Last weekend was my first weekend in charge of the Cafe.
On Saturday morning the manager came in to check we were ok for opening and to tell us the system, menu and prices were changing from right then. That was nice of them to give us some warning.
Saturday went ok, except for a few things here and there, mainly because of the new system. The manager came in when we were nearly closed to check on us again.
Then on Sunday I was left in charge all by myself. I opened up and started getting everything ready before most of the others were there. Two people called in to say they "had the flu" which obviously means they were hungover. Then it turned out we had almost no sausages for the brunch, so we had to get some more quickly from a local shop.
Then half an hour after opening, I noticed the old woman who works there had done nothing but sit down reading the paper all morning. Being the person who makes sure people do their jobs, I asked her to stand up. But she blew up and starting raving "Why are you so fucking bossy?!..... trying to drive me out of a job... male chauvaunist pig..." She went on but I stopped listening after that.
I ignored her for the rest of the day.
Then when I went into work in the kitchen today I mentioned it to the manager and she said the woman would get a formal warning.
While in the kitchen I made a pecan tart. The recipe book said one portion had 1000 calories.
It was basically a sugar pastry base, with a mix of sugar, treacle, eggs, and butter on top, then covered in nuts.