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Lego waiter

Today I saw this on a photo in a shop. Unfortunately they are sold in a serie and the individual packages don't show which figure is in it, so I didn't buy it. But I will monitor ebay closely because  I really want him !!!

From the Lego site:(*)

“Good evening. May I recommend this fine green plastic bottle with a picture of grapes on it?”

The Waiter is the very model of balance, manners and poise. Perpetually patient and polite, he always knows exactly what drink to serve with each turkey leg, sausage link, or pizza pie his customers order…although it might be because he only has one bottle, and he serves it every time.

There’s just a single thing that rattles the calm of the cool and collected Waiter, and that’s unexpected noises. Something as simple as a hiccup across the room is enough to startle him, and a sneeze once almost made him drop his tray. You don’t even want to know what happens when somebody nearby burps!

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13feb/131

The CrazyWaiter serves… and pins


Click at the image to see my boards

Pinterest is a huge source of information and inspiration. So I joined also Pinterest (read: shared my 'private' boards with my alter-ego), so follow me! Click at the image to see my boards.

See my following list who I recommend to follow for other inspiring boards, and my likes for the pins I think interesting

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4mei/121

See you later! the CrazyCourier arrives!

You probably saw that the frequency of updates has dropped down the last months. After more than five years of hard work I took a five months rest to try to find work in Italy. And yes, I succeeded!

After tomorrow I will begin as courier for Selectcamp at Pra' delle Torri in Caorle (40 km above Venice). I'll prepare the accomodations and I am (together with a collegue) the central point of service and representation of the company for the guests. Maybe I'll play also the roll of the CrazyCampingbutler :) I'm very happy to work for a company where hospitality is paramount, so I'm very happy to work for them! (my mission won't change at all, don't worry folks!)

Working with leisure guests, with families with kids, under the Italian sun, beach at 100 meters away, every day Italian food, great collegues and other people at the camping... it will be a summer that will never end!

Of course I will keep posting interesting things here, but stay tuned also at crazycourier.tumblr.com Arriverderci!

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I love my guests

Looking for a job? Time for an application letter!

Dear Sir,

I love my guests. I love white guests, black guests, yellow guests and even green guest although I've never seen them in the thirty years of hospitality. I love young guests, old guests and middle-aged guests. I love Dutch guests, Italian guests, Greek guests and all guests from the other 24 countries of the European Union, with a debt or not. I love guests who drink coffee (I know a lot about it), who drink tea and even drink jugs of water. Although I can't stand drunk guests, I love them because I know that when they wake up, they will be as normal as we. I love guests with brown eyes, blue eyes and green eyes. All other color-eyed guests are welcome too. Nevertheless it's good to mention that everybody not fit in one of these groups will be loved also by me, as long as they treat me as they want to be treated by me. Even if they don't I love them.

When will your guests be my guests?

Yours sincerely,

CrazyWaiter

Higly inspired by Letters of Note: I like words.

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29feb/120

Paula Fernandes – Voa

When browsing for guitartabs (yes the CrazyWaiter is learning how to play the guitar) I found this very cute song by Paula Fernandes from Brazil! Great to sing for your guests and to learn (Brazilian) Portuguese. This should be the European summerhit of 2012!

Lyrics, translations and another liveversion after the jump

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The Waiters Today Social Network

We are social beings, so why not connect to the Waiters Today Social network?

Waiters Today is a project made by restaurant enthusiasts with the goal of forming a social network that will help all people involved in the restaurant industry. By connecting and interacting directly with
real people from the industry, our hope is to promote continued self-education, share information and work experiences, and provide a fun atmosphere for socializing and networking.

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4okt/110

Laura Pausini – Benvenuto

Another CrazyWaiters trick. The easiest way to make feel guests feel at home is just saying 'Welcome'. Last year I stayed in four hotels during my holiday of which only one receptionist said this magic word when we were arriving. It was no coincidence that this hotel was the best one of the trip.

Laura Pausini, one of my favorite singers,  has this word in Italian as title of her new song. Translation here

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30aug/110

Mozart – Eine kleine Nachtmusik

17jul/110

‪Don Omar – Danza Kuduro ft. Lucenzo

26jun/110

Olive oil, the green liquid gold

Once I was a food technologist with specialisation quality management. I'm still fascinated by the term quality: what is quality really. And what distinguishes top quality (the best of the best) from good quality and bad quality. And how to see, feel or taste those differences.

Not only of services, but also of products and food. Now I'm into olive oil. It's triggered by an episode about Ollive Oil from a Dutch Television programme 'Keuringsdienst van Waarde' (it's in Dutch, from 13:50 they are going to taste in an Italian sensory lab where things are explained by a very cute Italian lady - maybe she was the real trigger;)).

It's a huge business and there's a lot of marketing involved and also real scam. They show beautiful Italian pictures in the publicity while the oil is relative cheap Spanish oil. (in fact the marketing-'lies' is what the program tries to uncover)

The first info to start with is Wikipedia. Good portals are olives101.com, oliveoiltimes.com and all-about-olive-oil.com. Here you find tips and tricks how to taste and how to set up a test. It continues with a description of the tastes and flavors in olive oil. I've put some other intersting links about this topic at delicious (and it will grow the following days)

The best way is of course to go to a shop where they sell a lot of olive oils like I did yesterday (without the knowledge I found today). You'll find a lot of things in common in the different oils but also a lot of differences which makes it cool and really nice to discover. I'm going to Sicily in 4 weeks (yes!) and of course I try to do a olive oil tasting under the Sicilian sun!

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