Wry Ramblings From A Hot Wing

[Lee Wilson]

28 minutes ago, Jason Rimbaud said:

The year was 1953, a young Jason Rimbaud, was lost in the deep forests of Washington State. At the time, I was fully convinced that Bigfoot was real, and was searching for said beast. 

My supplies, while plenty for a month excursion, was quickly stolen in the night by a band of roaming pixies. For days I wander the forrest, until I came upon a crudely made snare trap in the middle of a rabbit trail. 

In the snare was a frightened rabbit. When the rabbit saw that it was only a human, the rabbit said, "Thank god, I thought you were Bigfoot." 

"Bigfoot's real?" I exclaimed excitedly. The fact that the rabbit could talk didn't register in my brain as I knew I must be close to getting the first evidence of Bigfoot. 

"Oh yes, and if I'm going to be eaten by anything, I'd prefer a human." 

"Why is that?" I ask as I knealt down next to the rabbit. 

"Because Bigfoot only eats the ass, then leaves us to die slowly without an ass.

"Why does he only eat the ass?' I ask.

"Because if he doesn't eat the ass it's too tight! 

 

Groannnnnnn!!

[Jason Rimbaud]

6 minutes ago, Lee Wilson said:

Groannnnnnn!!

Come on, I made that up on the spot. A little credit?  . 

[ReaderPaul]

27 minutes ago, Jason Rimbaud said:

But to be petty, In America, when a work quits with no notice, by law, you must give him his final paycheck by the end of 72 Hours. 

When he arrived about an hour ago asking for his check, I told him it would be ready Tuesday.  I'm not above being petty. 

In some states, the law give 48 yours to give them the final paycheck -- if they ask.

Edited April 12 by ReaderPaul

[Lee Wilson]

6 minutes ago, Jason Rimbaud said:

Come on, I made that up on the spot. A little credit?  . 

OK, quick wit there Jason.

[Jason Rimbaud]

11 minutes ago, Lee Wilson said:

OK, quick wit there Jason.

Hey Jason.

"Yes, other Jason." 

Do you think your story distracted everyone from the fact that you didn't explain why you know what rabbit ass tastes like?

"I think so, no one seemed to mention it again." 

Good job. 

"Thanks!" 

[Davide]

1 hour ago, Jason Rimbaud said:

Hey Jason.

"Yes, other Jason." 

Do you think your story distracted everyone from the fact that you didn't explain why you know what rabbit ass tastes like?

"I think so, no one seemed to mention it again." 

Good job. 

"Thanks!" 

Or we're all afraid to ask because the last time someone asked something on this topic, Cassie's friend said the answer was "rigor mortis".

[Jeff Burton]

2 hours ago, Jason Rimbaud said:

I've always had an appreciation for rain. Maybe it was because I received my first oral love during a rainstorm. 

Maybe it's because I always felt renewed after a rainstorm. The fresh smell of wet grass, that slightly salty taste of the air. The idea that all the dirt has been washed away and everything is pristine. Like the first day looking out over freshly fallen snow, when everything is stark white. 

So when I woke this morning, and it was raining, it was a sign that today would be a great day. I wish I could say I woke, fixed a cup of coffee, and sat out on my deck to enjoy my Strawberry Kiwi vape and watch the droplets fall. 

I don't drink coffee. Instead I made myself this green shake my husband insists that I drink, choked it down as fast as I could because it tastes like rabbit ass, and showered quickly. 

I arrived at work at 9 am. Sundays are very relaxing days when there is no football. We open at 11 and don't really get busy until 3 pm or so. So I was expecting to have a boring morning to catch up on my emails, plan the week out, and just be lazy. 

One of my new cooks decided this was not the right place for him, so he quit this morning, five minutes after his shift was to start. 

The text I received, "I don't work for you anymore. I found another job where I don't have to work so hard. They give me ten cents more an hour, and they speak better Spanish than you." 

He was right, my Spanish isn't that good, but I can get by to have clear instructions of what I want. 

Want to know why he decided to quit all of a sudden? 

Yesterday, he was on the line, a position he begged to be put in to gain experience. So we were pretty busy, and he had seven really large tickets. About five hundred wings total. 

So he started cutting corners. We time everything in my kitchen. We use timers, and just because you have tickets piling up, the chicken must be cooked according to that matrix. 

He decided to change the cooking times to make it go faster. Then he put up three combo orders, six wings and fries each. One combo box had five wings only, because he dropped one. All three combo boxes had a different level of fries. 

This time, I told him we have standards, and if you didn't make enough fries, you have to make more to ensure everyone is getting the proper amount. He didn't like this, nor did he think it was his fault that one of the wings fell on the floor. After I caught him cutting more corners, using less sauce, and not salting the fries, I took him off the line. 

How much time did he really save by not salting the fries? 

By this time, I was frustrated, but as I never lose my temper in the kitchen, I was going to speak to him at the end of the shift and explain how kitchens work. 

He's twenty, and this is his first real restaurant job. He used to work for one of the fast food chains. This explained his work ethic. Last time I take a chance on someone needing a job over any experience. 

But he didn't want to talk at the end of the shift; he just left. So I came early today to chat, and I received this text. 

When I told my other cooks, they practically cheered. Even though we are a guy down, the mood in the kitchen is high, and everyone is laughing. Apparently, they had been redoing his work, covering for him, and silently growing to hate his lack of experience, work ethic, and attitude. 

My Spanish isn't that good, so he talked a lot of shit that I didn't understand, apparently, and no one liked him. 

So I asked my senior line cook, the one guy who could run my entire kitchen by himself if I'd let him, if he knew anyone. Twenty minutes later, I had three guys asking for work. 

Once I hired one of them, my line cook told me with a big grin on his face that I should let him hire people because I'm too nice. 

I'll take that as a compliment. 

 

That’s pretty damn solid. 

I enjoy cooking, I’m not a professional at it by any means, but I do get enjoyment out of it.

I worked at a supermarket deli once when I was younger, the kind of place that didn’t care really if the food was actually good, just that it got out.  Which of course made sales tank.

The one item that we sold, that I hated doing was the fried fish.  The first reason I hated it is because the way they prepared it wasn’t correct in my view. If you did it by the book it came out of the fryer with incomplete breading and just looked bad, and if your going to charge that they did for it the least you could do was make it edible.

So one day I had time, I cleaned the filets and let them dry, since I had no control over ingredients all I did was change how they were breaded. Yeah it look a little longer, but anything was an improvement. I may have also decreased the cook temp by five degrees and increased the time in the basket by 15 or 20 seconds, but what came out where way better visually, the breading was even, the filets had a crispier snap while remaining flakey on the inside, and sales for that item actually improved.

I ended up doing the same thing to the fried chicken just minor changes and sales went up a little too.

I like cooking but I learned that you can’t cut corners and get the same quality, I also learned that some managers don’t care about quality and would rather make a sale of any kind even if it made repeat business impossible. 

Id rather the tickets pile up on the printer and do it right, because saving a few seconds here and there at the cost of quality is stupid and affects repeat business.

Im glad your problem solved itself @Jason Rimbaud and made everyone happier in the end.

[Jason Rimbaud]

It's Monday. I'm continuing my re-watch of Survivor. I am not midway through Season Twenty Heroes VS Villains, the season where the Queen stays Queen. (those of you, maybe one, that know, know)

Quick Update. I finally got a version of Frosted Hearts last chapter that I'm super excited about. I know people have been waiting patiently, but I wasn't going to do something half (rabbit) ass just to get it out. 

So look for that shortly, as I am going through final edits. 

Gabriel's Gambit is two or three chapters away from ending. I've been posting one chapter a day for about a week. The goal is to have both stories wrapped up this week. 

The stress I put on myself with Frosted Hearts is one I won't be repeating again. I will no longer ever post a story until it is finished. It's not fair to the readers, all twelve of you, to have to wait, and I don't want to deal with the anxiety of deadlines. 

After I clean the slate, I am jumping headfirst into Tyler's Dilemma Part Two. And I'll probably go silent for a while as I spend all my time in that universe. 

This year, new content wise, is looking like Tyler's Dilemma Part Two, maybe the Secret Author story if the theme is one I like, and the third Christmas story in Glacier Bay.  I've put out more work in the last year than I have in twenty years. But that damn one chapter Christmas story broke my brain. 

I am currently dabbling with six different stories. After Tyler's Dilemma, I think I'm going to jump headfirst into a story I'm calling the Echos of The Last Dawn. My take on the literal end of humanity as we know it. Currently, I'm about 80K words into a planned 140K. But that could change just as fast as I discarded my plans for Gabriel's Gambit to be a trilogy.  

So this year might be sparse unless I drop a one off story here or maybe there. I need time to write in the manner I am most comfortable with. Rewrites and more rewrites until I am happy with the final result. 

Who knows, I might even still write my epic Sci-Fi novel G I Ants. The next masterpiece starring members of GA. 

 

 

[Kileoli]

19 hours ago, Jeff Burton said:

That’s pretty damn solid. 

I enjoy cooking, I’m not a professional at it by any means, but I do get enjoyment out of it.

I worked at a supermarket deli once when I was younger, the kind of place that didn’t care really if the food was actually good, just that it got out.  Which of course made sales tank.

The one item that we sold, that I hated doing was the fried fish.  The first reason I hated it is because the way they prepared it wasn’t correct in my view. If you did it by the book it came out of the fryer with incomplete breading and just looked bad, and if your going to charge that they did for it the least you could do was make it edible.

So one day I had time, I cleaned the filets and let them dry, since I had no control over ingredients all I did was change how they were breaded. Yeah it look a little longer, but anything was an improvement. I may have also decreased the cook temp by five degrees and increased the time in the basket by 15 or 20 seconds, but what came out where way better visually, the breading was even, the filets had a crispier snap while remaining flakey on the inside, and sales for that item actually improved.

I ended up doing the same thing to the fried chicken just minor changes and sales went up a little too.

I like cooking but I learned that you can’t cut corners and get the same quality, I also learned that some managers don’t care about quality and would rather make a sale of any kind even if it made repeat business impossible. 

Id rather the tickets pile up on the printer and do it right, because saving a few seconds here and there at the cost of quality is stupid and affects repeat business.

Im glad your problem solved itself @Jason Rimbaud and made everyone happier in the end.

I just had the thought same as cutting corners and reducing quality for minimal time saving, is the same as overtaking while driving. The only difference is driving aggressively although a bit dangerous, is fun.

Now I feel like cooking but something complicated....

[Kileoli]

20 minutes ago, Jason Rimbaud said:

It's Monday. I'm continuing my re-watch of Survivor. I am not midway through Season Twenty Heroes VS Villains, the season where the Queen stays Queen. (those of you, maybe one, that know, know)

Quick Update. I finally got a version of Frosted Hearts last chapter that I'm super excited about. I know people have been waiting patiently, but I wasn't going to do something half (rabbit) ass just to get it out. 

So look for that shortly, as I am going through final edits. 

Gabriel's Gambit is two or three chapters away from ending. I've been posting one chapter a day for about a week. The goal is to have both stories wrapped up this week. 

The stress I put on myself with Frosted Hearts is one I won't be repeating again. I will no longer ever post a story until it is finished. It's not fair to the readers, all twelve of you, to have to wait, and I don't want to deal with the anxiety of deadlines. 

After I clean the slate, I am jumping headfirst into Tyler's Dilemma Part Two. And I'll probably go silent for a while as I spend all my time in that universe. 

This year, new content wise, is looking like Tyler's Dilemma Part Two, maybe the Secret Author story if the theme is one I like, and the third Christmas story in Glacier Bay.  I've put out more work in the last year than I have in twenty years. But that damn one chapter Christmas story broke my brain. 

I am currently dabbling with six different stories. After Tyler's Dilemma, I think I'm going to jump headfirst into a story I'm calling the Echos of The Last Dawn. My take on the literal end of humanity as we know it. Currently, I'm about 80K words into a planned 140K. But that could change just as fast as I discarded my plans for Gabriel's Gambit to be a trilogy.  

So this year might be sparse unless I drop a one off story here or maybe there. I need time to write in the manner I am most comfortable with. Rewrites and more rewrites until I am happy with the final result. 

Who knows, I might even still write my epic Sci-Fi novel G I Ants. The next masterpiece starring members of GA. 

 

 

Seems like a lot of work. I get tired from thinking of so much reading....

[Jason Rimbaud]

48 minutes ago, Kileoli said:

Seems like a lot of work. I get tired from thinking of so much reading....

You need to get better sleep!  Then you wouldn't be so tired!   . 

[Davide]

1 hour ago, Jason Rimbaud said:

Quick Update. I finally got a version of Frosted Hearts last chapter that I'm super excited about. I know people have been waiting patiently, but I wasn't going to do something half (rabbit) ass just to get it out. 

So look for that shortly, as I am going through final edits. 

So we're getting the full rabbit's ass, no half measures, good. I'm glad you persevered until you had the best version of the final chapter, I prefer waiting to reading something the author isn't happy with.

1 hour ago, Jason Rimbaud said:

Gabriel's Gambit is two or three chapters away from ending. I've been posting one chapter a day for about a week. The goal is to have both stories wrapped up this week. 

I want to try that one, but I'm going to wait until I finish part one of Tyler's Dilemma. I learn my lesson of avoiding reading two stories from the same author at the same time from the fact that I'm starting to mix up character names of @Lee Wilson's Look, But Don't Look Look and Love Truly Is Blind.

1 hour ago, Jason Rimbaud said:

After I clean the slate, I am jumping headfirst into Tyler's Dilemma Part Two. And I'll probably go silent for a while as I spend all my time in that universe. 

By silent, you mean in regards to posting stories, not also disappearing from the forums, right?

1 hour ago, Jason Rimbaud said:

Who knows, I might even still write my epic Sci-Fi novel G I Ants. The next masterpiece starring members of GA. 

Do it! Post it for real, don't just hide that in the forums.

[Jason Rimbaud]

3 minutes ago, Davide said:

By silent, you mean in regards to posting stories, not also disappearing from the forums, right?

Not sure, last summer, I went silent for two months while I worked on my secret project. If I get in the zone, I tend to hyper focus on projects. Also, around the SuperBowl, I took off two weeks as I had to contend with that madness. 

5 minutes ago, Davide said:

Do it! Post it for real, don't just hide that in the forums.

Hahaha, I might put up what I have under my throw away file. 

[Davide]

1 minute ago, Jason Rimbaud said:

Not sure, last summer, I went silent for two months while I worked on my secret project. If I get in the zone, I tend to hyper focus on projects. Also, around the SuperBowl, I took off two weeks as I had to contend with that madness. 

Fair, whatever works best for your writing. As for the Super Bowl, I wouldn't expect you to have time for much during that period, not given your restaurant's location. (For anyone else reading this, I'm not saying I know where it is, just the general proximity to this year's Super Bowl.)

[Jason Rimbaud]

4 minutes ago, Davide said:

Fair, whatever works best for your writing. As for the Super Bowl, I wouldn't expect you to have time for much during that period, not given your restaurant's location. (For anyone else reading this, I'm not saying I know where it is, just the general proximity to this year's Super Bowl.)

To anyone reading this, the other person that does, Davide not only knows the name of my restaurant, but he's gotten a virtual tour sponsored by HotOnes, as well as I overnighted him an order of wings because he found me on Google Earth out back of my restaurant drinking coffee and smoking my strawberry kiwi vape. 

.  

 

[Davide]

2 minutes ago, Jason Rimbaud said:

To anyone reading this, the other person that does, Davide not only knows the name of my restaurant, but he's gotten a virtual tour sponsored by HotOnes, as well as I overnighted him an order of wings because he found me on Google Earth out back of my restaurant drinking coffee and smoking my strawberry kiwi vape. 

.  

Great news, I'll be waiting for the plane to arrive with your wings. That has to be one expensive order, shipping it all the way across the Atlantic.

[Jason Rimbaud]

2 minutes ago, Davide said:

Great news, I'll be waiting for the plane to arrive with your wings. That has to be one expensive order, shipping it all the way across the Atlantic.

I slept with two pilots, a customs officer who smelled of fish, and a random twink that didn't help the cause, he just looked like the statue of David. Cost me three orgasms, and a fake one. Cheap on the grand scale of things. 

[Davide]

2 minutes ago, Jason Rimbaud said:

I slept with two pilots, a customs officer who smelled of fish, and a random twink that didn't help the cause, he just looked like the statue of David. Cost me three orgasms, and a fake one. Cheap on the grand scale of things. 

Lol. I'm going to bet on the customs officer who smelled of fish as being the recipient of the fake orgasm.

[Jason Rimbaud]

7 minutes ago, Davide said:

Lol. I'm going to bet on the customs officer who smelled of fish as being the recipient of the fake orgasm.

It wasn't the twink!   

[Jason Rimbaud]

Two guys came into my restaurant for lunch. They ordered, sat down, and then pulled out drinks from their bags. I figured since they ordered food, I'd overlook that they brought their own drinks. 

Then, about five minutes later, a third person joined them. He had bought lunch at a different restaurant. Usually, if you don't order food from me, I just ask you to leave. This isn't a hang out spot, it's a business. 

This time, like a dumbass, I went over and informed him that I don't allow outside food in my restaurant or drinks, but as long as he didn't eat it, I'd let him stay with his friends. He assured me he wouldn't. 

The moment I turned around, he started eating his lunch. So I told him to leave. They got super mad and made a big scene. But if the rules are stated right up front, and you decided to disrespect my business, I don't much care. 

Does anyone who reads this believe its okay to bring food into a restuarant from another business and sit down and eat? 

[Davide]

1 minute ago, Jason Rimbaud said:

Two guys came into my restaurant for lunch. They ordered, sat down, and then pulled out drinks from their bags. I figured since they ordered food, I'd overlook that they brought their own drinks. 

Then, about five minutes later, a third person joined them. He had bought lunch at a different restaurant. Usually, if you don't order food from me, I just ask you to leave. This isn't a hang out spot, it's a business. 

This time, like a dumbass, I went over and informed him that I don't allow outside food in my restaurant or drinks, but as long as he didn't eat it, I'd let him stay with his friends. He assured me he wouldn't. 

The moment I turned around, he started eating his lunch. So I told him to leave. They got super mad and made a big scene. But if the rules are stated right up front, and you decided to disrespect my business, I don't much care. 

Does anyone who reads this believe its okay to bring food into a restuarant from another business and sit down and eat? 

What the fuck? No, absolutely not. Even bringing outside drinks isn't okay, you were being nice when you overlooked that. If they want to full on eat with a person that's bringing food from another place, they need to buy the wings to go and eat somewhere else.

[Jason Rimbaud]

3 minutes ago, Davide said:

What the fuck? No, absolutely not. Even bringing outside drinks isn't okay, you were being nice when you overlooked that. If they want to full on eat with a person that's bringing food from another place, they need to buy the wings to go and eat somewhere else.

Apparently, those tech bros didn't get that memo. 

[Davide]

15 minutes ago, Jason Rimbaud said:

Apparently, those tech bros didn't get that memo. 

Well, an immutable fact of any job that involves dealing with customers is there are always some assholes.

[Jason Rimbaud]

1 minute ago, Davide said:

Well, an immutable fact of any job that involves dealing with customers is there are always some assholes.

I think Tech Bro's default is asshole. And if you work for a company called SalesForce. 

[Lee Wilson]

2 hours ago, Jason Rimbaud said:

Does anyone who reads this believe its okay to bring food into a restuarant from another business and sit down and eat? 

I can see one exception. You’re meeting a group at a seafood restaurant and you have a seafood allergy. Bringing in drinks… yeah, I got nothing.