TIL I hit 1,000 covers in one shift at my new job last Saturday

I work at a busy joint in Portland and we had a big festival come through town. I counted 1,042 covers between lunch and dinner service with only one small backup on the grill. Has anyone else had a shift where the numbers just surprised you like that?

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barbara4293d ago

Wait did you actually count every ticket yourself or is that what the system showed? My buddy works at this place in Seattle and he told me about a shift during Seafair where they did like 900 covers and the whole kitchen was just in survival mode. The servers were running around like crazy and he said the expo line looked like a war zone with tickets everywhere. He said the dishwasher quit halfway through and they had to hand wash everything in the back sink till like 2am. Ended up buying beers for the whole crew after close just to decompress.

vera_roberts3d ago

900 covers with no dishwasher @barbara429? Id rather run the marathon myself.