Synopsis
Have you ever lived in a resort town? Cathy and
Meagan do, and they're always having fun in the
mountains of Colorado. Rodeos, skiing, sheetpan
surfing, camping, horseback riding... you name it. How
can they always have so much fun? They work in the
restaurant business! But it's not always fun and games.
This is real life: people die in avalanche chutes,
parents get sick and you move home, and sometimes you
darn near slice off a finger cutting peppers for the
nice and quiet lady on table 15. But not everyone at
table 15 is nice or quiet. Sometimes you want to smack
'em. Sometimes you bust
a button laughing with them. That's the business.
Both waitresses are single, in their thirties and have
college degrees. But they differ in their views of
their chosen careers as well as their life situations.
While Maegan's trying to catch life's curve balls,
Cathy's enjoying a smooth romance with the handsome
newcomer, but she gets nervous as things progress. Can
this really work? We'll see. From iced tea to Opus, we
re-discover the true meaning of friendships while
celebrating the lives of restaurant people.
Inspiration
by Patti DiVita
I never thought I would be a filmmaker, but I know I was called to make this movie. After 26 years in the restaurant business, I suddenly felt compelled to show our lives in a positive light and try to dismantle some of the stereotypical myths about restaurant people.
Jaime Foard as Cathy
This film looks into the lives of restaurant
people and gets to know us as flesh and blood people,
not merely robots who serve and only care about how
much money is in our pockets at the end of the day.
There are important messages in the film that apply to
anyone, not just restaurant people. "But I know you
like your job." "Yeah I do. I just wish everyone would
let me enjoy it and quit making me feel like I should
be doing something else." What's wrong with being a
waitress, a bartender, a lawyer-turned-baker or
whatever you do, as long as you're good at it, the job
fits your lifestyle, and you're happy?
There are over 12 million workers in the restaurant industry and although much of the public thinks we hate our jobs and spit in their food or drinks if they make us mad, my research from across the country in many types of sit down and be served restaurants disagrees. Encompassing hundreds of years of combined experience, I found that 95% like their job (which was a bit surprising, I hoped for 75%!) and spitting is extremely rare. I think our movie will enlighten as well as entertain, and give people a chance to see themselves up on the screen. Everyone goes out to eat! The story is about relationships-- with friends, loves, customers and even the one we have with our job. It's fun, it's sad, it's fast, it's real. Here's a fresh group of friends who look at restaurant life from their window in the mountains. The movie itself is like a canoe that floats along the river of the restaurant world--sometimes the water is wild and choppy, sometimes it's smooth and calm, but it's always an adventure!
by Patti DiVita
I never thought I would be a filmmaker, but I know I was called to make this movie. After 26 years in the restaurant business, I suddenly felt compelled to show our lives in a positive light and try to dismantle some of the stereotypical myths about restaurant people.
There are over 12 million workers in the restaurant industry and although much of the public thinks we hate our jobs and spit in their food or drinks if they make us mad, my research from across the country in many types of sit down and be served restaurants disagrees. Encompassing hundreds of years of combined experience, I found that 95% like their job (which was a bit surprising, I hoped for 75%!) and spitting is extremely rare. I think our movie will enlighten as well as entertain, and give people a chance to see themselves up on the screen. Everyone goes out to eat! The story is about relationships-- with friends, loves, customers and even the one we have with our job. It's fun, it's sad, it's fast, it's real. Here's a fresh group of friends who look at restaurant life from their window in the mountains. The movie itself is like a canoe that floats along the river of the restaurant world--sometimes the water is wild and choppy, sometimes it's smooth and calm, but it's always an adventure!