Even if you're a coworker....

never upset a server. It's fairly unlikely that we are going to spit in your food or stir your coffee with our finger or worse yet our dick. The best way to mess with you is subtle. Do little things to you like sit you next to the bathroom or a door with a draft. Maybe we'll tell you that we are having problems with your credit card. Probably the best reason not to mess with a waiter might be how easily teed off they can be all the time.

Restaurants are notorious for being high stress places from all the constant movement and orders. If you haven't worked in one it might be hard to understand why. It's a simple job, right? No. Emotions run high in a kitchen. Everyone has a chip on their shoulder. And in the front of the house, the waitstaff tend to be on edge all the time for a number of reasons including being on some sort of substance. A noticeable number of waitstaff and kitchen employees drink to excess and smoke like chimneys or have drug addictions. Luckily, they can take their stress out on you before they blow open and suck down a six pack after work.

If you think you shouldn't be nice to and tip your waiter, then maybe you should read this -





Here's an interview with the author from TIME magazine.
http://www.time.com/time/arts/article/0,8599,1831742,00.html


It's easy to be cynical and avoid eating out. If you put your trust in a server, a good server will make your night.

And for you who have worked in the business, you know about the importance of professional courtesy to a fellow server.

Meet me along the way

I don't like to think of a year in terms of 'how many do I have left?' For the sake of a New Year's Resolution, it's ok. What was my NYR? It was to save money. What for? That I have figured out. I am saving for a trip back to ASIA.

It's all tentative. At this point I wouldn't even call the trip to Asia a plan. But here's the idea. Taiwan, Thailand, Korea. But there's room for more. Vietnam? Cambodia? Hong Kong?

How could I pass up a rickshaw ride with a driver who tries to call for the police after HE asks YOU about weed? Or the pizza shop that adds that 'special topping' for you? Seriously, it's hard not to go after hearing stories about the scuba diving and cliff diving off the beaches of Thailand (sorry, Drake. Cliff diving was not so kind to you). The stories about the half- and full-moon parties flood in from everyone who has been. But it's not the parties I really want to go to. I want to see it all.

I want to see the skyscrapers of Hong Kong. Ride the coastline roads of Vietnam on a beat scooter-motorcycle. The sights and warmth of Taiwan. And of course the remnants of what I left behind in Korea. I want to compile a travel log worth reading about. I want to live it up the only way I know how. Getting out.

For now, it's all tentative. But I do extend the invitation to all. All are welcome to join. The more the merrier!

Meet me along the way.

New Year's Resolutions

They never work for more than a month, maybe two. You know that you're going to quit going to the gym 4 times a week by the end of January. You'll be saying, 'It's just too crowded. I'll go another time.' Then you put it off again and again. And before you know it, your New Year's Resolution has dissolved.

I'm not here to tell you how to fix that problem. I'm not going to keep you motivated for 52 weeks this year. I really want to tell you is......

Happy New Year. It's nice to think you have a clean slate to start with every new year, right? Take advantage of it, if only for a few weeks. I will.

Thanks for reading my blog over the past year or more. I'll take advantage of the new year and try to make this lively again if only every other week.

As for my real New Year's resolution, I work out enough. What I don't do is save enough for school and a little travel. My New Year's resolution is to cut my most frivolous spending and wasting money particularly over spending on food and booze when I go out and gambling. It's a waste. I'm too broke to be doing that. I'd like to savor my money in my bank account until I need it. Look at the numbers and at some point down the road think....Yeah, I could comfortably do that but what good is it? Might as well make myself into a Mr. Moneybags. Sooo, essentially, I mean.... GET MY SHIT TOGETHER!

 

That's me in the middle.

So, what's your resolution?  And, try to be more creative than lose 5 pounds. That's lame and you'll never hold to it.