The morning lead is sick, and her backup isn't answering her phone. So tomorrow I go in at 6:00 and work until 20:30.

The guy who works as my relief quit tonight with no notice. Well, fourteen hours' worth. He brought his harridan wife with him since she carries his balls. *shrug* No great loss, though I have to decide whether or not to answer the phone tomorrow morning...

Had a job interview this morning myself. Met the chef at Capitol Coffeehouse and Bistro, ( Read more... )

Work is hard, I have to do more in less time. I got the food out on time but didn't manage my prep list for tomorrow. I started working before I clocked in, worked through the break they deduct from my pay whether I take it or not, and was there nearly a half hour after I was supposed to be gone. The food sucked, too. Go me.

Sodexho is running this "favorite home cooking" promotion. The kids voted for their favorite meals and the boss tallied the votes, so we are serving what they wanted ( Read more... )

My horoscope said last week to leave my career where it was and not worry about it for a while. Yet I keep reading craigslist and sending resumes, trolling for the right job. So far I get responses for line cook jobs ( Read more... )

The kids come back tonight for dinner, so here we go! I have a shitload of work to do when I go in at 11:30 ( Read more... )

The weird thing about having this new job is being laid off after three days, for which I qualify for seasonal unemployment. Too bad I can't get paid at Oregon rates, which are almost twice those of Arizona, but I can effectively be a bum for the next four weeks and make roughly three-quarters of what I would earn at work ( Read more... )

katbyte asked if I were still a temp.

No! As of last Wednesday I was officially hired back at Sodexho USA Inc., as evening production cook at Portland State University.

Sadly, they don't give credit for prior service, so it will likely be another couple months before I get health insurance again, but it's a start!

I liked what I cooked today... mostly ( Read more... )

a decent day... I was happy with my curried tofu, Asian veggies, and brown rice. The mashed potatoes were really good, the kids ate 'em up. The fried chicken was Tyson, fully cooked out of the freezer into the fryer. Ugh. The gravy was vegetarian, margarine and flour in a roux, cream, water, white and black pepper, and salt. the recipe called for ( Read more... )