Essays on Waiter

It’s a bright and warm Sunday morning, and as I jog along the park's walking trail, my mind is busy with thoughts of mouth-watering sizzling steak on the grill. They say that, “Exercise helps reduce food cravings,” but that doesn’t work for me. The more I exercise, the more it triggers my appetite and the sheer thought of marvelous succulent, savory steak fueled my cravings. Sundays always give me the blues as it brings back memories of my dear Grandma who cooks the best Salisbury steak that were so good- to- the- last- bite. I grew up ...

7. Objectives Product/Service: Bring the menu up to 4.8 score in the next three months.

Pricing: Formulate a plan to make portion sizes proportionate to price without comprising on quality. Pricing: Review the current list of ingredients that are regularly used and identify means to reduce cost. This should be done in the next 60 days. Place: With the help of an interior fit-out firm, review the layout of the restaurant and determine whether an open kitchen/grill/mini-prep station can be installed in a place where patrons can see the cooks in action. Set up meeting in the next 14 ...

Interview Report

Qualitative research remains one of the most important elements of contemporary business research. The practice shows that hospitality industry is not an exception in this regard, especially in today’s turbulent economy. Because the clients’ desires and preferences are dynamically evolving, relying on experience or secondary sources is no longer justified. Furthermore, there is strong evidence demonstrating that the mistakes committed at the business research stage may lead to serious losses incurred at the stage of business strategy execution (NRAEF Manage First, 2007) The interview with Mr. Mustafa Suer, who is a food & beverage manager of a luxury banquet * ...

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The purpose of using interactive digital menus in restaurants and pubs.4 The examples of a digital menu integration in trading venues5 The benefits of using interactive digital menus6 The working principle of e-menu in restaurants and bars 8 Conclusion....10

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Introduction The current technological conditions are fascinating. The struggle between the outdated technologies and innovations can be seen every single day. The printed information has been already replaced by digital technologies, cell-phones have been replaced by smartphones, tablets and laptops replaced books and journals, and even in restaurant industry, the old-fashioned paper menu is being replaced by new ...

Introduction

There is no state decided minimum wage in the state of Tennessee; therefore, they follow the federal minimum wage. Therefore, there is no promised wage law in the state that requires states to pay their wages promptly. Like many other states throughout the United States of America, FLSA (Fair Labor Standards Act) applies to Tennessee workers set according to the Federal Minimum Wage and Labor Law. According to federal minimum wage in 2015, businesses throughout the state of Tennessee need to pay $7.25 per hour. The majority of workers in Tennessee gets $7.25 per hour for their daily labor ...

Sometimes the identification of a service can be rather difficult because of its close association to a good. For instance, the service can be in the form of a diagnosis that comes with the medicine. Services entail intangible goods that do not change ownership, cannot be transported, or stored. Differences between marketing a product and a service arise because of several factors such as time, relationships, needs and wants, deliverability, and trust. The sale of a service involves delegating time to perform the task, and the seller has to develop a relationship with the client. This paper provides an ...

3 PARTS OF PERSONALITY

Abstract

The three parts of personality according to Sigmund Freud’s structural model of the psyche include the Id, the super-ego, and the ego. The three personality parts are the theoretical constructs upon which the interaction and activity of the mental life of individuals is described. Prior to the development of the Freud’s models, researchers and faculty psychologists had developed a division of the human mind. The theories they developed used to be modified from time to time until the development of the structural theory of the personality parts by Freud in 1923.This theory has ...

Service Encounters

1.0 Description of Service Encounters, Time, and Place Service Encounter I: The first service encounter was between Mr. Franklin and Tim. Mr. Franklin is a retired city attorney of Chicago while Tim is a high school dropout selling soft drinks from a roadside shop. This is the conversation between the two. The conversation was essentially informal since Mr. Franklin and Tim are friends. Tim: Mr. Frank what’s up! (In an excitement mood, he stands up to shake Mr. Franklin’s hand in a respectful manner) Tim: Long time no see! (Still in an excitement mood, takes the note ...

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This naturalistic observation was carried out at a Starbucks coffee shop located at N Hill St, Los Angeles. The coffee shop is conspicuous from a distance because of the firm’s green colors and logo. People visit the coffee shop for food and drinks as well as to socialize or discuss or do business, as evidenced by the interactions witnessed during the naturalist observation exercise. This paper documents a vivid and detailed description of my time at the Los Angeles coffee shop for two hours each day at 8am beginning March 28th and ending March 29th 2016. Some of ...

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Social classes in Britain currently are not based on the amount of wealth that someone has accumulated unlike in the previous centuries. One can be rich but considers oneself poor or is taken by the community as of a lower class. On the other hand, the poor can be deemed to belong to the upper class. However, it depends on the understandability of the English culture like behavior patterns, beliefs, and customs as well as the proficiency of the English language. Britain and particularly England has a highly class sensitive culture and the practical ways in which the people ...

In Ernest Hemingway’s “A Clean, Well-Lighted Place”, the writer touches upon a number of themes. The plot of the short story is driven mainly by the dialogue that takes places at a café by a young waiter and an older waiter, who are waiting for an elderly customer to finish his shot of brandy so they can close for the evening. As the narrative progresses, Hemingway subtly explores the relationship between aging and faith. This theme permeates the text, shedding light on the broader interplay between aging and faith in modern society, as well as evoking memories of ...

Dread

In the first part of Richard Wright’s The Outsider we are introduced to the central character of the novel, Cross Damon, an African American. Damon works is a postal worker in Chicago and his life is fill of problems. He does not eat enough and he drinks too much, because he claims he has terrible problems sleeping. He is separated from his wife, Gladys, with whom he has fathered four children. He has a girlfriend called Dotty and he is also under pressure, because of the way he lives and has treated Gladys from his elderly mother, who disapproves of ...

Availability Bias: Availability bias occurs when whereby beings behave in certain ways in their environment. For example people tend to judge the probability of something occurring based on the first outcomes that comes to the mind that is the more memorable or vivid event. For example in the media there are a lot of cases of kidnapping and plane crashes. People assume that these events are common yet they are rare.

Egocentrism Bias: Occurs when an individual tends to judge that he is better than others. For example, the person sees himself as more charitable to help the poor or ...