Monthly Archives: February 2010
March Is A Pivotal Month
March for me has been the month to get things set up for the summer. So it is work for me this month beginning with picking up two shifts on Tuesday and Wednesday so I am on 6 in a row. It has been slow some nights during February due to the enthusiastic viewing of […]
You’ve Got Some Nerve!
So these two guys walk in and take their table of two. They ask me for two big 9oz glasses of wine so I go get it. I come back with them and they say would it be possible to get a bottle. Well yes Mr. Arshole sure you can. I get them a bottle. […]
The Answers To Yesterday’s Quiz
How did you do? Thanks for trying to get these answers right. 1. Arbois is the secondary grape you may find in a Vouvray. 2. Proper etiquette says that you should sip your soup from the side of the spoon so as to prevent slurping. Quiet please…. 3. The syllabub dessert first made it’s appearance […]
The First Quiz Of The Year
I am returning the quiz.. Believe it or not it didn’t attract many visits so depending on how this one turns out I may do it again periodically. 1. Vouvray is a white wine from the Loire Valley near the city of Tours in France. The primary grape is Chenin Blanc but what is the […]
Don’t Talk During This Moment
When the guest is settling the bill it is important not to talk. If you talk while the person is signing the credit card slip or putting their pin number in the debit machine you could actually blow the tip amount the guest might have left. You may say something that could lead them to […]
Stay Home Tonight
About an hour before heading to work tonight the GM calls. It has been snowing all afternoon and the roads were treacherous. I was scheduled to close tonight and it being a Monday night in February didn’t hold much promise it was going to be busy. She says with the commute would I rather just […]
My Top Five Jobs – Number 1
For those of you who have been reading this blog for any length of time you would know my number 1 job was working with Renaissance Cruises between 1992 and 1996. The places I saw and the things I did with the people I met was unforgettable. Waiting on a cruise ship is like being […]
There Is A Vague Chance We’ll Order Dessert
Those are the words one doesn’t like to hear when it is their last table. The couple were sipping and I mean sipping on their last glass of wine and talking. Forty minutes ago I gave them dessert menus which they hadn’t even looked at. The guy was a pompous arshole trying to be the […]
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