Ever think about who you were in your past life? Well, I am pretty sure if you are a waiter there is a strong possibility that you were either one or a combination of a ninja, a pirate or a prostitute. Think about it! If this was “Game of Thrones,” we would easily all be [...]
Medical science has no idea what I am talking about, but if you wait tables, for some time, it is an easy diagnostic: Working at a popular restaurant is a good thing if you are a waiter. Not so much if you are trying to become one. It is very easy to recognize the logjam [...]
Many moons ago, when I was a strapping (and I mean STRAPPING) young coed in college, my student-job was to work the front desk of our athletic center and field house. And for some reason I chose to work the early morning shifts. It was probably because I was still up when the shifts started. [...]
Being a bartender in Jackson definitely has its perks — cash, skiing to work (literally) and, if you play your cards right, maybe even a lady or two. Let’s be serious: Jackson is a sellers’ market. Sometimes being a waiter makes me feel like a used car salesman: just a greasy, greasy, used car salesman. [...]
Loose lips sink ships, but not restaurant staff. In that case, it builds camaraderie and gets you through the boring shifts. Unlike an office job in which your level of professionalism is guarded from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. happy hour — where you may or may not spill some secrets under the influence of a slight buzz [...]
Remember when you first started working in the service industry and you thought you’d have to put in a lot of time in your new restaurant before you could even dream of having weekends and holidays off to spend time with your friends and family? I foolishly assumed that seniority in a restaurant meant having [...]
We’re baaaack… Welcome back servers! Another off-season behind us means another batch of tourists are on their way. It’s always exciting to come back after a month away and catch up with all of my restaurant friends and coworkers. The chef in my restaurant likes to swap stories with the staff about their travels and [...]
Editor’s note: We received such strong feedback from our Secret Server column last month about unemployment insurance that we asked our columnist to follow up and answer some questions. We would have run this response earlier, but we were waiting for the state to respond to questions. This column runs in two parts: The first [...]
The snow has started falling, the leaves have almost all blown off the trees, our puffy coats are back in rotation, and many of the luckiest servers in town have put in their unemployment claims to start their slow trickle out of town for the off-season. Lucky, in my opinion, because who moves to Jackson [...]
Alright folks, it’s that time of year again where our employers throw us end-of-season appreciation parties and we get to celebrate like we’ve never seen an open bar before. Woo-hoo! The end of summer/fall party is always way more upbeat than the end of winter party because summer was inevitably rockin’ and our bosses have [...]
YES, off-season specials are just about to launch in almost all of Jackson Hole’s restaurants! I look at this time of year as a bonus. I enjoy eating at all my favorite restaurants year-round, but when their local specials come out, I consider it an added bonus to save money where I would have been [...]
Remember back to when your restaurant reopened last May, and you were motivated to start saving money again? After all the money-guzzling adventures you got into over the off-season, you don’t recognize your bank statement anymore. The money you saved this past winter has all been spent on road trips, visits home to family and [...]
