| Ever since I was a kid, I loved to go out to eat. | | | | fill water glasses and the list goes on and on. |
| Everything was very different and exciting. All the | | | | Your mindset would constantly change based on |
| different foods that you could get - totally unlike | | | | whether you were in the kitchen or on the floor. |
| the food at home. The food at home was great, | | | | While on the floor, you were totally cool and |
| but this was different. Besides, I could never get | | | | controlled, but in the kitchen there was chaos, |
| a Shirley Temple at home. | | | | controlled chaos. You always knew who was in |
| Back in high school, I got a fill in job as a busboy | | | | charge -the Head Chef. Hey, I was just a busboy, |
| at a very expensive, continental restaurant in my | | | | everyone told me what to do. |
| town. Little did I know, but that made me look at | | | | We always came in and checked to see how |
| restaurants, their personnel and how they did | | | | many reservations there were for the night. That |
| business differently forever. Luckily, this was a | | | | would tell you just how ON you need to be as far |
| very clean, will run establishment. It is gone now, | | | | as setup and control of the dining room was |
| but a lot of people that I know remember it | | | | concerned. |
| fondly. | | | | WOW -- did my feet hurt after every shift. |
| First, Pippin's was my first job of hard labor. It | | | | I learned a lot as a busboy. It has stayed with me |
| taught me to think and prioritize my every | | | | for the past 30 years. It has positively effected |
| movement -- FAST. Every step was taken with | | | | my career in sales. I am responsible to many |
| the end result being customer satisfaction and | | | | different people as well as customers. I treat |
| efficiency. Who am I kidding? The harder you | | | | everyone the same. With respect and like they |
| worked, the more you made. That is assuming | | | | are the King because it comes right back to me. |
| you did not tick off a waiter. Standing around was | | | | If you ever get a bad waitperson, yes, get mad |
| never an option. Fold napkins, make sure there | | | | at them, but you should be angry with their boss |
| are enough salads in the cooler, bake some rolls, | | | | for not training and motivating them. |