Article: While you had your new staff shadow seasoned employees earlier in the training process, now it is time to watch your employees to see how they’ve internalized all of the training they’ve gone through. Spend some time every day watching or overseeing different members of your staff. When doing this:  Inform staff in advance that this might be done as part of a schedule or even randomly. Don’t spend too much time. Fifteen minutes or less might suffice. Consider positioning yourself at a central location to watch or shadow your employees. To be less obvious, simply slow down your normal rounds of the restaurant. Walk slowly, greeting customers who are dining, and observing how your staff is interacting with each other and the customers. Mystery shoppers, diners, or customers are frequently used in the restaurant and retail industry as a way of collecting information about customer service and employee efficiency. In the restaurant industry, mystery diners are people who are employed to eat at a restaurant and evaluate the restaurants service, food quality, and overall experience without employees knowing that they are being evaluated. Mystery diners will give you important information about the efficacy of your training program and your restaurant's overall customer service.  Hire a third party business that specializes in evaluating businesses like your own. They will send mystery diners and then provide you with detailed feedback. Have a friend or family member patronize your restaurant and evaluate it without your employees' knowledge. Use mystery diners on a regular but random basis so you can continually gather feedback about your training success and customer service. Performance reviews are an extremely important way of tracking an employee’s progress toward becoming a valued member of your restaurant staff. When conducted by a manager or senior trainer or staff member, performance reviews can be used to evaluate everything from efficiency, attitude, customer service, and other strengths and weaknesses.  Consider conducting performance reviews or evaluations every 6 months to a year on seasoned employees. Conduct performance reviews or evaluations on new staff members 1 to 3 months after they’ve completed training. Rotate the senior staff and managers who conduct performance reviews on any one individual. While observations are extremely important, keeping records of your observations will help you when it comes time to implement staff changes and new training approaches. As a result, always keep well-organized records of everything having to do with your employee observations. Consider:  Logging tardiness and missed work. Creating a file for each staff member and filing all relevant information there. Take brief notes periodically about your employees' weaknesses and strengths. This might help when training comes around or when it’s time to discuss performance reviews.
Question: What is a summary of what this article is about?
Watch your employees. Use mystery diners. Conduct performance reviews. Keep records based on your observations.
Article: In most cases, cutting off the circulation to your foot by crossing your legs is the reason it goes numb. The blood vessels around your knee can get compressed with leg crossing or other contorted positions. Furthermore, the nerves that innervate your foot muscles are positioned next to the blood vessels, so some nerve entrapment or compression is not unusual either. As such, simply change your position by uncrossing your legs so that your foot gets its proper blood supply and nerve input.  The foot that you cross over is typically the one that "falls asleep." As the blood starts to flow properly into your foot again, it should feel a little warmer and somewhat prickly for a few minutes. In addition to changing your leg position (if leg crossing caused the pins and needles in your feet), stand up from your chair in order to promote better circulation. When you stand up, you enlist the help of gravity, which helps pull the blood from the upper leg into the foot. Arteries have smooth muscle fibers that contract and push the blood down in correlation with your heart beating, but standing up might make the process occur a little quicker.  Moving your foot in all directions (circular motions for 15-20 seconds) will likely help with circulation also and reduce the numbness or pins and needles sensation a little quicker. While standing, a light leg stretch (such as bending at the waist and trying to touch your toes) might help "wake up" your feet also. After switching positions and un-kinking blood vessels and/or nerves of your lower leg, consider walking around to promote better circulation. The main caveat here is, make sure your have some feeling and normal strength in your foot otherwise you risk tripping or collapsing and causing an injury.  Once you change your position, pins and needles in the feet don't last for more than a few minutes. Permanent foot damage can occur if blood flow is restricted and nerves are compressed for many hours.  Simply shaking your asleep foot may be a safer alternative to walking if you still feel significant numbness or pins and needles. Pins and needles and/or numbness of the foot is sometimes caused by poorly fitting shoes. Cramming your feet into a narrow shoe is not good for circulation or nerve flow and may cause your feet to fall asleep — particularly if you walk or stand a lot. As such, choose shoes that grip your heel tightly, support your arches, provide enough room to wiggle your toes, and are made of breathable materials (such as a leather insole).  Avoid wearing narrow-toed high heels. If your foot symptoms are primarily on the top part of your foot, then try loosening your laces. Get fitted for your shoes by a shoe salesperson later in the day because that's when your feet are at their largest, usually due to swelling and slight compression of your arches.  When at your desk at work, consider taking your shoes off so your feet are less constricted and can breathe. In some cases, pins and needles in your feet might be caused by tight or strained muscles of your lower leg, such as your calves. Soaking your feet and lower legs in a warm Epsom salt bath can stimulate circulation and significantly reduce pain and muscle tension. The magnesium in the salt helps the muscles relax. If inflammation and swelling is a problem for you then follow the warm salt bath with an ice bath until your feet feel numb (about 15 minutes or so).  Always dry your feet thoroughly before you get up and walk away from your foot bath in order to prevent slips and falls. A dietary lack of minerals (such as calcium or magnesium) or vitamins (such as B6 or B12) can contribute to uncomfortable symptoms in your feet and legs.
Question: What is a summary of what this article is about?
Change your leg position. Stand up. Walk it off. Wear shoes that fit properly. Take a warm foot bath.
Article: In the first couple of days of infection, especially, it's a good idea to stay home from work or to keep your child home from school or daycare. You remain contagious for up to 2 days after starting treatment. Children can return to school 24 hours after antibiotic treatment has started. Cover all impetigo sores with a watertight dressing, and make sure the child keeps them covered while at school. Encourage children to wash their hands as well. Use clean, running water and soap to wash your hands frequently throughout the day. If soap is not available, use a hand sanitizer with at least 60% alcohol.  The CDC recommends that you wash your hands for at least 20 seconds, or about the time it takes to sing "Happy Birthday" twice through.  Good handwashing hygiene can help avoid the spread of impetigo. Any contact with the discharge from the sores can pass the rash. Nasal discharge can also pass the rash. Washing your hands frequently reduces the likelihood of spreading discharge around. Impetigo is easier to spread when the environment is wet and humid. Air conditioners already take some of the humidity out of the air of your home, but if you live in an especially humid climate, you might want to invest in a dehumidifier for your home. The easiest way for impetigo to enter your body is through a cut or scrape. If you or your loved one has cuts, be sure to cover them up with band-aids or clean gauze to provide protection. Whether you have impetigo or someone you know does, make sure that person keeps her towels and clothes to herself and doesn't share with other people in the family. It's easy to pass the rash if cloth has been rubbed on the infected area.  Do not share razors or other personal care products with people who have impetigo.  Wash the infected person's clothes and towels daily, by themselves. Use hot water when washing them.
Question: What is a summary of what this article is about?
Avoid other people. Wash your hands regularly. Dry out your home. Cover cuts and scrapes. Don't share with a person who has impetigo.