Hired to work opening day no training
Hi all - I’ve been a server on and off for close for over a decade. I’ve been away for a few years but decided to pick it up again for a little extra income.
I was just hired the day before a new restaurant in towns grand opening. We are talking a ribbon cutting ceremony and all, and they’ve asked me to come into work the opening night with no training. I had to ask for a menu to look at and when asking if they could run the table numbers by me they just said oh… you’ll see it in the POS.
I literally know nothing about any of the food or how anything runs and they’re trusting me with opening night and… is this normal?? In all my years I have never been asked to hop on the floor without menu and server training. I’m honestly nervous and was wondering if yall had any experience with this. This place seems like a mess and I honestly don’t know if I want to put up with this tomfoolery (they were 15 minutes late to the interview and I was locked outside of the restaurant in the rain and one of the managers just face timed the interview ) I’ve been out of the game since 2021 but this seems crazy to me. Any other restaurant I opened had a ton of training weeks before. Am I doomed? :’)