Nothing much imo.Jay w wrote:What's worth eating on the menu?
Jay
We were told the same thing in the bar/restaurant at Many Glacier Hotel two years ago. We had bison burgers that were like hockey pucks (and I've handled a lot of hockey pucks in my day). It was the worst meal of the trip by far.Jay w wrote:I heard from an MG manager, that the burger has to be cooked to well done as per NPS policy, so emu is a better choice. Any other tips?
Jay
I agree with the other comments on the Chat. A drive from Many to Babb or to the Two Sisters, Park Cafe or Johnson's is just not that far. It is a nice drive and the daylight lasts a long time. Good chance to see wildlife as Pocketlint says and the scenery is pretty good. And if there is a good program at the Visitors Center in St. Mary such as the Native Speaks program or the Two Medicine Dancers, all the better!brindledog wrote:I have not had good service at Swiftcurrent either. I guess once you get out there with a job serving tables and travel all the way across the country, they can't really send you home if you're not great at it.
I don't recall anyone getting fired from Many Glacier Hotel in 1973, although it's been 39 years, so I'm sure I might have forgotten something. Back then, nearly all MGH employees were U.S. college students. Today, I believe GPI hires many people from other nations. Not that that has anything to do with the quality of the people. Also, I believe GPI has a strict drug policy these days. That wasn't the case way back when.llholmes1948 wrote:I agree with the other comments on the Chat. A drive from Many to Babb or to the Two Sisters, Park Cafe or Johnson's is just not that far. It is a nice drive and the daylight lasts a long time. Good chance to see wildlife as Pocketlint says and the scenery is pretty good. And if there is a good program at the Visitors Center in St. Mary such as the Native Speaks program or the Two Medicine Dancers, all the better!brindledog wrote:I have not had good service at Swiftcurrent either. I guess once you get out there with a job serving tables and travel all the way across the country, they can't really send you home if you're not great at it.
I don't know what GPI's current attitude is but at Lake McDonald in the 1970s, GPI had no qualms about dismissing employees as it deemed necessary. Employees paid their own transportation costs without assistance from GPI. I assume that is still true.
I remember meeting with our hotel manager in 1971 and he told me that I had been fired. I asked for an explanation and he said it was not anything that I did but they had to let me go. I began to worry about missing my friends and about packing up. Then I woke up. Fortunately it had only been a dream, or I should say, a nightmare because I liked working in the Park.
Lyman
I was the dining room manager at Lake McDonald in 1981, and I had to fire one person that summer (he showed up for work late and intoxicated more than once). In general, I thought I had a great crew ... though almost none of them had food service experience, and by the time everyone was settled into their roles the summer was already starting to wind down. By August we were usually trying to talk people *out* of quitting, because we'd be short-staffed, and getting a replacement that late in the season who knew what he was doing was nearly impossible.Hockey Ref wrote: I don't recall anyone getting fired from Many Glacier Hotel in 1973, although it's been 39 years, so I'm sure I might have forgotten something. Back then, nearly all MGH employees were U.S. college students. Today, I believe GPI hires many people from other nations. Not that that has anything to do with the quality of the people. Also, I believe GPI has a strict drug policy these days. That wasn't the case way back when.
A strict drug policy WAS the case at Lake McDonald in the early 1970s so it must have depended on the individual hotel managers. Drug possession and alcohol possession in the employee dorms was forbidden and was strictly enforced. I think about 6 employees were fired for marijuana or alcohol possession in the first two weeks of the season in 1970, including the daughter of a Montana Supreme Court Judge. In another instance some employees hopped a freight at West Glacier on their day off and rode to Spokane or Seattle and didn't get back to work on time. They were fired.Hockey Ref wrote: Also, I believe GPI has a strict drug policy these days. That wasn't the case way back when.
Montana drinking age was lowered from 21 to 18 when I was at Lake McDonald in 1972 (It is now back up to 21) and I don't recall that alcohol possession was much enforced that year. There was considerably more alcohol consumed that year at parties at Sunova Beach. There had been a change in hotel managers between 1971 adn 1972. I don't recall much marijuana use but I just may not have been aware of it.pitamakan wrote:I think by the time I was at Lake McDonald, if the employees would have been terminated for alcohol possession, there wouldn't have been anyone left to run the hotel! Harder drugs were fairly rare, though. I'm sure enforcement levels depended on specific hotel management ... and LML was far-enough removed from GPI's amazingly-quirky personnel hierarchy that we enjoyed a somewhat more laid-back life.
Yep, the Montana drinking age was 19 the years I worked in the park. I'd come from a state where the age was 21, and so Glacier gave me my first taste of legal alcohol ... or rather, the string of bars in Bad Rock Canyon did. Pretty exotic places, then and now!llholmes1948 wrote: Montana drinking age was lowered from 21 to 18 when I was at Lake McDonald in 1972 (It is now back up to 21) and I don't recall that alcohol possession was much enforced that year. There was considerably more alcohol consumed that year at parties at Sunova Beach. There had been a change in hotel managers between 1971 adn 1972. I don't recall much marijuana use but I just may not have been aware of it.
Lyman