still here
last week was busy and i think we did a great job. on saturday night i did overcook a couple pies although they were just extra crispy, not burnt. i think that if a pie is going to be excellent is has first to be crispy. so, those could have been exceptional pies, but they could have also been considered overdone. it’s always one of those things that is subjective. some people prefer the light cook. i always thought it would be cool to have 3 choices when you order a pie: light cook, regular crispy, or well done. the main problem is that it would be very hard for the cook. it’s hard enough as it is and having a scale for each pie would be so difficult with the amount of pizzas we serve. but i do think it would be a good system, especially for the customer. when i overcook a pie like i did saturday, i always wish i could go out to the table and ask them how they like it, get some feedback about it. the same goes for the occasional soggy pie that comes out. i just want to be able to have a conversation with the people who are eating it, find out how they feel about it, explain what happened… the trouble is we are back there moving as fast as possible to get pies in the oven and to walk away from the oven would considerably slow down the progress and affect the other pies in there getting cooked. it is really hard for the cook to be cooking 10 or 11 pies and 4 or more calzones and then have someone else step in and get the pace of things while they go out and talk to a customer about a specific pie. chances are more mistakes would happen. but we put out a lot of pies and i feel that even the soggy or overcooked pies are still some of the best out there.
i watched the democratic debate tonight. i am still quite addicted to the political atmosphere happening with regard to presidential candidates. it is a fascinating election because it seems there are finally more than just 2 front runners to choose from. it actually seems like there are 6 or 7. i love that. i waste way too much time following it, but i do enjoy the race.
so nice to have a couple days off. i did go in to work briefly today to meet someone who is cleaning our ice machine. we installed a new product called ice zone which keeps the insides of the ice machine clean. pepsi brought us a new fountain machine which may bring us even more problems than before but the verdict is not out yet. by next week we should know if it is going to work out for us.
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