Started my new job yesterday which was interesting to say the least…\u00a0 Mostly because the guy who was supposed to be training me wasn\\’t in due to the flu.\u00a0 I however have become a little too accustomed to be being \\”fed to the sharks\\” and adapt pretty damn fast to these situations.\u00a0 So I was working on the line with the owner last night which wasn\\’t all that bad.\u00a0 Except at first, I had no clue that he was one of the owners oops!\u00a0 We got on well and rocked it out but the place was a freaking zoo at one point.\u00a0 Rush from hell kicks in, were SO not prepared for it since we were short people who work during the day to make this whole prep thing happen.\u00a0 All in all it was OK, it had its moments of total and utter fail but at least we got on well.<\/p>\n
Funny enough another one of the owners (I think there\\’s 5 of them) used to attend the university I work at and on the occasions that I was working in the actual cafeteria itself as opposed to the kitchen, I\\’ve served him before.\u00a0 So we both thought it was pretty funny that I went from serving HIM coffee, to having him sign MY cheques.\u00a0 Everyone there is really cool, though.\u00a0 Were all in the same relative age bracket, everyone is English which is awesome since my French is terrible at best.\u00a0 So those two things alone make work suck a little bit less.<\/p>\n
Of course there are always a few downfalls, as one would find in any kitchen.\u00a0 The hours, OMFG there goes my life…\u00a0 Sunday they\\’re open from 2pm-1am, Monday-Wed 5pm-1am, Thursday-Sat. 5pm til 4am, yes that would be four o\\’clock in the freaking morning!\u00a0 Guess what shift I\\’m working tonight and Saturday…\u00a0 There\\’s a few \\”problem area\\’s\\” that need to be addressed but not so many to the point that I wouldn\\’t want to be there unlike one place that I worked at.\u00a0 So I\\’ll be doing my damnedest to make that happen.\u00a0 John himself said if anyone can whip that place into shape it you lol.\u00a0 He is right though, years of experience do help and I have reached a point in my career that you know what\\’s going to work and what isn\\’t.<\/p>\n
I have to admit though that the times that I have upstaged them thus far, they\\’re pretty good about it.\u00a0 Yesterday being a prime example: you work in any kitchen that has a grill and you\\’ll know what I mean.\u00a0 Each one has a drip pan underneath it that generally slides in and out.\u00a0 Most places cover this with tinfoil because when your grilling chicken, the oil in the marinade tends to catch on fire.\u00a0 However I was told that it was broken, I was like broken?\u00a0 Dude its a drip tray, how on earth can you break that?\u00a0 He said that its been jammed in there all day and no one could get it out.\u00a0 That was until *I* came along and yanked that sucker out in all of 2 minutes.\u00a0 I\\’ve never seen a\u00a0 bunch of boys so excited over such a\u00a0 thing!<\/p>\n
Tonight pending the exec Chef comes in, it should be interesting.\u00a0 I like him, he\\’s nice enough BUT he\\’s also a recent graduate (class of 2008) and I also happen to be a few years older then him and he\\’s a little cocky, but too much so.\u00a0 Needless to say, we\\’re going to be having a discussion today if he comes in.\u00a0 No its not *my* kitchen, and I am OK with not being anywhere near in charge for a change but certain things just don\\’t sit well with me for justifiable reasons.\u00a0 Mostly I get into \\”anal retentive Nazi\\” mode when it comes to organization, cleanliness, food safety and efficiency.\u00a0 Those are the 3 key areas that I always find need to be addressed to some degree or another.\u00a0 Not that I\\’m saying that my new job has a profound amount of those issues thankfully, it just needs \\”the Steph touch\\” \ud83d\ude09<\/p>\n
Its a HUGE change from the life I have grown somewhat accustomed to and my schedule and its time constraints tend to turn people off more often then not.\u00a0 Not that I can say I blame anyone for that because it takes a pretty tolerant person to date someone in this business.\u00a0 The hours are insane, its stressful, becoming an alcoholic is always an issue (thankfully not for me, that\\’s why I don\\’t drink that much), its very demanding overall and you tend to become exceptionally bitter and jaded at best.\u00a0 In any case I consign myself to the fact that I\\’m getting out sooner as opposed to later.\u00a0 I signed up for this life, it was my choice and like several other things I choose to do, you can either take it or leave it.\u00a0 Not like it matters, since the last few dates I have been on haven\\’t been all that remarkable.\u00a0 I have a few ideas as to why, but mostly people automatically assume that because I work as much as I do, with the most random schedule ever that I won\\’t have time for them.<\/p>\n
WRONG…\u00a0 I ALWAYS make time for those that matter.\u00a0 Granted I can\\’t bet here for everyone 24\/7 but I sure as hell don\\’t expect them to be there for me that much either.\u00a0 Which makes the time you do have with them that much more precious.\u00a0 It also makes dating someone who\\’s in the same industry as you a hellish nightmare at best…\u00a0 But its been done and if I was destined to, I\\’d do it again.\u00a0 Not that it matters because the last few have totally lacked the whole wow factor for lack of a better term.\u00a0 I don\\’t know if its one situation that I can\\’t seem to let go or if I\\’m just dead inside.\u00a0 At this point its anyone\\’s guess and there\\’s only one way for me to narrow it done, but I have to nail down that one opportunity first to see.\u00a0 Which very well might never present itself at this rate.<\/p>\n
In other non work related news: I booked my ticket to go home and my annual Christmas tattoo appointment as well \ud83d\ude42\u00a0 Now I just need to take the time off of work.\u00a0 I\\’m hoping that won\\’t be an issue…\u00a0 I\\’ll only be gone for a few days, I leave the morning of the 24th @7:30am and I have to leave Cambridge on Dec 28th @ 9:30pm to make my connection in Toronto for 12:30am the following day.\u00a0 But it\\’ll be nice to go home & see everyone and get my memorial tattoo for Jason as well (which in case you were wondering is booked for 3pm on the 28th YAY!).\u00a0 If\u00a0 your wondering what I\\’m getting,\u00a0 I\\’m keeping a closely guarded secret.\u00a0 Only one\/perhaps 2 people know what I\\’m getting and even Tim doesn\\’t know yet.\u00a0 I just said that I\\’m getting a memorial piece and nothing more.\u00a0 I\\’m excited though!\u00a0 I was going to get Gil to do it a few months ago but I thought better of it and decided to wait until I went home instead.\u00a0 I need a little more time to heal and the tattoo usually helps, but in the end there\\’s no point it rushing it either.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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