Fleur East Quotes

I worked in a restaurant and in a nightclub cloakroom.

Personally, I'm a fan of valets and managers.

I was a host and a busboy and a barback.

I was kind of like the Rhea Perlman of the bar. I was like Carla on 'Cheers.' People were more afraid of me. There was a point where I got a little surly. There were only so many chicken wings I could serve before losing the smile on my face.

My first job was as a waitress, and I waitressed for a long, long time. I was a very bad waitress. I didn't care if people had ketchup or if they were allergic to fish. It really didn't bother me either way. I didn't care. I was bad, but it was a good way to make money. And it's a fun job if you are working with fun people.

I like part-time jobs in restaurants.

I really believe waiting tables, and service industry jobs in general, make you a better person.

Some of the greatest businesses operating from a deeper purpose have a real commitment to service, like Four Seasons, Joie de Vivre hotels, Southwest Airlines, and JetBlue.

I firmly believe that everyone should have to work in the food service industry at least once in their lives.

If you're a person who says yes most of the time, you'll find yourself in the hotel business and the restaurant business.

I was working in restaurants as a captain and as a waiter.

I was an amazing bartender and a great waiter. I think, in a way, that was my acting school.

I started in the restaurant business at the age of 19 as a waitress. I loved the atmosphere and the camaraderie of the restaurant business. I loved not having to go to an office. I loved making people happy.

Working in a bar was a horrific idea for me.

I worked at this great Toronto bar, Indian Motorcycle. I started off as the grunt. I was the guy who cleaned up the puke and the ashtrays and the garbage. Worked in front from four in the afternoon until four in the morning.

I worked the bar business in Fort Lauderdale.

I used to work at a catering hall in Hauppauge. Anybody who works as a server in a catering hall, more power to you, but I wanted to make music.

I used to work at a hotel. I was the order-taker for room service. My mom worked at the hotel as an accountant.

I've done the day jobs and slung towels at the Beverly Hills Hotel.

I never thought about acting, I wanted to be an air hostess.

I was a Versace perfume girl at Saks Fifth Avenue, and Rihanna actually came up to the counter and asked for something. And she wouldn't even take her sunglasses off! She was so mean to me. Not mean, but, like, guarded. I don't blame her, though.

I was a bartender, a hot-dog vendor, a cook, sold magazine subscriptions.

Remember,' she'd tell her staff, 'every customer wants to feel like a princess, and princesses are selfish and overbearing.

People who treat waitresses or waiters rudely - or taxi drivers - I have very little tolerance for those people. They work really hard. They deserve courtesy and respect.

I'm like a waiter and you something like a hater with trays in both hands, place an order I can cater.