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Walking A Mile In The Manager’s Shoes
Even though I’m kind of an a-hole as far as criticizing/stereotyping restaurant managers and owners, I hardly get any hate mail from them. Or any mail at all. Maybe that’s because writing a waiter blog...
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The Joke Guy
Let’s see if I still remember how to do this . . . There was a time in my life when I did a lot of writing. I have been directed since I was in high school towards a writing career. Let’s, for now,...
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Employee Re-Qualification Test
Before I talk about my recent Employee Re-Qualification misadventure, I’d like to thank PurpleGirl at slightlycrankywaitress.blogspot.com for contributing so heavily to the increased traffic here. She...
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Restaurant Closures
Anti-climax to my distress about failing the MSP test last post. Returned to work Tuesday. I was the closer, so when things slowed down and I was ‘fortunate’ enough not to have any late tables, I...
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My Busboy Is A Dick
‘My busboy is a dick.’ It’s a big, wide world of waiting tables out there, so I’m sure I’m not the only one who can say this . . . but, isn’t this one of the most unlikely things you would ever expect...
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Why Can’t Busboys Become Waiters?
I got an interesting comment about my last post, My Busboy Is A Dick, from someone calling himself Xavier. Sorry, as enjoyable as your post was I’m afraid I’ll have to take a defensive position. I work...
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The Cooler
In Las Vegas gaming, a Cooler is a dealer or pit boss who comes to a table game that is hot, and through distraction, bad vibes, or outright rudeness, changes the spirit of the table and turns it into...
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Phone Breaks vs. Cigarette Breaks
Okay. You tell me what you think. After I tell you what I think. Most (all?) restaurants have strict moratoriums on employees checking their cell phones during the shift. Which is totally sensible. How...
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Sold – Carney’s Corner!
I agree. There’s no longer a current narrative here, what with my dropping the story for the last several years. Unless you’re either a die-hard fan, or else possess a photographic memory, you’ve...
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Rachael wrote (edited): I’m a server and without my consent our restaurant decided each server would have to be scheduled as a busboy. The woman making the schedule says she’s splitting the shifts but...
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