Category Archives: Work

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Starting anew…

I\’ll be the first one to admit that i\’m pretty bad at keeping up with any blog I have ever had.  I still have one that I semi-contribute to  but that\’s (at least in my opinion) most worked based stuff that\’s geared towards the horrors of culinary life and smartass bitching and carrying on about whatever I feel compelled to bitch about that day.

I did at one point maintain an IAM page, but that too has lost its luster for me (long before Rachel took it upon herself to TOS me) and I felt myself updating there less and less and the \”community\” as a whole for me really lost its appeal and was only keeping it around for networking purposes only.

Anyway, moving along…  This is just for me and me alone, to post whatever the hell I feel like!  Thankfully its the long weekend this weekend so I get an extra day off this week YAY!  Nothing like having three days off in a row 🙂  Maybe I can finally get some work done for once.  I\’ve been slacking off terribly in that department I must admit, but my motivation to get things down has fallen to the wayside for a number of reasons.

Mostly because of me and partly because I need to get my staff organized and start \”assinging\” tasks so that this gets up and running faster then I would on my own.  In any case I got some things taken care of on my own.  I\’m rather impressed with myself for doing as much!  Somewhat goes with the saying if you want something done right, you have to do it yourself and so that\’s how its going to go (for some things at least)!

Today was nice, John came over for brunch and we just hung out and watched TV and took a nap on my couch this afternoon and had dinner later on.  I can\’t wait until its actually warmer out so that its a better incentive to actually go outside for a change!

Sometime this weekend I have to finish off the re-upholstering of my couch and the bench in my living room and start spring cleaning too.  My biggest priority though  is getting more work done on my site.  I decided that CSS is the way to go, as opposed to HTML.  A lot less code bloat and a cleaner appearance overall.  Going to be a pain in my ass to re-work the whole thing but in the end it will be far more worth it I think.  Thankfully for the most part I just need to build a template and do a whole lot of copy/paste with some minor formatting.   Aside from that, I don\’t plan on doing much but relaxing and of course trying to get my life in order which seems to be a never ending battle of sorts…

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A multitude of epic FAILS!

Dear God, today has got to be by and large the MOST heinous day I\’ve had in a while! First off I find out my IAM page was TOS\’d for something I didn\’t do. That however doesn\’t surprise me as Rachel is a power hungry twat…

Then I discover that someone shouldn\’t be trusted anymore which REALLY sucks!

Then I *almost* forget that today was good Friday and the bus schedule had changed, that however wasn\’t an issue. Then I go to work, the place is a tad bit messy and I have an abundance of orders to contend with first thing in the AM. Nothing I love more then making a ton of quiche for other people first thing in the morning blah!

*On a side note, I hate when people pronounce it wrong! Its QUICHE not kish or my personal favorite: a Guiche which in case you didn\’t know is a male genital piercing and makes me laugh every single time I hear someone call it that!*

Then I discover we have a tea party today, which had gotten forgotten about. So Donna asked me if I would mind running to Couche tard to grab some bread so we can make the sandwiches and grab some snacks for her and myself. So off I go, get what I need and of course upon my horror discover that I totally forgot to bring money with me! So that was a little embarassing to say the least! Thankfully its not far and I know the guys that work there to, but still!

Today was crazy busy! It was a constand non stop stream of people today who wanted tea and scones. Which is a utter pain in the ass, tons of dishes and a lot of work and most of us hardly think its worth it. Lunch however went over really well (creamy dilled salmon with lemon rice) which was nice seeing as how my day had gone to shit in so many ways throughout the say.

So i\’m leaving work, forgot my dinner AND my pay ugrh! Thankfully Donna lives down the street and is willing to drop it off for me, bless her!

So anyway I get to the metro, almost home… Then I look up and the escalators are broken 😛 Now don\’t get me wrong I\’m not *THAT* lazy BUT… My knee was killing me, its been a long week and I was tired and St. Henri metro has a whole Lotta stairs! So thank God for Catholics because we score a long weekend which means not work for me on Monday but I still get paid, YAY!

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OMGWTFBBQ!

Seriously, what the hell is wrong with people?

Something about Monday\’s Krystal & I always seem to get epically bitchy, snotty, arrogant (oh and I could go on) people.

Every Monday & Tuesday its the same shit: \”Where\’s Donna?\” For the 1 billionth time SHE DOESN\’T WORK ON MONDAYS! Don\’t get me wrong, I love Donna to death but seriously WTF? The poor girl is FINALLY get some time off, deal with it, suck it up and if it bothers you THAT much then how about coming in on a day that she works OK.

So this snotty asshole comes in and asks for our tea selection box, that\’s fine Krystal brings it to him. Which he should consider himself lucky to get served at all because usually during lunch time we don\’t serve just tea & dessert and/or scones because your 5 dollar cheap ass is taking up room for people who actually want to spend more money.

Anyway they select a tea to share, fine. When they came up to the counter to pay snotty ass says to Krystal:\” I think you gave us jasmine tea instead of dragon\’s well.\” She says no it was the one you requested and I know that because I seen her making it for one thing and Jasmine tea isn\’t served in a tea pot its served in a tea carafe. Its also a blossom, dragons well which is green tea is just straight up loose tea. Prick!

So Mr. I *think* I\’m the ultimate tea connoisseur says loud enough for her to hear\” They said they gave us the right tea, must have been our noses.\” Well yeah jackass if you didn\’t snort so much coke then maybe you\’d have a better sense of taste!

OK not even my story but I have PMS and that pissed me off! I don\’t like seeing my co-workers getting shit on like that by some jerkwad who shouldn\’t be there because Starbucks apparently is more \”his style\”.

Then on come the coffee complaints…

Fat bitch: \”Girls, your coffee isn\’t strong enough.\”
Me: um hmm, and I just shrugged.
Fat Bitch: \” Did you hear me? Even the indicator looks like the color of tea.\”
Krystal: \”Don\’t go by the indicator because it\’s not accurate.\” (and its not either.)
Fat Bitch: \”Well maybe you\’ll listen to my friend here humph.\”

Fat bitches friend: \”The coffee isn\’t strong enough *whiny bitchy voice*.\”
Me: \”Yeah? Well I make it the same way everyday and there\’s nothing I can do about it, its an automatic coffee maker, therefore I have no control over it.\”
Fat bitches friend: \”Well you can control how much coffee you put in there *snotty smirk* \”
Me: *returns snotty smirk* \”Well no because its all pre-measured and pre-packed according to the machine that we use.\”
Fat bitches friend: \” Well you can add less water then *again bitchy snotty smirk.\”
Me: *starting to glare at whiny bitch* \”Um no, you see its an AUTOMATIC MACHINE which is hooked up to our plumbing and it automatically dispenses the correct amount of water.\”
Fat bitches friend: \” So your telling me its not your fault? Enter Bitchy snorting sound teamed up with yet ANOTHER dirty look.\”
Me: *at the end of my rope and not caring how bitchy I sound…* \”Why yes that\’s exactly it because I HAVE NO CONTROL OVER THE MACHINE!\”

Seriously, WTF part of I have zero control over it doesn\’t that bevy of stupid twats NOT understand. Thanks for your suggestions you stupid bitches but this isn\’t a coffee machine like you have at home, its a commercial model. If you have THAT much of a problem with the coffee, please feel free to contact our supplier and in the meantime go fuck yourself with the stick you have up your ass.

Jesus Christ!

For the 12 bucks your spending on your entire meal including salad, coffee/tea and dessert (which is all homemade in house) you really can\’t bitch. Yet they find something… Just because your husband thinks your a cunt too and doesn\’t want to put out is NOT my problem.

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Looks like it\’s been a while…

I am most likely the most inconsistent blogger out there! I see the last time that I posted was back in August. I could sit here and write a novel about what\’s happened the last few months but quite honestly, I don\’t have the time, need, want nor desire to do so but I\’ll re-cap and post some highlights just for fun.

I started a new job yet again, seems like 2008 has been a total epic FAIL when it comes to work, at least for me. Mostly because I hated 98% of the places I worked at, only 2 being the exception. What can I say I\’m a picky bitch and if I don\’t like the way things are done then I just pack it in and leave. After my latest stint as a sous Chef in Westmount I was pretty much ready to burn my Chef uniforms in effigy which I think may have given me some satisfaction.

Then I lucked out and found the most amazing job ever! I can honestly say for the first time in oh I dunno the last 16 years I\’ve had a job I actually LIKE where I work and getting up in the morning no longer makes me want to stab myself in the eye with a plastic fork!

Some of my clients though do make me want to stab myself in the forehead with whatever sharp object I can get my hands on. My work is a tiny place which I enjoy quite a bit because its more personal and everything is homemade which I love! Not to mention the Monday-Friday 9-5 hours and the 4 weeks off a year. But sometimes the people that come in or call drive me absolutely FUCKING INSANE! I work by myself until roughly 11:30 in the morning, I don\’t have time to answer the phone because *YOU* want to know what the special of the day is, come in and find out! Or better yet, get yourself put on the mailing list and like magic the weeks menu will appear in your in box first thing Monday morning.
Then there\’s the stupid questions, that I ain\’t even going to get into because there\’s just TOO many of them. Bottom line is I\’m busy trying to cook and have no time to deal with your dumb ass! If you have a LEGITIMATE question in regards to the food or my cooking methods because you have special dietary needs or allergies then I will be more then happy to do my best to accommodate you, if not well then FUCK OFF!

These are 2 of my favorite customer related moments:

Phone rings:
Is this Stephanie?
Yes
What\’s the special today?
Sliced ROAST pork with apricot glaze and mashed potatoes
What kind of pork is it?
I didn\’t realise there was more then one kind of pork… As far as I knew it all came from the same animal (insert sarcasm here)
Well is it roasted?
(notice how I said ROAST PORK when I answered the phone) Yes…
Well how is it made?
In the oven… (to myself I\’m thinking stupid twat)
well how is it served?
(again I said sliced did I not, oh yes, indeed I most certainly did) Sliced with a glaze and mashed potatoes and salad as per the usual on a plate.
Oh… and the soup?
I don\’t know yet the phone won\’t stop ringing and I haven\’t had time to make it yet.
Oh, well you sound like you\’re busy (well DUH! not to mention seriously annoyed!)
Why yes I am, as I ALWAYS am this time of the day. (again dripping with sarcasm, I really hate this old bag)
Well I\’ll see you later for lunch then.
OK then, I\’ll see you later (enter the fake nice voice here)

Fast forward to lunch, I ended up making lentil soup because it\’s fast and ridiculously easy to make in a pinch.

So she asks my co-worker if she can taste it… Of course she doesn\’t like it because she HATES everything that we make yet keeps coming back WTF?

Then has the nerve to say:\”what did Steph do open a can of Campbell\’s? I called at 10:30 and the soup wasn\’t made yet.\” My co-worker says no, Steph makes all of her soup from scratch (which I do). Keeping in mind that our lunch service doesn\’t start until NOON as in 12pm and it doesn\’t take me hours to make soup, this isn\’t the dark ages. Us less bitch, comes in once a week and totally insults EVERYTHING! So I stopped picking up the phone on Wednesdays because that\’s when she usually calls.

Generally I try to make lentil soup vegetarian, the boss lady doesn\’t exactly always approve of me \”accommodating\” vegetarians because were not a vegetarian restaurant but I am a firm believer that especially if your making a vegetable based soup then it should be VEGETARIAN. The boss lady LOVES chicken stock a little too much and likes to add it to my soup because she feels it needs more salt, then USE SALT THEN. Fuck we have salt on the table, people can add more if they wish. I don\’t like to over season my food because everyone likes it differently.
Anyway back to the lentil soup incident…

A woman comes in and has a total hissy fit because I had no more veggie stock on hand and used beef stock instead. You should have seen her! It was priceless! Her eyelashes were batting a mile a minute and she\’s says to my co-worker in a rather loud obnoxious voice:\”HOW YOU COULD MAKE LENTIL SOUP BEEF BASED FOR? ITS SUPPOSED TO BE VEGETARIAN!?!\”
Sensing my co-workers distress I came over and politely stated that actually no it IS generally beef based. She wheels around and screams at me:\”WELL THE INDIAN PLACE I GO TO HAS VEGETARIAN LENTIL SOUP!\”
I just gave her my look of utter disdain and said:\” well generally *I* make it vegetarian (which I do) but today I wasn\’t able to because I didn\’t have adequate amounts of veggie stock on hand for one thing and I don\’t know if you\’ve noticed or not but this *ISN\’T* an Indian restaurant either.\”

She left in a huff, OK by me!…

Oh there\’s so much more which I will save for another day because I just spent the better part of 12 hours travelling from Christmas and its time for me to get some sleep.