Re: [CH] (LONG - some CH content) Rael's Night in Hell
Frank J. Hashek (pepperking@mindspring.com)
Fri, 16 Jan 1998 06:42:32 -0500
It is a sad situation indeed when something like this happens. Usually the
customers notice because the food is not what they heve becom accustomed
to, but the damage is already done. Our cook, whose culinary skills kept
us coming back to that restaurant is gone.
Too bad so many of these managers stifle creativity as well. The end
result is often bland food. The managers ought to leave the kitchen to the
cooks and do what managers are hired to do: manage, but not micro-manage.
Wishing the best to Bre'r Rael,
Frank
At 19:14 1/15/98 EST, you wrote:
>In a message dated 98-01-15 02:52:06 EST, rael64@earthlink.net writes:
>
>Major snippage on my part.
>
><< Weeell, here's how the weekend went, more or less...
>
>Chef was gone Fri-Tues...have a
> neurotic/paranoid/sold-his-soul-to-the-service-of-the-rich manager
> Rael did flip out. Ranted, raved, said the old bi*ch could give me some
>guidelines as to her preferences...the management could learn to say
>NO...people could leave me
> alone to cook...
> Needless to say, the night went downhill from there.
> Just wasn't a good night at all.
> Al asked me why I was beating my head against the convection oven...
>
>
> >>
>
>This is a fairly normal occurrence in our business, haven't you gotten
used to
>it yet?
>
>I know how you feel Rael. I've been in your shoes (clogs) before, been deep
>in the weeds too and it ain't a pleasant feeling when the weeds is beginning
>to blot out the light and there is no end in sight.
>Good luck and have a good few days off.
>
>And for those of you not lucky enough to work in a restaurant, remember that
>occassionally the kitchen gets busy and your food may take a little longer,
>and that its all because of the Manager and the Chickie Suprise Lady doing
>really stupid stuff that justs ticks us off. Not to mention the fact that
they
>usually don't let us listen to music while we work on the line. nuff said.
>
>
>Yours Truly in Supreme Heat
>
>ChefChile@aol.com aka "John"
>TCS Mystic Fire Priest
>Monk of the SOB
>Executive Chef Ring O' Fire C=:-)
>Humble Servant to the Great Hab
>