You’ve probably heard that Eskimos have over 9000 words for snow, but none for whatever term that furthers the point of person using this statistic. This is a commonly accepted urban legend. In reality, societies create words to describe whatever the need to communicate. Language evolves to meet the needs of the society that uses […]
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8 Signs Servers Never Want To See In Their Restaurant
There are certain signs that no server wants to see at their restaurant or in their section. Walking in to see any of these signs as they arrive for another shift is enough to strike terror in the heart of a server. On the day after Thanksgiving, here are eight signs you can be thankful […]
T-Shirts For Servers
Recently, some friends of mine went to Turkey. They brought me back an evil eye.  As I understand it would more accurately be called an “eviler eye.â€Â The concept is that it protects you from “evil eye†curses by returning an even more evil eye. I have not yet determined how I can work this […]
Random Thoughts From A Server IV
I ended last week writing about a very serious topic, but one that I felt needed to be addressed. I’ve decided that in order to help raise the spirits on this special day that I should add a post to Restaurant Laughs. I haven’t posted an installment of the “Random Thoughts†series in a few […]
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.
