The Death of a Friendship
I find myself to be a kind person. I find myself to be a loyal person. Therefore, if I consider a person a friend, they have passed a rigorous test that is unbeknownst to them. I do not remove the friendship unless […]
A Server Secret
Here’s a little server secret. Everything I need to know about you and your party I’ll see in the approach to the table. I’ll break it down. One day, two ladies walk in towards a table in my assigned section. The one […]
Wait, you work on Sundays?
I’m getting a big wooden spoon to stir this pot. It’s time. I have strong Christian roots and I work on Sunday mornings. Many Christians I have served in my career express confusion. How can one be a Christian and work on […]
The Anticipation Game
It was the funnest $3 I ever made. The shift was just getting busy. I served a lady who was dining by herself. We have QR codes so patrons can view the menu digitally. When the lady requested the paper menu, which […]
Release the Fear
One night, a serving brother told me that he saw odd behavior at my table. A young lady brought in her personal aerosol disinfectant. She sprayed her silverware, the table, the chair, and the booth. The smell of spray was closing even […]
Kindness
I was at the host stand and saw the host manager doing host manager things. On a side note, the host area is like an informal office. Not many servers go up there and during the slow times, he’s pretty much by […]
Carry On, Carry Out! Carry On!
The restaurant business has been turned upside down. At one time, dining in was the way to go for a nice meal. This is no longer true. People no longer want to dine in as much. Carry out is the main way […]
Server Challenges
Americans were forced to stay home. Businesses were shut down. No flowing income. Couldn’t see the older generations of your family for months. Couldn’t have a beer with your friends. Vacation plans went belly up. You get the picture. Now you can […]
ESPN Pro gamers
The restaurant plays sports on the tvs there. Since the pandemic, they had no live sports until recently. The replayed Classic games. They did a documentary about the Michael Jordan’s Chicago Bulls. There was a documentary about Dennis Rodman. After a while […]
I’m not able to confirm or deny this. I just heard that there was once a power outage at my restaurant about a year or so ago. The server was just minding her own business having a routine end to a routine […]