{"id":3618,"date":"2009-06-11T12:35:11","date_gmt":"2009-06-11T16:35:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.albany.com\/hr\/2009\/06\/food-for-thought---human-resources-in-restaurants.html"},"modified":"2009-06-11T12:35:11","modified_gmt":"2009-06-11T16:35:11","slug":"food-for-thought-human-resources-in-restaurants","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.albany.com\/hr\/2009\/06\/food-for-thought-human-resources-in-restaurants\/","title":{"rendered":"Food for Thought &#8211; Human Resources in Restaurants"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I spoke to my class today about my recent experience at a restaurant where I was served by a well-trained, confident, and competent bartender assisting probably 30 guests with a smile and with great follow-through. Meanwhile, at the same time, there were probably 4 or 5 waitstaff belly-aching in the corner of the bar within my earshot about &#8220;not getting enough 4-tops, this server getting better tables, and how much they can&#8217;t stand the host&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p>Unfortunately, this is something I see way too often in the food industry. People piss and moan in the public areas and think no one is listening.<\/p>\n<p>Here are some suggestions for policies to put into place on the floor of your food establishment.<\/p>\n<p>1. No discussion of work policies and procedures on the sales floor<br \/>\n2. Document, discipline, dismiss policies for prevention of this activity occurring again<br \/>\n3. Continual training to show people the downfalls of this type of dialogue.<\/p>\n<p>Tell me your stories of witnessing poor dialogue in food establishments by emailing me at<br \/>\n<a href=\"&#109;&#x61;i&#108;&#x74;o&#58;&#x72;o&#98;&#x65;r&#116;&#x40;&#103;&#x61;&#x6c;&#97;&#x63;&#x6f;&#110;&#x63;i&#101;&#x72;g&#101;&#x2e;c&#111;&#x6d;\">&#114;&#111;&#x62;e&#114;&#x74;&#x40;g&#97;&#x6c;&#x61;c&#111;&#x6e;c&#105;&#x65;&#x72;g&#101;&#x2e;&#x63;o&#109;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I spoke to my class today about my recent experience at a restaurant where I was served by a well-trained, confident, and competent bartender assisting probably 30 guests with a smile and with great follow-through. 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