Thursday, February 17, 2005
i solemnly announce that i have quit my job at venezia.. *jumps for joy!* this saturday is my last day! i'll be working from.. 12-10.. so.. *screams* whoever wants an enormous generous helping of ice-cream better come! ok.. actually we still have hp at venezia.. so no need to look for me.. finally.. plucked up the courage to quit.. i feel like there's nothing to learn at venezia anymore.. the stingy boss definitely won't teach me how to make ice-cream.. and yeah.. i think i shall divulge the ugly secrets of the shop (i didn't say which shop..) right here.. people! please do not do not do not ever eat the toast.. because..
1) *drums roll* the gardenia bread they use is so so fresh that any fresher, you'll have to pick it from the dumps yourself! ok.. its not that bad.. if you're lucky and the bread happens to run out, you'll get fresh bread, but if not, you'll have to put up with bread from god knows how many weeks ago that has been stashed away in the fridge.. *grin*
2) yep.. and.. do not do not do not ever lick your plate or utensils sqeakily clean no matter how hungry your are, because they are being washed by people like... ME! people who are initially fine with washing, but get increasingly pissed because washing causes your back to ache and your hands to become so rough, and gettin $5/hr to wash the yucky oily sticky plates and utensils (which just keeps piling even though u just washed 5 mins ago) on top of all the other menial tasks like throwing garbage and moving ice cream and trays from the van to the shop is simply so unreasonable.. yep.. so people like me.. take the easy way out.. i must admit i'm still nice.. better standard than most coffeeshops (which just dump the cups and plates in a huge basin of soap water then rinse with clean water and proudly pronounce the plate clean).. at least i still rub the plates quite hard with the sponge.. just that i dun care whether the plate still feels oily after i wash them because there are simply so many things to do! its always me and arleen.. 2 of us having to cope.. and me doing all the washing.. blearghx. ok i shall stop complaining.. heh..
and.. their chicken pies and beef pies.. i mean.. there's really nothing to learn.. its just taking them out from some box.. then put into the microwave and then heat up.. then serve.. those pies.. i dunno how old they are too..
the tuna.. ham and cheese sandwich stuff.. hmm.. the tuna blah blah paste comes ready made in this blue plastic container.. if it finishes, it gets topped up, if it doesn't, then use until it finishes.. yep.. you get what i mean. same goes for the tomatoes and lettuces and ham.. and fruits..
well well.. i guess the fresh things there are.. ice cream? (they are made by the boss and his helper almost everyday.. ok.. its everyday.. just that the fresh ones get mixed with those left overs from the previous day.. so its still rather fresh) coffee.. well.. the coffee is not ready made.. so can trust.. waffle? the paste is ready made too.. but it runs out quite (note the word quite) fast, so its rather fresh too!
coming back to the point of not having anything else to learn.. yep.. i dun think i need to learn how to wipe tables wash dishes move trays and ic.. the ready made things.. i wun get a chance to learn how to make them.. waffle.. i agar agar know how to make.. just that my waffle comes out not that round and nice.. the bread and stuff.. aiyah! who cares man! he wun let them teach me till a few months later.. coffee.. hmm.. i know how to make tea.. and agarly how to make coffee.. the espresso and other high class stuff no.. but i'm not gonna wait for a few months to learn that. bah..
hopefully i've given everyone an insight on how to run a cafe economically! :) *wink*
