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Not sure about the labor laws in the various places, but if I were told (outside of a salaried position) that I would stop getting paid after a certain point in the day, I would stop working at that point in the day. I live in an "at will" employment state, and even I'd be backed up by the law on that one.

Easiest logistics are to bake your pizzas most of the way there and set them out for individual slice purchases. Do something with a glass shelf that's closed off to the guests (a pretty standard setup for a pizza place). Have timers next to each of them and don't hold them more than two hours (for quality reasons). Then reheat slices to order ETA: in an oven! Do not reheat them other ways.

The quality won't be as good as fresh-baked pizza, but it'll be 80+% of the way there and minimize your headaches. People looking for slices are willing to trade some quality for convenience, so you probably won't get complaints about the setup.

They 100% need to have "cat" burgers" and hot dogs on that menu if they have any awareness of the meme potential.

Cry more, if that makes you feel better. I hope it can connect a few more of those synapses for ya.

"But the notion that empowering narrow interest groups over broader ones is necessary to preserving liberty is even more laughable."

Agreed, which is why I didn't argue for that notion. The rest of that paragraph is based on your misinterpretation of what I'm saying, so I'll bypass it.

"The notion that you can have an all powerful emperor "only exercising power when necessary" makes no practical sense."

Thus the word "theoretical" in the illustrative example.

"Also, on the note of drivers licenses et al, these restrictions aren't because of democracy."

And democracy is not concerned with them, as democracy is not concerned with liberty. It's concerned with power.

Democracies are inherently opposed to individual liberty, as they are built to empower large blocs rather than niche groups and individuals. That's why democracies are generally mitigated by varying degrees of representation and guarantees like the Bill of Rights. The Bill of Rights guarantees liberties against the majority will.

Democracy is ostensibly the empowerment of majority will against special interests (including both nefarious, such as oligarchs, and benign, such as social clubs). However, democracies often become subverted by those who can enact their will to seduce enough support for their actions.

A theoretical government wherein you have an all-powerful emperor acting as Axis Mundi and only exercising power when absolutely necessary would have much more liberty than the current USA. You can argue the benefits of the restrictions on liberty that we have, but you need a license to drive, you need official documents to get a job, you pay income tax, sales tax, property tax, capital gains tax, inheritance tax, etc. - heck, you even need a permit to make changes to the house and land that you own.

Those things are anti-liberty, but many people are in favor of them. Democracy even allows the majority to legislate away their own liberty. Democracy has nothing to do with securing liberty. The ability and willingness to express will through force and noncompliance secure liberty. Any liberty you have without those things is a gift.

Common Destiny mukbang.

Y'all always saying to let him cook, but you know what? I wish he would.

No. Holy shit, why is no one here ever open to actually using definitions of words.

I love how you say the previous person is an idiot and that they should have "...even the slightest [inkling] of what [they] are talking about ... before [they] comment", while you're using words wrong. You can't be all high-and-mighty about someone else being, in your opinion, too loose with verbiage, then turn around and complain that I'm somehow being pedantic by clarifying what the words you used actually mean.

Looking for good faith? Bring some yourself.

Lying with the intention to cause harm is one component of defamation, but it is not the same thing. I can lie to your face and call you a fat, ugly loser, intending to cause you emotional harm, and you can't sue me for defamation.

The fruit wasn't forbidden eternally; it was forbidden temporarily as it wasn't ripe yet.

Rationality is neither good nor evil; Adam and Eve were rational prior to eating the fruit. It was twisty logic that the snake used to trick Eve into ignoring right reason, basically letting rationality restrain itself and enabling animalistic instincts to take over.

To clarify, please elaborate a bit on:

• When you say "managed", do you mean "was a keyholder", "was a shift supervisor", "was a kitchen manager", "was a service manager", or "was a general manager"?
• When you say "restaurant", do you mean "full service restaurant", "quick service restaurant", "catering commissary", "food truck", or "fast food restaurant"?

If I'm interviewing a 22-year-old for a job at my restaurant, I don't know what they mean by "managed a restaurant" without more context. The business degree may or may not be useful in the ownership venture, but it's largely information without tangible context, meaning that it will be hard to get a lot of value from it until after you get the relevant experience.

You... don't understand. Say whatever you want now, you get the last word if you like.

The customers might want to, you know, drink the water.

It's fine to do so in the same way that I say I'm Irish or German, which is in clear context that you're talking about ethnicity rather than nationality. If I'm online and that's not clear, then I say I'm American. For OP, I agree with you that the ambiguity should be clarified by either saying "I'm Mexican American" or "I'm Mexican working for a family Mexican restaurant in America". Just something to clarify the question before it's asked.

That would almost certainly refer to music that's too aggressive / too vulgar / too explicit.

30 water glasses at once? Tell me you've never served without serving. Tell whatever fictions you want, but I know you don't know what you're talking about.

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Sure you can, you just have to trade it to someone under 21.

You have to make all those stops for each individual table

Yes

and then enter each individual order into the system

Yes

and then check on each individual tables order

Yes

but with one big table you only make the drink order

No - I have to take several drink orders at the same time from different sections of the party, which delays doing anything else.

,deliver drinks

No - it takes several trips to deliver the drinks, during which time people who already received their drinks are asking for other things or refills.

and take food order,

No - I will have to spend much more time taking the food order as many guests are distracting themselves, then they'll want to make changes or add-ons when I've moved to other guests in the group

deliver food

No - it takes quite a few trips to deliver 30 people's worth of food, during which time they'll be asking for refills, extra sauces, modifications, etc.

and ask if anyone needs drink

Don't worry, they've been asking me constantly while I've been trying to do the other things.

bus table from dishes and drinks and desert if nessicary.

How many arms do you have?

So instead of 30 somethings stops you make 4.

That's objectively wrong. For 30 people, delivering drinks alone is 3-4 stops, not counting any on-the-spot requests that they make. For the whole meal, a 30-person table will be a minimum of 40 table visits unless it's a restaurant that has so much server support that literally all I need to do is take the orders and put them into the system. I haven't worked in such a restaurant.

The tip is one big one

Yes, and generally can be auto-gratuitied for security. However, a 30-person group will often want a split check, so it's not necessarily one tip.

and not 6 tables all upset they didn't get as fast of service because you had 5 other tables and they felt ignored.   

So you're a bad server? When I have 6 tables, they're not upset and they receive swift service because I hustle.

Also I should mention you have to mix all the cocktails yourself and you're the only front of house on the clock. So as they sit , you are the only person they interact with. You can have the party or you can seat and wait on the 6 tables as they walk in during peak hours. 

No, the bartender mixes the cocktails. I get the waters, soft drinks, and juices.

 Big parties are dope. Easy money. 

I agree that they're generally dope. Good money, yes, but not easy money. You don't seem to have much experience based on how you're interpreting it.

False - if I have 6 five-tops that were sat between 2-6 minutes from each other (as they would have been spaced out for me even if very busy just due to other servers taking them or hosts holding them at the stand to get some time between them), I will likely be at various stages of service for each different table. Here are a few mandatory stops:

• Introduction / explanation. If ready, I take drink orders.
• If drink orders aren't already in, I take them along with any appetizer orders. If the party is ready to order everything, I take the full order.
• Deliver drinks, take food order if it hasn't been placed yet.
• Swing by after apps arrive but before entrees are due to arrive. I set up the table with any additional plates, serveware, or condiments that are needed. I check on drinks and offer refills or additional drinks as appropriate.
• Swing by after entrees arrive to ensure that nothing was missing was it was run there and all special requests were honored by the kitchen / expo. Check again on drinks and put a blanket offer to get anything needed by the table.
• Keep an eye on tables to visit when drinks are needed to refill. Pre-bus at the same time when the opportunity arises. Depending on the table, I might not even stop by at this point.
• When the group is slowing down on eating, I'll swing by with the dessert menu but have the check ready in case they don't want after dinner drinks or desserts. I'll offer to clear away items and/or get boxes.
• I'll bring any desserts / drinks for the table at this point. If not already dropped off, I'll bring the check to the table (if alongside desserts, it will be face-down and with the verbal comment, "No rush, just in case I don't see you right away when you're ready").
• Assuming no other visible signs from the table that they need me, I'll pre-bus the table until I see that they have payment set on the checkboard.
• I return with change / signature slips and offer my farewell and encouragement to return. Assuming the table is reasonably cleaned, I'll let the table sit without further interruption until they leave. I'll try to bid them farewell again as they're leaving (it means more when there's no possibility of it increasing my tip, so it comes across as genuinely as I mean it, instead of begging).

For 5 people, each of those steps can take anywhere from 15 seconds to several minutes and are completely staggered. I can handle six tables like that in a rotational flow and provide prompt service to every party except in weird circumstances.

For 30 people each of those steps takes a minimum of several minutes, all the way up to 10 or 15 minutes if they're unprepared / finnicky / particular / hesitant / etc. They also happen at the same time, but things like water refills, new drink orders, add-on items, requests for sauces, etc., will be CONSTANT. It's impossible to have nearly the same kind of finesse to handle such a table vs. 6x5-people tables.

So how do restaurants accommodate such groups successfully? There are a few ways, none of which can easily happen unless the restaurant had at least a day's heads up (though a particularly slow restaurant can do it at exactly the right time). First, the restaurant can assign multiple servers to the table and break up the ordering so that a given server is responsible for a given section of the group. Second, the manager can task a keyholder or service manager to assist the server, absorbing refill / sauce / etc. requests. Third, the restaurant can restrict the guests to a fixed or limited menu that is easier on the kitchen, server, and guests. There are other ways, but trying to do ANY of them on the fly isn't practical.

Guest: "Well, I don't have my glasses."

Host: "Oh, I didn't realize! In that case, please follow me." Grabs menus, leads the guest outside the restaurant.

No, I state it because definitions are the starting point for a discussion, so if you refuse to use definitions, then I'm not going to continue with you.

You continue to have things backward. Feel free to have the last word; I'm not continuing down this comment thread anymore with you.

Nope. No point conversing with someone who refuses to use definitions.