I have 3 more shifts left, and I am outta there. Everyone at Tucanos asks, "what will you do?" as if working there is the only thing to do.

I will substitute teach at Serendipity Day School, and I will be an after school tutor and get paid $25 an hour for it. I will be an Education Assistant for APS perhaps, or be a movie extra... there are many possibilities. Whatever I do, it will be temporary for I am waiting to hear yes or no from the Career Development Program, and if yes! I will be in grad school in January, and if no, I am going to apply to be an intern teacher, and ultimately,

this time of job hopping with pass.

My spirit is thanking me for getting out of the waiting tables.

I am proud of myself for empowering myself to live the life I want and deserve,

and recently just realizing that being a waitress is not something I ever want to do again.