Tough Stuff:  Tiny Diny

By Chad Petri Reporter
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In the first part of our new series, Tough Stuff, I, Chad Petri, tackles the grueling job of waiting tables and cooking food.  This is a lesson in humility and humidity. Tough Stuff:  Tiny Diny
Published: Mon, May 19, 2008 - 5:59 am Last Updated: Thu, July 31, 2008 - 1:06 am
Chad Petri
Chad Petri
Customers come first in the food service industry. Of course I'll need a lot of help here waiting tables. Patricia Kuzia has been waiting tables at the Tiny Diny for 20 years. She says her customers keep her coming back. You almost need psychic powers to be on the wait staff.

“Somebody that comes in and you know they like sweet tea and they don't want a lot of ice or and they want extra lemon when you come in and remember what they like everybody wants to be remembered,” says Pat.

Next you make your way through the computer system and wait for the order to come up. Back in the kitchen, it's a matter of timing and talent.

“Getting people to like your food you know, everybody not going to like this food or that food, both other than that, it's pretty easy,” says Chef Jacques Rogers.

It's probably easier for Jacques; he's been here for 15 years. A short stay around these grills get you sweating fast but you keep on cooking.

“Just man power, telling myself I can do it,” says Jacques.

The kitchen staff has to be conscious of the dozens of orders coming in and getting them all on the right plates!


Watch the other stories in Chad's Tough Stuff series:

Tough Stuff: Zookeeper

Tough Stuff: Auto Mechanic

Tough Stuff: Firefighter

Do you have a job that you think is Tough Stuff? Email us at mornings@wkrg.com. Chad may try his hand at your job in a future Tough Stuff series!


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I think he could have found a better topic to write about.  What about the big drug sweep this weekend?

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I could have done with hear about all that sweating over the food.  grrr

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The Tiny Diny is a Mobile landmark and political forum center. The people that work there or have worked there are a great part of Mobile’s culture. It has a great tradition.

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The story not you Carl.

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LAME

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Hang in there CHAD! whip up some of your favorite dishes for them! Wait a minute, I think the only thing I want coming from a PETRI dish is a culture and I don’t think that would go well with a white wine.

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