I am never late. I never call out. I do it all and as close to perfect as I can. Although I was sure on day one four months ago that I couldn’t possibly do the job for which I was just hired, I was equally sure by day 14 that I am better at [...]
…It’s just that I am exhausted every single day from a season’s work schedule that starts at 5:30 a.m. and sometimes doesn’t end until 2 a.m., when I am on call for two other jobs. I have started three posts in three days. I hope to post at least one of them in the days [...]
I don’t know the last time I went to a concert. Okay, that’s a lie. When RG Daughter was in high school and was studying “The 60s” in history class (yeah, I know), she became obsessed with the Rolling Stones’ contribution to the music of that fine historical era. “We have to go see them,” [...]
No, not the hospitality-industry type. Rather, the host server for Restaurant Gal. If you had trouble accessing the site for the past two days, you were in good company. Rumors are swirling that the problem has been fixed. Thanks for checking in on RG.
You know the relative–the one who travels from house to house for extended stays with the various family members who diligently take their turns caring for the one who cannot care for himself. Such is Charlie, a young boy with an old soul and bad knees. He hails from D.C., but this winter, he called [...]
My first second of my new job, I got lost in the parking lot. A beautiful woman in a chef’s jacket showed me the way out. “I despise first days of any job,” I told her on that dark, chilly morning an hour before sunrise. “Thanks for walking me out of the maze.” “I completely [...]
Two RG posts are up for “Post of the Year” at the popular South Florida Daily Blog. “Can She See Your Dog?” was post of the month for January 2010. “Alone in Time” was both the reader’s and the editor’s choice for September 2010. For Post of the Year, readers vote for their favorite, while [...]
I will post again soon. It’s been a hectic few weeks with ending one job on one day, packing some clothes, and starting a new job the next evening. The new job is not without some challenges, and living out of a suitcase is always fun! Hopefully, the chaos will be over in a few [...]
A hearty thank you to Kim Ayres for awarding Restaurant Gal a Rambling Beard Award 2010. Kim is an incredibly thoughtful writer and extremely talented photographer in his own right. His site is always well worth a visit. One of these days, I hope he will guest post again on my site. Happy 2011, Kim, [...]
In 2010, I worked three jobs simultaneously, driving from one job and one Key to another, back-to-back with only an hour in between, to get these jobs done. I abhorred one job’s customers while I shook my head at another one’s fourth inept manager in as many weeks. The third job, however, I loved–both the [...]