Being a waitress & a slave to the wage.

I've just started my second year at university and also my 3rd job. It isn't much fun trying to divide your time between a lot of different things, sometimes it can be tiring. However, I absolutely despise being bored- I drive myself practically insane with pondering, worries and generally thinking about every little thing and managing to work myself up about stuff.
So here is a little bit about how I have learned since joining the masses of students who commit themselves to part time work:

There are a few things that I can tell you about being a waitress and the number one thing to mention is that it is not fucking easy. Yes I know plenty of people have absolutely no regard or courtesy to people who work in the service industry, or waiters and waitresses, something I have noticed is people deciding that you are now their personal slave for the next hour and a half during their meal...
One of the most VITALLY IMPORTANT qualities that you should have as a person if you decided you really want to be (have to be because you simply need the dolla) - is being able to fake a huuuuge amount of friendliness. Generally, most of the people I have ever worked with have some form of split personality, smiling at everyone one minute then either screaming profanities behind the bar (first job), scowling at the chefs (certain people in second job) or becoming extreeemely passive aggressive, or as I witnessed on my first shift in this new job, slightly directly aggressive- which to be fair I have never witnessed before in all my time of being a slave to the wage. (Placebo reference there for any fans ;))
I think you also have to be quite open, be used to having the piss taken out of you a little bit (this bit is easy really if you have a sense of humour). To be honest, I have now worked in 3 totally different types of places. Fast food chain, middle class 'posh' restraunt chain, and small local bistro. They are all different and y'know in a way, good and bad. However, lets just say that I actually have nightmares about my first job now and I quit almost six months ago.
And then, the most obvious one is enjoy being busy. I hate being bored, I worked in a nursery for like a day when I was younger and it was horrible, slow, boring. But the great thing about being a waitress, especially in a big establishment is that you are constantly doing something. So, if you have ever thought about working in a restraunt/looked down on someone because that is were they work then think again, its a bloody hard job and if you don't believe me- go try it.