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Interview at a Turkish Restaurant

In my money crazy days, a friend of mine told me to look into Turkish restaurants since I'm fluent in both English and Turkish that they might want to hire me.

Anyways, this was around the same time I was running and bussing tables at Pure and for those of you who don't remember how small I am.. Im about 5'2'' and weight around 100-110 pounds. So a small woman but I'm quite strong.

So I go to my interview and the Turkish dude interviewing me goes..
'So... you want to work here?'
'Yes sir I do'
'Your previous restaurant experience is this place?' pointing at Pure on my resume, knowing nothing about it
'Yes'
'So you buss huh?'
'Yes I do'
'Well we don't hire female runners or bussers because they aren't as strong as the men and our plates are very heavy. The trash we take out at the end of the night is also very heavy, its not a job for a woman. But I'll train you as a server'

Let me just say that not all Turkish men are like this but some are idiots. I carried a 47 pound bag on my back in Alaska for a month, bussed upto 7 plates at a fast pace restaurant, I could probably do more push ups than this asshole and he's telling me that I cant carry a single plate with a big piece of dead animal on it?

Anyways, I never went back to train. I already have problems with male authority figures, having a new boss who is Turkish and has a penis probably wouldn't have been the best thing for me.

Comments

I love how you don't take the crap Deniz. -RBJ

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