I am working 5 days a week and getting paid for 8 hours a day. How many waiters out there work 8 straight hours without a break between breakfast to lunch? You can take a break of 30 minutes but why bother if you are going to miss some tables.
Where I work all I am missing is the buzzer that tells you when to break. Like a factory job.
So here is my question for all you waiters and managers out there. If you could, would you rather work 8 straight hours or if you are manager would you let your staff work straight through for 8 hours?
Or after a while do people become slack?
stevennicolle 
Everyone is different. Some employees can work 8 hours no problem. Others need that break in between. As a manager you have learn this about each person and adjust accordingly.
I would rather work 8 straight hours with no break. Hell, half the time I work doubles I try to work straight through, resulting in 12 hours with no break. As long as I can scarf down a salad or something so I've at least eaten, I'm fine. Plus I make way more money.
The Restaurant Manager…I have to work right through cause if I sat down it would be difficult to get started again.
fuckmytable…yes if you are sitting you are not making money.True. Better just to eat and fly.
In the restaurant work I feel like we rest when we can, eat when we have a chance and work a lot to make more money. It's one of the careers which allows to to make more money the more you are on your feet. I would rather work the long hours and have a satisfying lunch at 3:00 in the afternoon after a crazy lunch service than be required to take a break.
True. I guess what I meant was on a breakfast to lunch shift you cannot really or want to sit down but on a lunch shift and dinner shift you might be off in between. Like work a split. That is easy to do. But I agree why take a break if you can make money.