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Nadia's Wednesday, two ways

8 lessons · 27 prompts

A day in the life of a Restaurant Manager: what changes with these prompts.

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Nadia is the restaurant manager of a busy neighborhood bistro.

Nadia starts her Wednesday at 7 a.m. with a text from two servers who cannot work Friday night. She opens ChatGPT and uses the Staff Scheduling Basics prompt, pasting in her availability notes and labor target. In a few minutes, she has a revised schedule that covers the dinner rush without going over hours.

At 10 a.m., she notices the walk-in cooler is low on chicken and lettuce. She uses the Inventory and Ordering prompt with her par levels and last week's sales. The AI gives her an order list and a food cost check. She adjusts two numbers and sends the order to her supplier.

After lunch, a one-star review appears online about a slow server. Nadia uses the Customer Complaints and Reviews prompt. She types the review and a few facts about that night. The AI drafts a calm, apologetic reply. Nadia edits it to sound like her and posts it.

By 3 p.m., she has also used the Training New Employees prompt to make a checklist for a new host starting Monday. With the time she saved, she walks the floor, talks with guests, and leaves on time to pick up her daughter from school.

Before

  • Schedules built by hand late at night
  • Orders guessed from memory and notes
  • Review replies written after closing
  • Training plans scribbled on napkins

After this course

  • Schedules ready before the coffee cools
  • Orders checked against real sales
  • Review replies calm and quick
  • Training checklists ready in minutes

What you'll learn

  • Build Schedules: Create weekly shift schedules that respect staff availability and your labor target.
  • Order Inventory: Turn par levels and sales data into an accurate order list and a quick food cost check.
  • Answer Reviews: Write professional, empathetic replies to online reviews and customer complaints.
  • Train New Hires: Make onboarding checklists, training scripts, and short quizzes for new employees.
  • Read Sales Trends: Summarize sales data, spot best and worst sellers, and suggest simple promotions.
  • Stay Compliant: Build inspection checklists, corrective action plans, and plain explanations of health rules.
  • Control Labor Cost: Analyze labor costs, suggest schedule cuts, and forecast staffing for busy events.
  • Plan Menus: Design seasonal menus, write promotional posts, and create custom event menus.

How this course works

  1. 8 lessonsOne task of your job each, from staff scheduling basics to menu and promotion planning.
  2. Ready-to-paste promptsCopy, fill in the parts in {{brackets}}, paste into ChatGPT, Claude or Gemini.
  3. Tick and completeTick the prompts you tried and mark each lesson complete.
  4. Get certifiedFinish and keep the prompts as your own library.