So I created my first podcast today. As you entered this page you were probably hearing it. I chose to dedicate my first cast to restaurant etiquettte. This summer I have been working as a restaurant manager, something I was doing before I began teaching last year. The reason I became a manager was because I hadn't finished my teaching degree and the opportunity arose. I moved to Milwaukee to manage, finished my degree, and then continued managing. I thought that I didn't want to teach because I was so scared of failing and I didn't want to disappoint the students. I thought that I would just manage restaurants the rest of my life. I began my managing career with a positive attitude about people. Slowly this attitude began to wither away. I started losing faith in mankind. People are extrememly rude when they go out to eat. I was sworn at more times than I can recall and I even cried at a table on Mother's day becuase the guest was being so horrible, he was in front of his wife, mother, and children! Needless to say I realized that I could not be in that type of profession the rest of my life so I decided to face my fears and teach. After finishing my first year I realized that the students did learn things, I didn't fail 100%, some things didn't go the way I planned but that's how I have learned. I loved what I was doing and couldn't believe I was afraid! Ok, back to why I chose to discuss restaurant etiquette in my first podcast. Now that the school year is over I am back at managing and I realized that people just need to learn about how to act in a restaurant, it isn't a skill taught at school and therefore I don't believe the general public know how to act appropriately. Hopefully if you listen to the podcast you will learn a little and maybe make the world of dining out a better place.
2 comments:
Great podcast! And I agree with your reasoning behind it. I worked as a waitress and I, too, couldn't believe the mistreatment from the customers! It bordered on emotional abuse. After waitressing, I thought it would be great if everyone worked a bit of their lives in the service industry. The world would be a more patient, empathetic place!
I also enjoyed the podcast. I have waitressed for many years and have seen many things! I maintain that you don't really know someone until you've waited on them. I'm also appalled at the number of people who get through an entire meal without ever uttering the words please or thank you.
Most people, however, are kind and pleasant.
We should swap stories some time.
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