Love your blog. I am a bartender and bar manager at a steak house on the West Coast. Been here for 8 years and have seen most of the items you describe, so very well, on your blog.

Yes, you have to wonder about some of todays young people, but a lot of them are great. The ones who are slackers now will either learn to be good workers or have a pretty miserable, unhappy life.

We have a lot of hispanic workers in my area. The vast majority of them work far harder than the non-hispanics. I think they want to get ahead in life and in this country.

I do have an advantage over you. We are a smaller house and are family owned. If we had employees who did some of the things you mentioned (like say no to covering for a break or no to seating someone) we might give them one more chance. If they did it again, we would cut them a check and wish them well at their next job, where they probably will be saying “paper or plastic.”

I’m glad you enjoy your work. Everyone should.

Happy writing!

Hi restaurant gal! I love the blog and check it daily for new stuff, it helps kill the pain of work

Have a happy Hump day!

-J

Well, the training meals sound more nourishing than your regular lunches. I don’t keep track of studies done on nutrition, etc. but I’m pretty sure, gummy bears are only sugary and chewy. he he! As for me, I love feeling full.