Week 8

Week 8:          Date:   February 27-March 5

Summation:

Sunday was crazy busy just like in the last week on Friday and Saturday because the same 300 or so people were still coming into Captains Grille. Monday was a little slower. I was moved back to pantry; which is fine because it is not as hot over there and it is constantly busy. This is both a good and bad thing because I will never be bored on pantry but sometimes there is so much prep to do that no matter how fast I go or how well I plan, I have trouble getting it all done before opening. Monday was boring because we only had 200 people so I was just steady the whole night and I didn’t have to rush around as much. Tuesday was an exciting day because it was finally my day off! I just mainly relaxed and went for a swim. I also took a trip by myself to Animal Kingdom. I went on a safari and a trek. It was really cool to see a large variety of animals; especially the baby gorillas! Then I walked around the different countries for a while and then later went on the rapid ride and got soaking wet. Wednesday was really fun because I was given the opportunity to train a newcomer to Captains Grille on pantry. Her name is Christine and she has actually been with the company for over 20 years, working in a large variety of restaurants. Training was an experience because teaching someone the right way to do everything is tricky because if you accidentally do a bad habit that has been formed then you are going to teach your trainee that same bad habit and then a line of bad habits continues. Thursday I trained Christine again on pantry but I let her kind of take the reins on prep so she would have a better idea of how to do it in two days when her training was done. Friday was exciting because Christine moved to sauté and so I got to train another new-comer that had just finished doing her first two weeks on sauté. I trained Ann on pantry a second time. I had trained her on pantry briefly when she had first started but she didn’t remember very much of it all. It was a really fun evening because we made a really great team by making sure the other person was ok and then tag teaming tickets in an organized and timely manner. Saturday was good because I finally had pantry to myself again. I was good because I didn’t have to be constantly questioning and quizzing anyone but it was also bad because I remembered what it is like when I have to set up pantry by myself and how much work it is!