My stint as a waitress/dishwasher/janitor/cook at Hambys
bout 3 years ago i was able to get a job at a small, rundown restaurant called " Hamby's" out in the city of Hemet, in california. My Aunt was friends with the owner, and i needed to help my Fiancee with the finances. so the boss of the place, Jenny, let me on as a busboy, well.. buswoman, anyway. My job was to collect the dishes from the bins that the waitresses filled up behind the front counter, wash said dishes, and replentish the cook with fresh hot plates and fill the silverware bins and cups. At first, i thought it was all right, 8 hours of running to and fro, washing all sorts of cookery for 6 dollars an hour under the table. ( most of the staff was paid the same way.) I'd always thought the food was great, till i worked behind the scenes. my wash station was right next to the grill and saucebed. It turned out that not only was i to serve as dishwasher, but when the cook and 2nd mate called in sick, i had to cook as well, as The boss wouldnt catch herself dead doing so, the prissy bint. so, without my food handlers card and no clue as how to use the Grill and so forth, i cooked all together about a weeks worth. It wasnt the cleanest joint, having only a B rating. and back there, i saw why. they had a roack problem, and a mouse one, too. i saw the main cook, a mexican man who spoke NO english, cooking a tbone steak once, as a rather nasty looking cockroach skittered onto the sidebar. all "Raul" we shall call him did was smack it dead with the metal spatula, then continue to flip the steak with the same utensil. that soo made me not want to have my lunch cooked by him. sooner or later, as the only one who seemed to like me was 'Raul', the other workers decided to pull a fast one on me. the Boss told me to listen to whatever this one chap named " Ty" said, as she had to leave early one day. So i said " All right jenny" and got to the duties of scowering and cleaning the place after it closed. ( and fixing the back sink. see, janitor work too.) Ty told me to clean only the half of the kitchen i cooked and washed in, as there was a catering crew comming in to use the other half, and he would clean it after they were gone. so i said Okay, not wanting to argue with the guy who was basicly 2nd in command to the boss. i did whqat he told me and went off home. Next day i go in, and Jenny fires me for not completeing my work. I guess 'TY' hadnt informed her of the directions he gave me, and left early after me, before the catering crew came in. Stupid Assbiter. anyway, after i left, Hamby's was shut down due to tax evasion problems and Food Code violations. I sowre to myslef i would NEVER work in the food industry ever again.


( ooh my first post ^_^)
(well that went better than expected, Mon 24 Jul 2006, 16:57, Reply)