When I first started out on my own I worked in the restaurant industry. I started as a dishwasher when I was seventeen, and filled just about every position you could do in a restaurant after that. What I liked most was waiting tables because you are paid by tips. A good waiter will pick up on every bit of advice they can get when it comes to increasing tips, and I had a ton of live by rules. One of favorites was knowing that customers hate to wait to pay the bill. Continue reading »