The Grillroom! (should be sung)
Looks like there's a Blogger outage in ten minutes, so quickly -Oh, my god The Grillroom is another world! Busy lunch shifts, sparkling dining room, decent hours (they close at 10:00 p.m. every night!), a very professional staff and an even tighter team than at Nick...
Bar Louie – The End
I have worked my last shift at Bar Louie Dearborn! I worked the brunch/lunch shift today: 9:30 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. I walked out with all of $37. Yup, 37 bucks. And it only took me seven and a half to earn it.But that's it. No more complaining about Bar Louie. Tomorrow I...
Vocabulary
Adjectives for when employment is unpleasant (in the form of a sentence):“I can’t wait to leave thisfucked uppodunksnafusuckratcrap-asssinkholemindrotmood-festercandyassluck-blownsoul-suckingsleep-stealing job!”Adjectives for when employment is pleasant (in the form...
Re-Employment Joy!
Okay, so this is the deal I finally feel comfortable making public. When Restaurants America said they'd find jobs for all of us servers who were being laid off when Nick and Tony's closed, they asked us at which of their other restaurants we'd like to work. Everyone...
DON’T DO THIS
If you walk into a restaurant and apply for a job, say - oh - as a server, and the manager sits you down right then and interviews you and really likes you and offers you the job on the spot SAY YES AND TAKE THE JOB RIGHT THAT MINUTE. In the restaurant business things...
Peers
Seriously, of all the women who read my blog and offer comments, am I the oldest one of us all? Really?I hope not, but not for the stupid "oh no, I'm old" reason women usually have. I relish the community I find here, and all of your comments are always important to...
First Prize
This happened on January 3, but it took until now for me to work up the nerve to publish it. I hate all that new age bull&#%* I used to dwell in, but for some unknown reason the following question grabbed a hold of me this past holiday season: what belief or fear...
Louie Update
My Bar Louie job is going fine. I worked the lunch shift on Monday and Wednesday (a 7-hour shift) and walked out with $60 each time, so I'm satisfied. I don't like that it takes so many hours to earn that $60 (almost twice as long as it took at Nick and Tony's), but...
How to leave a job without burning your bridges behind you
I don't feel as much like an expert on this topic, but first I'd say give them plenty of notice. Two weeks is, of course, standard and sufficient, but if there's some event or project they really feel like they need you for, you might consider staying for that IF it...
How to Get a Job With No Experience
[This is for those who want to change jobs. For anyone else, the following post might be long and boring.]At various times in my life I got sick of whatever I was doing to earn a living and decided to totally change it. At the end of my time in gradual (yes) school, I...
My new job at Bar Louie (or, when the bright side is darker than Dick Cheney)
Bar Louie at Dearborn Station in Chicago is where I work now. Last night I worked my first dinner shift. I am straining, straining here to be positive and look on the bright side, etc. but I have discovered that I am NOT a late night person. If you check out their...
Coming Soon
On Monday: How to Get a Job With No Experience (one woman's story).In the comments section of the previous post, I made the following flippant remark, "Need help getting a job when you have NO EXPERIENCE? Ask me how!" Chris called my bluff by responding, "How?"...