As I mentioned a couple of days ago it’s hunting season.

I’ve posted ads for all front of house positions.

I’m getting 7 or 8 replies a day.

However, no one tells you what they are applying for. Host? Food runner? Server?

And you can’t tell. I’ll reach out to someone about being a food runner who only had life guard experience but they tell me no. They want to be a server.

I also have big questions about how to reach out to prospects. I mostly do email. But guess what? 17 year olds don’t check their email. I try phone calls but even the adults have voice mails that are full or not set up. I don’t text, because I don’t want to use my personal cell number. So I’m stuck.

Today I decided I’d try phone calls.

I leave messages for 4 different applicants.

Only one called back.

Before service.

I left the messages around 1:30.

Tonight at 7:00the phone rings. I’d glanced at caller ID at the same time I hit answer. I knew what was coming.

Hi, this is Dorothy. You left a message for me earlier in the day.

I have a line of people at the door. I have a surprise party to execute. And now I have an applicant who wants to chat about an interview.

I tell myself be calm.

And the. I explain we are in service and I will call her back tomorrow.

And I will.

And I’ll end up hiring her.

And six weeks she’ll understand why she shouldn’t have called at 7:00.