It was a Friday night at the banquet hall. Normally, Fridays are quiet and only have one party. This past Friday there was only one wedding and when I walked into work, I was pleasantly surprised to know that we wouldn't be too crazy for once and I thought nothing could possibly go wrong. Boy....I was sure wrong.
I was finishing setting up the room by placing napkins at each table setting. All of a sudden...I hear the distinct sound of glass....crashing to the floor. And this time...it came in tidal waves which seemed to go on for a good 10 seconds.
My boss was in the same room I was in helping tray cookies and immediately dashed towards the kitchen and I heard her shriek "Oh my god! What Happened??!!"
Apparently, the bartender for the wedding the night was pushing stacks of rocks glasses towards the bar. There is a floor tile that's been broken for almost a year but hasn't been fixed yet. Why you may ask? No idea. Ask the management :)
Anyway, the wheels on the glass rock caught the broken tile and down went 250 rocks glasses....with the bartender as well.
It was a miracle that he wasn't hurt and came out of it with a smile. If it were me...I'd be a crying mess and just leave.
I think the tile is going to be fixed now. Just to avoid anymore costly falls....oh and don't forget employee injuries :)
this is one day i will never forget...i was standing at the chefs table(maybe 10 feet from the borken tile) discussing how the head chef wanted the soup cups divided. I heard the bartender squell but before i could turn my head, all you could hear was a mountain of glass hit the ground. I saw the bartender on the ground and i panicked(i thought he was hurt because he was laying on broken glass). I was shocked and didnt move until the boss screamed..OH MY GOD WHAT HAPPENED?!?!?...I wont get into this to much but one thing i do want to say is that the broken tile had been broken for a year. Me and one of the cooks calculated that the tile would have been about $100 to fix, $200 max. But because they refused to pay that, they lost litterly thousands of dollars in rocks glasses. I understand the economy, but come one now....
ReplyDeleteP.S. About 2 weeks later, the crack still is not fixed, and there is another, bigger crack at the entrance of the dishroom(where hundreds of china and glass racks roll over all day long) hmmm.....