On Hospitality, Wine, and Restaurant Work: Selected Threads
Things Hospitality Taught Me
- Hospitality work taught me to move beyond "introversion"
- On how I decided it was not "fake" to smile at people
- The type of people who enjoy themselves at a good restaurant
- The spiritual discipline of staying present in a "repetitive" job
- High level service work is about recognizing and assuaging anxiety
- You need to intentionally shape your energetic relationship to your job
- The end-of-meal vibe exchange
- It's crazy the range of ways you can feel doing the exact same thing
Some Specifics of Restaurant Work
- Restaurant work as a good use of a liberal arts degree
- I'm America's Sweetheart, Julia Roberts
- The discrete pleasures of restaurant work
- "I'll be right with you." "Take your time!"
- Waiting tables is the best job in the world
- Restaurant work allows you "founder schedule"
- Why people respect bartenders more than servers
Wine miscellany