Comments on: Random Lessons from Restaurant Life http://restaurantrefugee.com/2008/08/22/random-lessons-from-restaurant-life/ Life & Lessons from before, during, and after my time in the service industry Fri, 03 Feb 2012 06:18:08 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: koprime http://restaurantrefugee.com/2008/08/22/random-lessons-from-restaurant-life/#comment-417 Tue, 26 Aug 2008 23:12:24 +0000 http://restaurantrefugee.wordpress.com/?p=226#comment-417 You forgot Famous People. Famous People get better tables and more free stuff than nice people.

Otherwise, great! It’s amazing what free alcohol will do. Turns angry people waiting at the bar into new best friends.

Oh, the stories I could tell, the names I could drop about which celebrities are the arseholes you expect and which are sweet as chesspie. However, in my mind, after doctor patient, lawyer client, there is bartender guest confidentiality in the constitution.

]]> By: kjohnsonesq http://restaurantrefugee.com/2008/08/22/random-lessons-from-restaurant-life/#comment-409 Mon, 25 Aug 2008 15:19:22 +0000 http://restaurantrefugee.wordpress.com/?p=226#comment-409 Re: Truth is not a good justification for calling a Corporate Mucketymuck a feckless asshat.

What about calling him one behind his back? Surely that’s OK…

]]> By: MIchelle http://restaurantrefugee.com/2008/08/22/random-lessons-from-restaurant-life/#comment-406 Sat, 23 Aug 2008 23:55:02 +0000 http://restaurantrefugee.wordpress.com/?p=226#comment-406 RE – No good comes from Bachelor/ette Parties. Ever.. Ever.

I am sure some good Jerry Springer/Maury Povich tv has been the result of Bachelor/ette Parties gone wrong….

]]> By: navcity http://restaurantrefugee.com/2008/08/22/random-lessons-from-restaurant-life/#comment-405 Sat, 23 Aug 2008 22:30:40 +0000 http://restaurantrefugee.wordpress.com/?p=226#comment-405 very interesting insight.Thanks.

]]> By: Shannon http://restaurantrefugee.com/2008/08/22/random-lessons-from-restaurant-life/#comment-399 Fri, 22 Aug 2008 20:35:56 +0000 http://restaurantrefugee.wordpress.com/?p=226#comment-399 Or, “A simple ‘please’ and ‘thank you’ are all that stands between you and server DNA in your pasta primavera.”

]]> By: Lemmonex http://restaurantrefugee.com/2008/08/22/random-lessons-from-restaurant-life/#comment-398 Fri, 22 Aug 2008 19:42:41 +0000 http://restaurantrefugee.wordpress.com/?p=226#comment-398 Also, don’t fuck with the hostess…she has the power to make you wait longer…and she will.

]]> By: bettyjoan http://restaurantrefugee.com/2008/08/22/random-lessons-from-restaurant-life/#comment-397 Fri, 22 Aug 2008 18:35:48 +0000 http://restaurantrefugee.wordpress.com/?p=226#comment-397 At my first restaurant job, bathroom cleaning was one of my responsibilities. And it always baffled me how absolutely DISGUSTING the ladies room would get.

And amen on the cologne comment. And frankly, I think the dishwasher should get WHATEVER he wants at the end of the night.

]]> By: LivitLuvit http://restaurantrefugee.com/2008/08/22/random-lessons-from-restaurant-life/#comment-396 Fri, 22 Aug 2008 18:25:56 +0000 http://restaurantrefugee.wordpress.com/?p=226#comment-396 Also, guests who drink are 150% likely to be more fun than those who don’t. Especially if it’s before 5pm.

]]> By: Nothing Fancy http://restaurantrefugee.com/2008/08/22/random-lessons-from-restaurant-life/#comment-395 Fri, 22 Aug 2008 17:15:04 +0000 http://restaurantrefugee.wordpress.com/?p=226#comment-395 A fun read and oh so true, I am quite certain!!!

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