When I say that you can learn something from everyone, I mean everyone. Even the most unlikely sources. For instance, there was a guy at the bar the other night having dinner, an old Clint Eastwood spaghetti western was on the television. So we start talking about these movies, and one of the servers was in on the conversation and wanted to know why they were called spaghetti westerns. I told him it was because they were filmed in Italy. Turns out this guy that was having dinner was just a wealth of information about these movies, where they were filmed, the actors and the director etc. I had seen all these movies many moons ago, but I learned some cool little facts I’d never known. You never know who knows what!
What I learned from one of the other servers: Don’t stand at a table and prattle on and on about your latest diet, they’re here to eat, not to hear about NOT eating. Besides, by next week she won’t be on this diet any longer, anyways.
No matter how many times you tell a table that the bread is in the oven, and you will have it out in a few minutes, as soon as it is ready…..the moment you approach the table with the bread, someone will say, “We were wondering where the bread was.” There will always be one person who doesn’t listen to anything you say.
And if you have always worked in a privately owned restaurant, and take a job at a corporate restaurant, you’re in for a rude awakening. What will we learn from these people? That perhaps they had it better than they thought.
What do we learn from the people who want to rewrite the menu and order something that doesn’t resemble anything we serve? That they are particular to the point of being anal.
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