Welcome back to the first edition of Weird Restaurant Stories of 2011. This year I am introducing some changes to the format of this feature. Most notably, I am removing the regional competition. I am also eliminating the US versus The World contest every week. This will allow for more international stories when they are […]
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Advice From An Older Server
(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†[…]
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 […]
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 […]
Don’t Be “That Guy” (Part Two)
Friday I began a countdown of the top ten things rookies should avoid saying to not be labeled “that guy.â€Â It is never easy to be a rookie. It is also not easy to deal with a rookie who always seems to be in your way as a veteran. These are the mistakes every rookie […]
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.
