Who here worked for Denny's 25-30 years ago?

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Do you remember the rules for hair styles back then? Oh my goodness! I STILL have my employee handbook. I am posting two pictures from my old Denny's handbook. We were not allowed to wear ponytails or braids. We had to have a 'style'. Since I had hair to the middle of my back, I had to buy a hairpiece! Yes, a hairpiece! It was styled like an older lady would wear her hair on top of her head. It was horrendous! But, that was the rule back then. We also had those funky A line polyester one piece-zip up the back with side panel uniforms! The hostesses had orange and brown tiny striped plaid down the side panels & the center was brown. The waitresses had brown side panels and the plaid for the front and back. Oh how fun those were when a girl was feeling bloated! Finally, before my Dennydroid days were over, we went to a brown skirt and a white blouse with little thin stripes. All cotton. I loved the district I was in. I was in Colorado and I must have had the very best district in the United States. I thought all Denny's were as good to work for and eat at as where I worked. But, then I moved and traveled a lot and learned that there can be a vast difference from one Denny's to another. I was a traveling trainer for Denny's so I worked in a lot of them. I went to other states and towns and trained entire crews to open a new Denny's. Sometimes, I went to other stores to just do some training on old crews that needed help. When I first became a manager, I was a relief manager for stores who's General Manager was on vacation or leave of absence. I would go to their store, Denny's would put me up in a hotel and I'd work there. It was fun, but hard. I was young so I got along really well with the employees usually. Now that I'm 50 years old, I'm not so sure if the young waiters and waitresses would like this old woman telling them what to do!Ahhhhhhhhh, the good old days. If you worked at Denny's before, write me so we can chat!