In my experience, I’ve found the service at any sports venue to be the worst of any food service I’ve ever patronized. The employees are consistently and appallingly incompetent and seem to lack basic human skills. I suspect they work at these venues because they’re the cheapest labor available, and unqualified to work anywhere else. Well, God bless ‘em, at least they’re working.
I’ve worked food service at OSU Schottenstein Center for a couple of dozen events, as a volunteer. Our organization was responsible for staffing one booth, all season. All our workers were volunteers. Some of the other food booths were staffed by min wage Sodexho employees. I was just a worker bee, so i don’t know the contract details. I was impressed with the inspections and attention to food safety.
Our group always managed to have fun, but overall...what a PITA.
Couldn’t eat anything for free until the final count was done by Sodexho. After they counted and complained about any unsold product, I could stuff myself on the leftover hot dogs, brats, and popcorn. Couldn’t use one of their cups, they would charge us for the shortage.
After being a bus boy while in high school, i swore i would never work food service again... So I volunteered. Brilliant! After fulfilling my commitment to the group, I decided I wouldn’t do that again.
For some reason, I excelled at pouring beer and cooking popcorn.