At Smoothie King, part-time employees earn an hourly wage plus tips.  Tips are a kicker though. The majority of customers do not tip. This never surprised me though because I would not necessarily think of Smoothie King as a place to tip.  At ice-cream shops, the workers always have tip jars, and it seems to […]

Before I worked at Smoothie King, I would frequently look up recipes and try to make my own at home.  However, I could never quite get the consistency and taste to match that of smoothies bought at different shops.  I definitely learned some tips and tricks to the trade that could help enhance at-home smoothie […]

This past school year, I consistently worked the second-half of the day shift on Sundays.  With the delivery truck coming on Monday mornings, we were often on the verge of running out of inventory during my Sunday shift.  In particular, there were a few instances where we ran out of bananas, the most frequently used […]