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Thursday, April 22, 2021

Second City fires its night staff and looks to outsource

Chicago Tribune: When John Kramer first tended bar at The Second City in 1981, the co-founder Bernie Sahlins signed every check himself. And over a subsequent 40-year career pouring drafts and mixing specialty cocktails at least five nights a week, Kramer saw Stephen Colbert graduate from waiter to performer, Jon Favreau strive to be seen as something other than a night-side dishwasher and Jordan Peele standing behind the host stand, seating guests into the small hours of the morning

1 comment:

Owen Sahnow said...

Some of the 15 suggestions are pretty self-explanatory, but there were some things that were thought-provoking. Turning things digital is a good idea for all of the reasons listed and that’s the way that I do it. I will say that daily physical to-do lists are not the worst thing in the world. Writing down stuff for the day so you don’t forget is more efficient in my opinion. The second suggestion was making as many lists as possible which there is a limit, so I do take some issue with that. I liked the idea about adding a verb to the beginning of each task. It makes a lot of sense to make it a specific completion task even if it’s just the next step in the process, but at least you’ll be heading in the right direction. The suggestion of always including a deadline is fine, but I unfortunately won’t do things until they are really done so arbitrary early due dates don’t really work for me.