I've decided I'm not a blogger, and I'm taking a hiatus from blogging.
Although I enjoy it, it consumes way too much time - enough of my time is given to McDonald's as it is. I'll probably make a comeback mid-February or so.
Friday, January 25, 2008
Tuesday, January 15, 2008
Where Have I Been?!
For the past 10 days I've been without access to the Internet, but life has been busy, as well as life in McDonald's. Our Full Operations Review is coming up tomorrow (Wednesday) and I have some tales to tell. Stay tuned!
Friday, January 4, 2008
A Great Day!
I am on a huge New Year's Eve positivity and proactivity rush and I'm trying to build momentum so that it will continue throughout the year. Every day that I wake up, I win!
Yesterday, Thursday, was a great day. It was a long day, as well. I was originally scheduled for 11-5, but my hours were rearranged pretty strongly this week (to my favor). I was at my store at about 8:20 AM, ate some breakfast, smoked a cigarette or two, got a Full Throttle energy drink and then clocked in at about 8:40 AM.
I worked basically as a back-up cashier and the "take-care-of-what-needs-doing" position all day, until about 1:30 PM. Throughout Breakfast and Transition, I was stocking, covering, flexing in and out of positions - a great shift doing what a manager does and it was a blast. However, halfway through our Lunch rush, the Closing Manager, By., called and asked to speak with Brandon - from her voice I could tell she was sick as could be. I said, "Call back after lunch, if B. doesn't call you" and hung up the phone. I told B. about the call and he agreed to address it later. Lunch was good, we broke $600 for lunch, which is nice and busy for us.
After I reminded him, B. called By. and the end result (which was all I heard) was "Can you work late tonight?" My conditions were - she covers me Saturday if she can and I get an hour off between shifts. Conditions met and I took an hour of lounging, smoking cigarettes, drinking another energy drink and finishing off a great book I got the other day.
I shamelessly digress - Gamearth is a mild thought experiment in metaphysics posing as a fantasy paperback. Some young teens have been playing a pen and paper role-playing game, and created - together - a world into which they dive every Sunday night. However, the metaphysical elements come along when the main story of the book begins, living the events leading up to a fantastic adventure that occurs inside of their world when the "real world" gamer teens are split in mind about whether to continue playing Gamearth or not. A good 2-day read.
So, my morning shift began at 8:40, and ended about 2:10. My afternoon or closing shift started at about 3:10, just in time for the beginning of crew shift transitions, which lasts for about 2 hours. Getting the new crew informed and up to speed on the goals (Something we've been communicating much of lately - and by we I mean I) and the projections for the day. I still had a great energy level and maintained my can-do spirit throughout the night, in fact. I had 5 people throughout my dinner, which was good and kept things running. Dinner got exciting when we sold something like 100 Doubles in an hour. With 2 Service, 2 Production and a manager in Service. It was great, throughout it all we kept upbeat, we had fun with customers, our food was good, we all had smiles, we encouraged one another and it was AWESOME.
So with dinner past and down to 4 people running the store, we start some cleaning and stocking tasks, while keeping up with customers and pulling breaks for everyone. It was a good, well-paced night and we did about 50% more sales than we projected for the evening. Always positive when the cash register rings. Right at about 10:15, with closing looming on us and being much more brisk than we have been recently, I stepped outside to smoke a cigarette. I was fueling myself with caffeine and nicotine. A very large, extended size van was outside and a very friendly looking guy pops his head out and said, "What time do you stay open till?" "Drive Thru till midnight, inside till 11!" "Great, the other van-load will be here well before then." I chuckled and said, "Really? Van-load?" The man turned his inside light on and pointed behind him with his thumb. "Got a van-load of hungry people right here and another one on it's way!" I snubbed my cigarette out and said, "Well let's go!"
40-odd people from a Church convention, mostly teens, and more than the usual number of random customers later, I announced we were closing our dining room in 7 minutes! Everyone chuckled and I said, "Tell you what you guys can have 10 minutes!" And some old lady who looked a bit senile said, "Yaaay!" with way more enthusiasm than her aged near-corpse looked like it could ever muster up.
After closing up for the night, which went smoothly and everything got taken care of (I cut two short corners counting things). It was a great day and today promises to be great as well.
Happy Friday!
Yesterday, Thursday, was a great day. It was a long day, as well. I was originally scheduled for 11-5, but my hours were rearranged pretty strongly this week (to my favor). I was at my store at about 8:20 AM, ate some breakfast, smoked a cigarette or two, got a Full Throttle energy drink and then clocked in at about 8:40 AM.
I worked basically as a back-up cashier and the "take-care-of-what-needs-doing" position all day, until about 1:30 PM. Throughout Breakfast and Transition, I was stocking, covering, flexing in and out of positions - a great shift doing what a manager does and it was a blast. However, halfway through our Lunch rush, the Closing Manager, By., called and asked to speak with Brandon - from her voice I could tell she was sick as could be. I said, "Call back after lunch, if B. doesn't call you" and hung up the phone. I told B. about the call and he agreed to address it later. Lunch was good, we broke $600 for lunch, which is nice and busy for us.
After I reminded him, B. called By. and the end result (which was all I heard) was "Can you work late tonight?" My conditions were - she covers me Saturday if she can and I get an hour off between shifts. Conditions met and I took an hour of lounging, smoking cigarettes, drinking another energy drink and finishing off a great book I got the other day.
I shamelessly digress - Gamearth is a mild thought experiment in metaphysics posing as a fantasy paperback. Some young teens have been playing a pen and paper role-playing game, and created - together - a world into which they dive every Sunday night. However, the metaphysical elements come along when the main story of the book begins, living the events leading up to a fantastic adventure that occurs inside of their world when the "real world" gamer teens are split in mind about whether to continue playing Gamearth or not. A good 2-day read.
So, my morning shift began at 8:40, and ended about 2:10. My afternoon or closing shift started at about 3:10, just in time for the beginning of crew shift transitions, which lasts for about 2 hours. Getting the new crew informed and up to speed on the goals (Something we've been communicating much of lately - and by we I mean I) and the projections for the day. I still had a great energy level and maintained my can-do spirit throughout the night, in fact. I had 5 people throughout my dinner, which was good and kept things running. Dinner got exciting when we sold something like 100 Doubles in an hour. With 2 Service, 2 Production and a manager in Service. It was great, throughout it all we kept upbeat, we had fun with customers, our food was good, we all had smiles, we encouraged one another and it was AWESOME.
So with dinner past and down to 4 people running the store, we start some cleaning and stocking tasks, while keeping up with customers and pulling breaks for everyone. It was a good, well-paced night and we did about 50% more sales than we projected for the evening. Always positive when the cash register rings. Right at about 10:15, with closing looming on us and being much more brisk than we have been recently, I stepped outside to smoke a cigarette. I was fueling myself with caffeine and nicotine. A very large, extended size van was outside and a very friendly looking guy pops his head out and said, "What time do you stay open till?" "Drive Thru till midnight, inside till 11!" "Great, the other van-load will be here well before then." I chuckled and said, "Really? Van-load?" The man turned his inside light on and pointed behind him with his thumb. "Got a van-load of hungry people right here and another one on it's way!" I snubbed my cigarette out and said, "Well let's go!"
40-odd people from a Church convention, mostly teens, and more than the usual number of random customers later, I announced we were closing our dining room in 7 minutes! Everyone chuckled and I said, "Tell you what you guys can have 10 minutes!" And some old lady who looked a bit senile said, "Yaaay!" with way more enthusiasm than her aged near-corpse looked like it could ever muster up.
After closing up for the night, which went smoothly and everything got taken care of (I cut two short corners counting things). It was a great day and today promises to be great as well.
Happy Friday!
Wednesday, January 2, 2008
Woot! 2008!
Happy New Year!
I hope it is prosperous first and foremost for myself and my family, my friends and colleagues, and for you, dear reader.
Woot!
I hope it is prosperous first and foremost for myself and my family, my friends and colleagues, and for you, dear reader.
Woot!
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