Hello One and all,
My name is Michael Brown, and I am currently working as a restaurant manager in Sugar Land, Tx. I had the inspiration to start a blog documenting my experience as a restaurant manager, because I truly feel like I live a life that very few other people get to live, and I find myself to be pretty damn interesting. Within this blog, I will tell you about my interactions with guests, my employees, and what my days off consist of. I will not talk negatively about my company, nor any guests that I have. Also, I will never use names of anyone, that way we keep everything anonymous. :) Anyway, with no further delay, HERE WE GO! Side note.... this website was first built to promote an event I did in College called rockin for tatas... scroll down the rest of the web page till find out more about the incredible event that we had... shout out to everyone who made that event a HUGE SUCCESS!!!
Weekend: Let me summarize this past weekend in a couple of words...... OH MY GOSH MY FEET HURT!!!! I had the opportunity to close Friday and Sunday,. and worked 12-10 on Saturday. Now for those of you that have never worked in the restaurant business, you have no clue what a 12-10 shift can do to you mentally and physically. Now, I have no problem when a guest has an issue with something, because that is I do. I do problem solving. No matter what the circumstance.... If a pizza is too burnt, I fix the issue what whatever needs to be done.... or if we run out of apple juice... well in that case.... call me captain apple juice... because I will find a way to make sure we have what we need in a timely manner. Now on Friday, lets call this person .... GUEST 1 .... he came in and was really upset because we forgot to put his order in.... and he came in directly asked for a manager... I went over and I deeply apologized for the situation... but he was furious.... and all I did was ask him, " what can I do to make you happy?" and he said you can do" this,l this, and this." so I did all three of those things, and sure enough he said, " earl, I am very sorry for how I acted. Totally my fault and I truly appreciate how you handled it. " I'm thinking to myself, all I did was ask this guy what can I do to make you happy?? And that got me thinking... if we all applied this to our daily lives... I think the world would be so much better of a place. If every single person just asked one another, what can I do to make you happy?
Now, as I am writing this, I cannot feel the bottom of my feet, my head hurts, im exhausted, im hungry, thirsty, I missed seeing my mom on mother's day, missed watching playoff basketball,. and I could continue with all of the things that are upsetting me.... but on a brighter note, I am still standing, well technically sitting, but you know what I am trying to say. In today's day and age, we get hung up so much on what we don't have or what is bothering us... that we forget to be thankful for all of the things that we have and what we have in our lives that make us really happy. So for everyday I write in this blog, I will list 3 things I am thankful for:
1. My family... I have one of the greatest families in the world and I am so happy to have them around. I love you much dad mom marty moe and Jessica :)
2. My guests.... yes, the good ones and the not so good ones. Even with the not so good ones, I learn something different from every person that walks in and for that... I am thankful.
3. My close friends in life. They mean the world to me, and I wouldn't be the man I am today if it were not for them.
I want to give a special shout out to my buddies JD and Eddie. They graduated this weekend , and I am so proud of them for it.
Please write me on the bottom of this page with any questions or comments that you have. That's it for tonight , time to close up the store. Till next time.... " You stay classy San Diego..... and Sugar Land, Tx.
My name is Michael Brown, and I am currently working as a restaurant manager in Sugar Land, Tx. I had the inspiration to start a blog documenting my experience as a restaurant manager, because I truly feel like I live a life that very few other people get to live, and I find myself to be pretty damn interesting. Within this blog, I will tell you about my interactions with guests, my employees, and what my days off consist of. I will not talk negatively about my company, nor any guests that I have. Also, I will never use names of anyone, that way we keep everything anonymous. :) Anyway, with no further delay, HERE WE GO! Side note.... this website was first built to promote an event I did in College called rockin for tatas... scroll down the rest of the web page till find out more about the incredible event that we had... shout out to everyone who made that event a HUGE SUCCESS!!!
Weekend: Let me summarize this past weekend in a couple of words...... OH MY GOSH MY FEET HURT!!!! I had the opportunity to close Friday and Sunday,. and worked 12-10 on Saturday. Now for those of you that have never worked in the restaurant business, you have no clue what a 12-10 shift can do to you mentally and physically. Now, I have no problem when a guest has an issue with something, because that is I do. I do problem solving. No matter what the circumstance.... If a pizza is too burnt, I fix the issue what whatever needs to be done.... or if we run out of apple juice... well in that case.... call me captain apple juice... because I will find a way to make sure we have what we need in a timely manner. Now on Friday, lets call this person .... GUEST 1 .... he came in and was really upset because we forgot to put his order in.... and he came in directly asked for a manager... I went over and I deeply apologized for the situation... but he was furious.... and all I did was ask him, " what can I do to make you happy?" and he said you can do" this,l this, and this." so I did all three of those things, and sure enough he said, " earl, I am very sorry for how I acted. Totally my fault and I truly appreciate how you handled it. " I'm thinking to myself, all I did was ask this guy what can I do to make you happy?? And that got me thinking... if we all applied this to our daily lives... I think the world would be so much better of a place. If every single person just asked one another, what can I do to make you happy?
Now, as I am writing this, I cannot feel the bottom of my feet, my head hurts, im exhausted, im hungry, thirsty, I missed seeing my mom on mother's day, missed watching playoff basketball,. and I could continue with all of the things that are upsetting me.... but on a brighter note, I am still standing, well technically sitting, but you know what I am trying to say. In today's day and age, we get hung up so much on what we don't have or what is bothering us... that we forget to be thankful for all of the things that we have and what we have in our lives that make us really happy. So for everyday I write in this blog, I will list 3 things I am thankful for:
1. My family... I have one of the greatest families in the world and I am so happy to have them around. I love you much dad mom marty moe and Jessica :)
2. My guests.... yes, the good ones and the not so good ones. Even with the not so good ones, I learn something different from every person that walks in and for that... I am thankful.
3. My close friends in life. They mean the world to me, and I wouldn't be the man I am today if it were not for them.
I want to give a special shout out to my buddies JD and Eddie. They graduated this weekend , and I am so proud of them for it.
Please write me on the bottom of this page with any questions or comments that you have. That's it for tonight , time to close up the store. Till next time.... " You stay classy San Diego..... and Sugar Land, Tx.
Day 4: We had a great night through online donations and are about $350 away from $5000. Please come out and visit us today outside of cougar village dorm on the u of houston campus. Any loose change you can donate would be such a great help!!!!!!!!! Thank you so much for all of the love and support!!! Lets finish this ! #findacure #5000
UPDATE UPDATE UPDATE!!! ----------------- LOOKING GREAT!!!!! STAY TUNED!!!
10:43 pm: we will make the official count at midnight... stay tuned.
UPDATE UPDATE UPDATE!!! ----------------- LOOKING GREAT!!!!! STAY TUNED!!!
10:43 pm: we will make the official count at midnight... stay tuned.
DAY 3 :
TODAY WAS REALLY SLOW, AND WE DID NOT MAKE A HUGE AMOUNT OF MONEY!! I AM GOING TO BE ONLINE FOR THE REST OF THE NIGHT, UNTIL 1 AM, TRYING TO FIND DONATIONS TO HELP US GET CLOSER TO $5000!!!! #findacure
DAY 1 OF ROCKIN:
AND WE ARE OFF AND ROCKIN !!!!!!!!!!!!! #7:`15 A..M.
DAY 2 BELOW:
$2000 IN ONLINE DONATIONS !!!!!! WOW WOW WOW!!!!!!!
2:30 P.M. THURSDAY: SEE OUR T-SHIRT DESIGN ABOVE- HOW COOL ARE THOSE?! YOU CAN OWN ONE FOR ONLY $20. ALL OF THE PROCEEDS, OF COURSE, WILL GO DIRECTLY TOWARD SHARSHERET AND THIER QUEST TO FIND A CURE FOR BREAST CANCER
Day 1: Hello, Mike Brown here . Today is the first day that I will update the blog for this event. I am so excited that, today, i figured out how to make a website!!! Anyone who knows me knows that i am very " smart" when it comes to doing technological things. I have decided to update this blog for every day until the actual event begins, and then, I will have to update it through one of my brothers. At the bottom of this page, you will find a link to donate through PAYPAL. It is really easy to donate through paypal, and we are very excited to add this great feature for this great event. I have a meeting tomorrow with Clement, a good friend of mine who is very involved with campus, just like I am. I am hoping to discuss with him ways to get the word out about this event on an even bigger scale. I will update tomorrow on how the event is coming. :) Please share the word, and LETS FIND A CURE!!!
- Mike Brown
END OF DAY 1 BLOG! #FINDACURE
Congratulations on the good work you are doing. Bringing breast cancer to the forefront and finding a cure is so important.
We are unable to provide a survivor as we do not work directly with individuals rather we fund clinics who provide mammograms and breast diagnostic services to uninsured and underinsured women and men.
We wish you much success and thank you again for the awareness and good work you are doing on behalf of breast cancer.
Dee Dee Program Director
Breast Cancer Survivors Foundation
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Day 2: We received this e-mail, SEE ABOVE, this morning from a group I reached out late last night. :) The meeting with Clement got pushed back until tonight, however, we recieved a great lead from a good friend of mine, Sara Berner. She has a contact with 104 krbe, and it seems like they may be interested in doing an interview on the air about this event. Hopefully they will follow up with us and we can work something out.
Also, we got our first donation via an online donation by Harrison Shecter. Thanks so much brother, I really really appreciate it. :)
I will update you guys later, thanks so much ! #FINDACURE
5:41 p.m.: BREAKING NEWS! BREAKING NEWS !! BREAKING NEWS !!!
We have received a VERY generous donation from Linda Fox of $500!!!!! Wow, wow, wow !!! Your generosity towards this cause is beautiful and an inspiration to others.
Also, I received from a survivor today a $25 donation and her email brought a few tears to my eyes. Please give this a read:
You've just received a new submission to your Contact Form.
Submitted Information:Name
Stephanie Wisdom
Email
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Comment
As a RECENT survivor (was diagnosed the day before T-giving 2012), I'd love to donate everything I've got to the cause. However, it's before payday, and I donated what I got. :) Plus, I got the bill from my plastic surgeon and i got charged for FOUR new boobs. Seriously. I promise, I only left with 2.
Here's to all the women that are still fighting (and for those of us that are now fighting insurance)!!
Stephanie
(38--survivor)
BEAUTIFUL!!!!
DAY 3 : my best friend is getting married tomorrow, and we had his rehearsal dinner tonight. I am so happy for them :). I love them both, and could not be happier for them. :) We received a 50 dollar donation from Mr. Louis and Renee Brown, my mom and dad. Their donation means the world to me, and we are now up to $580. My best friend's wedding is tomorrow, so I hope i can update the website in the morning. Night guys. #FINDACURE
Day 4 on the blog: Yesterday was my best friend's wedding, where I was the best man. It was such a good time, and it was an honor to be such an important part of the whole weekend. We have a huge week planned for this event. We have a meeting with ZTA tomorrow to discuss there part in our event. Then, tomorrow night , we have Samira, Heather, and Sophia coming over to help paint the chair!!! I know it will look amazing, and we will post pictures Tuesday morning.
I ask you guys to please keep promoting, day and night . There is a donate button at the bottom of this page , and it would mean the world to me if you guys would keep educating people on what we are doing here and why they should donate to our cause. God Bless you guys and LETS #FINDACURE
I ask you guys to please keep promoting, day and night . There is a donate button at the bottom of this page , and it would mean the world to me if you guys would keep educating people on what we are doing here and why they should donate to our cause. God Bless you guys and LETS #FINDACURE
DAY 5, 11:00 A.M.: WE HAVE A HUGE DAY TODAY!!! We have a meeting set up with representatives of Zeta Tau Alpha at McCalisters Deli. We are very excited about this meeting!!!
Also, later tonight , it is finally time to paint the chair !!!! We have three great girls : Heather, Samira, and Sophia. All three are coming over and have offered to make this the best looking chair in the world!!! Please remember that any donations that are made are going straight to our philanthropy, and will help tremendously!!! #FINDACURE
Update: 6:51 p.m. What a day. Our meeting went really well with ZTA, and we will hopefully be partnering with them to put on this incredible event :) My heart goes out to everyone in Boston and I pray for the safety of all those involved and their families. Tomorrow we have a meeting my friend Clement, and hopefully he can advise us on how to take our event to the next level.
God bless you guys and stay safe! #FINDACURE
Also, later tonight , it is finally time to paint the chair !!!! We have three great girls : Heather, Samira, and Sophia. All three are coming over and have offered to make this the best looking chair in the world!!! Please remember that any donations that are made are going straight to our philanthropy, and will help tremendously!!! #FINDACURE
Update: 6:51 p.m. What a day. Our meeting went really well with ZTA, and we will hopefully be partnering with them to put on this incredible event :) My heart goes out to everyone in Boston and I pray for the safety of all those involved and their families. Tomorrow we have a meeting my friend Clement, and hopefully he can advise us on how to take our event to the next level.
God bless you guys and stay safe! #FINDACURE
Day 6 : - It has been a whirlwind so far today!!! Myself, Heather Dale, and Samira spent two hours painting the chair last night, and it looks incredible. Like, I woke up this morning, saw it, and was still taken back at how awesome it looks. :) Here in about an hour and 15 minutes, I will finally have my meeting with Clement and we will discuss what else we can do to improve the quality of this event.
- Hopefully, at some point today, we can get the t shirt for the event planned and ordered through a great alumni of the University of Houston.
- Also, we are on the official calendar for the Sharsheret Web Page. It was pretty cool, not going to lie, to see the event that I planned on thier webpage. It is pretty awesome. :)
- Tomorrow, at 3:15 p.m., we will be shooting the video with a UH football player. He is such a great guy, and we are very excited to see what the video will look like.
- This is all we have for now, WE SHALL TALK TO YOU LATER!!!!! #PRAYFORBOSTON #FINDACURE
-LIVE AT MCCALISTERS DELI WITH CLEMENT AND MAGGIE!!!!!!!
- Hopefully, at some point today, we can get the t shirt for the event planned and ordered through a great alumni of the University of Houston.
- Also, we are on the official calendar for the Sharsheret Web Page. It was pretty cool, not going to lie, to see the event that I planned on thier webpage. It is pretty awesome. :)
- Tomorrow, at 3:15 p.m., we will be shooting the video with a UH football player. He is such a great guy, and we are very excited to see what the video will look like.
- This is all we have for now, WE SHALL TALK TO YOU LATER!!!!! #PRAYFORBOSTON #FINDACURE
-LIVE AT MCCALISTERS DELI WITH CLEMENT AND MAGGIE!!!!!!!
Day 7: I cannot believe it has already been a full week of blogging for this event... it has been such a whirlwind. I am so honored and truly blessed that I have so many amazing people in my life to support me and what I want to accomplish in life. I first have to give two shout outs, to Linda Fox and my boy Ameen.
Ameen: We had so much fun filming with you yesterday. You are so funny, and such a great guy. Thanks for all of your support up until now.
Linda: Wow.wo.wow.wow.wow. You have been so amazing and wonderful and sweet and AWESOME. Thank you so much for everything up until this point, and you have truly been an integral part of this entire process.
We are working on our promotional video for this event, and it will be AMAZING!!!! T-shirts are also being ordered, please stay tuned for more details!!!!!!!
2:36 PM THURSDAY- THE T SHIRTS HAVE BEEN ORDERED AND THE DESIGNS ARE LOCATED AT THE TOP OF THE PAGE, AND THEY LOOK AMAZING !!!!!! ONLY $20!!!!
Ameen: We had so much fun filming with you yesterday. You are so funny, and such a great guy. Thanks for all of your support up until now.
Linda: Wow.wo.wow.wow.wow. You have been so amazing and wonderful and sweet and AWESOME. Thank you so much for everything up until this point, and you have truly been an integral part of this entire process.
We are working on our promotional video for this event, and it will be AMAZING!!!! T-shirts are also being ordered, please stay tuned for more details!!!!!!!
2:36 PM THURSDAY- THE T SHIRTS HAVE BEEN ORDERED AND THE DESIGNS ARE LOCATED AT THE TOP OF THE PAGE, AND THEY LOOK AMAZING !!!!!! ONLY $20!!!!
DAY 8: WHAT A DAY!!!!!! We finished the promotional video, and it is insanely cool!!! Here is the link to the video : http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3vLRkPLIfn8 . Its about 9 minutes long, but it really is a hoot !!!!! We ordered 65 shirts, and we already have 6 sold!!!! So get them while they last!!!!
I will be on a local radio station next sunday promoting the event, which will be awesome!!! 104 KRBE!!!
Please keep promoting and telling everyone you know about this, we are already over 1/5 of the way to $1500, we are only a few big donations away from being that much closer !!!!
GOD BLESS YOU GUYS AND LETS #FINDACURE
I will be on a local radio station next sunday promoting the event, which will be awesome!!! 104 KRBE!!!
Please keep promoting and telling everyone you know about this, we are already over 1/5 of the way to $1500, we are only a few big donations away from being that much closer !!!!
GOD BLESS YOU GUYS AND LETS #FINDACURE
Day 9 of blogging: HOLY COW!!!! We are only 8 days away from the beginning of the rocking !! Where has the time gone?! In our pay pal account, we are up to..... DRUM ROLLLLL PLEASE........ $1650.00!!!!!!!!!!!!!! SO AMAZING , PLEASE KEEP PROMOTING OUR VIDEO AS WELL!!!!! YOU CAN FIND THE VIDEO ON YOUTUBE BY SEARCHING: rockinfortatas
I will update later, thanks guys! #FINDACURE
9:13 p.m. - sitting in AEPI meeting, and the brothers are very excited for the event next week!!! We have raised nearly $1700, which is awesome. I will update y'all tomorrow on everything that we have planned !! #proudtobeapi #AEPI #FINDACURE
I will update later, thanks guys! #FINDACURE
9:13 p.m. - sitting in AEPI meeting, and the brothers are very excited for the event next week!!! We have raised nearly $1700, which is awesome. I will update y'all tomorrow on everything that we have planned !! #proudtobeapi #AEPI #FINDACURE
Day 10: We had such a great day today!!!!! I was interviewed on 104 KRBE, which was awesome, and was so much fun!!
Linda made another great donation, which was so sweet and nice of her.
We sold 4 more t shirts, they sure are selling fast!! Linda also dropped off the bracelets she made, and they are so pretty!!!!
What a long day, I am exhausted!!!!! Good night all !!! #FINDACURE
Linda made another great donation, which was so sweet and nice of her.
We sold 4 more t shirts, they sure are selling fast!! Linda also dropped off the bracelets she made, and they are so pretty!!!!
What a long day, I am exhausted!!!!! Good night all !!! #FINDACURE
Day 11: Sitting here with my co ra's : michelle, sarah, and Eugenia !!!!!!! They saw all of the websites and were like WOAHHH!!!!! SO COOL !!! wE ARE OVER $2100 IN DONATIONS, HOW AMAZING !!! ALMOST HALFWAY THERE!!!!!!!! LETS KEEP GOING !!!!!!! #FINDACURE
Day 12: its nfl draft time... what a great time of the year!!! We have a Cougar, DJ Hayden, that will hopefully be a round 1 pick which would be so cool!!!
TATAS UPDATE: A good buddy of mine, Zeke Riser, is going to be helping with the event next week and he made a very generous donation as well. I am so blessed in my life to know so many amazing people.
Please keep spreading the word and we are almost half way to $5000, what an amazing feeling :)
#findacure
TATAS UPDATE: A good buddy of mine, Zeke Riser, is going to be helping with the event next week and he made a very generous donation as well. I am so blessed in my life to know so many amazing people.
Please keep spreading the word and we are almost half way to $5000, what an amazing feeling :)
#findacure
Day 13: THE T-SHIRTS ARE IN!!!!! THEY LOOK AWESOME, AND WE ARE SO EXCITED TO GET THEM OUT TO OUR BUYERS AND HAVE THEM BEING WORN AROUND CAMPUS AND THE CITY OF HOUSTON!!!! WE ONLY HAVE 45 LEFT IN SIZES S, M, L, AND XL. PLEASE CALL ME AT 713 553 6248 IF YOU WOULD LIKE A SHIRT. WE ARE UP TO $2500 IN DONATIONS, WHICH MEANS WE ARE HALFWAY THERE !!!!!!! HOW COOL!!!!
Day 14: WHAT A DAY!!!! We now have donations in from UH athletics, and firehouse subs!! How awesome. :) we start rockin in under 72 hours, and we are so excited!!
Congratulations to U OF MISSOURI AEPI on their amazing rock a thon and raising $100000 plus, how incredible.
If you have any questions, or need anything at all, please call me 713 553 6248, day or night .
#FINDACURE
Congratulations to U OF MISSOURI AEPI on their amazing rock a thon and raising $100000 plus, how incredible.
If you have any questions, or need anything at all, please call me 713 553 6248, day or night .
#FINDACURE
Day 15: we are t minus less than 48 hours, CARAZZZZZZZYYYYYYYYYY!!!!!!!!! We have tons of prizes to give away for simply donating money to help save the boobies. Here is what we have to give away:
- Donate one dollar and you get to take a picture with the rocker
- Donate two dollars and you get the picture + you get to sign the chair
- Donate $5 and you get both of the above prizes + an autographed picture of either Elvin Hayes or Carl Lewis
- Donate $10 = All of the above plus an official thank you letter from AEPI and you get BOTH ELVIN HAYES AND CARL LEWIS AUTOGRAPHED PICTURES!!!!!
- Donate $20 for your t shirt= everything listed above, however, you get only one picture
- Donate $25 - YOU GET IT ALL!!!!!!! T-SHIRT, 2 PICTURES, A PICTURE WITH THE ROCKER, AND YOU GET TO SIGN THE CHAIR.
All of this is subject to while supplies last. #PROUDTOBEAPI #FINDACURE
- Donate one dollar and you get to take a picture with the rocker
- Donate two dollars and you get the picture + you get to sign the chair
- Donate $5 and you get both of the above prizes + an autographed picture of either Elvin Hayes or Carl Lewis
- Donate $10 = All of the above plus an official thank you letter from AEPI and you get BOTH ELVIN HAYES AND CARL LEWIS AUTOGRAPHED PICTURES!!!!!
- Donate $20 for your t shirt= everything listed above, however, you get only one picture
- Donate $25 - YOU GET IT ALL!!!!!!! T-SHIRT, 2 PICTURES, A PICTURE WITH THE ROCKER, AND YOU GET TO SIGN THE CHAIR.
All of this is subject to while supplies last. #PROUDTOBEAPI #FINDACURE
DAY 16!!! TOMORROW IS THE DAY!!! WOW WOW WOW WOW !!!!! SO EXCITED... KEEP PROMOTING, GET EXCITED, AND COME VISIT US AT THE CHAIR!!!!!!!! #FINDACURE!!