Worked at a bar once. I have a hobby of cocktail making and had experience in customer service but got stuck dishwashing because they only allowed women to bartend/be servers. I know this isn't a great deal for women either, but bartending could have gotten me some decent tips.

As a dishwasher, I had to double as a cold cook and even do some work as a hot cook if any of the other cooks stepped out for whatever reason.

The restaurant owner took himself WAY too seriously, although the former one was more chill and didn't gaf if I was on my phone and had no other tasks. This one was known for chewing people out.

I kinda became the "go-to" employee so I got called in A LOT. It taught me a lesson in the workforce: hard work is not guaranteed to reward you, and can even punish you sometimes. Do just about medium, and oversell it. Not too much that you get more work, but not too little that you're on the chopping block for being fired.

Moral of the story? Working for a restaurant sucks and kudos to restaurant workers.