NISCBTFM

Not really... Your glasses are rectangle, his are circular.

I was a food runner for a couple weeks at an establishment I'm guessing is very similar to yours. Fine dining, celebrities, etc. I ended up quitting because I absolutely abhorred the way the upper management treated their high profile customers. I watched many times as "normal" people's food got pushed aside to get cold because the chef had a VIP table's food coming up right then. Do these scenarios ever take place at your restaurant? It drove me nuts to see these people who might have saved for months receive inferior service and food, just because the CEO of E! television or some celebrity happened to be dining in the restaurant at the same time as them.

Also, I couldn't stand the political aspect of this restaurant. I had to practically drag some of the servers over to help run food at times(only two plates per server, placed at the same time, etc.). But all of a sudden when the executive chef shows up, I've got one of them there every 2 minutes asking if I need anything. They ran quite a few restaurants and paid managers really really well so the servers wanted their face time. I guess I just really couldn't handle the "political" aspects of the restaurant.

Well said. It took me a little while to learn the not telling a bad beat story, but after I heard friends telling me theirs I vowed to never be that guy again.