# Office work vs restaurant work **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [October 29, 2019, 1:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/office-work-vs-restaurant-work/842642 "2019-10-29T13:54:25Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 5\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Dung\_Beetle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dung_beetle/32/7945_2.png) [@Dung\_Beetle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dung_Beetle)\ **Post date:** [October 30, 2019, 12:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/office-work-vs-restaurant-work/842642/21 "2019-10-30T12:29:17Z")
[McDonald’s employee assaulted](https://www.cleveland19.com/2019/10/28/cleveland-man-convicted-felonious-assault-throwing-hot-coffee-mcdonalds-employee/) I bet this happens somewhere every day. Og knows, I saw things thrown at people, and had things thrown at me, often enough. ---
**Author:** ![FairyChatMom](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fairychatmom/32/22080_2.png) [@FairyChatMom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FairyChatMom)\ **Post date:** [October 30, 2019, 2:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/office-work-vs-restaurant-work/842642/22 "2019-10-30T14:10:55Z")
> [@SanVito](#): > > I left out the free wine and beer on a Friday afternoon. Um, well, we’re getting a turkey for Thanksgiving… heck, I’m just thrilled to be working in an office instead of a cubicle. ---
**Author:** ![msmith537](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/d9b06d/32.png) [@msmith537](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/msmith537)\ **Post date:** [November 4, 2019, 1:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/office-work-vs-restaurant-work/842642/23 "2019-11-04T01:15:54Z")
Is there a restaurant job that allows me to work from home? Because that’s hard to beat. ---
**Author:** ![DorkVader](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/73ab20/32.png) [@DorkVader](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DorkVader)\ **Post date:** [November 4, 2019, 1:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/office-work-vs-restaurant-work/842642/24 "2019-11-04T01:47:21Z")
Being a restaurant manager is how I ended up in the army. 16 to 18 hour days except Saturday (10 hours) and Sunday (5-8 hours) for seven months straight with no days off for a fucking measly $1200. Yep close supervision, covering missing workers, training, menu development(I was in charge of the new dinner shift at a breakfast/lunch place) ordering, working on catering orders, all the GDMFING Cleaning All The Time. I was stunned that my first paycheck as an E1 Private was more after taxes than my paycheck as a manager before taxes. Never Again ---
**Author:** ![chappachula](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/d2c977/32.png) [@chappachula](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chappachula)\ **Post date:** [November 4, 2019, 8:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/office-work-vs-restaurant-work/842642/25 "2019-11-04T08:25:05Z")
> [@DorkVader](#): > > I was stunned that my first paycheck as an E1 Private was more after taxes than my paycheck as a manager before taxes. I agree that restaurant work is hell, and I’ll never do it again. It was , however, very educational as a high school kid in the 1970’s. But I’ve got an off-topic question: why were you “stunned” to see your paycheck at the new job? Whether soldier or civilian, don’t people know how much they are going to be paid before they start? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/office-work-vs-restaurant-work/842642.md?page=1)