<p id=”par-1_46″>Before Nicki Minaj <a href=”https://www.cheatsheet.com/news/nicki-minaj-revealed-took-actor.html/”>started releasing music</a>, she had a waitressing job at Red Lobster. The rapper said she worked at multiple locations, and she always got fired. After one customer interaction, <a href=”https://www.cheatsheet.com/news/nicki-minaj-dragged-jay-z-vicious-feud-cardi-b-hate.html/”>Minaj’s temper got</a> the better of her. Her method of seeking revenge got her fired.</p>
<h2 class=”wp-block-heading” id=”h-nicki-minaj-shared-how-she-got-fired-from-an-early-waitressing-job”>Nicki Minaj shared how she got fired from an early waitressing job</h2>
<p id=”par-2_15″>Minaj had several waitressing <a href=”https://www.cheatsheet.com/news/nicki-minaj-attended-the-fame-high-school-and-almost-became-an-actor.html/”>jobs before fame</a>. She said that her customers frequently frustrated her.</p>
<p id=”par-3_33″>“I would always get fired,” she told <a target=”_blank” href=”https://www.vogue.com/article/nicki-minaj-forces-of-fashion-eva-chen” rel=”noreferrer noopener”>Vogue</a>. “One of the big [times] was as a waitress at Red Lobster. People would come in and they wouldn’t leave a tip, and that’s rude.”</p>
<p id=”par-4_28″>She recalled a day when a table failed to leave her a tip. To add insult to injury, they also took her pen when they left the restaurant. </p>
<p id=”par-5_50″>“One day, this lady came in with her boyfriend, and they needed my pen to sign the credit card slip,” she said. “I went back to the table, and not only did they not leave me a tip, but they took my pen! That set me off for some reason.”</p>
<p id=”par-6_16″>Minaj raced after the couple, determined to recover her pen. Unfortunately, this lost her the job.</p>
<p id=”par-7_49″>“I ran outside into the parking lot, and caught them just as they were turning out,” she said. “I banged on their window and said, ‘Give me my pen!’ and I banged on their window hard enough to break it. Then they told on me and I got fired.”</p>
<h2 class=”wp-block-heading” id=”h-nicki-minaj-shared-her-biggest-pet-peeve-in-that-job”>Nicki Minaj shared her biggest pet peeve in that job</h2>
<p id=”par-8_31″>Non-tipping customers weren’t the only ones who irritated Minaj. In a 2019 visit to Red Lobster with Jimmy Fallon, Minaj said that she hated when people asked her for extra biscuits. </p>
<p id=”par-9_61″>“Let me tell you about this because I worked at Red Lobster and I know everything about every food here,” she said on <em>The Tonight Show</em>. “So this is handmade by a bunch of African people in the back. My pet peeve was when people asked for extra biscuits. Please do not ask for more biscuits cause I will slap you.”</p>
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<p id=”par-10_26″>Minaj served several tables, which gained her some goodwill from her former employer. They gave her a card awarding her free Cheddar Bay biscuits for life.</p>
<p id=”par-11_16″>“Oh my god, this is the nicest thing anyone’s ever given me,” she said. “Thank you.”</p>
<h2 class=”wp-block-heading” id=”h-she-went-on-to-have-a-hugely-successful-career”>She went on to have a hugely successful career</h2>
<p id=”par-12_43″>While her time at Red Lobster ended poorly, Minaj went on to have <a href=”https://www.cheatsheet.com/news/nicki-minaj-called-billionaire-barbie-net-worth.html/”>a successful career</a> as a rapper. In 2024, her Pink Friday 2 world tour was the highest-grossing by a female rapper. She said the tour’s success surprised and gratified her.</p>
<p id=”par-13_53″>“I feel very grateful. I have a very close-knit relationship with my fans, and they went very hard for me,” she said. “Their emotion and passion always does something to me. I wasn’t expecting to have the highest anything, to be honest — I didn’t even know that I was in the running.”</p>
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<p id=”par-14_20″>Minaj said that even if her tour hadn’t been <a href=”https://www.cheatsheet.com/news/nicki-minaj-hates-these-songs-from-her-catalog.html/”>a record-breaking success</a>, she would have been immensely happy with it.</p>
<p id=”par-15_52″>“Even if I didn’t have that, I would still be so grateful, because the time that I’ve spent with the Barbz at these shows has been healing for me,” she said. “They said it was healing for them and their inner child, but it was healing for something within me as well.”</p>