(Note: Sometimes in writing a post I find certain songs running though my head. On select occasions I recommend these as a soundtrack. For today’s post I would like to provide a sampling of “old guy music†I didn’t think I would like when I was younger. Might I recommend “A Pirate Looks at 40†[…]
About David Hayden
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The Christmas Arms Race
(Note: This was written in the days leading up until Christmas) It all started out innocently enough. Over the summer several of my friends and co-workers started coupling up. Between May and July we all found ourselves in relationships. Then came the couples dates. They were a fun alternative to hitting the bars after work. […]
Weird Restaurant Stories: Best of 2010
Welcome to the 2010 Weird Restaurant Stories finale. After eighteen weeks and two hundred and twenty two stories, it all comes down to the final 12. Sorting through all of these stories was much like a walk down memory lane. I had a chance to see the evolution of this column and remember some of […]
Weird Restaurant Stories 12/18
Welcome to the final weekly installment of Weird Restaurant Stories for 2010. I have once again scoured the internet for the oddest, strangest, and weirdest stories to happen in restaurants this week. Next week I will be posting the weird restaurant stories year in review. I will dig through each weeks stories and find the […]
The Games We Play
I said “bored games” not “board games” One of the interesting topics to come up in my interview on The Dave Scott Show last week was “crop dusting.â€Â If you haven’t listened to the interview, you can click here and listen to it yourself. Apparently someone in the chat room of the station brought it […]
About The Author
David Hayden was born and raised in Kansas City, Missouri. He took his first serving job in 1996. Since that time, he has worked for over a dozen different restaurant companies. He has held both hourly and salaried positions at independent and corporate restaurants. He has waited on over 100,000 guests and trained hundreds of servers. He has been named "Best Server in Kansas City" the last three years by the local weekly paper.
