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Kicking the Cat

Let me begin this post with a story: An animal rights activist was driving down the highway in his VW Microbus.  He was happily thinking about what a beautiful day it was.  He was so caught up in these thoughts that he didn’t notice when he drifted into the next lane and cut off a […]

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The Rules of Serving: Rule Nine

Rule Nine: Never Get Just One Some of the most influential philosophers of the last five hundred years have done some of their greatest writing on the concept of a “social contract.”  Hobbes, Locke, Rousseau, Rawls, and many other have written at length on the subject.  The notion of a “social contract” pertains to the […]

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The Rules of Serving: Rule Eight

(Note: One thing that became apparent to me when I wrote “The Best of Tips for Improving your Tips” last week was that I really need to wrap up my “Rules of Serving” series.  This week I am going to post the final three rules.) Rule Eight: Never count your money until you run your […]

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Have You Done Your Rollups?

Last night I was thinking about rollups.  Over the course of my serving career I have done a few rollups.  I started wondering exactly how many I had done though.  I opened up an excel spreadsheet and set out to determine how many I had done over the years.  The answer surprised me. I have […]

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The Best of Tips For Improving Your Tips

Welcome to the final installment of “best of” week on The Hospitality Formula Network.  Today I am looking back to where it all began.  Tips2 was the original focus when I began blogging.  It is still the largest blog on the network and in my opinion the one that can have the most impact on […]

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