My 1rst job was as a waitress when I was 16.I was living on my own & needed a job. I saw a “Waitress Wanted” sign in the window of a coffee shop so I went in & applied for the job. The guy that owned the place asked me if I was experienced & was I 18? “Of course” I told him so I got the job. I was painfully shy at this time so I was absolutely terrified on my 1rst day, being shy is not a great attribute for working in a restaurant lol. Anyway it was lunch time & we got slammed & I was freaking out. I was working with a woman named Betty who was experienced & she pinned me out right away,. she knew I had no experience. I didn’t even know to give people silverware with their food & I was so afraid to speak to the customers I couldn’t get the orders straight let alone call my orders into the kitchen to be cooked. Somehow we made it through lunch & after it was over Betty pulled me aside & said “You don’t have any experience do you”? I admitted I didn’t & she asked me “Do you want to learn”? & I said yes so she took me under her wing & taught me the business. I have never forgotten Betty Johnson. I have now worked in the restaurant biz for 40 something years & have owned 3 of my own restaurants.I am no longer shy & have paid it forward by teaching over 200 people how to make a living waiting tables. I love the business & I’m so glad I answered the ad in the coffee shop window that day! It changed my life!
I also started working as a waitress at a very young age. It lead me to a very different life then I was probably going to have without it. It was much more “Worldly” in nature than my very first job at the local town Library children’s room shelving book returns. Experience was the change. Exactly! In the Library one could Read about anything, but in the Diner, !…. well Anything COULD HAPPEN!
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I box of Cinnamon Toast Crunch doesn’t last in my kitchen fir more than 2 days! My housekeeper introduced it and now she doesn’t have to cook eggs every morning.
Well, I don’t know about actually the most famous person I EVER met, goes, but my Uncle Joey Gambino was my most unfortunate favorite. Joey was a light-weight prize fighter when he was young in New York City. After his marriage to my Aunt and having their three daughters, Debbie, Laura Jean, and Dawn, there was a Domestic violence case against him and he ended up incarcerated all his life. Actually, I don’t know if he is still alive, but everyone else is fine as far as I know, and now that I am grown I had a Domestic Violence case against my significant other for a while He attended classes now provided by the PD and paid fines, and we are now living like two “peas in a pod”. We have a “Friendly Family Relationship”. A much happier solution. After all, it does take “two to tango”, you know, and I don’t believe in “throw-away people”. I think some of the charges against my Uncle were misinterpreted. It was not a severe case. And my Aunt and my Mother were on to prove something about Women’s Rights , and their rights to rule over the household. Neither of them had an ability to have a sense of humor, to be forgiving, to start aver again, or to learn they they had a part in it of instigation. My man has a job and is living a full and happy life, and I am so glad I still have him next to me. I guess it just means that “We have come a long way, baby….” in our psychosocial development for all.
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I love success stories. Even better when there about food. Good for you on opening the restaurants. I would love to open a restaurant in the city of live in. We don’t have any good restaurants here. The ones that are decent are always crowded.
Posted by Chris on November 2, 2010 at 12:42 pm
My 1rst job was as a waitress when I was 16.I was living on my own & needed a job. I saw a “Waitress Wanted” sign in the window of a coffee shop so I went in & applied for the job. The guy that owned the place asked me if I was experienced & was I 18? “Of course” I told him so I got the job. I was painfully shy at this time so I was absolutely terrified on my 1rst day, being shy is not a great attribute for working in a restaurant lol. Anyway it was lunch time & we got slammed & I was freaking out. I was working with a woman named Betty who was experienced & she pinned me out right away,. she knew I had no experience. I didn’t even know to give people silverware with their food & I was so afraid to speak to the customers I couldn’t get the orders straight let alone call my orders into the kitchen to be cooked. Somehow we made it through lunch & after it was over Betty pulled me aside & said “You don’t have any experience do you”? I admitted I didn’t & she asked me “Do you want to learn”? & I said yes so she took me under her wing & taught me the business. I have never forgotten Betty Johnson. I have now worked in the restaurant biz for 40 something years & have owned 3 of my own restaurants.I am no longer shy & have paid it forward by teaching over 200 people how to make a living waiting tables. I love the business & I’m so glad I answered the ad in the coffee shop window that day! It changed my life!
Posted by Claire Frances gruener on March 12, 2012 at 10:06 pm
I also started working as a waitress at a very young age. It lead me to a very different life then I was probably going to have without it. It was much more “Worldly” in nature than my very first job at the local town Library children’s room shelving book returns. Experience was the change. Exactly! In the Library one could Read about anything, but in the Diner, !…. well Anything COULD HAPPEN!
Posted by vindale on November 2, 2010 at 5:44 pm
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Posted by Chris on November 3, 2010 at 12:48 pm
Its fine with me Thankyou!
Posted by Ma.Bebelin on November 5, 2010 at 7:34 pm
the most scary movie for me is exorcist movie
Posted by maggie on November 13, 2010 at 5:31 am
the fourth kind is the scariest movie i have ever seen
Posted by Ma.Bebelin on November 5, 2010 at 9:44 pm
my favorite cereal is cruch
Posted by Ma.Bebelin on November 5, 2010 at 9:44 pm
my favorite cereal is crunch
Posted by maggie on November 13, 2010 at 5:30 am
lucky charms is what does it for me
Posted by Danita S. Moore on November 28, 2011 at 1:16 pm
my favorite cereal is cinnamon toast crucnh
Posted by Claire Frances gruener on March 13, 2012 at 1:20 pm
I box of Cinnamon Toast Crunch doesn’t last in my kitchen fir more than 2 days! My housekeeper introduced it and now she doesn’t have to cook eggs every morning.
Posted by Chris on November 17, 2010 at 2:01 pm
Can I still write about the most famous person I ever met or is that contest closed?
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Posted by Claire Frances gruener on March 13, 2012 at 1:38 pm
Well, I don’t know about actually the most famous person I EVER met, goes, but my Uncle Joey Gambino was my most unfortunate favorite. Joey was a light-weight prize fighter when he was young in New York City. After his marriage to my Aunt and having their three daughters, Debbie, Laura Jean, and Dawn, there was a Domestic violence case against him and he ended up incarcerated all his life. Actually, I don’t know if he is still alive, but everyone else is fine as far as I know, and now that I am grown I had a Domestic Violence case against my significant other for a while He attended classes now provided by the PD and paid fines, and we are now living like two “peas in a pod”. We have a “Friendly Family Relationship”. A much happier solution. After all, it does take “two to tango”, you know, and I don’t believe in “throw-away people”. I think some of the charges against my Uncle were misinterpreted. It was not a severe case. And my Aunt and my Mother were on to prove something about Women’s Rights , and their rights to rule over the household. Neither of them had an ability to have a sense of humor, to be forgiving, to start aver again, or to learn they they had a part in it of instigation. My man has a job and is living a full and happy life, and I am so glad I still have him next to me. I guess it just means that “We have come a long way, baby….” in our psychosocial development for all.
Posted by Pecola Coleman on February 28, 2011 at 5:06 pm
My most favorite thing to get at a chinese restaraunt is orange chicken.
Posted by Pecola Coleman on February 28, 2011 at 7:41 pm
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Posted by vindale on March 1, 2011 at 12:33 pm
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Posted by laura on November 7, 2011 at 1:24 pm
Lucky charms is good but I like cinnamon toast crunch
Posted by osofasDenise Andersont2 on February 2, 2012 at 12:43 pm
I love success stories. Even better when there about food. Good for you on opening the restaurants. I would love to open a restaurant in the city of live in. We don’t have any good restaurants here. The ones that are decent are always crowded.