Well, my first three days of work are done. And I am pooped. I haven't run around like this in awhile. And the biggest thing going against me is the weather out here. It is super hot. Temperatures are well into the upper 90s and 100s. Not that that would be a problem, if I am indoors, but the humidity pushes it to 115 and at one point 118 yesterday with the heat index. And there is no way to combat that. Even if you are indoors, the energy required to keep a restaurant cool is impossible to generate. The front door opening every few minutes sees to that. Not to mention the grill in the back.
But my boss, Tyson, was great. He bought us Otterpops and Powerades. I have a great team that I am working with, which is a relief. I wasn't sure it woud be easy to go from a company like Chick-fil-A to anything equal in care, respect, and service. But Applebees seems to do just that. I am blessed to have this new job.
I'm picking up serving very well, too. I still get stuck on the menu from time to time, but that is to be expected, seeing how vast it is. But I'm noticing trends with some products, where others are virtually never ordered.
Well, I have a couple of days off, which is great. I will give my body a chance to hydrate some more. I'm working on another paper: "Church Branding 101: An Intro to Building Identity in your Church's Community." I'm going to shorten the title. I think its too long. I've read scholarly journals with titles twice as long, but for something like this . . . we'll see. So this is paper #3. I might as well write a book . . . Perhaps that is what I am building up to.
