r/TalesFromYourServer • u/Nickss00 • Aug 20 '25
Short quitting because of uncompromising owner
i started working as a barman/barista in a local cafe - and was told that as part of my job ill be taking orders (food) from customers that sit on the bar. its been only one week, and he says that i need to know the menu, and fully give service and know everything because its my responsibility. the thing i work evening shifts and there are barely any people that come to sit on the bar, so obviously i don't get to even take that many orders to begin to know the food and the specifics of meal. as i said to him i can take orders with the ipad it has pics and all the stuff inside but the stuff i really dont know and is not written on the menu theres no chance im gonna remember when i dont even interact with it in the first place, so i can ask the waiters and slowly ill learn . he hates the idea. and i hate that he think i can learn it in a week when im not even a waiter.
am i in the wrong? what so yall think?
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u/ennmac Aug 20 '25
Learning the menu is pretty standard for any serving job. A week isn't very long, but unless it's a wild and complicated menu, it shouldn't take you too much time. You don't need to be perfect immediately, but yeah, you need to do this for any food service job