santa

seeing tsandhol's letter to santa made me think about my own christmas list. well, folks, here it is.

1. this
2. that
3. and one of these

fudge wars - the grease trap strikes back

it stinks in here. bad. like somebody ate way too much taco bell after a hard night of drinking cheapnasty beer and became old faithful. except in the opposite direction. see this post for more info on the grease trap.

every employee gets the grease trap speech. i want as little as possible to go down the drain so we can delay opening that bad mother up for as long as possible. i go so far as to open the outlet valve so they know just how bad even a tiny whiff can be. forcing someone's eyes to roll back in their head and go into convulsions, i've found to be quite effective at making my point.

i recently gave the speech to a newer employee and they agreed that it was bad...but not that bad. i was dumbfounded. as if my jaw wasn't already on the floor, they followed it up with an offer to clean it out for me. sweet jesus's donkey.

yesterday after the store closed, they followed through on their offer. not only did they empty out 30 gallons of grease trap goo using nothing but a ladle, but then scrubbed it out with a sponge.

i have two theories on management. one of them is that i will never ask an employee to do what i myself, am unwilling to do. not for all the playboy centerfolds would i scrub the grease trab out with a sponge. ok, well, maybe...but it would be a tough decision. but definitely not for 7 bucks an hour.

wanna know the kicker? this employee is a 17 year old high school girl.