Achievement unlocked: working check without a break

Last night, I worked check/ovens from 7 PM until 10:30 without asking anyone to relieve me for a few minutes so I could rest.  And it was a pretty busy evening, too, though the peaks were fortunately small and spaced out.

It's hard for me to tell how much of this success is because I'm improving and how much is because two of the first three times I worked check were during disasters.  The first time, we just simply didn't have someone else to be checker, so I jumped into the role.  The third time, we were short of meat for the sandwiches and people were grumpy.

More sweary language ahead

Gah!!!!  I know that it's annoying that we have a policy not to make any changes to menu items.  I can understand that, having been told no by the cashier, you thought you would ask the person actually making the sandwich to make an exception for you.  But, when I tell you no, do NOT refer your request to the person on the complete effing other side of the stand!  Just because he has a penis does NOT mean he is higher up in the chain of command.  On the contrary, the fact that I'm running check means that I'm sort of his boss for this particular shift.

Seriously, if you want me to violate management decisions in a manner that is going to make my life harder later on ("But they changed it for me last time!"), being a sexist prick in the middle of a difficult shift isn't going to get me to change my mind.

Warning: Bad word ahead

Dear Asshole,

I would love to take your order.  However, I am currently cooking on the line, as is evidenced by the knife in my hand and the fact that I am standing right next to the food preparing to slice it.  If you look two meters to your left, there you will find the nice young lady taking orders at the cash register.  I know that we serve food traditionally prepared by men, but this is the 21st Century.  Do try to keep up.

Passover shopping list

I may or may not be crazy.

Seder plate
-1 egg
-1 shank bone
-Romaine lettuce
Seder itself
-Good red wine
-Parsley
-Salt water
-Matzah
-Horseradish
-Charoses
       -Apples
       -Walnuts
       -Cinnamon
       -Nutmeg
       -Gross kiddush wine
Dinner
-6 hard-boiled eggs
-Gefilte fish
       -Get recipe from husband's grandmother
-Chicken soup
       -1 pullet
       -1 large onion
       -4 large carrots
       -1 bunch parsley
       -1 bunch dill
-Matzoh balls
       -4 eggs
       -1 tbsp. rendered chicken fat
       -Matzoh meal
-Meat entree
       -3 large or 6 small osso bucco
       -Red wine
       -Root vegetables
       -Garlic
       -Stock(?)
-Vegetarian options
       -TBD
-Potato kugel
       -Potatoes
       -Onions
       -Eggs
       -Matzoh meal
-Zabaglione
        -6 eggs
        -Sugar
        -Some sort of flavorful beverage that isn't coffee
        -Some sort of fruit

Totals
2-3 bottles of good red wine
1 bottle of awful kiddush wine
Various other beverages
Matzah
Matzoh meal
2 dozen eggs
1 shank bone
3-6 osso bucco
1 Romaine lettuce
1 horseradish
8 potatoes
4 onions
1 bulb garlic
8 carrots
1 bunch dill
2 bunches parsley
1 package walnuts
1 lb apples
Some sort of fruit
1 pullet
Chicken fat
Cinnamon
Nutmeg
Salt
Pepper
Sugar

Well, that's embarrassing

The greatest travesty in the unnecessary kitchen gadget world, the Rollie Eggmaster, was invented in Israel.  Proof that being a Start-Up Nation doesn't mean that everything your produce is a good idea, even if it happens to earn you a ton of scratch.