Working with old friends.....

It’s great when you get to work with old friends, that you used to work with. It’s no fun to be the new kid on the block, and not know a sole. Like when I started my current job….. I didn’t think I knew anyone there, but t doesn’t on my second night I see an old friend I had worked with for years….we just haven’t worked in the same place for about a decade. All of a sudden your comfort zone becomes more comfortable. That, and now you kind of have an instant “in” with everyone. You know, if Bonnie says she’s okay, then she’s okay That really shortens up the getting to know everyone process. Which in restaurants is pretty quick anyway.


So now one of my friends from a different place started working here. So you get to pass the comfort thing along. It’s a pretty cool circle.

Not only that, when I’m bartending, I don’t have to break in a new server, I already know how she works, and she knows how I work.

It doesn’t matter what the job is, when you work well together, you’ll work well together anywhere.

See, there are 2 basic types of servers……the first are the one’s who are usually at the younger end of the age spectrum……they’re the one’s who are wondering what time they will get off, before they’ve even punched in. And then there’s the other type…..we’re usually a decade or 2 or 3 older then the other one’s…..a lot more experienced……we work smarter, (we have to, it’s hard to out run someone 20 years younger than you)….we enjoy the pace, the physical activity, that no two days are the same, the company of those we work with, the satisfaction of a job well done.

When you work well together, it all seems so much easier.