Category: waitressing

• “Tangents are great” said the justification blogger

  This past weekend I decided to say goodbye to my waitressing job.   Despite the anticipated feelings of liberation and joy I thought I’d experience (something akin to running naked through a field of daisies yelling, “I’m free, I’m free!”), I felt remarkably sad. In fact, I’m tempted to call them now and say, “Hey,…

  Jenny Currier Shand

  March 5, 2014

  blogging, food, holidays, television, waitressing, writing

  Blast, blogging, dessert, exercise, Lent, quitting, regret, relationships, The Bachelor, waitressing

• BLOG OF SUCK; alternatively, “The Incident Report”

  This blog would have been written sooner except my friend who was visiting this weekend informed me that I should make my blog better by, like, not sucking.   At least that was my interpretation. His exact words were intended to be constructive and more along the lines of: “You should write something that will…

  Jenny Currier Shand

  January 23, 2014

  blogging, humor, Life, waitressing

  blogging, falling, greek friends, slipping, waitressing

• Ten Confessions

  Ten Confessions   1) I keep hearing pitter-pattering above my head, and I’m hoping it’s squirrels on the roof and not a family of mice inside the ceiling (this is not a “confession” as much as a current event.)   2) I went to Barnes and Noble today with the intention of buying gifts for…

  Jenny Currier Shand

  December 13, 2013

  food, holidays, humor, lists, waitressing

  barnes and noble, books, chris august, christmas, dessert, horoscopes, ice cream, Rhode Island, Twitter, waitressing

• Adios, Ice Cream (and Bye, Bye Restaurant Guests)

  The first time I ate at the restaurant in which I now work—the only time, actually, prior to employment—was the day of the “Man Hunt” for the Boston bomber.   I remember this clearly because I had been shopping at the Providence Place Mall, having had my credit card declined at the Verizon store (twice,…

  Jenny Currier Shand

  December 2, 2013

  food, humor, waitressing, writing

  fire drill, ice cream, losing money, providence place mall, waitressing

• The Universe Has Spoken

  Universe: “So, Jenny. You think you figured out the system by being Miss Queen Positivity with your ‘sexy’ voice, eh? I’ve got a surprise for you.   “On your way to work, you will cough for no reason. Normally, you cough because you’re sick and your lungs filled with bubbling cauldrons of phlegm, but this…

  Jenny Currier Shand

  November 15, 2013

  humor, Uncategorized, waitressing

  balance, bragging is for dummies, Phoebe’s sexy voice, waitressing

• Compare and Despair

  I’m about to go to Barnes and Noble with the intention of buying ONE thing, which inevitably means I’ll be leaving six hours later with four bags of books and a lost sense of time, pride, and money, so I figured I’d write a blog before I do that.   Since I last wrote, I’ve…

  Jenny Currier Shand

  November 12, 2013

  humor, job search, waitressing, writing

  friends, losing your voice, obamacare, Phoebe’s sexy voice, waitressing

• Waitress Rant: Beware

  I just watched a rerun of Friends in which Dr. Green, Rachel’s dad, yells at a waiter for bringing him a ’74 bottle of wine instead of a ’75 (“Everyone knows that ’74 was a sewer year! Is that what you wanted—to bring me sewer water?”) and he follows it with this charming sentiment:  …

  Jenny Currier Shand

  September 26, 2013

  food, ranting, waitressing, work

  difficult jobs, how much to tip, ivy league unemployment, waitressing rant