CJ’s column about the restaurant business
I’ve written 78 posts for Frothygirlz about the restaurant business. For the first seven of those columns, I was actually still working in the restaurant business. It wasn’t the ratio I was hoping for, but hey, nobody ever accused me of being afraid to beat a dead horse. But lately I can’t even find the horse’s corpse,...
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The next time you walk past a pharmacy or clinic offering a walk-in flu shot, I have two words of advice for you – DO IT! Well, I mean, only if you plan on eating in a restaurant between now and February. Here’s the deal people. Most restaurant workers have no incentive, short of...
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I’ve been learnin’ ya’ll on the proper tipping percentage for more than a year now. When you receive a total for services received – be that from a cabbie, hairdresser or server – you should tip 20 percent on that total for competent service. It tends to get a little dicier when there is...
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For the second time in three weeks, I’ve been summoned to the school for a parent/teacher conference regarding my oldest son. The good son. The easy son. The son who thanks me for putting on his seat belt. The son who sits quietly at a restaurant table for hours. The son who only...
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I’m a simple girl, really. I only have a two modest goals. One is to become filthy rich. And the other is to accomplish this by writing a best-selling book. Several well-meaning friends and family members have told me on numerous occasions that I should write a book. But that’s what people are supposed...
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When I heard the story this morning about a Jet Blue flight attendant freaking the F out and quitting in the most deliciously dramatic way after being mistreated by a passenger for the last time, I knew I would need to pay homage to this man in a big way. This guy did what...
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Author’s Note: I’m taking a break from writing about restaurants and the life of servers to write about something even more salacious and slimy – ABC’s new series, Bachelor Pad. For the next several weeks, I hope you enjoy reading about overly dramatic, sex-crazed cry babies and the things they do for money. Hey,...
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OMG. WTF? So not LOL. I am typing this week’s column on my smart phone because my husband’s new Willy Loman lifestyle took him to some busted up Best Western for a week of sales calls, and he took the family laptop with him. He claimed an urgent need for connectivity in order to do...
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I grew up in Wichita, Kansas, where not many exciting things happen. When something does happen, it’s usually some unfathomable tragedy that gets replayed for years on National Geographic or Court TV. Things like this. And this. So when I say that the story I’m going to tell you today is the story of...
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The class divide continues to grow in America and nobody seems to be giving a bigger middle finger to those Americans who fall behind than Wal-Mart. While most other large American chains such as McDonalds and Walgreens offer a nearly identical experience regardless of location, Wal-Mart has morphed into two distinct versions of itself....
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