Ever wonder what it's like to work on a cruise line? Our topic of discussion really sets sail into uncharted waters as we learn about this wild and challenging version of the service industry! Our guest, and salty sea dog Dunbar Dicks spent months on end aboard these floating prisons and ooooo baby he has some stories. 

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Today in a follow up episode, we lay out exactly why and how the service industry has never been an equitable career for people of color and women. And on the flip side we talk about bias toward customers we all have felt or dealt with. True story! The good news? It can change and it is changing so today, let’s start that conversation!

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Today we discuss the open secret of restaurant culture: Discrimination. 

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Since Sunday is the fifty-first anniversary of the Stonewall Riots that occurred on June 28, 1969, we wanted to celebrate and honor the gay bar that launched civil rights for the LGBTQ community and lead to fifty years of Pride parades world wide. Happy Pride!

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We explore the troubling history of the tipping “economy” in America with Confessions of a Server creator, Qualin Harris. What evolves during the service industry history lesson is racial blind spots on our part and how we all need to educate ourselves above all when it comes to the history of inequality black people live with daily. From there we can demand a brighter future for the service industry which we all agree can improve too. As always, we’re serving up hot headlines and your Server Submitted Stories!

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Waiting tables. It's not for everybody and that's because some people literally cannot handle the job. Today our guest Dave Holmes outs himself as a terrible waiter much to Brooke and Andrea's delight. But before we dive into the world of folks who can't hack it in the service industry, we have some fresh headlines, a lil' Rat Chat for ya and of course your Server Submitted Stories! 

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Hello! Our Regularly scheduled episode rolls out on Last Podcast Network early next week and then we will return to our regular schedule of posting on Fridays! Until Then, you can catch Brooke and Andrea talking all things service industry on LPN's hilarious podcast The Brighter Side right now! Enjoy past guests Ed Larson and Amber Nelson hosting three rounds of their quickfire game Hoopagoogoo with your Side Work gals.

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Hello! Our regularly scheduled episode rolls out on Last Podcast Network early next week and then we will return to our regular schedule of posting on Fridays! Until then, you can catch Brooke and Andrea talking all things service industry on LPN's hilarious podcast The Brighter Side right now! Enjoy past guests Ed Larson and Amber Nelson hosting three rounds of their quickfire game Hoopagoogoo with your Side Work gals.

On today's episode, the gods of dumb service industry headlines smiled upon us and really dished it up. Then our topic of the day is all about the term “Karen” and what it’s meant in the service industry for years, while morphing into the mainstream as a term for white women who shirk off Covid-19 safety precautions and equate masks to slavery. Really, Karen? Our guest is the hilarious Naomi Ekperigin who weighs in on this irksome creature.

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It's time to lighten this pandemic funk we've been feeling and return to some business as usual. After tackling some tasty headlines and diving back into tales from the "Unnamed Chicago 4 AM Bar", we explore the topic of Drag Brunch! Joining us is former server, comedian, and current Queen, H. Alan Scott, AKA Sadie Pines to discuss the evolution of having your eggs with a side of wig wearing and gallons of booze!

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