Bruce has worked heavily with Satantic [sic] worship groups throughout Philadelphia.posted by brain_drain at 8:10 AM on November 5, 2009
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Currently, Buschel is building a restaurant in Bridgehampton and blogging about it for the New York Times -- "The Start Up Chronicle." The blog has recieved heavy critisism from restaurant employees for failing to support them. Many have formed websites detailing reasons not to seek employment with his company.
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He is married to Dr. Bettina Buschel and they have two gay sons.
Do not hustle the lobsters.Boy, can I attest to that. Once I tried to get a little three-card monte going with some lobsters and the next thing I knew I awoke in an ice-filled motel bathtub, with a gash on my forehead and a note saying, "We tried to take your kidney, but couldn't find it. Where do you humans keep them, anyway?"
I never got the dislike business culture has for 'no problem,' especially here, where to my ears, "my pleasure" sounds exponentially less sincere.
This research has found that servers earn larger tips when they:posted by smackfu at 11:39 AM on November 5, 2009
(1) introduce themselves by name,
(2) squat down next to the table when introducing themselves,
(3) wear big, open mouthed smiles on their faces,
(4) wear unusual ornaments or items of clothing, (FLAIR!)
(5) entertain customers with jokes or puzzles,
(6) practice suggestive selling,
(7) repeat customers’ orders back to them,
(8) touch customers briefly on the arm or shoulder,
(9) forecast good weather,
(10) write “Thank You” on the check,
(11) draw pictures on the check,
(12) use tip trays embossed with credit card logos,
(13) call customers by name, and
(14) give customers after dinner candies.
A server in a midscale restaurant wrote on the back of customers' checks either nothing, that the weather would be good the next day, or that the weather would not be so good the next day. Compared to writing nothing (M= 18.73%) or giving an unfavorable forecast (M= 18.18%), giving a favorable forecast (M= 22.21%) resulted in significantly higher tip percentages.(I found this one too: The Effect of Compliments on Tipping Behavior in Hairstyling Salons PDF)
A server in a midscale restaurant wrote on the back of customers' checks either nothing, that the weather would be good the next day, or that the weather would not be so good the next day. Compared to writing nothing (M= 18.73%) or giving an unfavorable forecast (M= 18.18%), giving a favorable forecast (M= 22.21%) resulted in significantly higher tip percentages.Who the heck reads the back of their checks?
People who do not understand that the role of service requires Jeeves-like attention to detail and subservience are people who should go find themselves a job that does not invole serving customers.While I understand that some people have a love of the aesthetics of the high-class dining experience, I'm more about making sure that the waiter gets the order correct, delivers my food within a reasonable amount of time, and keeps my water glass full.
Listen, the world of chock full of annoyances. I hate annoying things as much as anyone else does. But life's too short, yanno ?You know what else is one of life's little annoyances? Being out of the right ingredients and burning your food while cooking for yourself. The appeal of going to a nice restaurant is to pay someone else to isolate yourself from ife's annoyances: you are paying for a nice, well-cooked meal in a quiet environment.
Children are in general loud and energetic, which does not fit with the 'fine dining' experience.So every child in the world is CLEARLY identical and can be expected to behave in EXACTLY the same way universally in a given regardless of their age or temperment. Got it.
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