Man’s feelings are always purest and most glowing in the hour of meeting and of farewell. ~ Jean Paul Richter Youre going to have to forgive me on this one. This post may be a tad emotional for me. Ive never been at goodbyes. June 7th, 2014 wouldve been 4 years. Four years that I served, that I cooked, that I bar tended, that I managed, that I worked for A&E Grill. In those 4 years I have met some of the most important people in my life. If it wasnt for A&E Grill I never wouldve met Brett Slaton, Bekah Lynn Branch, Daniel Huber, Arrow Smith, Veronica Lopez, Kyle Trent, Derek Williams, Cody Freeman, Devin Cameron and a huge list of others, but those people I tagged, I consider to be best friends. Probably never wouldve crossed paths with any of them had it not been for that place. Three weeks ago I was approached with a job opportunity. This has happened in the past and always my instant response is No thank you. It was my first response to this one also, until the person started telling me about all the benefits that came with it. Unfortunately, Im not young and invincible any more. These were things I needed to consider. So, I considered it, went in for an interview, and today I was told that I have the job! When I was told this news, it was very bittersweet. Im moving on to great opportunities but at the same time, Im leaving something behind that I fell in love with a long time ago, as cheesy as that sounds, but I dont know another way to word it. I LOVE A&E GRILL. And if it wasnt for Aaron & Robin Albin Warren , if it wasnt for Mitch Shilling, I wouldnt even have had the knowledge to get this new job. I have learned so much from them. Ive been working since I was 12 years old. Im 30 now, and in that time span Aaron and Robin have been the best employers I have ever had. Again, they taught me everything I know about managing people and managing a restaurant, and they have been so forgiving whenever I made mistakes, maybe even more than they shouldve been, but thats what makes them great bosses. I wish I could give some better examples but its probably best if we keep those off Facebook. Hah. This next week will be my final week at A&E Grill. And I can proudly say with a very heavy heart that I love that place, I will definitely miss every inch and crevasse of that building. Im not kissing ass or brown-nosing. I will miss it. I will miss the regulars like Russell Coleman, Flex, Kari, Jim, and Maggie. I will miss every single annoying employee that had to put up with me. I will miss being stressed out of my mind, I will miss coming home at 2:00 a.m. after a busy Friday night after a drunk asshole threatened to kill me, I will miss the insane employees. I will miss the customers that I have met over the years. I will miss it all. Every drop, every inch. I hope I left my mark on that place, I hope it was a good one. I hope A&E becomes everything Aaron & Robin want it to be and I hope I helped get it there. (I promised myself I wouldnt cry.) Kate McNeff, Cris Clayton, Justin Warren, take care of it please - I know you will. Aaron, Robin, thank you for the opportunity. Thank you for giving me second, third, fourth, fifth, sixth chances. Thank you for... everything. I owe this opportunity to you. I think Ive embarrassed myself on here long enough so in closing Ill just write... How lucky I am to have something that makes saying goodbye so hard.
Posted on: Fri, 30 May 2014 18:57:38 +0000
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