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We had another health inspection today....R told me that the store actually failed a previous one (I suspect it had something to do with the cockroach infestation...we treat but they keep coming back so it must be coming from another part of the building) and that's why there's been like 3 inspections in as many weeks. I wish I knew the exact reason for the failure although if it involved anything in Grocery I'm sure J would tell us.
We have three portable steam tables in the break room for staff lunch....and the past two inspection days, lunch has been late (as in it doesn't show up until my break is over). So far J has been okay with my clocking back in and scarfing down real food if I have to, but I always feel weird doing it. This time there happened to be two conventions next door, so all the QSR lines were two miles long and by the time I found out why staff lunch was late it was way too late for me to get in a line.
Someone asked chef for a reason why lunch was so late on inspection days, and we were told that the kitchen would get dinged for holding hot food on the steam tables (no heat lamps or anything so it does cool down after 2 hours or so) so that's why they had to wait until the inspectors left...something about that sounds off. Lunch has never been late during inspections until the past two; the infuriating thing for a lot of us is that there's no way to know when it's going to be late because nobody knows about inspections until that day (and while "sorry, lunch will be late today" notes have been posted in the past this no longer happens). Those of us who are lucky enough to get 30-minute breaks have some degree of leeway, but anyone who only gets 15 doesn't really have much choice. Depending on the QSR lines it can take upwards of 6-7 minutes to get food; add 2-3 minutes (longer on weekends) traversing the store to get to the break room and I can see why almost everyone opts for staff lunch.
We have three portable steam tables in the break room for staff lunch....and the past two inspection days, lunch has been late (as in it doesn't show up until my break is over). So far J has been okay with my clocking back in and scarfing down real food if I have to, but I always feel weird doing it. This time there happened to be two conventions next door, so all the QSR lines were two miles long and by the time I found out why staff lunch was late it was way too late for me to get in a line.
Someone asked chef for a reason why lunch was so late on inspection days, and we were told that the kitchen would get dinged for holding hot food on the steam tables (no heat lamps or anything so it does cool down after 2 hours or so) so that's why they had to wait until the inspectors left...something about that sounds off. Lunch has never been late during inspections until the past two; the infuriating thing for a lot of us is that there's no way to know when it's going to be late because nobody knows about inspections until that day (and while "sorry, lunch will be late today" notes have been posted in the past this no longer happens). Those of us who are lucky enough to get 30-minute breaks have some degree of leeway, but anyone who only gets 15 doesn't really have much choice. Depending on the QSR lines it can take upwards of 6-7 minutes to get food; add 2-3 minutes (longer on weekends) traversing the store to get to the break room and I can see why almost everyone opts for staff lunch.
I was warning people away from it, but at least one of the idjits from Facilities did eat the stuff....F mused that he wanted to get sick and try to get worker's comp for his dumbassery.
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