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  1. Tom

    Cracking eggs one-handed

    A five room inn, 12 years, and solo breakfast, I've cooked thousands and thousands of eggs. I always thought cracking eggs one-handed was sort of a showoff gimmick, but when I broke my arm last month it became a B&B owner life skill. I still have to serve breakfast and the crowds have been...
  2. Tom

    Best of times/worst of times?

    True here as well. In June-July 2021 we made almost as much money as we did in June-July 2018 and 2019 together. No wonder I'm tired! Guest attitudes are about the same – good. We've always been lucky with the guests I think. 2021, even a little less of what I call "royalty", because I think...
  3. Tom

    Hello! New Innkeepeers here!

    Mort! I didn't know (have been away from forum). You were my early innspiration. Peace!
  4. Tom

    Right to refuse service list?

    most important thing I tell new Innsitters: be friendly, but keep moving or you'll be there all day, don't chat at breakfast or they usually won't eat and the food will get cold. With some extremely talkative quests, I'll set the kitchen timer and go serve ... beep, beep -- oops must go back to...
  5. Tom

    How to antagonize Guests in 5 minutes flat

    Yes, 5 rooms or fewer. No papers needed. Behavior is everything: working dogs work, pets, loaf and fool around and act like ... dogs.
  6. Tom

    The Scream you just heard, was ME!!

    Yes. Choice confuses. Diet restrictions? OK, otherwise, chef's choice, and I keep it simple (and not too filling, really), and people love it.
  7. Tom

    Oh Bloody Joy!

    We use an enzyme based cleaning spot-spray to deal. I'd put the bottle in her bathroom: spot spray and leave on floor for replacement. Blood happens.
  8. Tom

    Where do YOU eat?

    Everything Mort says is dead on. It's a lot of work ... because you are going to pretty it up, try to meet expectations, and because you are backing out a restaurant meal of maybe lesser quality, but higher price. We have a formal cooking school, with a 2-hour class and a full course dinner...
  9. Tom

    2019 or 2020 ... guest, your choice

    In the USA, we've been waiting for the vaccine for a year, but apparently, didn't think how it would change our social distancing and policy for dealing with public accommodations. Now US CDC finally said, vaccines help, and our state, Oregon (very blue) said, OK, if vaccinated, and you require...
  10. Tom

    10 Nights From Germany. Yeah, Right!

    doesn't reskey require a phone number? ... I'm thinking of switching from resnex to reskey. Business is down and I'd like to pay less. Maybe a different thread, but seems reskey popular here.
  11. Tom

    Hello from an aspiring innkeeper!

    You certainly know where to find a warm welcome!
  12. Tom

    Looking up

    If she were to interact with others, I'd insist. Only guest for now and the 3 (of 5) rooms I have open are on lower floor with a separate entrance so guests don't cross the "family" floors. It was bad for the US when public health became entangled in politics and the culture wars. In my neck...
  13. Tom

    Tesla shrine

    I would allow a non-guest to charge, but we are out in the country a bit and there's nothing to do while waiting ... hmm, maybe I could have them do gardening, chop wood, or flip rooms, ...
  14. Tom

    Looking up

    Guest tonight, a lady ranch owner, is first one who said wasn't and wasn't going to get vaccinated, and btw, doesn't wear a mask. I'll greet her with my beekeeper outfit over my welding helmet. Or just rely on Pfizer.
  15. Tom

    Tesla shrine

    A while back, forum members mentioned Tesla promoting destination charging by giving charging units to select B&B. Hmm, I sez, why not? And they sent me one and $200 to install (labor cheap in rural Oregon). There was one person on the forum, now departed (can't remember name, was something...
  16. Tom

    Looking up

    We are getting back slowly -- still about 1/3 of normal. Our county went to low risk/restrictions and is inching back up, so next week going to extreme (no indoor dining) due to in-person school, private social gatherings, and workplace. Half of us are vaccinated, whey can't we go to a...
  17. Tom

    Is it endless hard work? Feel like a constant burden to keep up with?

    What a response! A topic we all know well. Me, : 5 rooms in Oregon for 12 years even though we planned to quit after 8. DW no longer active in day-to-day so I do check-ins and breakfast (under COVID, room service to individual bedrooms), but we are not too busy and I like it: Modest income...
  18. Tom

    Dodged a pet bullet

    Bullet you can't dodge is when they show up with the animals and did not tell you in advance. That's a red flag for me. I have 2 pet friendly rooms and in confirmation email I say they need to tell me in advance -- no surprises. They almost always call and it's good. Responsible owner =...
  19. Tom

    Scam Against ResKey Users

    had to laugh. A couple months ago we actually go the newly ordained Greek priests trying to book -- ah the good old days.
  20. Tom

    What's Your Forecast for End of Year?

    We -- OK, I -- closed for Dec and Jan. DW objected, but I said breakfast server gets to decide. We have had a trickle of guests and a few reservations, but the West Coast shut down Nov 18 blew the calendar clean, so I figure, screw it, mentally I'll just not think of innkeeping for a month...
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