My Co-Worker

Last Friday a cook of mine burned himself. He went to the hospital and won't be working for a month. The tough part is I know he was going to hurt himself sometime. I've been working with him for about a year now, so I think it's fair to say I know him fairly well, especially when it comes to his work. It's unfortunate that his burn was that bad, but I hope he comes back full force with a lesson learned.

No matter how busy and stressful things get, in particular in the kitchen during the rush hour, you must keep your cool. You can't forget what your working with heat, oil, knives. My co-worker would get too worked up and too sloppy, he's burned my feet a couple times spilling boiling water.

Unfortunately with this guy, I'm not sure if he will get anything from it all. With him, nothing is his fault. He plays the victim of someone else's doing too often. He has made himself the victim. If I ask him how long for a dish to be finished, he will come back with a long explanation of why, and who else's faultit is and what not, when all I want is 'how long will it be?' It took him two months to learn that. From that a burned a phrase in his brain. 'I don't want excuses.'

Sometimes I see people similar to him out, and it makes me cringe.

In other news.. Monday, the 6th will be my year mark at Bazil. This will be the first job that I've stayed at for a year since Bahama Breeze. I hoe things continue to pan out for me here. I really can't complain at all about my job. I feel I do a good job at what I do, and my superiours recongnize it. My boss left me a voice mail this past week, basically praising the way I handled a certain situation. It was really nice to hear.