The internets are teeming with classic television ads for restaurants. Some of them are downright awful. Some have stood the test of time very well. Whether they are good or bad, they are a fun reminder of days gone by. Today I am offering a walk down memory lane. In the mid-1980s there was a […]
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Five Songs Restaurants Ruined For Me
If you have spent an extended period of time working at one restaurant, you have probably grown accustomed to their soundtrack. Restaurants today have far more musical variety with Muzak and satellite radio. While you hear songs repeated now, it is far better than the endless loop of the same hour of music that most […]
Little Gordon
I’ve written in the past that we are all salespeople. Well let me tell you about caterers.com. If you are looking for a restaurant gig in the UK, you should use caterers.com to find it. I like caterers.com. I have never used caterers.com, nor do I live in the UK. I have however been laughing […]
Recommended Viewing 11/15
For this week’s recommended reading post, I decided to try something a little different. Normally on Mondays I post a series of articles that I found interesting over the last week. This week, I decided to highlight some of the funniest videos on the internet about servers. Most of us get to work with some […]
Top 10 Songs About Dancing
I will go ahead and say it, this has been a pretty incredible week. You all broke my best traffic day ever on Tuesday. Then you turned around and did it again on Wednesday. This means you crushed my record for most views in a week. I also found out that I was voted best […]
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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.