I recently got rehired at a restaurant I used to work for precovid and was ecstatic. I love this place. It’s a japanese restaurant with delicious food and i’m very knowledgeable on the menu unlike any other serving job i’ve had in the past. The downsides of this job are i’m the only english speaking employee. All of the restaurants customer complaints would fall on me to deal with since the owners/only other server can’t communicate with them. It’s not like a traditional restaurant in the sense that we don’t have our own sections. Only two servers work there (myself included) so we share tables and split tips 50-50 at the end of the night. I’m fine with this usually as it’s a very high volume restaurant so we both leave with good enough money. However when i’m having to take every order and tend to all the tables myself while the other server gets gradually lazier as the days go on, I don’t want to share tips with her. I’ve seen her take orders. She knows enough english to take someones order. The weekend is our busiest days of the week as with any restaurant and this weekend was an absolute shit show. Today was the same thing. The other server did no work and hid in the bathroom for 10+ minutes at our peak. I had a splitting headache, was getting yelled at by customers for the other server/the kitchens mishaps, and getting stiffed by upset tables for lackluster service. I can’t tend to 15 tables by myself while simultaneously doing takeout orders (grubhub, doordash, ubereats) On top of this I still haven’t received my paycheck (our credit card tips are added up and put on a check bi weekly) it’s been over two weeks and the owner told me her husband forgot to give it to me. The final straw was when I was told I didn’t yell out the japanese greeting “Irreshai!” we must yell out when we seat any customer. I’m sorry i’m not enthusiastic when my tables are being messed up, i’m doing a three person job, and I have a headache. The owner told me to take a break because I was visibly getting overwhelmed and upset at this point. I took my break and didn’t ever go back. It was impulsive but I can only take so much. I almost walked out yesterday and didn’t. I was so proud of myself for not doing it. Today I did. I’m mad at myself but also not. I deserve better. It’s gonna be really awkward when I have to go and pick up my check. Thank you if you read all of this.