Ask anybody in the business how many meetings they have sat through about behavioral problems or policy standards where the biggest problem in either category doesn’t even show up. Sometimes in the restaurant business the focus of energy doesn’t go toward the actual problem, it goes away from it. The little tableau had played itself out on that walking bridge and now the participants were walking together back toward the restaurant and I was following behind them awkwardly.
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Odd that from the inside, it can be so much harder to tell.Īpparently when one has pissed off the only guy who knows how to do his job and the thought of doing it yourself - and poorly at that - is staring you in the face, one might make some compromises. It can be pretty obvious to an outside observer when someone else is being manipulated. I have also seen enough interactions to know when someone doesn’t actually mean what they are saying. “I mean, I’ll get Sam to do it,” corrected the manager.įunny how promises made in the heat of the moment get diluted the minute that moment cools down. Having seen many interpersonal interactions, I knew the pleas were having the desired effect. Just FYI, my ears are exactly the same distance from you when I am facing the other direction as they were when I was looking directly at you. Many a time I have turned my back to ring in an item on the register only to hear a comment while I am looking the other way. They seem to not realize that if they can hear you, you can hear them even if you are looking in the other direction. It can be comical to realize that people will only whisper if you are looking at them. Just like when I’m behind the bar, I pretended not to see what was happening. And here it was playing out on a little cement overpass over a suburban creek. Johnny Paycheck’s song, “Take This Job and Shove It,” wasn’t a No. But the emotions involved were just as dramatic. This particular drama had to do with a different dynamic: employer and employee. I don’t know the science behind that, but I do know from experience that a fighting couple will turn on anyone who attempts to interfere, be they a friend, cop or bartender. There’s an adage that domestic disputes are the most dangerous police call to respond to. One doesn’t bartend for long before realizing that interjecting oneself into an argument is a great way to get two people to agree - that they mutually don’t like you! I have seen enough interpersonal fights up close to know the telltale signs. “I was just kidding,” said the new manager. The odd part was that our new manager was following behind him. I was heading into work for the lunch shift, and the busboy was walking the other direction.
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