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The End of the Season
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- Written by: Rod Boyle
- Category: Rants
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Now it's getting on time to make some choices, and they're already pretty much made.
The restaurant, the past few days have ended the business, halved it, the owners are already discussing firing everyone, servers that took the precaution of getting other jobs, servers that took scheduled days off, it's a gong show, the owner's son, he's on a killing spree, wants to fire everyone, somehow they've all offended him. And I wonder why? Why the bad Karma, waitress took 2 days off but she told you when she was hired she'd need these days off...and waiter, he wants a more professional, laid back environment, really, who blames him? And the people they want to keep, me and another, well, we've got our own plans too...
The business, there's no need to fire anyone, hurt anyone's feelings, lay them off, the end of the season has come early, it's obvious, you may need them again, but out here it's how they do business...
The end of the season, I was hoping to last until the end of September, October even, but the business, it's no longer there, and to make things even more interesting my savings won't cover the move, the transplant, and then there's the issue of the jeep, the lack of transportation, the issue of I've acquired a lot of useless, unnecessary shit, and how to pack this all up, transport it, without wheels, ...
Verbal Garbage
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- Written by: Rod Boyle
- Category: Miscellany
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And, of late, I've noticed that my conversation has become cluttered with verbal garbage. It's a habit that annoys me when I hear it in other people, and so when I noticed it in myself it took me a bit by surprise, phrases like "Like..." and "You know what I mean", that creep in, the soliciting of agreement, or presumption that people are on the same page, there's no excuse, no forgiving it, and I have to take a few steps back, breathe, and get into the habit of thinking and pausing before I speak. Or maybe I should stop speaking altogether, I've pretty much said it all by now anyways...
Like Minded
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- Written by: Rod Boyle
- Category: People
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And I've brought a few specimens in for identification, the Chamber of Mines in Nelson, talking to the curator, he's showing me local specimens, ways to work the MTO, I could be here all day, he's great, he's got all of my enthusiasm and a hundred, a thousand times my knowledge...
...he's showing me local aquamarines, garnets as big as golf balls, no he can't tell me where from, I have to find out for myself, he's showing me advanced features of Minefile, the MTO, underlaying Google maps, finding specific resources, he's got kimberlite pieces from his own claims, nobody knows about these, filled with Pyrope garnets a full centimeter across, Chrome Diopside, he's got Lamproite samples, everything that I've got he's got better, more, and I'm jealous, not even jealous, just glad to have him, it's rare to come across these, even if it's only a single shared interest, but I appreciate them, like minded people.
I need to meet more.
Treat People Well
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- Written by: Rod Boyle
- Category: Conversations
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It seems like an easy enough thing, but they just don't get it. You talk to new waiters, they worry about every single tip, what they made, they think they deserve 20% every time, and you try to explain it to them, this isn't what they should be worried about, they should be worried about giving good service, "treat people well" I tell them, the rest will sort itself out, you're not going to win them all...
Still they check every single tip, complain about the bad tippers, it's an easy trap, disregard all the great and superlative tippers because you had a few people stiff you, if there's a philosophy to serving or hospitality it's not about the tips, not at all, it's just about treating people well.
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