The Girl With the Perfect Memory
By Norm Wheeler
Sun editor
Just don’t be surprised. Say you’re with your family and some friends on the sun deck at Boonedocks. It’s a Tuesday night, and Emma Cook and the Goodboy! Band launch into a sexy version of “Summertime”. You are ready to order, and the pretty blond server is smiling and nodding as everyone takes a turn asking for the perch dinner, or the burger with bacon, or the maple-flavored pork sandwich. But she isn’t writing anything down. Don’t worry! It’s just Kasey Klumpp, the girl with the perfect memory.
Kasey is an old pro at this. She has been on the deck at Boonedocks for eight summers now, ever since she graduated from Glen Lake High School in 2003. Originally from Traverse City, daughter of Bryan and Kelli, sister to Stefanie, Chelsea, and Kyle, Kasey Klumpp has already earned her undergraduate degree in Marketing from Central Michigan University, and she finished her MBA in December of 2010 at Western Michigan.
“In the fall I’m moving to San Diego to find a job,” Kasey declares. “I love it there because of the sun and the weather, for the cool acoustic music scene, because both the mountains and the ocean are beautiful, and because you can be outdoors year round! I will look for a job in Marketing.”
Kasey should have no trouble. She is quick, smart, engaging, and she can read people. Here’s how that memory works: Kasey once had a table of 24, and she remembered every order with no mistakes. “When you’ve worked here for so long, you figure out how to visually match up each person with their order, and you just remember,” she explains. “There’s a pattern to what teenage boys get, for example, or what men tend to want. Girls and women want the same things. Older people order core sandwiches, always.”
Last summer a table of 12 got uneasy. “Why aren’t you writing this down?” someone asked.
“I’ll remember,” Kasey assured them.
The man at the head of the table wagered, “I’ll give you $100 if you don’t make a mistake!”
“Then they started throwing in side orders, trying to mess me up, having fun with it,” Kasey smiles. She made no mistakes, and as the group was leaving the deck the man stopped Kasey and handed her a $100 bill! “I didn’t really expect that!” she laughs.
Kasey’s pals on the serving crew, Megan, Sarah and Sarah, describe her as a hard worker, as someone who’s always nice, and who is dedicated to Boonedocks. “She’s hilarious, cool crazy, talkative, easy-going, and relaxed,” they say. “She makes it fun to work here.”
“I’m goofy, I guess,” Kasey says. “Around here I’m pretty comfortable — I’ve been here sooo looong! It’s the best place to work: you get to be outside on the deck, there’s live music every night, there’s fast cash, the boss (Bob Ewing) is funny, and you get to be in Glen Arbor for the summer. What could be better?”
Dear reader, here’s your golden opportunity. If you are in Marketing, here is a star: Kasey Klumpp. A sharp young woman with smarts and a perfect memory like Kasey’s doesn’t come along every day. Take a break from your summer vacation and find her on the deck at Boonedocks. Get her resume. You won’t be sorry, and then you can write off part of this trip, remember?
