Friends Helping Friends Helping Friends: The Jess and Kait Podcast

This is PART TWO of last week’s discussion about the food service industry. We continue our conversation about empathy for servers and also discuss the pros and cons of the USA becoming a “no tipping” country (our Instagram followers were split on this one!). We end the episode with some hilarious stories of things that happened to us while we were at work (and the famous people we’ve served). Tune in to see how Kait got the nickname “Kaitlyn the Castle Crasher” and why an entire wedding started chanting “MOP GIRL! MOP GIRL!” at Jess. Small business shout-out: Claudie’s Chicken (Middletown, NJ) @claudieschicken

In this two part episode (we had a lot of things to say!), Kait and Jess discuss the results of our Instagram poll regarding the food service industry (e.g., should it be a work requirement for high school students?) as well as some of the skills and life lessons we both learned while working as waitresses and banquet servers. With a combined 20 years of experience in the industry, Kait and Jess were excited to relive some on-the-job experiences. Stay tuned for part 2 of this topic launching next week! Small business shout-out: Restoration Kitchen & Cocktails (Lindenhurst, NY)... “restoring faith in humanity one fresh cocktail at a time” ... @restorationlindy

In this episode we spoke with one of our absolute FAVORITE people - Kelsey Letourneau. Kelsey discusses her journey to becoming the Assistant Women’s Basketball coach at her alma mater, Gustavus Adolphus College. Kelsey provides advice for prospective coaches and shares her experiences adjusting to coaching during a pandemic. We conclude the episode with two new segments. In the first new “small business spotlight” segment, Kelsey highlights her favorite coffee shop (Mean Cup in Lancaster, PA). In the second new “ranting about rants” segment, Jess, Kait, and Kelsey rant about left turn lanes, engine revving, and improper merging. It is always a fun time when the trio gets back together. You don’t want to miss it!

In this episode we each answer the question, “what advice would you give your teenage self?” We also talk about how much social media has changed since our teenage years as well as our plans for future @friendshelpingpod segments! Thank you for listening :)

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