I returned to hospitality work as a middle-aged woman – here’s what it taught me | Beth Knights

Just shy of turning 50 , I recently returned to the hospitality grind after a 30-year “sabbatical” Some shifts, the work drives me to despair: repetitious, arduous, thankless.

But more often than not, the hours provide a humbling experience, a welcome respite.

Middle-aged workers in hospitality help to challenge ageist attitudes and outdated assumptions.

The exchange isn’t purely transactional it’s a relationship. Like all successful relationships, the more you put into it, the more you’ll get out of it. - Beth Knights is a freelance screenwriter and writer in scripted television, digital media and print.