My dad was a restaurant manager and my mom was a waitress in Chicago.
Haley-Lock's analysis of more than a dozen small businesses and one large chain in the restaurant industry, with its hectic pace and thin profit margins, left her sympathetic toward both employees and their managers, especially at mom-and-pop places.
It boils down to this explanation, offered by Aparna Pande, Disney's general manager for American magazines: "Kids want them, and moms will pay for them".
Based on conversations I had with both current and ex-employees at Plum District during the last round of layoffs (along with Glassdoor), Gardner wasn't all that well-liked among lower-ranking team members, especially regional managers (local moms who sourced deals for the site that is "by moms, for moms").
So now Chelsea, the daughter of a sales manager and "grade hound" mom, lives "in a large white home with a wide porch overlooking the lake" and is on her way to law school.
(Senior Managers and ADAP).
In "Support the Girls," Hall plays Lisa Conroy, the tireless general manager at a mom-and-pop Hooters knockoff stationed off a Texas highway.
"He's like, 'Take care of the head coach, take care of our general manager and take care of my mom,' " Phelan said.
Amy Graff is the community manager for Bay Area Moms, a place where moms from around the Bay can seek advice, trade tips, brag (and kvetch) about their kids, and catch up on the latest news from the parenting world.
