Waiters are people too

Did you see the special guest commentator on CBS Sunday Morning last Sunday? If not, go here: http://www.cbsnews.com/video/watch/?id=7388992n&tag=contentMain;contentBody    

Business dinners redux redux

In part one, we discussed the beginning of the business dinner. We’re going to wrap up the discussing in this post. After presenting and serving the wine, it became clear that they weren’t going to need a lot of entertaining, as people kept talking about this and that to each other. There didn’t seem to be [...]

From Tip20! – The right to do your own server accounting…

An interesting “Dear Tip20! question was posed to the blog. I’m going to reproduce the question and answer and then give my own viewpoint: Tip20! User Question: “Hi, I’m a server at a breakfast place and some really shady stuff has been going on! I’ve always worked in places where I have my own bank and [...]

Business dinners redux

I know I’ve discussed the concepts around serving business dinners but I recently waited on one the other night and, well, I need to get back in the swing of things, so I thought I’d dissect  this particular one. It was a 7 top. They were all late 30s – mid 40s. Dark suits. Well groomed but not stuffy. [...]

I’m baaaaaaaack!

Well, sorta. I’ve got internet access for more than just once a week for the time being, so I’m hoping to get back into the semi-swing of things while it lasts. Previously, I had access but only through my phone. Let me tell you that it was a pain in the ass to post the [...]