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As a waitress, and a very good one, I’d like to dedicate this post to all the shitty tippers out there who do not deserve to eat in a restaurant.

A waitress is a hard worker, they are on their feet all day, carrying hot plates, lifting heavy things, dealing with your annoying children, making sure your food and drinks are correct, and giving you your dining experience.

They deserve at least a 20% tip off your bill. You calculate it like this: look at your total, move the decimal to the left once, then double that amount.

If you can’t afford to leave that much don’t step foot in the restaurant. If the waitress is bad, then leave less. If the food is the problem then complain to the manager but do not take it out on the waitress. The only reason a waitress deserves less than 20% is if they are rude or if they mess up your order to a point of it being un-salvageable.

Your waitress deals with a lot a shit from the kitchen and managers. They make less than minimum wage and usually get ‘void’ paychecks. Every cent they make is based on what YOU tip them.

They bend over backward to make sure you have a nice dining experience. Reward them for there efforts. You wouldn’t like it if your boss cut your pay for a week because he didn’t feel like paying you what you deserve, right. Don’t stiff your waitress. They work a lot harder than you and they don’t get paid time off (they rarely get time off).

Also, being a shitty tipper is a huge turnoff.

Peace and Love,

Jade

Dear Friends,

STOP asking me about how the job hunt is going.  STOP asking me about my future plans.  When I have a job I will tell you, until then MIND YOUR OWN BUSINESS!!!

Peace and Love,

Jade

Today is July 1st.

I have been unemployed for over a month. 

I still live at home.

I have not accomplished anything since graduation.

I am nobody.

I used to be somebody, a go-getter who threw herself into everything.  Now I spend my days sleeping, eating, working out, and applying to jobs.  I miss school, classes, friends, clubs, bars, and my independence.  I miss being somebody.

July 1st marks two months until my cut off.  My goal is to have my own place and a real world job by September 1st.  I want to reach this goal so badly, but what do I do if July and August are like June?  What do I do when all my peers are becoming somebodies and I am still nobody?  How do I handle being left behind?

Stop.

I can do it, I have a great resume, GPA, and degree.  I have the motivation and the ambition.  I can do this, I can make it, I will do this, I will make it.  It is time to focus on the future, focus on getting a job, focus on moving out, focus on joining the real world.

Rejection makes you tougher, stronger, and more hard headed than ever before.  It is time to keep going and making July count.  I will make July count.

Peace and Love,

Jade 

After 4 years of freedom and independence it kind of sucks to move back home…

I am very blessed to have a home to move back to and people to take care of me but still, it kind of sucks. I miss having time to myself, choosing my own meals, and not having to worry how to get anywhere and who even to hang out with. I’m tired of being told to do things by my parents and being stuck in my house all day. I miss being free, independent, and having all of my friends close to me. Summer is supposed to be fun, instead I am 21 years old and being treated like I am 16.

I know I am lucky, no bills, a roof over my head, food on the table but it’s time be a grown up. Hopefully soon il begin to live my big city dreams, until then I have to make sure the dishwasher is empty before my mom gets home.

Peace and Love,

Jade