This piece is sponsored by Vanguard Hospitality.
Forty-five years after she first put on a Minervas uniform, longtime server Ruth Nickel will greet her final customers this week.
Nickel, who recently turned 70, will retire after her final shift on Saturday, Nov. 22.
“I thought, well, I made it to 70,” said Nickel, who first joined Minervas in 1980 and then returned in 2001.
“I might be the oldest server that’s ever worked here.”
The Colton native’s hospitality career started after she chose not to pursue a role with the airlines when the school she attended closed. She followed her roommate to Michigan, where she started working at a brand-new Red Lobster…