(Note: This is part two of the point/counter-point of dating co-workers. Â In part one I recalled the painful situations I have seen and experienced over the years. Â Taking the side of dating co-workers is our resident Spanish language adviser and PhD candidate Senor Esparza. Â He takes the position that it is in fact beneficial to […]
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I Make Mistakes Too
It takes a certain amount of hubris to write a blog like this. To sit back and write about how to be a better server almost implies that you think you are good enough to be emulated. I will never claim to be the world’s greatest server. I do consider myself humbly better than average, […]
Servers Vs Dentists
Here is a little video I made discussing how people act differently in restaurants as opposed to say the dentist’s office. For more funny reflections of serving visit our new friend the only slightly cranky waitress
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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.