Banquet Manager posted an article on So You Want To Be a Banquet Manager... - Nov 6, 2009, 4:55 am
Here's some of the Banquet Manager's favorite comments from readers in the month of October.  Thanks for adding your voice to this blog and keep them coming. On "New York Bar Serves Up W...
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Banquet Manager posted an article on So You Want To Be a Banquet Manager... - Nov 4, 2009, 7:00 am
It bears noting that restaurant people are not necessarily “people” people. Some are in it solely for the food, or for the money, and would rather be in the kitchen, or in the backroom counting ca...
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Banquet Manager posted an article on So You Want To Be a Banquet Manager... - Nov 2, 2009, 5:00 am
On rude waitstaff, belligerent maître d’s, scowling chefs, cranky banquet managers and the people who love them. By Peter Jon Lindberg, Travel+Leisure The stereotype of the surly Parisian maître ...
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Banquet Manager posted an article on So You Want To Be a Banquet Manager... - Oct 30, 2009, 4:00 am
I wonder if my chef can do better than these scary foods...probably not! Octopus Salad Watermelon Brain Scary Gingerbread Man Cupcake Eyeballs Killer Pop Tart Fingers-in-a-Blanket Mashed Potato...
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Banquet Manager posted an article on So You Want To Be a Banquet Manager... - Oct 28, 2009, 7:00 am
That's what the complaint letter said. That's what she bitched about. That's what the "banquet manager" got his butt reamed out about. Only 1 problem...that's not what happened. Th...
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Banquet Manager posted an article on So You Want To Be a Banquet Manager... - Oct 25, 2009, 7:11 am
I've been writing this blog for over 1 year and have finally come to realize something. Most of my readers are waiters. WTF! Where are all the banquet managers? Don't get me wrong, I since...
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Banquet Manager posted an article on So You Want To Be a Banquet Manager... - Oct 20, 2009, 7:00 am
As you know, I have posted a joke or two on this site. I like to lighten it up from time to time instead of just bitchin' and moanin'. I have tried to post jokes that are related to food, we...
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Banquet Manager posted an article on So You Want To Be a Banquet Manager... - Oct 19, 2009, 7:00 am
From "funny" pranks gone really wrong, to frisky bridal party members, to parents verbally inviting everyone they know, real-life brides reveal some of the worst guest behaviors they've ever encou...
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Banquet Manager posted an article on So You Want To Be a Banquet Manager... - Oct 16, 2009, 7:00 am
There are 14 weekend days (Fri, Sat & Sun) in the month of October and we've got 18 weddings this month! WTF! 5 weddings a weekend for a couple of weeks with a double on Sat and then again on Su...
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Banquet Manager posted an article on So You Want To Be a Banquet Manager... - Oct 14, 2009, 7:00 am
Tired of having your food stolen by sticky-fingered coworkers or roommates? Bullies taking your kid's lunch? Well, worry no more . . . Anti-Theft Lunch Bags are sandwich bags that have green splo...
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Banquet Manager posted an article on So You Want To Be a Banquet Manager... - Oct 12, 2009, 6:42 am
Reasons why banquet managers don't like them: They do nothing but bitch. They are always looking at their watch, trying to measure how minutes the food is late. The intentionally give incomplete ...
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Banquet Manager posted an article on So You Want To Be a Banquet Manager... - Oct 7, 2009, 7:20 am
If we keep on allowing the Sales Department chicks to discount the damm food all the time! I needed to get that off my chest... The banquet manager feels better already.
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Banquet Manager posted an article on So You Want To Be a Banquet Manager... - Oct 5, 2009, 7:05 am
I was visiting a friend last week and we decided to go out to eat at a Chili's for dinner (I know, bad choice). The hostess greeted us and escorted us to our table, and then it happened. She pre...
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Banquet Manager posted an article on So You Want To Be a Banquet Manager... - Oct 2, 2009, 8:04 am
In this economy, restaurants are constantly searching for ways to get customers in the door...but this is some stupid shit! One NYC establishment has found a unique gimmick. They serve wine by the bo...
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Banquet Manager posted an article on So You Want To Be a Banquet Manager... - Sep 30, 2009, 6:55 am
It’s the end of my night. The banquet manager is going home. I turn off all the lights in each meeting room as I do my final walk through. Air conditioners off, check. Store rooms locked, check....
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Banquet Manager posted an article on So You Want To Be a Banquet Manager... - Sep 28, 2009, 6:00 am
A young man married a beautiful woman who had previously divorced 10 husbands. On their wedding night, she told her new husband to "Please be gentle; I'm still a virgin." "What ?" said the puzzle...
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Banquet Manager posted an article on So You Want To Be a Banquet Manager... - Sep 24, 2009, 4:44 am
How damm hard can it be to order a few dozen Danish and muffins everyday? Not too hard I guess. My one-eyed half-bald cat that shits himself twice a week can probably do it. But Noooooo, the kitche...
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Banquet Manager posted an article on So You Want To Be a Banquet Manager... - Sep 21, 2009, 7:34 am
... , whose minds are worth studying, according to the paper Strategies of Buenos Aires Waiters to Enhance Memory Capacity in a ... at the Institute of Cognitive Neurology and at Favaloro Universit...
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Banquet Manager posted an article on So You Want To Be a Banquet Manager... - Sep 17, 2009, 7:10 am
All the restaurant waiters hanging-out in the manager's office and cackling like worn-out chickens at the end of their shift. One bitching about the busser, one bitching about her low tips and ano...
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Banquet Manager posted an article on So You Want To Be a Banquet Manager... - Sep 14, 2009, 7:01 am
I don't care if your relative from the f'in south of France came over unexpectedly and you needed the day off, you can't just switch your shift with another waiter...especially without tel...
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Banquet Manager posted an article on So You Want To Be a Banquet Manager... - Sep 12, 2009, 7:40 am
Read all about it...So You Want To Be a Banquet Manager is now on Facebook... Only one problem...what the hell do I do with this thing? Is it a web site? Is it am email thing? Or just a place to e...
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Banquet Manager posted an article on So You Want To Be a Banquet Manager... - Sep 5, 2009, 7:48 am
Quite often, hotel guests stay away from the in-room coffee because it either tastes like crap, the machine is difficult to figure out or worse yet, it costs money. But now there could be another rea...
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Banquet Manager posted an article on So You Want To Be a Banquet Manager... - Sep 2, 2009, 6:00 am
1) Dumb bride thinks it's a good idea to offer a mini bottle of wine with her & her new husband's picture on it as a wedding favor to each guest 2) Even dumber sales chick tells the dumb brid...
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Banquet Manager posted an article on So You Want To Be a Banquet Manager... - Aug 31, 2009, 7:01 am
Guest Post #8 We finish off Guest Blogger Month with this from Hungry Hungry Hipster. She's not really a hipster... just an offbeat introvert with an appetite. Read her take on an untimely dea...
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Banquet Manager posted an article on So You Want To Be a Banquet Manager... - Aug 27, 2009, 7:55 am
Guest Blogger # 7 Today's post is from Purple Girl. Did you ever sing "Happy Divorce Day to You"? She did. Read about it here. My first restaurant job was at a family owned place in a small town...
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Banquet Manager posted an article on So You Want To Be a Banquet Manager... - Aug 25, 2009, 6:38 am
Guest Post #6 Ever wonder how & when they change those sheets in a hotel? Read this story from Muriell... As an au pair girl in 1977 for a french family that ran a hotel-restaurant, I was occasional...
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Banquet Manager posted an article on So You Want To Be a Banquet Manager... - Aug 23, 2009, 7:00 am
Guest Blogger Post #5 Written by Server Not Slave. Read his take on the restaurant industry. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ The restaurant industry is a family like no other. There isn't anot...
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Banquet Manager posted an article on So You Want To Be a Banquet Manager... - Aug 21, 2009, 7:01 am
A man and wife were celebrating their 50-year anniversary, so the man bought his wife a $250 see-through nightgown. Later that night she was getting ready for bed and realized the nightgown was still...
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Banquet Manager posted an article on So You Want To Be a Banquet Manager... - Aug 19, 2009, 5:00 am
Jennifer's wedding day was fast approaching. Nothing could dampen her excitement -- not even her parent's nasty divorce. Her mother had found the PERFECT dress to wear and would be the best-...
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Banquet Manager posted an article on So You Want To Be a Banquet Manager... - Aug 17, 2009, 7:10 am
Guest Post #4 Don't you hate it when a pushy guest thinks he should be served first? Just drives you nuts, right? Well, read a story from Waiter Extraordinaire about how he handled this situation...
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Banquet Manager posted an article on So You Want To Be a Banquet Manager... - Aug 13, 2009, 6:47 am

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