The Casino Floor at 3am — Workplace Vocabulary
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The Casino Floor at 3am — Workplace Words
I managed a team of fifteen at Star Casino in Sydney. Midnight service: the floor polished, glasses lined up, tables set. If you didn’t know the words — tray, shift, till, section, cover — you couldn’t do the job. Language wasn’t separate from work. It was the work.
Hospitality and workplace nouns are some of the most useful A2–B1 vocabulary. They appear in CVs, interviews, and daily conversation.
Key words: shift (a work period), cover (one customer/table), section (area you serve), till (cash machine), tray (flat board for carrying), briefing (short meeting before work).
1. I worked the night shift every Friday.
2. My section had twelve covers tonight.
3. She counted the till before going home.
4. The manager gave a five-minute briefing before service.
Match the word to its meaning
1. What is a ‘shift’? A period of working time (e.g. morning shift, night shift)
2. In a restaurant, what does ‘cover’ mean? One person eating = one cover. 50 covers = 50 guests tonight.
3. Use ‘briefing’ in a sentence. e.g. ‘We had a briefing before the conference started.’
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