Posts Tagged ‘secret server’
The 62 Percent: Are you a Hallmark Victim?
Sixty two percent of North Americans celebrate St. Valentine’s Day by exchanging cards, candy or a “romantic” dinner. If you’re math illiterate, that’s half of the population buying into the…
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Secret Server- Staff Meal and Socialism
Greetings Servers, Kitchen Staff, Hosts, and The Like: With it being too cold to ski, go outside, or perform most basic life functions, I figured I would dig deep into…
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Shark Week
Welcome back to reality, Servers of the Realm. I hope Santa has treated you well. And I hope that your bank accounts and credit card balances are back to a…
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The Secret Server — Start Believing
Start believing in SANTA!!! I am the happiest panda in the valley right now. At this time every year, I literally feel like a kid on Christmas. And it’s not…
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Hakuna Matata
Last night was busy. Surprisingly busy. Especially after cutting a server and a bartender before service. There wasn’t a push; it felt more like a continual surge from open to…
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Thanks E-Harmony! You Ruined Everything
For those of us who have cursed ourselves with having cable, there is the unfortunate blessing of being forced to watch some seriously bad commercials. But never before have these…
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Preconceived Notions
It is an eternal question: Am I my brother’s keeper? Should we servers and hospitality folk take responsibility for the fact that our friends and family might not be the greatest…
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Dirty Deeds
As my mother would say, “Cleanliness is next to Godliness.” For that reason alone I am going right to hell. With the arrival of summer goes the departure of my…
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Summer is Coming
I can finally say I am a local now. It has been five years since I moved to the valley, and I even tried to leave for the other side…
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Real Life Game of Thrones
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…
Read MoreThe Man is a Genius
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…
Read MoreSecret Server: Agree to Disagree
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…
Read MoreTaking Back the Town
It’s almost time to celebrate my fellow servers. We’ve made it through the worst of it anyway. Summer is officially over. Labor day just passed, which in a tourist-centric town,…
Read MoreThe Bad Seed: It is BS!
Aesop said “destroy the seed of evil, or it will grow up to your ruin.” I’m sure he wasn’t referring to the restaurant world when he told tales including such…
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