Adios Outback
My last night at Outback was ironically pretty laid back. I had 3 tables right away but by 7:30 the whole place was virtually dead. Unfortunately I was assigned to help clean up the kitchen area which meant waiting until we were almost closed at 10. So from about 8 til 915 or so I did little more than eat bread, steal ice cream and talk to people. I talked to the mexican girl and finally asked her what she said every time she puts a bloomin onion up in the window cause it always sounded like she yelled out "fernando bloom". I asked one of the girls and she seriously told me they say "orlando bloom" when they call them out. She thought it was some sort of inside joke apparently. I asked the girl if she was saying Orlando Bloom and she just looked at me funny so then I said "lo escucha como se dice Fernando todo el tiempo". She didn't understand that and it probably wasn't right so I talked to the other guy and asked "quien es Fernando?" Finally I figured out they were saying "llegando" or "walking". I told them I always thought it was Fernando. Apparently they thought it was funny cause they told all the other cooks.
Just before leaving I took the plastic covers off the au jus and crab butter containers and set them in the food warmer for the mashed potatoes. I had just cleaned out the unit and THOUGHT it was turned off but apparently I unplugged a refrigerator or something else instead because 15 minutes later the plastic cover had completely melted and was stuck inside the warmer. The cooks all gathered around, laughed and one helped me scrape it off the bottom of the warmer. It melted a hole just right of center and we took turns putting the deformed plastic cover over our faces like a Halloween mask. On that note just before I was about to run out the door never to be seen again somebody decides to show it to my manager. Luckily she just started laughing before eventually muttering "funny thing is that'll probably cost $60 bucks to replace" and "you just wanted to go out with a bang huh?". She took a picture of me holding it up with one hand while holding up the other hand as if to say "oops". Adios Outback.
Just before leaving I took the plastic covers off the au jus and crab butter containers and set them in the food warmer for the mashed potatoes. I had just cleaned out the unit and THOUGHT it was turned off but apparently I unplugged a refrigerator or something else instead because 15 minutes later the plastic cover had completely melted and was stuck inside the warmer. The cooks all gathered around, laughed and one helped me scrape it off the bottom of the warmer. It melted a hole just right of center and we took turns putting the deformed plastic cover over our faces like a Halloween mask. On that note just before I was about to run out the door never to be seen again somebody decides to show it to my manager. Luckily she just started laughing before eventually muttering "funny thing is that'll probably cost $60 bucks to replace" and "you just wanted to go out with a bang huh?". She took a picture of me holding it up with one hand while holding up the other hand as if to say "oops". Adios Outback.