Yes, they should have the machine ready by the time the store opens. I completely agree with your analysis of it deferring future business, but one cannot ‘guarantee’ the cause was laziness just because the poster passed over the machine not being prepped as making sense. The fact is, this is normal in far too many…

Why do people not seem to get that there’s a pretty good chance at least one employee at the restaurant you’re in is working there to fund their education? I have worked with a number of people who have already received their bachelors or masters degrees, but are still waiting to land a job in their field.

If you’re doing fish on the grill, and it’s not a nice thick, dense slab, use a cedar plank. It’s especially good with pink fish, like salmon or trout, just don’t forget to soak it for at least an hour beforehand. This is particularly handy when camping.

I always found the same thing. The time you spend preparing the take-out takes away from the time you have to take care of your tables. Take-out at 7 on a Friday, for instance, could potentially mess with the server’s time management of their tables (take out takes precedent over in-house orders), and thus impact…

Exhibit A:

Holy shit! You worked at the Royal Oak in Ottawa too?

That guy has a training seminar. I worked at a bar where the ‘give ‘em the pickle’ tape was part of the training. Ironically they sent out a memo 3 months later saying that we would get in trouble if we didn’t charge for extras, like fifty cents for sour cream.

Every summer there is some special adult snowflake sitting on the patio who demands a new beer because a fly landed in it.

I went to Germany when I was in grade 12, and tipped a waitress at a cafe. She was genuinly offended, because it apparently implied that I had to compensate her because she was not worthy of being paid a proper wage (this is how my exchange partner explained it) I told her that in Canada, servers get paid less per…

You ‘probed’ the point to him?

I used to think that, but then I worked with this girl in her mid 20s who was one of the most efficient, polite people I have ever worked with. Half-way through every shift, she would take her break, ball her eyes out for a few minutes, have a smoke, touch up her make-up, and go back out. She said it was the only way…

It only works if you get the fucker abusing you on tape. Writing it down or even having witnesses always gets defended with the ‘embittered employee’ wrap. Also, expect to get three write-ups for complaints by ‘anonymous dissatisfied customers’ in quick succession, so that they can legally fire you.

Yup. Only time I ever gotted choked up in nearly 20 years was when a manager screamed at me for close to 5 minutes in front of a bar full of people so loudly that he drowned out the band. He couldn’t handle the pressure of bartending on St. Patrick’s Day.

She smiled with a smug sense of victory, and did not tip.

If the machine were cleaned at night instead of in the morning, then they could just come in, pour in the ‘goop’, and turn it on, thus milkshakes would be available when the restaurant was open. Now who do you think decides that the machine is cleaned in the morning, rather than having the nightstaff stay an extra ten…

I think you missed the part where it was pretty obvious that the customer planted the hair themselves.

I didn’t feel that this was a ‘fail’ on Mr. Sanders part.

I didn’t feel that this was a ‘fail’ on Mr. Sanders part. I read the original article on the New York Times this morning, I’ too, was a bit taken aback when the question was rased.

I slept with a guy who shaved his dick once. Just once. His stubble chafed my vagina, so I figured that pretty much wrecks any chance of the condom working.

Aah, yes. I miss Red Dwarf...I really must watch the whole series again sometime soon!