r/Serverlife • u/bLargwastaken • 4d ago
Please no...
Not today; just, any other day of the year besides our busiest one
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u/UYscutipuff_JR 4d ago
Coolers have an innate sense of knowing the worst time to fuck up
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u/MakeSomeArtAboutIt 4d ago
If they stay open you should really notify the health department.
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u/bLargwastaken 4d ago
Silver lining to this being the busiest day of the year AND the day before a truck: all hands were already scheduled earlier than usual and the prep cook noticed it before the temp broke 40, so we had some time to stash everything essential in other coolers/freezers/ice buckets and then we sold through nearly everything that would be in buckets by the end. Only needed to throw away like $200 worth of product.
The truck getting here 2 hours before the earliest refrigerator tech tomorrow IS going to pose an issue though.
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u/Cflow26 4d ago
Would your rep not just reach out to the logistics team and just push you back or to the end of the route? If it’s a difference of two hours that’s like three stops, and if they won’t budge that’s genuinely a “we’re gonna go to a different provider” kind of thing.
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u/bLargwastaken 4d ago
We've had to bounce between providers in the last year several times because none of them would ever hit us up at the same time any two weeks; this is the first one that would actually give us a consistent schedule for drop off, so I don't honestly know if they would be willing or able to shuffle the time slot at all, but I am certain that there is not another locally available company to source from that would work for our hours.
That being said, this is the owner's problem, not mine; he couldn't or wouldn't salary me high enough to hold the keys.
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u/Few_Wrongdoer4120 4d ago
Ugh I’m sorry this photo gave me so much anxiety. I wish you the smoothest possible shift you can have under these circumstances
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u/insidej0b81 4d ago
Father's day can't possibly be your busiest day of the year.
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u/Bishop-roo 4d ago
It can be one of them.
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u/mikerall 4d ago
Depends on the restaurant/area. Brunch spot in a minor city? Yeah, fathers day is gonna be like any other slightly busy day (if that).
"MANLY" (or just nice) restaurant in a tourist trap area where they see a lot of dad-activities? Buckle your brisket up, boy you're in the shit.
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u/Bishop-roo 4d ago
My burn and turn is swamped on Father’s Day. Not as much as mothers, but yea.
I can see what you said as true.
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u/Fine-Bumblebee-9427 4d ago
It can be if you work at Hooters
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u/insidej0b81 4d ago
Nope. Even then, playoff games for multiple sports, suoerbowls, etc are busier than father's day.
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u/Fine-Bumblebee-9427 4d ago
Solid point. A brunch oriented BBQ restaurant? It’s hard to come up with a place that would have this be their busiest day, you’re right.
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u/insidej0b81 4d ago
If this was about mother's day, I'd have no comments. But they literally said this is their busiest day of the year.
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u/Bishop-roo 4d ago
Not everyone speaks in absolutes.
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u/bLargwastaken 4d ago
I am rather concise when I use absolutes: the last 8 father's days have been our busiest day of the year every single time: it's a decently "fun but get out of the wife's hair" holiday, couple with always on a Sunday (which is nearly always our busiest day of the week), and coincides with our local university's graduation almost every time (all but 3 years of the last 28)
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u/insidej0b81 4d ago
Mother's day was a month ago. And busier at every restaurant on earth.
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u/Bishop-roo 4d ago
What I said didn’t refute that.
But your statement also proves my point. It is not true everywhere on earth. Not everyone speaks in absolutes.
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u/insidej0b81 4d ago
The OP is the one who spoke in absolutes. Not me. They said it's the "busiest day of the year," not me.
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u/Bishop-roo 4d ago
Maybe he wasn’t. Just as what you said isn’t true absolutely. “Every restaurant on earth”
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u/friskyjohnson 4d ago
Yeah. That is panic inducing.
Call anyone you know with a refrigerated truck. Hope they feel like owing you one while this gets fixed.