Here is the latest in our student blogs.

Krisha Bhattarai is a 17 year old journalism student in Glasgow Clyde College and self proclaimed righteous feminist freshly off the plane from the distant land of Ireland.

Trying to transition into the ball busting world of adulthood has not been an easy ride whatsoever. To start off my independent journey I thought it would be a great idea to try to get a job and make my own money. I didn’t take into account that:

1. I’m only 17 so I get paid almost nothing;

2. Working is not as easy as it seems.

So I applied everywhere I saw a “help wanted” sign and sent my CV into various websites until it finally happened, I got an interview. I never saw myself working in the food industry what with my lack of direction and general clumsiness but it was the only interview I got so I thought “Why not?”.

I’ve always heard bad things about working in a restaurant from my friends and other people that have waitressed but I just assumed they were being dramatic. It was a rude wakeup call when I found out all they were saying was true.

First of all, let me start with the customers, not all of the customers but just THOSE customers.

I can’t name the place I work but it wouldn’t exactly be called “fancy”. There are some customers who come dressed up to the nines and look down on every single person who isn’t dressed the same.

You can see them visibly scoff and roll their eyes every time a baby drops a spoon or someone mispronounces the name of a wine (we’ve all been there). Just because you have high standards doesn’t mean that other people have to cater to your needs, everyone is paying for the same food so please re-evaluate yourself.

Secondly, it physically hurts to ask someone for ID so please don’t hate your waitress/waiter if they do this to you.

If it were up to me everybody would get free alcohol 24/7 but unfortunately that would be expensive and I’d get fired. I have been in situations where I’ve asked for ID and the person ended up being almost thirty! It’s the most embarrassing thing ever but it’s the law.

Lastly, another pet hate I have with my customers are those ones that are just minutes away from being all over each other.

There are some couples that come into where I work and they literally don’t let go of one another. It’s fine if you’re in a romantic environment but there are kids in my workplace and that’s not PG behaviour!

More than that, you’re making many others around you uncomfortable. People come in to have a nice meal in a friendly environment without their gag-reflexes acting up.

So please, when you come into a restaurant consider everyone else around and remember, if we do a good job it’s always good to get a tip. Thank you!