A waitress starts an annual "Be Kind To Servers" month. A Goodwill
Ambassador for servers and a spokesperson.Looking for comments,
humorous experiences and pet peeves from servers and customers.
Mission is to generate respect and tips...
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A waitress starts an annual "Be Kind To Servers" month. A Goodwill Ambassador for servers and a spokesperson.Looking for comments, humorous experiences and pet peeves from servers and customers. Mission is to generate respect and tips from the dining public. Also promoting new book from the waitress called,"The Soap Opera Grill". Food-related humor
I've been writing this blog for over 1 year and have finally come to realize something. Most of my readers are waiters. WTF! Where are all the banquet managers? Don't get me wrong, I sincerely appreciate all of you fellow road warrior waiters. Without all of you I wouldn't have a job. People think that it's easy to be a waiter but just let them try it for 1 month. They'll be running for the hills quicker than a long-tailed cat in a room full o' rocking chairs. But where the hell are all the... Read Full Story
Read all about it...So You Want To Be a Banquet Manager is now on Facebook... Only one problem...what the hell do I do with this thing? Is it a web site? Is it am email thing? Or just a place to eavesdrop on what other people are posting? Beats the hell out of me. How do I tweet with this thing, I don't know? I think I have the basics of this blog down but now with Facebook, I haven't the foggiest idea of what to do with it. Can I make any $$ with this bugger? All I know is this...I got my... Read Full Story
November was a great month for this blog. I had great response for "guest blogger" month with 5 fantastic posts: One from a sales manager , one from an ex- chef , one from a waiter , one from a fellow ban quet manager , one from a waitress, and the last from a bartender . I hope you enjoyed their stories and will become frequent readers of their blogs. But there was one bad thing about November; it's the poll I ran: " Which is the better waiter "? The poll results are: Banquet Waiters 7... Read Full Story
We have a large pink bin (why pink I’ll never know) that all of banquets and the restaurant are supposed to place our dirty ivory napkins in. Then Housekeeping comes each day and takes the dirty napkins to the laundry in the basement to be washed. Sort of easy right? Every once in a while we need to rent special colored napkins for a social event. We can't put these napkins in the big pink bin ‘cause they’re rentals and we aren’t supposed to keep them. They must go in clear plastic bags... Read Full Story
Read all about it...So You Want To Be a Banquet Manager is now on Facebook... Only one problem...what the hell do I do with this thing? Is it a web site? Is it am email thing? Or just a place to eavesdrop on what other people are posting? Beats the hell out of me. How do I tweet with this thing, I don't know? I think I have the basics of this blog down but now with Facebook, I haven't the foggiest idea of what to do with it. Can I make any $$ with this bugger? All I know is this...I got my... Read Full Story
A few weeks ago Linda and I went out to dinner at a fairly nice restaurant. It wasn’t a five-star restaurant, but you could expect to pay $25-$30 per meal. We like to go out to eat, but in an effort to minimize our expenses , it is more of a special occasion when we dine out.
Once we were seated we started looking at the menus, enjoying the nice atmosphere and were chatting about what looked good to us. Our waiter quickly ran up, introduced himself, and told us about the wine specials they... Read Full Story
"Do me a favor, fax this for me". Then a half hour later, "Call the florist and order 4 centerpieces for the restaurant". Or, "Call the front desk for me and make a reservation for so-n-so for 2 nights". WTF !!! I'm not your secretary, I'm the Banquet Manager dammit! I have enough on my plate with all these groups in house - don't give me your shit and expect me to smile about it. I got my own crap to do. The boss is making me nuts lately... Does this shit happen to you? Related Stories: He... Read Full Story
A few weeks ago Linda and I went out to dinner at a fairly nice restaurant. It wasn’t a five-star restaurant, but you could expect to pay $25-$30 per meal. We like to go out to eat, but in an effort to minimize our expenses , it is more of a special occasion when we dine out.
Once we were seated we started looking at the menus, enjoying the nice atmosphere and were chatting about what looked good to us. Our waiter quickly ran up, introduced himself, and told us about the wine specials they... Read Full Story
From the San Francisco Chronicle March 28, 2009 Amid the battle between San Francisco's restaurants and City Hall over universal health care, an issue has arisen that could be the savior of struggling restaurants, or spell financial doom for low-paid service workers, depending on who's doing the talking. It's the idea of a tip credit for waiters, which would reduce the minimum hourly wage that restaurants would have to pay them. Kevin Westlye, director of the Golden Gate Restaurant... Read Full Story
I don't care if your relative from the f'in south of France came over unexpectedly and you needed the day off, you can't just switch your shift with another waiter...especially without telling me. (By the way, who the hell comes over "unexpectedly from France" anyway?). When I do my schedule it's a work of art. I plan my staff based on not only seniority but by their ability. Some waiters are better at setting up buffets, some at plated meals, some are weaker servers but are very good with... Read Full Story
