07/09/04
12時半から9時半までバイト。今日は休暇前の最後のバイト、初めて店閉めを任される。途中、サブウェイ本部の
人が抜き打ちで衛生管理検査をしに来る。2人しかいないこの店、インスペクターのペニーさんが来たときはもう
ぐっちゃぐちゃ。そこらじゅうに、やりかけの肉やら、野菜やらが転がっている状態。そもそも、イギリスで第二の
都市、バーミンガムの駅ビルの中にあるこの店に、2人しか働いていないのがおかしいのである。検査は見事、
不合格。それも当たりまえ、この店一ヶ月ほど前から冷蔵装置が故障しているのだ。店長はキレるは、時間は
ないわで、大変な一日だった。途中、ペーパークロスが切れたので、トイレットペーパーを使う羽目に...
なんだか、自分達が置かれているこの窮地がおかしくなって、一緒に働いていたルークと大笑いしてしまった。
夜、アサッドがまた特性カレーを作ってくれた。うまいったらありゃしない。
Worked from half 12:30 till 9:30. Today was
the last day before my two weeks holiday, and I was asked to do
the closing for the first time.
I was prepping the meat when Penny, a lady from
Subway headquarters came without notice to do an evaluation
on our store. The timing couldn't be worse, as
there was half finished meat and garbage scattered all over
the place. But they really can't blame us for
it, as the fact that only two people are working at such a place
as a store in a big shopping centre, which happens
to be at a second biggest city in Britain makes it somewhat
impossible to do all the jobs - we're not robots you
know. Well, we have effortlessly failed the hygiene standard.
Having heard this atrocity, Harj the manager gave us a nice long
monologue over the phone to which I and Luke
were crossed about. But how did he expect to pass the evaluation
when we have a broken fridge, no air
conditioning, and no table cloth that we were having
to use toilet papers. In such a predicament, one can only
relieve his stress by saying 'who cares!' that's what we did today.
At night, had dinner with Asad and Monti.
Asad's curry is truly good man!