Summer is here!

For those of you in the rest of the world, I work in a coastal New England tourist town.

We are quiet in the winter.

We are busier in the shoulder season (April, May, September, October).

But June, July and August is in season.

We talk at work that we have 18 weeks to make our money for the year. Memorial Day to Indigenous Peoples Day. Those 18 weeks are crucial for survival for most of us.

The reason these 18 weeks are crucial is that our towns are filled with people who summer here. From north to south people migrate north and make their homes here for the server.

The fun thing about these people is that although 99.9999% of them are wonderful, there is a small but loud contingent that makes their summer complete by treating the service staff in the area miserably.

They are entitled. They are often wealthy. They are boisterous. They are loud. They are rude. And they live to yell at people.

Well.

Summer is here.

The mean people have arrived.

I worked six days this week.

4 out of the 6 days I was treated like shit and received bad reviews.

I didn’t change. I do my job the same everyday.

The guests have changed.

So.

Summer is here.

I’ll be in the walk-in punching a wall.