Saturday, August 4, 2007

Comedy of Errors


This weekend, our last big event weekend of the summer started off bad and just got worse. Yesterday our grease trap was overflowing in the kitchen. Not only does it smell disgusting but it also makes a huge mess that has to be mopped up…gross. After three visits from roto-rooter the source of the problem was finally discovered.

On Saturday as I was jumping out of the shower my cell rang. It was 5:54 am and our Assistant Manger was calling to say the baker had not showed up to work and she was locked out of the café because she could not find her work key. At 5:56 am I called the morning bakery to say get your butt to work. At 6:08 am the morning baker called me from the café where she and the assistant manager were now both locked out as neither one of them had their key. Then at 6:15am the first barista showed up, so then I had three employees locked out of the café waiting to get in to work. Meanwhile I was at home frantically getting dressed, feeding the dog and looking for shoes to run out the door and to work. At 6:30am the kitchen manager arrived to see three employees standing outside the back door of the café. She wondered if we were having a fire drill….uggg! What a day!

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