Posted in Dining, Marketing, Waiting Tables on July 29, 2008 | 2 Comments »
There’s a rumor going around this morning that the restaurant chain Bennigan’s is out of business. What a sad day for Corporate Restaurant Chain America! Bennigan’s was kind of the first big sit-down restaurant chain that I remember - it used to be the place to go when I was in college. We [...]
Posted in Waiting Tables on February 23, 2008 | 1 Comment »
I have to admit, I chuckled a little when I ran across this story in The Consumerist. It seems that a party in the UK didn’t appreciate the special appetizer they found on their receipt - specifically the “Suck My Dick Fuck Face”. Hey, at least they didn’t charge them for it!All I can [...]
Posted in Waiting Tables on November 29, 2007 | 3 Comments »
Oh, God - that stupid birthday song. Do they still even do that any more? For the sake of anyone working there today I sincerely hope not.
Nothing was more degrading than having to round up your fellow depressed waiters and beg them to help you sing a lame song to some lame customers that 90% [...]
Posted in Waiting Tables on October 12, 2007 | 3 Comments »
So, the more time I spend at the Olive Garden the more I realize that the general public are total jag-offs. This meant, unfortunately, that it became necessary to keep my sanity by doing things to perhaps punish the offenders in some small way to make myself feel better. We call it retaliation, [...]
Posted in Waiting Tables on October 4, 2007 | 3 Comments »
Some memories from my days as a waitress at the Olive Garden:
The Dirty Old Men
There were these two older guys that used to come in for lunch once or twice a week. We would all groan when we saw them come in because they would invariably ask to sit in a girls’ section and [...]
Posted in Waiting Tables on September 29, 2007 | 1 Comment »
When I was first out of college, I moved to Chicago and couldn’t get a job right away. So, I did what any 21 year old who is offputting real life does: I got a job waiting tables at the Olive Garden. In fact, I worked there for a over a year. [...]
