So basically as a server, your job is to sell not only the food, but yourself. The more charming you are the more your table will like you. Its basically a legal and, well, wholesome form of prostitution. So at what point do servers realize they've mastered the art, you ask? Simple answer: Numbers. These numbers include high tips and/or 7 digits. If your table has left you more than a 20% tip, you sold yourself well. If someone at your table has left you their number, well thats kinda creepy, but you have indeed sold yourself well. Good tips and phone numbers are where servers get their confidence. I've seen many a server bummed out due to crappy tips and even not getting a phone number in a while (seriously, I'm not even kidding). So when our managers say "SELL SELL SELL," they mean "Sell the food and yourselves so the company can make more money." Yes readers, prostitution is, in fact, legal.
You can find me on the corner of _____ and Huntington
(Only hint I'm giving you as to ... more »
Posted: November 5, 2009 10:35 am | 0 comments
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When I was in 9th grade, I participated in a Model United Nations in The Netherlands. The country I was presenting was Costa Rica. While preparing for my presentations, I just searched a lot about the country that I wished to visit it one day. For this week I will be listing for you some fast fascinating facts about Costa Rica, in addition to its basic information.
Costa Rica is located in Central America. The capital is San Jose. Thier mother tounge language is Spanish. Costa Rican Colon is the official currency.
Some interesting facts about Costa Rica,
• It contains 5% of the world's biodiversity of animals and plants
• It has a 97% literacy rate
• Ranked as the first place in the Happy Family Index
• Recorded as the greenest country in the world
• Planning to be the first carbon neutral country by 2021
• The translation of ‘Costa Rica’ is ‘rich coast’
• It is the second smallest country in Latin America, yet have the richest culture of them all
• Costa Rica ... more »
Posted: November 5, 2009 1:13 am | 0 comments
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last weekend was another pretty lucy-less weekend...unfortunately. because it was halloween and because i work in a toy store that sells costumes i had to be at the store A TON. but it was good fun.
this year i decided to make my costume. i was a hammerhead shark. thank god everyone recognized me. on saturday at work (boing in jp) we had a visit from mayor menino. he liked my costume. we also gave out candy for three grueling hours outside of the store. everyone loved my costume and some lady even took my picture.
after work i raced north to windham, new hampshire to attend a halloween part with all of my friends. everyone looked great. my favorite costume was my friend brodsky, who dressed as the bear jew from inglorious basterds. it was epic.
here is a photo stolen from a friend on facebook:
left to right - dorothy, embot, phillip (terrance and phillip...south park), zombie, crab, and the hammerhead.
Posted: November 4, 2009 11:33 pm | 0 comments
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Hope everyone had a baller halloween! This week was jam-packed full of releases so lets jump right in:
Julian Casablancas: Phrazes for the Young: dropped 11/03/09
Lead singer and writer behind the popular band, The Strokes, Julian Casablancas delivers his newest project. His solo album is an enjoyable experience with sounds similar to The Strokes. The lyrics are witty and melodies dream-like. This album definitely makes up for Casablancas last disappointing release with the Strokes. Buy this one and I promise you won't stop listening.
Shwayze: Let It Beat: dropped 11/03/09
Shwayze is that kind of band that you just can't take too seriously. Keeping that in mind, I was surprised by how much I liked their album. Shwayze is not preaching morals or promising mind blowing acoustics, but thier music is fun and fun to let loose too. So, for those of you out their searching for a guilty pleasure this just might be your pick.
OK, folks as for concerts here in beantown, there are a fe ... more »
Posted: November 4, 2009 4:16 pm | 1 comment
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It has nothing to do with your wedding, or prom, or anything overly exciting, but I figured it would be a good idea to discuss how to prepare for any type of oral surgery. However, for the sake of this blog, I think I’ll just stick to prepping for wisdom tooth extraction. The day before I had my wisdom teeth out I was a complete idiot. I went out and partied, drank too much, puffed a few too many, and woke up the next day (bright and early) with a fantastic hangover. I recovered by the time I got to the doctor’s office, but it was still a poor choice on my part. Basically, the day before any surgery you should always:
Get a good night sleep
Don’t smoke
Don’t drink
Eat a good meal the night before, but make sure you don’t eat, or drink, anything the day of surgery. That’s basically how you choke and die under general anesthesia.
Wear comfortable clothing
Remove all jewelry
And basically get ready for lounging around and doing absolutely nothing the next few days!
Posted: November 3, 2009 10:27 pm | 0 comments
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Starring: Isla Fisher, Hugh Dancy, Krysten Ritter
Released in 2009
This movie is based on the book of the same name by Sophie Kinsella. However, while the book takes place in London, the movie takes place in New York.
The main character is Rebecca Bloomwood, who gets a job at the financial magazine Successful Savings. Her job is to write articles giving people financial advice, under the name “The Girl with the Green Scarf.” However, there’s one huge problem with this—Rebecca isn’t in control of her own finances, not even close. She’s a shopaholic who finds it completely impossible to control her urge to spend money. She is constantly hiding from her credit collector, making excuses not to meet with him and even telling people that he’s her stalker so they’ll keep him away from her.
A lot of the scenarios that happened in the movie were pretty ridiculous and hard to believe. However, I did think that Isla Fisher did a good job with her character. And it was interesting ... more »
Posted: November 3, 2009 8:11 pm | 0 comments
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STA Travel will soon be excepting applications for World Traveler interns for 2010. The Interns will get to travel the world, paid for by STA, and then blog, post videos and pictures on the STA site. This is an amazing opportunity for the interns and great marketing strategy by STA. It got me to the site to check out how to become an intern and then got me to start thinking about where I want to go next and look up flights to Egypt.
It looks like this years interns are having an incredible time in their travels. Check it out!
http://www.worldtravelerintern.com/
Posted: November 3, 2009 6:14 pm | 0 comments
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In this time of economic struggle, many people are passing on taking a vacation or going on holiday. Zuji Travel Australia is part of the Travelocity family, and in my opinion has MUCH better ads than its American sister. And has came up with a creative spin on "Help Holidays Happen". They made their own brand of baked beans and sold them for 10c a can, advertising that the money saved from buying more expensive beans should be saved for holiday. I think the campaign is really creative and extremely funny, seeing they really did sell the beans...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6WTjz3315XM
Posted: November 3, 2009 5:59 pm | 0 comments
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This United Airlines ad, looks like it could have been created by Don Draper and the rest of the creative team at Sterling Cooper, (MadMen reference, for those of you who haven't seen the show.) I absolutely love it. It's from the 1960s when many men would go on business trips and leave their wives at home with the kids. The ad targets housewives who want to go and travel with their husbands and not be left in the suburbs. And some bloggers claim that the "Take Me Along" campaign was created from backlash from wives finding out the their husbands were taking their girlfriends along, instead of their wives. For whatever reason it was made I'm glad someone saved it and posted it to YouTube because this ad is great and really reflects that period in advertising well.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-DDIE0lr7Rs&feature=player_embedded
Posted: November 3, 2009 5:45 pm | 0 comments
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So normally the ads, with the gnome REALLY bother me. I hate them. I don't like his voice, I think it's weird that he's always just placed in strange places and doing strange things. Anyway I just saw the new ad "Vacationing at home" and LOVED it. I was so surprised but I thought it was the funniest commercial they have done yet. I'm hoping that there is more like this to come because I am so sick of the older ads!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V1JhEFyS8rg
Posted: November 3, 2009 5:14 pm | 0 comments
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