Category Archives: Work

The New Job

By 5thape | December 12, 2008

I won’t lie, the past month’s been a little scary.  But I’m glad to say that I’ve managed to find a position at a great brewery/restaurant!  I won’t mention the place by name but I’m pretty confident that it’s gonna be a great opportunity.  I’ll be a server but with some time and a bit [...]

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Change

By 5thape | November 11, 2008

Lots of changes in the past few weeks, the biggest being the Obama presidency.  Very nice, I’m happy about that.  I’m searching for work again.  In a sense I’m also happy about this as well.  I learned a lot about management, specifically how NOT to manage people or a business.  The blog has changed as [...]

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Brew Day with Gordon Biersch San Francisco

By 5thape | October 31, 2008

About two months ago I met brewers John and Rich of San Francisco’s Gordon Biersch brewery/restaurant.  I’d mentioned to them my aspirations of one day opening my own place and the difficulties of placing a job in such a specialized and small industry.  Although there weren’t any jobs available at Gordon Biersch, John, the head [...]

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Published

By 5thape | August 26, 2008

This post has gone through a couple drafts. I really hate reading blog rants. Using your blog as a forum to vent your frustrations about your personal and work life makes for horrible reading and it’s been a rule of mine never to do it on this blog. But since my last [...]

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My Dogs Are Killing Me

By 5thape | June 20, 2008

My next big purchase is a pair of Dr. Scholl’s insoles.  I just got home from my second day on the job.  I would of written this post yesterday after my first day but I was dead tired and could hardly type.  Man are there a lot of things to learn about this business!  I’m [...]

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