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I'm a Chef and writer who has an immense passion for what I do. I tend to rant and ramble on a variety of subjects, hence the title of this blog. The "in-training" part of the title comes from my belief that no matter how experienced a chef may be, he or she should always be training him- or herself and constantly striving to become better.

Friday, September 28, 2012

Jumping on the band wagon

So I went on Verizon's website to see if I could somehow end my plan now that my 2 year contract with them is up, but like an idiot I clicked on the upgrade my device, just for shits and giggles. I saw that I could get a 16GB iPhone 4s for a lot less than it would have been a week ago. I could have gotten an 8GB iPhone 4 for free, but I figured, what the hell? Let's go with 4s... So now I'm thinking about selling my iPod touch. After all, if I'm gonna have an iPhone, what's the point in having the iPod touch? They're basically the same thing, the iPhone just has more capability.

Anyway... I'm excited about the upgrade, but at the same time I'm regretting it... Mainly because instead of $60/month to Verizon, I now have to pay $90/month... I guess the bright side is that I have a pretty decent job and get regular hours. Now that I think about it though, this is actually gonna save me $15 a month, cause once my iPhone gets here, I can cancel my Straighttalk service, which costs $45/month... Yay! I did something good! haha

So! Off on a rant!

Last night was a huge pain in my ass. We were doing a prime rib dinner, so the menu was limited to most of the guests. The guests in the a la carte dining room were all given the prime rib menu, which only had two, very easy to make salads to choose from. The people in the casual dining room were given regular menus (no big deal). Anyway, the night went smoothly and, as per usual, I started getting ready to clean up around 8-8:30 because our last table was just served. Lo and behold, a 5-top AND an 8-top both come in at 8:45 when we close at 9, so now we're stuck waiting for them. The 5-top rung in around 8:55, but the 8-top didn't ring in until 9:15, with the fire entree ticket not coming in until 9:25... Due to clean-up, we didn't get out of there until an hour later than we were supposed to... Normally, I wouldn't mind that one bit, but I had a paper due last night at midnight, and I didn't get home until 11. Needless to say, I didn't get the paper finished in time. I submitted it half complete because I forgot what the professor said his policy on late work was and figured better to submit incomplete than late. If he tells me I can turn it in late for only a few points off, then I'm gonna redo it and resubmit it.

Needless to say, I hate people who come 15 minutes before a restaurant closes. It's just plain rude. How would you feel if you were in the middle of wrapping up at your job, and then all of a sudden your boss comes over and says "Here, do this. Don't leave until it's finished." and drops an hour's worth of work on your lap. I think it's safe to assume that you would be upset.

People suck... Except you guys. You guys don't suck as much

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