Okay, I've been busy lately...really really busy lately. Remember that chicken coming home to roost story about the first cook I hired that turned out to be nothing but a misogynistic bastard...So, he walked out insisting it had nothing to do with the fact that I'm a woman. I had another employee that promised he could do the job if only given the chance. I remember how I got my breaks and figured to pay it forward.... I say after a couple of weeks he got the idea that being the lead cook isn't all it's cracked up to be. Lots more responsibility, lots more work, and lots more to answer for. I tried to cut him breaks but ultimately, I'm the one responsible for how the food looks when it goes out, I'm the one who answers to the client, I'm the one who has to deal with frustrated employees when they feel overworked....
So after presenting the latest cook with the drama queen of the year award
I fired him. He also insisted it had nothing to do with the fact that I'm a woman....yet why do men always say that, especially when I'm not the one bringing up the sex card?? Naturally, I have screwed myself in the process because that left me with no cook, nor the desire or inclination to hire one this late in the game. Anyone I hired now would only be laid off after graduation anyway. I didn't have the heart to hire someone, get them off unemployment, teach them the business only to lay them off again in so short a time. Initially, I figured to do the cooking myself. No big deal, really. I'm accustomed to cooking for upwards of 500 per day, the 50 or so entrees the cook is responsible for is a drop in the bucket compared to what I used to do. Unfortunately, I still have the gig to run, as well. Relish, I did not, the idea of staying at work till 7pm after arriving at 6am..
So, I pulled one of my young lady employees from the other cafe to put her hand to the fire....and
she is rocking! She's a culinary student with desires to succeed that is clearly apparent. She has a better than basic understanding of cooking, has a great eye for colour and does a nice presentation, as well. She listens when I teach her and gets recipes that I verbally give her the first time. She made a killer chicken and mushroom risotto the other day that had people making very nice comments.
Graduation is the end of May and then we should all slow down for the summer, operating on a limited schedule. In the mean time, I have catering up the ass all this week, right up until the end. I've got a small operation, usually doing about 27 thousands bucks a week in sales and catering. I've got 5 thousands dollars in catering alone on Wednesday, and another 3 on Thursday...
So, now you see where I've been hiding. I'm going to the mattresses every day here, friends. I'll always stop in when I have a moment or two.. Just keep the booze flowing and start lining up to massage my feet.
Oh, Joe....the lawn dude finally showed up, so please, cancel the goat!
So after presenting the latest cook with the drama queen of the year award
I fired him. He also insisted it had nothing to do with the fact that I'm a woman....yet why do men always say that, especially when I'm not the one bringing up the sex card?? Naturally, I have screwed myself in the process because that left me with no cook, nor the desire or inclination to hire one this late in the game. Anyone I hired now would only be laid off after graduation anyway. I didn't have the heart to hire someone, get them off unemployment, teach them the business only to lay them off again in so short a time. Initially, I figured to do the cooking myself. No big deal, really. I'm accustomed to cooking for upwards of 500 per day, the 50 or so entrees the cook is responsible for is a drop in the bucket compared to what I used to do. Unfortunately, I still have the gig to run, as well. Relish, I did not, the idea of staying at work till 7pm after arriving at 6am.. So, I pulled one of my young lady employees from the other cafe to put her hand to the fire....and
she is rocking! She's a culinary student with desires to succeed that is clearly apparent. She has a better than basic understanding of cooking, has a great eye for colour and does a nice presentation, as well. She listens when I teach her and gets recipes that I verbally give her the first time. She made a killer chicken and mushroom risotto the other day that had people making very nice comments. Graduation is the end of May and then we should all slow down for the summer, operating on a limited schedule. In the mean time, I have catering up the ass all this week, right up until the end. I've got a small operation, usually doing about 27 thousands bucks a week in sales and catering. I've got 5 thousands dollars in catering alone on Wednesday, and another 3 on Thursday...
So, now you see where I've been hiding. I'm going to the mattresses every day here, friends. I'll always stop in when I have a moment or two.. Just keep the booze flowing and start lining up to massage my feet.
Oh, Joe....the lawn dude finally showed up, so please, cancel the goat!
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