...I made up a resume.

I didn't actually "make up" my resume as in putting false data on a sheet of paper, but I did stretch the truth a little bit.

Hey, don't look at me, I'm just following the advice of every other foreigner trying to find a job in this city. From what I was told, if you are foreign, smarter than a monkey, approachable, confident and have at least once worked in a restuarant, then you should get a job.

Foreign? Yes.
Smarter than a monkey? I'd like to think so.
Confident? 91% of the time.
Previous restaurant experience? Technically.

In any case, my previous restaurant experience some 10 years ago where I worked as a hostess for 3 months might have been enough to get me a job (that's where my 91% confidence comes in) as a server in a fancy shmancy place on Dame Street in the heart of City Centre. That's great news.

Irish accent: Hello, very nice to meet...er...Kris-teeeeeen, is it? Yes, right. Very impressive schooling...I see you worked at an O'Charley's Restaurant? That's grand, that's grand. Could you tell me more about that?

Me: Sure, I worked as a hostess where my duties included greeting customers and showing them their table, getting drink orders [not really] and prepping the tables [sometimes]. We used the computerized system [not true. It was more like a crayon and wax paper often times covered with doodles] to figure out which tables were open. Then, I would seat the table in a section that wouldn't overload the current server.

Irish accent: Oh, right right. So you are familiar with computers and touchscreens?

Me: Yes.

Definitely smarter than a monkey.

I go in tomorrow at noon for a practice/training shift. Afterward, I assume I am either offered or declined the position. If I do get the position, then I would be making decent money including tips averaging 80-100 Euros a night. Don't ask me where the tips come in (no, it is not that kind of establishment) because I didn't think one tipped in Ireland. But, whatever, I'm not arguing with the manager. I'll put on my smile and chat with the business lunch crowd regulars if in the end I am rewarded with cold hard traveling money...and paying-off-student-loan money. But we do not mention such unspeakables, my precious.