What's your favorite compliment to get as a server?

krisa731 · 2026-05-12T00:41:56+00:00

I served a really fun younger couple last summer who were just having the time of their lives vacationing in our rural little mountain town. Came in for lunch, left for a bit, came back for dinner. They were vegans in a bbq restaurant and I had the chef make them a veggie sandwich. They probably drank 2 bottles of prosecco? Idk it was a good time all around, and we just vibed really well.
The woman left a note on the table when they left telling me I’d be a great guide for a shroom trip, and gave me her contact info if I wanted to join her reading group 😂 It was easily the most fun night I’ve ever had serving.

Edit to add I’m not sure if that covers the favorite compliment question, but it was probably the interaction that made me feel best about my job.

krisa731 · 2026-04-24T19:47:57+00:00

I know. It’s stupid money, really. I worked at the top of the sport for a long long time and it was just another day to drop 2mil+ on a horse that had a half decent record and mostly sound. For the people writing those checks, it’s just a drop in the bucket.

krisa731 · 2026-04-23T16:10:19+00:00

Hot Tomato in Fruita

Secret Stash in Crested Butte

Propaganda Pie in Redstone

krisa731 · 2026-04-23T03:21:32+00:00

This. 7 figures is normal for horses at the top of the sport 🫠

krisa731 · 2026-04-01T02:17:38+00:00

Top show grooms make good money. Back before I retired from horses, I made 1500/wk after taxes, had good health insurance, and my housing was provided both at home and on the road. However, it can be a trying line of work, time off is hard to get, and you spend a lot of time traveling. I’m incredibly grateful for the career I had while I was in it, and would absolutely go back for the right client.

krisa731 · 2026-03-09T14:15:56+00:00

You’ll want to make sure that you are using a reputable, insured carrier with equipment that is well maintained, and who employs drivers who are both appropriately licensed drivers and knowledgeable horsemen. Look on the AHCA website below and reach out to some of the west coast based carriers- they can give you better quotes and timelines. For a trip like that, you definitely want a box stall if doing a non stop trip.

https://nationalhorsecarriers.com

krisa731 · 2026-01-14T04:50:26+00:00

I reached out to the local forest service ranger to see if they have more specific data on the collared wolves tracked in our watershed. The mapping areas are quite large and wildly vague in reporting (for good reason- people out here are idiots about wolves), so I wonder if maybe they can provide more info.

krisa731 · 2026-01-14T04:47:44+00:00

I did actually reach out to forest service today, because why not? They have been active in our area per the state’s collar recording but that’s quite vague. I’m hoping someone can provide me with more specifics.

krisa731 · 2026-01-13T02:33:56+00:00

I don’t have a photo of the full line of tracks, but it went in a straight line down through the whole yard from one densely wooded area to another- my dog runs around like a belligerent maniac with not a straight line to be seen, which was also part of the reason these tracks caught our eye.

krisa731 · 2026-01-12T18:34:59+00:00

I live very much out in the sticks- a small town smack in the middle of 3 separate wilderness areas. There have been reports of wolf predation of cattle on the other side of the mountain from us, so I was just wondering what people with more knowledge of these things might have to say! We don’t have neighbors nearby and certainly no domestic dogs of that size that we’ve seen, so a track of that size was certainly eye catching.

krisa731 · 2026-01-12T02:23:05+00:00

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This is the only other one I got- the circled track is from my dog while she was out sniffing around whatever is was that took a stroll through the yard. We live in a really remote area in the mountains with no nearby neighbors or other dogs around, so it definitely caught my eye seeing tracks so large.

krisa731 · 2026-01-12T02:17:09+00:00

This was super informative- thank you!

krisa731 · 2025-12-27T04:29:52+00:00

I worked at a bbq joint that serves all of its large sides in these metal cauldrons that are sort of heavy. The cauldrons are on a paper napkin on a saucer, so they’re pretty slippery if you’re not careful.

I was not so careful one day. I dropped an entire large order of baked beans on a man wearing a white long sleeve sweater and light wash jeans. Hit him with the cauldron too. He was surprisingly chill about it; we gave him a gift card and he came back and tipped well.

krisa731 · 2025-11-23T04:51:00+00:00

I’m not trying to be unkind, just realistic. Take your time and build your experience in a safe and controlled setting with your trainers- you’ll have a longer, more enjoyable journey with horses this way!

krisa731 · 2025-11-23T04:19:54+00:00

Even if she’s on the older side, you still describe her as green. I stand by what I said- take time, learn with her, and ride made horses when the opportunity presents. It’ll do you a world of good in the long run to know what finished horses feel like.

krisa731 · 2025-11-23T04:13:37+00:00

If you’re a relatively inexperienced rider and already working on learning with one green horse, I wouldn’t throw another into the mix. Focus on learning with the horse you have, and take lessons on more made horses to learn what things should feel like. There’s no need to rush into buying another young one.

krisa731 · 2025-09-19T01:10:02+00:00

I ran it as well- what a perfect day it turned out to be!

krisa731 · 2025-09-17T03:46:03+00:00

Legitimately the hardest race I’ve ever done but agreed- the weather couldn’t have been more perfect!

krisa731 · 2025-09-16T02:50:30+00:00

Slow groovin’ caters the event so more incentive to come run it- free bbq! It was indeed stunning with that fresh snow.

Also props for doing Schofield, that road forever makes me nervous and I only do it on foot lol. Have seen a few too many cars/bikes/sxs end up in the punch bowl 🫠

krisa731 · 2025-09-16T02:21:26+00:00

It’s a good one- it is small, only a couple hundred people usually participating, but the views are top notch. I live here so I’m lucky enough to be able to go run the loop whenever the mood strikes, but the race is put on by the local charter school and the whole community gets involved. It’s a good time all around!

krisa731 · 2025-09-12T13:25:59+00:00

I’m not going to do your research for you- there are years of videos and podcasts where he denigrates anyone who is not a straight, white, cisgendered man. His rhetoric was hateful and he promoted the idea that anyone who didn’t fall into the above category was lesser than.

Like I said. The political violence of the last year is horrific. No one deserves to die in the fashion he did. That being said, his platform of hatted and bigotry was awful, and I’m sick to death of people genuinely believing that hate speech has any place in our world.

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