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Deven Bhagwandin is a former hospitality professional who lives in Houston. He has been a freelance writer since 2013 and enjoys sharing his expertise on all aspects of the hospitality industry. He is also a Polymath and enjoys writing about his journey and the skills he’s learned along the way.
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Before you even get involved with the cost of starting a business or worrying about how to start your own restaurant, search your soul. I'll ask you the question. Why do you want to own a restaurant? What's your reason for thinking you can survive in the faced paced world of the service industry?
Companies no longer need to stay within a certain geographic location when seeking out candidates. This avoids a myriad of traditional business expenses such as employee relocation costs, office space costs, and a host of other expenditures associated with keeping employees happy, comfortable, and productive within one location.
By Deven Bhagwandin, Freelance Hospitality Content Writer Danny Meyer recently announced that he would begin phasing tipping out of all thirteen of his restaurants in New York City. This has become a hot button issue that is increasingly front and center in the service industry. The Dilemma.
Working with health inspectors is an everyday reality of the hospitality industry. It's one of those things we do so often we start to take it for granted. You know, like your daily duties, food prep, or cleaning duty checklists. After going through them so many times, you know them by heart and start to...
Danny Meyer recently announced that he would begin phasing tipping out of all thirteen of his restaurants in New York City. This has become a hot button issue that is increasingly front and center in the service industry. The Dilemma. As an owner or manager, you are faced constantly by the challenge the constant resentment between...
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I've always been fascinated by snow. I loved it when I was a little kid, but I hated the cold. I still love and hate snow now. I don't know why. Maybe it's because with snow comes silence. The two go hand in hand. I love silence.
The wind was talking to me. It was talking to me. To get my attention? To educate me? To warn me? I don't know, But the wind was talking to me. Whispers. The way of the wind. Interjecting. Convincing. Convincing you of it's way. Pushing you into it's path; Forcing you into it's path.
Luckily, thirty days became eighteen. Eighteen fucking days rotting In a room with forty others. Rancid, malnourished, on edge, Constantly protecting myself and my things From human roaches. Only allowed to shower two times a week, Metal and concrete everywhere And not a round edge in site.
You once told me you need to be held While the thunder rolls. I once caught you telling another that, While you said you loved me. I gave you too much of myself. Maybe the thunder was trying to warn me. The rain still hasn't washed the blue of your eyes From my memory.
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