Can anyone give me some advice about working at a restaurant?

I am 15 going to be 16 in October 16. I am looking for a job in Montana. I volunteered at Grizzly Peak Animal Hospital. I called Subway to see if they need some help and they said that I have to fill out the application for it and they will see it from there. I need some advice about working at a restaurant. Thanks.Can anyone give me some advice about working at a restaurant?
You have to shower before work and be clean, not bathe the night before because you could sweat when you are sleeping. You can't wear nail polish, it could chip off in the food. No long ear rings, for safety, most places only let you wear studs. No rings, except wedding rings, in most jobs. Your hair has to be restrained. You have to wear gloves on anything that someone is going to eat. You can touch frozen foods with your bare hands, but nothing going directly into the customers mouth, like chips or cookies, or bread. They have interview questions on line, so you can practice interviewing with your family. Food can't be stored on the floor, like a case of tomatoes can't be sitting on the floor, it has to be on a shelf. It is hard work. Wash your hands frequently. Wash your work surface. They will train you on cross contamination. Jobs have on the job training and sometimes videos and test to take so you know how to do the job. I would think you would need to label and time and date the products, when you cook for the public, you have different rules. You can make tuna at home and keep it until it is gone, (eaten), but when you work for the public, you may have to throw out tuna after 12 hours or one day depending on health codes where you live. First in first out, front to back, left to right, for storage, so the food gets rotated and the food doesn't spoil, So as you use items, you shift the food in the back to the front, and the food on the right gets moved to the left, so you are rotating the food product and hopefully nothing expires. Most places have to write down food that gets thrown out, I am not sure about that. The cash registers are likely color coded, so subs would be one color, and drinks another color, and chips another color on the cash register, to make it easier on the cashier. They will have to train you on how to keep the hot food hot, like meatballs, and the cold food cold. If you wouldn't eat something, don't expect your customer too. If your cheese looks bad, and you wouldn't eat it, don't expect your customer to. When in doubt, throw it out. It is better to throw something that might be spoiled out than to risk feeding it to the customer. Don't let rude customers get to you, they want to rattle you so you will make a mistake with the money, so if someone is rude, secretly count to ten and then continue. Don't bring money with you to the register, so people can't accuse you of stealing. That was the best advice I ever got. I left any money I had in my locker, and got it out only on breaks and then put it back when the break was done. .You can't believe how many customers will accuse you of stealing, especially around the holidays, as they are trying to rattle you and upset you so they can rip off the store. Customer service is going to be your hardest challenge because that just comes with life experience. Keep in mind sometimes the customer has a bad day long before they came into the facility, so you could just say the simplest thing and they go off on you, don't take it person. Maybe they just found out they had cancer, or they are getting a divorce, and all that rage comes out on you. Keep the place clean as you go, it is easier to clean a little all day then let it pile up at night. Keep busy, there is always something to do. You might just go to the subway you want to work in and watch them work. It might be a good way to see how the management treats the staff. I like to go in at change over time, from breakfast to lunch, and see how they handle it, if it goes smooth.Can anyone give me some advice about working at a restaurant?
You'll learn mostly everything you need to know in a restaraunt from experience. Just go in with a positive attitude and get to know your fellow workers and they'll be delighted to help you out.



Restaurant work isn't very difficult, but it can be tedious when it gets busy. Keep your wits about you, and make sure you focus on what you're doing - you'll often be undertaking a lot of different tasks at once.



Basically just make sure that you're willing to work and willing to be yourself and it'll all turn out good.Can anyone give me some advice about working at a restaurant?
My daughter worked at a national pizza chain when she was a teenager. I remember the manager telling us his biggest problem was employees not showing up for work. He'd have 4 people, plus himself, scheduled for Friday night, and 3 of the people wouldn't show up because they were invited to parties.



So, I think if you can convince any employer that you are a responsible young lady and that you would take your job very seriously and would never miss work unless it was an extreme emergency and even then, you'd give at much of a notice as possible. I really think that's the key to getting a job when you are a teenager. Also, you could tell your future employer that you realize you are not experienced and don't mind starting at an entry level job and that you feel you would be able to get along with your fellow co-workers. Good luck! Let us know how it goes.Can anyone give me some advice about working at a restaurant?
make sure you use gloves and wash your hands ALOT!!