It is time for a return of one of the most popular features on this blog. We all have funny thoughts throughout the course of our shifts. I’ve started writing mine down. Occassionally I share them. They have no cohesive theme or timeline. A server thought of them. That makes them random thoughts from a […]
Tag Archives | Groupon
Using Groupons: Do’s and Don’ts
Recently, one of my favorite blogs wrote a story about the Groupon Apocalypse. This is the week before all of the groupons that have been sold for a restaurant expire. Suddenly all of the guests who bought these six months prior feel the urgent need to use them immediately. I have heard plenty of horror […]
Weird Restaurant Stories 3/19/2011
In the restaurant industry, we all get pretty good at playing the blame game. The servers blame the cooks. The bartenders blame the managers. The managers blame the hostesses. Everyone blames the servers. It turns out there is plenty of blame to go around. This week’s stories show that every group from the government to […]
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.
