I just called in sick

[Cakes488]

Well Sid's he ain't that close...he's a bartender and well...you're not able to even buy drinks yet.

Don't worry I got you on that...but of course there's a handling fee.

 

[Cakes488]

This is another one of these reasons why I am happy I work for the government. I get all kinds of benefits that we all use and abuse. Even those of us who LOVE the job we do, need to understand that when we are sick its a far better theing we do to stay home than go to work.

Now when an employee calls in sick and i drive past a bar to see their car there... thats another one of those management "moments" I would rather not have to deal with.

And it's most easily dealt with by just looking in the other direction.

 

[RoJoHen]

Now when an employee calls in sick and i drive past a bar to see their car there... thats another one of those management "moments" I would rather not have to deal with.

See? I'm actually feeling a lot better now, and I am forcing myself to stay home just in case my boss is out and about.

I must have eaten something weird. I don't know why I would have felt so sick earlier in the day.

 

[sidious618]

Well Sid's he ain't that close...he's a bartender and well...you're not able to even buy drinks yet.

Yeah, but for on here a four year difference isn't all that much for me.

 

[Cakes488]

Now when an employee calls in sick and i drive past a bar to see their car there... thats another one of those management "moments" I would rather not have to deal with.

See? I'm actually feeling a lot better now, and I am forcing myself to stay home just in case my boss is out and about.

I must have eaten something weird. I don't know why I would have felt so sick earlier in the day.

I think you'd feel better if you'd just make me a damn bay breeze already!

 

[RoJoHen]

A Bay Breeze, huh? Well, I know I have vodka, but I almost certainly don't have the juice.

 

[Cakes488]

Fine...just the vodka than. I mean I'll make a sacrifice here. Take one for the team.

 

[RoJoHen]

Actually, for some reason (even though I don't drink the stuff) I seem to have cranberry juice. And I have some pineapple chunks if you want to attempt to extract the juice.

 

[Cakes488]

Just mash the pine chunks in your mouth and spit in the juice. I'll never know.

If the customers only knew what goes on at restaurants and bars....we may never "eat out" again.

 

[Mike Farley]

Just mash the pine chunks in your mouth and spit in the juice. I'll never know.

If the customers only knew what goes on at restaurants and bars....we may never "eat out" again.

That's exactly how we juice EVERYTHING at my restaurant! Are you a corporate spy?

JUst, sayin'...because I'll funnel information to you without a second thought.

 

[Captain Ice]

If the customers only knew what goes on at restaurants and bars....we may never "eat out" again.

Amen.

Even those who suspect don't know the half of it. Half of the people who run and/or own those establishments don't give a damn about anything except the money. I've lost count of the number of places I've walked into, looked around, and walked right back out of even though I was extremely hungry. My friends learned that if I walked out of an establishment, then they should as well (they knew if I walked out, it was not a clean enough restaurant to eat in and I was queasy about the establishment's health standards). I've seen everything short of watching a rat walk across the table. I used to carry a notebook with me whenever I went into a restaurant or bar so that I could note anything I saw that I liked, so I could try to implement it in my restaurant. When I walked out of a restaurant because I'd seen something that made me refuse to patronize it, that would also go in that notebook so I could make sure we were not doing that same thing ourselves.

Surprisingly, it's relatively easy to spot a bar or restaurant where they really are interested in cleanliness. You just have to know what things to look behind, under, etc. and what to look for.

 

[Cakes488]

Just mash the pine chunks in your mouth and spit in the juice. I'll never know.

If the customers only knew what goes on at restaurants and bars....we may never "eat out" again.

That's exactly how we juice EVERYTHING at my restaurant! Are you a corporate spy?

JUst, sayin'...because I'll funnel information to you without a second thought.

You clever beast...did you use funnel there as a play on words?

 

[Cakes488]

If the customers only knew what goes on at restaurants and bars....we may never "eat out" again.

Amen.

Even those who suspect don't know the half of it. Half of the people who run and/or own those establishments don't give a damn about anything except the money. I've lost count of the number of places I've walked into, looked around, and walked right back out of even though I was extremely hungry. My friends learned that if I walked out of an establishment, then they should as well (they knew if I walked out, it was not a clean enough restaurant to eat in and I was queasy about the establishment's health standards). I've seen everything short of watching a rat walk across the table. I used to carry a notebook with me whenever I went into a restaurant or bar so that I could note anything I saw that I liked, so I could try to implement it in my restaurant. When I walked out of a restaurant because I'd seen something that made me refuse to patronize it, that would also go in that notebook so I could make sure we were not doing that same thing ourselves.

Surprisingly, it's relatively easy to spot a bar or restaurant where they really are interested in cleanliness. You just have to know what things to look behind, under, etc. and what to look for.

Isn't the bathroom a good barometer to how clean an establishment is?

 

[Mr. Laser Beam]

There have been days when I've been sick as a dog but I went in anyway, 'cuz I knew that whichever manager I'd end up talking to, would lay a guilt trip on me and make me feel uncomfortable and guilty....

 

[RoJoHen]

There have been days when I've been sick as a dog but I went in anyway, 'cuz I knew that whichever manager I'd end up talking to, would lay a guilt trip on me and make me feel uncomfortable and guilty....

I normally work when I'm sick, but today I probably would have ended up vomiting in people's drinks. I decided staying home was probably for the best.

 

[freak]

That's probably a good idea for you, RoJoHen to stay home. Much rather be safe than sorry on being sick. When I was working at my previous job, the only times I missed were for emergency reasons and if I was sick..and that was hardly ever. But if I was sick, I'd only stay home if I had a high fever or was dying of food poisoning.

 

[Captain Ice]

Isn't the bathroom a good barometer to how clean an establishment is?

It can be. However, most restaurant owners/managers also know that the most likely place for someone to be critical of a restaurants cleanliness is the bathroom. So it's a focus for them. Consequently, it's possible for a restaurant to have a restroom that spakles while the rest of the place is a pigsty.

Here are a few things to look at that are better telltales:

1. Try to glance through the kitchen door. If you can, look at the baseboards. A restaurant that is really into cleanliness will scrub the baseboards throughout the facility.

2. If you can see any of the kitchen workspaces/storage areas through this door, look for signs that things have been moved/wiped. Do you see evidence of mice/rat droppings on these shelves (sometimes you can see this from quite a distance and if you can it's much more horrible than what you see)? If you do, turn and run immediately.

3. When you enter the bathroom, look in the corners and look at the baseboards. Here again, a restaurant that is really into being clean will shine. The baseboards won't have any buildup of dust/dirt at all and may show signs of having been scrubbed. Dirt visible in the corners is evidence of very half-hearted cleaning (the mop doesn't get in here well unless you really work it.

4. In the bathroom, look at the area between the base of the partition and the wall. It should look like someone has taken a brush or scrubbie [sp?] to it.

5. In the dining area, look at the area between the seat of the booth and the wall. Finding some crumbs in the area is normal, but more than 1/2 cup is a warning sign as it's not hard to work a wet towel down in here while you are wiping the seat.

6. While you are looking at that booth seat, look at the floor underneath the booth. Is there anything under there other than a few crumbs? Does it look like it's been vacuumed recently? Is the baseboard clean or covered with crud?

7. When they are wiping the tables, do you see the busboys wipe the seat at all? If they do, are they using the same towel that they just used to wipe the table? This is a no-no.

8. Does the underside of the table look like someone is at least trying to occassionally scrape off the gum deposits? If it does, this is an excellent sign that they really are into being clean and not just giving it lip service.

9. Do the wall hangings, lamps, and decorations look like they've been dusted? Windowsills? Are the blinds dusty?

This is just a small portion of what I'd see while in a bar or restaurant while visiting. It looks like a long list of items, but each really takes no more than a passing glance to notice.

That being said, a bar or restaurant is going to be a bit dirty at the very end of the night or if they've been busy. One needs to allow for that. It's hard to find the right way to say this, but dirt that's been there 30 minutes looks a lot different than dirt that's been there for a week and it's the latter that you're more concerned with.

 

[AdAstra]

Hope you're feeling better.

 

[RoJoHen]

Isn't the bathroom a good barometer to how clean an establishment is?

It can be. However, most restaurant owners/managers also know that the most likely place for someone to be critical of a restaurants cleanliness is the bathroom. So it's a focus for them. Consequently, it's possible for a restaurant to have a restroom that spakles while the rest of the place is a pigsty.

Here are a few things to look at that are better telltales:

1. Try to glance through the kitchen door. If you can, look at the baseboards. A restaurant that is really into cleanliness will scrub the baseboards throughout the facility.

2. If you can see any of the kitchen workspaces/storage areas through this door, look for signs that things have been moved/wiped. Do you see evidence of mice/rat droppings on these shelves (sometimes you can see this from quite a distance and if you can it's much more horrible than what you see)? If you do, turn and run immediately.

3. When you enter the bathroom, look in the corners and look at the baseboards. Here again, a restaurant that is really into being clean will shine. The baseboards won't have any buildup of dust/dirt at all and may show signs of having been scrubbed. Dirt visible in the corners is evidence of very half-hearted cleaning (the mop doesn't get in here well unless you really work it.

4. In the bathroom, look at the area between the base of the partition and the wall. It should look like someone has taken a brush or scrubbie [sp?] to it.

5. In the dining area, look at the area between the seat of the booth and the wall. Finding some crumbs in the area is normal, but more than 1/2 cup is a warning sign as it's not hard to work a wet towel down in here while you are wiping the seat.

6. While you are looking at that booth seat, look at the floor underneath the booth. Is there anything under there other than a few crumbs? Does it look like it's been vacuumed recently? Is the baseboard clean or covered with crud?

7. When they are wiping the tables, do you see the busboys wipe the seat at all? If they do, are they using the same towel that they just used to wipe the table? This is a no-no.

8. Does the underside of the table look like someone is at least trying to occassionally scrape off the gum deposits? If it does, this is an excellent sign that they really are into being clean and not just giving it lip service.

9. Do the wall hangings, lamps, and decorations look like they've been dusted? Windowsills? Are the blinds dusty?

This is just a small portion of what I'd see while in a bar or restaurant while visiting. It looks like a long list of items, but each really takes no more than a passing glance to notice.

That being said, a bar or restaurant is going to be a bit dirty at the very end of the night or if they've been busy. One needs to allow for that. It's hard to find the right way to say this, but dirt that's been there 30 minutes looks a lot different than dirt that's been there for a week and it's the latter that you're more concerned with.

Well, I'm at least glad to know that my place would pass your test of cleanliness. We're really anal when it comes to keeping things clean.

The only thing that really sucks is that we know we have dead mice in the walls. And short of actually tearing the wall apart, those mice are going to stay there. Every once in a while you can get a whiff of them decomposing.

I don't know how they even end up in the walls, because I have never once seen a live mouse outside the walls. The only reason we found them at all was because about 2 years ago part of our place was remodeled.

 

[ThunderAeroI]

Isn't the bathroom a good barometer to how clean an establishment is?

It can be. However, most restaurant owners/managers also know that the most likely place for someone to be critical of a restaurants cleanliness is the bathroom. So it's a focus for them. Consequently, it's possible for a restaurant to have a restroom that spakles while the rest of the place is a pigsty.

Here are a few things to look at that are better telltales:

1. Try to glance through the kitchen door. If you can, look at the baseboards. A restaurant that is really into cleanliness will scrub the baseboards throughout the facility.

2. If you can see any of the kitchen workspaces/storage areas through this door, look for signs that things have been moved/wiped. Do you see evidence of mice/rat droppings on these shelves (sometimes you can see this from quite a distance and if you can it's much more horrible than what you see)? If you do, turn and run immediately.

3. When you enter the bathroom, look in the corners and look at the baseboards. Here again, a restaurant that is really into being clean will shine. The baseboards won't have any buildup of dust/dirt at all and may show signs of having been scrubbed. Dirt visible in the corners is evidence of very half-hearted cleaning (the mop doesn't get in here well unless you really work it.

4. In the bathroom, look at the area between the base of the partition and the wall. It should look like someone has taken a brush or scrubbie [sp?] to it.

5. In the dining area, look at the area between the seat of the booth and the wall. Finding some crumbs in the area is normal, but more than 1/2 cup is a warning sign as it's not hard to work a wet towel down in here while you are wiping the seat.

6. While you are looking at that booth seat, look at the floor underneath the booth. Is there anything under there other than a few crumbs? Does it look like it's been vacuumed recently? Is the baseboard clean or covered with crud?

7. When they are wiping the tables, do you see the busboys wipe the seat at all? If they do, are they using the same towel that they just used to wipe the table? This is a no-no.

8. Does the underside of the table look like someone is at least trying to occassionally scrape off the gum deposits? If it does, this is an excellent sign that they really are into being clean and not just giving it lip service.

9. Do the wall hangings, lamps, and decorations look like they've been dusted? Windowsills? Are the blinds dusty?

This is just a small portion of what I'd see while in a bar or restaurant while visiting. It looks like a long list of items, but each really takes no more than a passing glance to notice.

That being said, a bar or restaurant is going to be a bit dirty at the very end of the night or if they've been busy. One needs to allow for that. It's hard to find the right way to say this, but dirt that's been there 30 minutes looks a lot different than dirt that's been there for a week and it's the latter that you're more concerned with.

Well, I'm at least glad to know that my place would pass your test of cleanliness. We're really anal when it comes to keeping things clean.

The only thing that really sucks is that we know we have dead mice in the walls. And short of actually tearing the wall apart, those mice are going to stay there. Every once in a while you can get a whiff of them decomposing.

I don't know how they even end up in the walls, because I have never once seen a live mouse outside the walls. The only reason we found them at all was because about 2 years ago part of our place was remodeled.

That is an easy one. We have mice in walls from time to time and they come in through condut cuts in the basement. Imgien if you will, power supply cables that go through a series of tubes into the basement and then run into a crawl space. The mice live in these conduts and the crawl space. Like most double wall facilities the mice crawl up through the wall and into the world via wall cuts for utitlies.

Its a pretty common industial problem, something houses don't have but large strutures do.