Shift notes that live where the shift happens.
Bumkus Notes is restaurant operations software for the notes a shift actually runs on — prep, counts, call-outs, the hand-off to the next manager. It runs on the restaurant's own back-office computer, over the restaurant's own network, and it works when the internet doesn't. The notes stay in the house; they are not streamed to somebody else's cloud to be useful.
And every shift opens the same way: with a briefing that starts from what went right.
The handoff, on paper: the Restaurant Shift Handoff Kit — the pre-shift briefing and shift hand-off workbook from this house, sold by Bumkus LLC. $19, once — no subscription.
In the House
The system runs on-site, on the restaurant's own machine and local network. No connection, no problem — the shift doesn't stop for an outage.
On the Record
Notes are written once, by name, and they stay readable — who noted it, when, and what changed hands at the hand-off.
Praise First
The shift briefing leads with what the crew did right yesterday. Corrections follow — they land better in that order, and everybody knows it.
In preparation: the first pilot.
Bumkus Notes is being prepared for a first pilot with independent restaurants in the Branson–Springfield area. It is not on general sale, and this page claims no customers and no results — when the pilot runs, its record will speak in its own time.
From the notebook: Start the shift with what went right — why the briefing opens with praise, and what it changes.
From the notebook: The Handoff Is the Shift — why the changeover is the hardest ten minutes of the day, and the four things a real handoff carries.
From the notebook: The Last Note of the Night — the closing note that decides tomorrow, and the five things it owes the morning.
Pilot conversations and investor inquiries run through the founder — every inquiry comes back to him personally. Engagements and office services are handled by My AI Assistance Office.
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Bumkus Notes is licensed for use — ownership and the underlying intellectual property are not transferred. The licensed environment is shaped around who needs to work in it.
Employees Only
An environment shaped only around the employee side of the work: shift notes, follow-ups, handoff items, and checkout. No enterprise layer or wider business layer is added.
Employees & Enterprise
The employee environment with an enterprise layer around it, for an organization that needs the employee workflow carried inside a broader enterprise structure.
Employee & Business
The employee environment together with the business side of the operation, bringing the staff workflow and the business-facing side into one licensed environment.
Licensed, not transferred. The exact environment, permitted users and locations, term, and support are scoped in a written license before anything is agreed. Garrett reviews the request first; asking about licensing does not create a license or transfer any rights.
Pilot Opportunities
Pilot partners look at Bumkus Notes the way a restaurant will run it: hands on the working pieces, on sample material, before anything is agreed.
Try the working windows
Start with the working windows: prototype environments that run entirely in your browser, on sample data, showing exactly what each piece does. Hands-on time with the prototypes comes first — no account, no commitment.
The Branson–Springfield pilot
A free, controlled pilot in the Branson–Springfield area is in preparation. A pilot partnership is a defined run, agreed in writing before it starts: what gets tried, on whose material, and what feedback comes back to the studio when it ends.
A place in line for licensing
Pilot partners hold a place in line for licensing. Where a piece is licensed, it is licensed — and the partners who piloted it are the first conversations when licensing for that piece opens.
Asking is not acceptance. Sending an inquiry does not create an agreement, a pilot place, or access to anything. Garrett reviews every inquiry himself before anything is accepted, priced, or agreed — and replies from Garrett@Bumkusnotes.com.
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