One of the most intimidating yet vital roles in the fine dining branch of foodservice is that of the host. The job description entails much more than taking reservations; in fact, remarkable hosts consistently and gracefully demonstrate incredible flexibility by...
By Patrick McNerthney I’m super good at getting caught up in what I call The Tidal Wave of Busyness at Work. And by “at Work,” I don’t mean “at my place of employment.” Or your place of employment, for that matter, particularly because we don’t work together and...
By Patrick McNerthney One of the worst jobs anyone could get anywhere– and this goes for private, public, and non-profit organizations–is that of (cue eerie music) Chief Marketing Officer (CMO). It’s so bad, in fact, you literally couldn’t pay me to do...
By Patrick McNerthney Sometimes there’s this thing that happens to writers where they end up writing for the wrong person because sometimes “being lazy” and “being self-involved” collide. I.e., we reclusive, grumpy, writer-types will receive a...
By Patrick McNerthney Back in the good ol’ days we couldn’t listen to the music we liked whenever we wanted. At least when it came to broadcast media. That’s right—we were subject to whatever the radio station or MTV decided to play next. No choice. Nowadays, in our...
