In 1993 the GP Skipper’s had no drive thru, heck, we even had a smoking section! It seemed as if the back room was my new home. I realized we were way more service oriented than any fast food, and I think this is what separates us from other restaurants. Skipper’s had and still does have very loyal patrons.įor the first six months I was either confined to the back room, or I was in the dining room clearing and busing tables. In 1993 Skipper’s was in it’s prime, and we were a very busy fish house! On Friday and Saturday nights the line of guests would go outside the door and along side the building – I had never seen anything like that. Ron was a certified training manager and ran a good store. Ron Haines was the manager that hired me, we both shared back ground history with Black Angus and we spent most of the interview talking about our time at Black Angus steakhouse. On November 13th,1993 I was hired as an hourly employee at the Grants Pass Skippers for $3.35 per hr.
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Skippers also did not serve breakfast(yay!) And the store hours of operation were a plus too! I did not know anything about Skippers, much less Fish and Chips, But, I was drawn to this place – I knew I wanted to work there.Īnd so the Magic began. It was later on that I learned it was considered a QSR or quick service restaurant, which in my opinion is just great.
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One restaurant that had caught my eye was called “Skippers Seafood and Chowder House” I had never heard of it before, but I was interested in the restaurant because from what I saw it did not come across as a fast food joint, on the other hand it was not a stiff full service restaurant either. One thing Grants Pass has is plenty of restaurants!
Working in the mills was not for me, so I began looking for work in my comfort area – restaurants. I was living with family and I was unemployed, I knew I had to rejoin the work force. My father and brother both spent time working in the plywood mills. At that time Grants Pass was a thriving mill town, with at least four mills in operation when I moved there. I had relocated to Grants Pass in 92 from Anaheim, California. Grants Pass is also the home of the very first Skipper’s restaurant I worked at! Store number 5201. All my family lives in Grants Pass, And I spent 8 years there from 1992 -2000. Grants Pass, on the other hand is I guess what I would call home. I was born on the Navy base in Great Lakes, Illinois – but I don’t really consider myself coming from there as we lived there only a short time, and I have no memories of there, and I have never been back. My father is a retired Chief Petty Officer of the United States Navy and growing up a Navy brat we moved every 3 years or so. Or if I feel like having some fun with them, I will tell them one of the other several places I lived growing up in a military family. Grants Pass, Oregon – an all American town in beautiful Southern Oregon. I usually will think about it for a moment and than give them my typical answer of well
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Sometimes people will ask me where I am from, and I will pause for a moment not really knowing how to answer that.
Hazel Dell Skippers – Vancouver, Washington.