Perogy Fest

Well another Ukrainian Festival is over with..... and I survived it. Barely. As I probably said in a previous post I'm working in a restaurant, and the other waitress has gone on vacation for three weeks and may not come back. Or at least may not be welcome back. It may have something to do with her not showing up for her shifts and not calling the boss to say why. Either way she's not there, there is another part time waitress who was supposed to help this past weekend, plus a couple of people were hired. The other waitress never showed for her shift and when she did show, she was going from bouncing off the walls to falling asleep standing up. I swear to the almighty that she was on something for she was soooo spaced out that she didn't know where her orders went. and she took them.

One of the people she hired had never waited tables before, he said he applied for a cooks or dishwasher job. I showed him the basics I mean it's not rocket science, but apparently his brain is soo messed up that he can't remember how to work a coffee machine. It has a button on it that tells you to push it to brew the coffee. For doing dishes we have three sinks set up 1 for washing, 1 for first rinse, and then the final rinse before stacking them to dry. He screwed that up too. For some reason when the water in the first one was cold and dirty, instead of changing the water he started washing dishes in the second one. He told the manager that he'd wash her dishes, and not wait on tables(he was insulting and swearing about the customers), needless to say he was fired.

As for the other people that were hired to help out this weekend, not a single one showed. So for three days Thursday, Friday and Saturday I worked basically from open to close. That's about a good 11 hour day. Now you may say I'm nuts. I don't see it that way, I see it as helping out my employer who was in a bind. Her son had to go to Winnipeg cause his son was in a tournament to see if his baseball team would make the Provincials, so he couldn't be there to help out.

For the most part I had a really nice time working this past weekend, the only downside is that my knee is starting to lock up if it is in one position for to long. Then I start walking like I'm crippled and need to be in a wheelchair. Maybe someday I will be, who knows, It may not happen for a long time. At least I hope not. That's all for today.


Later All and Be Well