Talk is cheap; show me the food.
Risotto Milanese with a fresh herb puree, wilted beet greens and beet chips, and pan seared scallops.
Seared rare rib eye, parsnip puree, braised oxtail, pearl onion and assorted mushroom ragout.
Life on the Line, burns, cuts, scrapes, sex, booze and rock 'n roll? I'll talk about all of that here.
"Pounding in the Ass Factor": 7.5- Now these are the days I remember working for during this time of year, a never-ending supply of orders, not enough burners to make all the orders, the constant juggling. It makes me both happy, angry, and burnt all at the same time. I guess that's what I live for.
"After Work Drunkeness Factor": 4- It's getting fewer and fewer drinks to get me sauced, so a Strongbow and two Keith's later, I was pretty much feeling it.
"Stupid Employee Factor": 8- All I can say is... is lettuce spelled "lettic"?. I'm seriously considering making everyone take a basic literacy test before I consider hiring them (if I ever have that responsibility, that is).
"Pounding in the Ass Factor": 8.5- I found the limit in which I can work the section alone before I start going crazy (about 15 orders, with a few really large ones). Fortunately, someone there was the occasional help throughout the rush.
"After Work Drunkeness Factor": 4- With my little cash flow issue I've lowered myself to about two strongbows a night... though I may just use my university money to fund my drinking habits.
"Stupid Customer Factor": 3- I don't recall any particularly stupid orders, although I had more problems with the waitstaff and the POS system than I used to.
"Pounding in the Ass Factor": 7.5- 5 people on a Saturday would normally spell disaster, but I didn't have many of the "complex salads" to do so it wasn't too bad and didn't have too many entree salads so I wasn't backed up too far except for one part of the time when I had around ten chits on my side of the board.
"After Work Drunkeness Factor": 5- I've really become a cheap drunk, three strongbows and a bud really take the wind out of me these days. Well, at least that means my bill's pretty light usually.
"Stupid Customer Factor": 5- Other than the silly people who order entrees so late into the night, not too much I can complain about... although apparently one customer rejected an appetizer salad for no discernable reason.
"Pounding in the Ass Factor": 7.5- It was really busy, but there were two people in my section and the ordering wasn't particularly bad on us... either that, or we're just getting better working as a team.
"After Work Drunkeness Factor": 2- I barely had anything to drink, so at least it was light on the wallet, but as usual there were many other drunken coworkers.
"Stupid Customer Factor": 6- Go figure that a table of 11 and 7 would come in at midnight and order a pretty huge and diverse set of stuff... at least we did it well and efficientlly, wasn't too bad overall.