Today's Activities

Today I took some more notes.

Internship Outline

This is my outline for my internship at Max & Erma's and that is where I will be doing my grad project at also.

Week 1 – Orientation: You will be oriented in a manner similar to the paid employees, going over the employee handbook, watching training films and becoming familiar with company policies and procedures

Week 2 – 3 – Dining Room Training: You will be taught the demographics of the front end of the house, which tables are labeled for correct Hostess service, how to seat customers, and other processes designated host/hostess duties

Week 4 – 6 – Server: This training will include the steps of service, steps in dealing with a customer problem, how to participate in the weekly upsale initiative, appropriate and inappropriate customer service processes, etc.

Week 7 – Kitchen: You will shadow the food prep processes in the kitchen

Week 8 – Barback: Although you are not permitted to serve alcohol, you will be taught bartending and barback skills

Week 9 – 11 – Back of the House: This training will include stocking and taking inventory in the Pantry, receiving stock shipments, how the friers, flat top grill and char gril are worked and maintained according to company standards, and you will shadow these chefs

Week 12 – Administrative: This week you will learn the business end of things (ordering, the paperwork involved and the processes to work as an Admin. Asst.)

Week 13-14 – Manager In Training segment: You will be placed with upper level management to see how their jobs flow

Foundation Questions

1. What did Max and Erma’s use to be?
2. What year was Max and Erma’s founded?
3. How did Max and Erma’s get it name?
4. What are the two gentleman names?
5. Where was the very first Max and Erma’s location?
6. What is Max and Erma’s famous quote?

In class what I am thinking

In class I am finishing the pre-writing for the proposal. I feel that this is going to be the hardest part because I am doing my project at my internship, which is at Max and Erma’s that is located in Downtown Pittsburgh. I really don’t know what I will be doing there yet so I am really looking forward to a new experience in that field. Plus I feel that it will help me in the field that I want to enter in after high school. The field that I want to enter is hospitality or known as hotel/motel/restaurant management. So therefore I don’t have any idea in what I will be doing at my internship.

Did you know the history on Max and Erma's?

QUESTION: Did you know the history on Max and Erma’s?



Notes

· That Max and Erma’s use to be a bar.
· Max and Erma’s were founded in 1972.
· Max and Erma was the couple that owned the bar but sold to two gentleman
· The two gentleman names was Todd Barnum, and Barry Zacks
· The very first Max and Erma’s was in Columbus, Ohio
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Sources

http://maxandermas.com/misc/our_memories.asp
http://maxandermas.com/misc/our_memories.asp
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Quote: “A Better Place To Eat.”


Source: http://maxandermas.com/misc/our_memories.asp

Class Activites

In class today I read a couple of articles about students that did their projects in a different states. I disagree with some of their projects because I thought that they made no sense what so ever. I also thought that there where some completely bad ideas.

Ideas

Here is a couple of ideas that I had on my grad project:

• cooking
• barbering
• hospitality
• retail sale
• billiards

I just want to throw these out there if you have any ideas let me know

Since I have been in City Charter High School I have not really heard that much about graduation projects from any of the 12th grade students. I do not know any 12th grade students that is done with their projects yet. Some of the concerns that I have is that I might not be able to get actively involved in the project.