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How To Make All Restaurants Safer for Employees
Asking the Right Questions I have worked in many different restaurants. One day, I had become tired and annoyed about how the business I was in charge of was being run. I came to terms with this simple truth. I did the same thing day in and day out. I had mastered all the different stations, completing tasks at speeds that can only be considered superhuman, wearing my body down. I started doing things like flipping cups around and catching them to entertain myself. I created a better way to stuff French-fry boxes and learned to handle fry baskets one-handed. Even these gave way to boredom and my mind once again started to wander. My mind was always struggling to find the next new thing. I began to look around my job, and my brain commenced to ask questions, “How do I stop stray lids from falling back behind the drink station? How do I keep napkins, straws, and stray cups from being kicked under the counter?"
By Matthew Leo6 years ago in Feast
Coffee Ordering 101 for Coffee Shop Newbies!
Ordering something from anywhere new can be intimidating, but ordering coffee might be the most scary of them all. Even more so if you have to order for someone else! There are so many different names, flavors, add ins, temperatures and of course the sizing doesn't always make sense! BUT PLEASE DON'T LET THIS STOP YOU FROM ENJOYING A DELICIOUS HANDCRAFTED BEVERAGE!
By Caitlyn Barnes6 years ago in Feast
Turkey and a hint of Shloer
Christmas is right round the corner and we all know what that means; the glorious Christmas dinner with the whole family is rapidly approaching. It's usually a pretty stressful time, what with making the turkey, keeping the whole family happy, not burning anything - it's no wonder the drink doesn't always help.
By Paul Heder6 years ago in Feast
Why Working in Fast Food Restaurants Is Dangerous to Your Health and Well-Being
Fast Food Work Hurts I have been in the restaurant business for over 17 years. In that time, you tend to repeat the day-in-day-out drudgery, and things tend to dull you if you do not do things to keep your mind sharp. I stepped back and began to notice things. These things tend to go overlooked when you find yourself swallowed up by assembly-line work. One of the things about the restaurant business that chaps me is just how everything is set up. Oh, the owners and bosses say that they only have your best interests at heart. Do they truly? I am a living example that they do not. I hurt in places that no thirty-something gent should have any business hurting in. Perhaps some of the things that have caused this are only in the older restaurants, but even the newer ones have their issues as well. Architects and businesspeople designed restaurants and built only with the customer in mind, not the crew. However, I present to you my case in point.
By Matthew Leo6 years ago in Feast
The Perfect Pairing: Red Wine with Popcorn
How do you enjoy your glass of red? I love wine, my first sip was around thirteen years old, as my dad is a wine lover. I don't think I liked my first few sips then, at least not until high school age when drinking alcohol seemed cool and I started to learn how to enjoy and appreciate wine. It also isn't till recent years I have gotten into the habit of collecting pretty bottles that I think I might enjoy.
By Storyteller6 years ago in Feast
