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Sometimes you're working with maladjusted people. Eighty percent of the American dining public is nice. But you've got 20% of patrons who are just crazy! Entitled, demanding people, who are not reasonable. They walk in on Saturday night with no reservation and say, "I want the best table; give it to me now!" They send food back for no reason. And they're bad tippers. They can make your life miserable. In addition, there can be awful co-workers. And owners and managers can be the worst. I've dealt with owners who are just not kosher with...
...dead night. No one likes lunches. Lunches tend to be lower check and higher pressure. And no waiters like to serve brunch. That's the punishment detail. Waiters usually know what the good shifts are and have them staked out. It was so hard to get a Saturday night in my old place. I remember a waiter saying, "How am I ever going to get a Saturday night?" I said, Someone is going to have to die. Eventually, one of the other waiters passed away...
...Saturday night's dinner amidst the gardens of the Jianfu Palace, tucked away in the Northwest corner of the Forbidden City, brought together the power brokers who had forged the ties that today bind China and the United States. Blue bloods and red bloods, you might say, gathered for a valedictory celebration of their achievements: Hosted by Hong Kong real estate developer Ronnie Chan, the purpose was to put a punctuation mark at the end of an era - an exclamation point, not a period...
...foreign press story put it last year, are the "it" couple among China's new entrepreneurs. Husband and wife, both in their mid forties, they run SOHO China, the largest private property developers in Beijing, and a company known for its sleek, stylish properties. On Saturday night, at a resort development at the Wall known as "the Commune,'' Pan and Zhang, his elegant CEO/spouse, hosted 1,000 of their closest friends. Robin Li, the young CEO of Baidu, China's Google, was there. So, too, was Chao Yang, one of the smartest young bankers in Beijing, and his wife...
...becomes clearer on Saturday, when I end up at a yacht club party of professionals in their late twenties, mostly expats working in finance. After I get to the party, a group of us end up talking about languages...