Category Archives: Hell’s Kitchen

Don’t Shoot the Messenger

I realized a depressing thought as I settled down to type this post. When I share tales of my job, they are mostly of customers that could be described as out of line or flat out rude. So, I thought … Continue reading

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Diet Coke

July 4, 1982. Where were you when the soda giant Coca-Cola launched its devil beverage simply titled, “Diet Coke?” In the twenty-six plus years since that day, the diet drink has taken over every other soda in sales with the … Continue reading

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Publicity II-Peanut Butter Lies

Last week I posted a story from the Minneapolis paper of some silly spat between two restaurants here, one of which pays my bills. Unexpectedly, it did not end there. Ms. CJ (aka who knew The Star Tribune had a … Continue reading

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Is All Publicity Good?

I took an entire class last year on citations and plagiarism and how to insert quotes from other articles properly. I do not however know how to properly site an entire copied and pasted article from a newspaper’s website, so … Continue reading

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Obligatory

Yes, it was Halloween. I forgot to put in my memory card to the camera when I took pics of myself at work, but I was a fairy. It gave me an excuse to wear the dress I got for … Continue reading

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Fall Road Trip

My work changed buildings a couple weeks ago.  We went from a historic decrepid building, perfect for the Hell’s Kitchen theme, and now we are in a space previously occupied by a swanky steak house that played live jazz.  The … Continue reading

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Nick Swisher Doesn’t Need Ooling Tea

Here in Minnesota the Twins played the White Sox last week. I work downtown Minneapolis around where the players stay at hotels and eat at…restaurants. A few times we have had various players in the restaurant that I work at. … Continue reading

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My First Job(s)

I moved to Washington when I was fifteen. Therefore, the first real jobs I held were in this great and very green state. In the past couple days of vacationing I ran across all the old buildings where I held … Continue reading

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Customer Quilt

In nine days I will be off work for SEVENTEEN DAYS…I did not plan to be gone so long, but my cousin decided to get married the day I was meant to be home from vacation and since I had … Continue reading

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The Real Man Behind Hell’s Kitchen

My boss is Mitch Omer, the owner of Hell’s Kitchen. He is well over six feet tall. He’s loud as, well, Hell. There is nothing about the man that screams, “I am a normal guy!” When he enters the building … Continue reading

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