<HTML><FONT FACE=arial,helvetica><FONT SIZE=2 FAMILY="SANSSERIF" FACE="Arial" LANG="0">In a message dated 6/26/2003 11:52:51 AM Eastern Standard Time, jenne@fiedlerfamily.net writes:<BR>
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<BLOCKQUOTE TYPE=CITE style="BORDER-LEFT: #0000ff 2px solid; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 5px">Anyway, at one point there was a spill in the kitchen and I sent<BR>
the spiller to ask the someone to get me a few more bodies temporarily.<BR>
The someone told me later that she felt that when she came into the<BR>
kitchen at that I had 'lost control of the kitchen.'<BR>
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Knowing the kitchen you were working in (assuming that it was at your shire's last event), that site can be nothing but controlled chaos. It's so tiny that bumping into each other and spilling things is inevitable. I hardly think that having an accidental spill and needing help to get it cleaned up so you can continue with your job of getting breakfast out is cause for criticism.<BR>
What makes me feel that a kitchen is a success? Getting the food out on time, hot, and well-prepared; having a sufficent vareity of offerings; having the people eating be obviously pleased with the food. <BR>
Did you feel like you'd lost control? I've been in kitchens that got out of hand, and I've been in ones that look like they are out of hand but aren't. Had your "someone" spent any time in or near the kitchen at any other point, or did they simply walk in when you were trying to continue functioning while moving around a spill in a very tight place, and judge based on that?<BR>
Personally, I think sending out for help rather than distracting your cooking staff was an excellent decision.<BR>
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Brangwayna</FONT></HTML>