SC - re: re: expanding a feast

[kat]

On Mon, 19 Apr 1999, Margo Hablutzel wrote:

> As a server, I have always hated being fed before feast because (1) it's
> usually at 4:30pm or 5:00pm and I'm not yet hungry, (2) I'm usually
> finishing up something else, or it's the only time I have to talk with
> friends who were busy with other things all day, who usually are not serving
> so I won't see them until after supper, if at all (some leave instead of
> staying), and (3) servers usually get some simple token meal instead of the
> nifty things that come back from the tables, and I'd rather eat what the
> sitting people eat than just roast chicken and bread.

As a server/cooks helper, my general take on this is that if I pay for the 
meal, then I better get  exactly what every one else is getting for that 
payment.  ie. if everyone  else gets a chair to sit in, then I had better 
get a chair to sit it.  

As a feasocrat, the way that I handle this, is to have the table(s) 
closest to the kitchen reserved for servers (and the people they wish to 
sit with as long as it doesn't get out of hand) assuming that they have 
paid for the meal, of course.  The servers bring the food for each 
course from the kitchen to the tables (including their own), and then go 
sit at their table and eat, until I call them for the next course. 
(checking drinks and removing empty trays every so often).

With 20-30 minutes minimum between courses, I've never had servers 
complain about not having enough time to eat.

If the servers don't want to pay for the feast, then they can either 
bring their own food, or scrounge through the leftovers.

I treat my kitchen helpers the same way, although the die-hard "couldn't 
have run the feast without you" types I generally encourage to do the 
leftovers, since I wouldn't want them out of the kitchen during crunch 
time. :)

Kael


oh, by the way, for those of you who remember me and might have wondered 
why I disappeared, my mundane schooling kind of hit me hard as I finished 
up.  I had switched to digest form and never got the chance to respond.  
But as of May 29th, it will be Dr. Macchione  having already completed 
all of the requirements for a PhD in mathematics (what do you mean spice 
calculations are hard??? LOL).  Now that my life is settling down again, 
I have been able to switch back to individual messages and have the time 
to respond again, although you might notice that I have started to use a 
new email address as the old one expires soon after graduation.


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