tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-706867684354336699.post5689313787490882845..comments2024-03-28T08:25:27.638-04:00Comments on the bitchy waiter: Mandatory Meetings Can Eat My PudThe Bitchy Waiterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04416218015992830876noreply@blogger.comBlogger16125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-706867684354336699.post-2918092782140919062011-11-17T19:24:41.325-05:002011-11-17T19:24:41.325-05:00We used to have mandatory liquor tasting meetings(...We used to have mandatory liquor tasting meetings(to "familiarize"- ah those were the days.Xaratahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11751097060905591207noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-706867684354336699.post-71204744980972397112011-11-17T15:04:48.842-05:002011-11-17T15:04:48.842-05:00The Obvious Truck! I love it! If you've been t...The Obvious Truck! I love it! If you've been to one meeting, you've been to all. Stencil this crap on the kitchen wall, and call it a day. A friendly, respectful, upbeat employee is one who didn't have to schlep to work on his day off. (And please don't try to disguise a meeting as a wine tasting! I want to spend my day off drinking when and where I choose with people whose company I enjoy.)Estrellitahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09776026512104552115noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-706867684354336699.post-13022243563378775372011-09-12T02:39:03.579-04:002011-09-12T02:39:03.579-04:00Trust me I feel your pain. We have a mandatory mee...Trust me I feel your pain. We have a mandatory meeting EVERY month! And worse, it is the third SATURDAY of each month a 1230. In the summer, this sucks because most of us are at the beach, and if you have to work you leave at 130 or 2 and then have to be back for your shift at 245 to set up. It's the same speech every month and if you don't go they dock $25 from your paycheck.Sarahnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-706867684354336699.post-36228058393647674262011-07-23T05:30:14.246-04:002011-07-23T05:30:14.246-04:00My personal fav this week is one of our wait staff...My personal fav this week is one of our wait staff who could not find the plastic cutlery for the picnic baskets so offered the guest real cutlery to TAKE AWAY and never bring back (being a take away picnic hamper). OMGThirsty Kirstiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12756663642655686100noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-706867684354336699.post-12698004975050244142011-07-20T21:42:19.721-04:002011-07-20T21:42:19.721-04:00I used to work at a place where they loved meeting...I used to work at a place where they loved meetings....ugh....<br />just found your blog tonight and I loved it!sherrihttp://www.randomsherri.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-706867684354336699.post-43702479170575268512011-07-20T07:06:54.600-04:002011-07-20T07:06:54.600-04:00I have two mandatory meetings at work today...one ...I have two mandatory meetings at work today...one this morning for waitstaff, and one on Friday morning for bartenders (yes, I'm a hybrid). Everything you ticked off is everything I expect to hear, but you missed one: Show up on time. I routinely abuse the on-time, the drinking and the cell usage. I make up for most of that with my charming personality and ability to out-sarcasm most people. Besides, if I'm going to be a bartender in the Caribbean where the blender runs all day I believe it's my God given right to drink on the clock...amiright?<br /><br />Nicci @ St Thomas BlogAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-706867684354336699.post-85126993316559543242011-07-14T22:36:29.284-04:002011-07-14T22:36:29.284-04:00I work in a casino and we also have mandatory meet...I work in a casino and we also have mandatory meetings, usually on my day off!!<br /><br />M-lo..Gotta love it!<br /><br />Last madatory meeting I attended the HR person spent 4 minutes to tell us about riding her horse. For the life of me I cannot remember the point she was trying to make, but the only thing I could think about is how she weighed about 300 pounds and that poor horse.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-706867684354336699.post-77111652143295578282011-07-14T20:42:55.074-04:002011-07-14T20:42:55.074-04:00@Mary A. - This independent restaurant does NOT co...@Mary A. - This independent restaurant does NOT cover sexual harassment. They all already know how to do it and do it well. The reminder every year would just escalate the daily offenses. "Turn the other cheek or bare it". <br />I know it's very wrong.Noellehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11857959011594739037noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-706867684354336699.post-2267945044622816672011-07-14T19:52:21.209-04:002011-07-14T19:52:21.209-04:00It still beats the team meetings we were forced in...It still beats the team meetings we were forced into at Best Buy. Coming in at 6:30 on a Saturday morning to watch training videos and participate in company cheers was not my idea of fun. And I was a college student, so it was doubly idiotic.TacoDavehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11397194632019676634noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-706867684354336699.post-49817531871248685212011-07-14T19:08:01.825-04:002011-07-14T19:08:01.825-04:00We just have pre-shift meetings. Right before we o...We just have pre-shift meetings. Right before we open. All are already here anyway. <br />Sometimes management plays passive aggressive and addresses the whole staff when only one really needs the talking to. I don't make the whole staff endure the lecture meant for the problem child.Noellehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11857959011594739037noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-706867684354336699.post-62998881587959655452011-07-14T17:18:58.604-04:002011-07-14T17:18:58.604-04:00Do you realize that in education, there are mandat...Do you realize that in education, there are mandatory meetings? Yes, and every question anyone asked, the person from the state who was the expert in that area did not know the answer. She would have to investigate because no one had ever asked that question before. The information she did bring up with a power point had us all bored to tears because that was exactly what we did. Actually, any one of us could have given the PP presentation. And, we don't get paid as much as the traveling expert who also got meals, gas, motel, per diem. No wonder education is getting more money with less results. At least drinking is something expected somewhere in your work world...now, our students might bring it in, but we cannot join them.Practical Parsimonyhttp://www.practical-parsimony.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-706867684354336699.post-73873852459395954492011-07-14T16:58:29.189-04:002011-07-14T16:58:29.189-04:00I read your posts, scream with laughter.
My hus...I read your posts, scream with laughter.<br /> <br />My husband asks, "What's so funny?" <br /><br />I read your blog posts to him while laughing the entire time. <br /><br />He asks, "Who wrote it?"<br /><br />"Bitchy Waiter of course!"<br /><br />He's heard that answer before. He just smiles and shakes his head.California Girlhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12582691517303132274noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-706867684354336699.post-29662116089518850562011-07-14T15:00:10.949-04:002011-07-14T15:00:10.949-04:00Just goes to show that idiots really do run the as...Just goes to show that idiots really do run the asylum!The Empresshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06158645736865180289noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-706867684354336699.post-12784627526141044312011-07-14T14:11:50.718-04:002011-07-14T14:11:50.718-04:00no jokes, at my last job we were literally told th...no jokes, at my last job we were literally told that we have to keep our pants and shirts on whilst we are on the clock....apparently a situation had indeed occurred and prompted this particular statement.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-706867684354336699.post-38064970699732966212011-07-14T12:45:41.378-04:002011-07-14T12:45:41.378-04:00I've made my lateral move from server to manag...I've made my lateral move from server to management and am baffled at things you have to make clear to every member of the staff. 1. No, you cannot bring your dog to work and tie him up behind the kitchen for the day. 2. Your significant other has to pay for coffee even though it's just coffee. Particularly when you give it to them in doubled hot go-cups that cost $.20/ea plus the lid. 3. Close the damn lid to the ice bin. Particularly since you feel the need to separate stuck glasses by tapping them on the wood above the open ice bin resulting in shattered glasses two busy shifts in a row. 4. Don't even show up to work if you don't have shoes. It doesn't matter that your significant other is bringing them, I don't want your Jiffy Mart looking feet in the building. 5. Don't pick up a $100 bill for a $30 check and ask if they need change you lazy twat. Actually, don't ever ask if they want change.<br /><br />For the record I didn't hire these people. :-)M-lonoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-706867684354336699.post-28600346281760763192011-07-14T12:20:45.574-04:002011-07-14T12:20:45.574-04:00Ahhhh, I do not miss those mandatory meetings! Now...Ahhhh, I do not miss those mandatory meetings! Now our meetings are about cool stuff....like wine :)Libbyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07222415902154800907noreply@blogger.com