A Typical Day At Subway…
Written: August 12, 2007 at 9:18PM EST
I would most definitely sat not! Usually at the Subway where I work, Sundays are dead. Because of this, it is a nice day to go in and work on making subs quickly and preparing foods for the next day (Monday Lunches are murder). But today, was NOT a normal Sunday.
First off, I was scheduled to work from Noon until 7pm. I get there and things are going fine. Normal Sunday lunch. Come two O’Clock, my manager Arlo began making the subs for the huge order for Dale Earnhardt Incorporated. They ordered about 85 subs and 16-or-so salads. All of which were BMTs, and the salads were just BMTs without the bread. But just as we started, we got a call asking for everything to be packaged separately. This meaning:
- Each sub will be bagged separately
- Each sub will have a separate container of:
- Lettuce
- Tomato
- Onion
This in itself would not have been a problem, even for 101 subs/salads, but to call this in an hour and a half before it was due was uncalled for. Grudginly we did this, only to be slammed for lunch. In Subway Terms, slammed is over 80 subs in the course of two hours with three people on shift. So while assisting customers and making the god-awful order, we were swamped. Then the real fun began.
We began running out of soda, tomatoes, lettuce and all the other essentials. So while attempting to do all this, we needed to prepare food for use in the front line. It was almost too much to handle. We did manage to get the order completed (and on time too, in fact).
Then when the huge order was done, we had to transport it to Earnhardt’s private jet. My boss, not having a large enough car was freaking out, and no one else on staff was able to drive it over, I called my mom and she was able to come right over and help. Thankfully she did, otherwise we would’ve had some unhappy customers, to say the least.
The day continued, on as normal, until two more Nascar drivers came and ordered another 100 subs. Grudgingly we made them, and of course ran out of white bread. Then once again we get slammed. We were running out of everything in the store, then to make matters worse, Debbie, the closer called in because she didn’t sleep well-enough last night. So my boss and I stayed until close, at 10:00 tonight. Finally closing rolled around and I wanted more than anything to get out of there, and there was still customers pouring in. So I stayed and helped with that and finally I was able to leave. So now, exausted and smelling of Pepperoni, I am writing this. Then I am off to take a shower and I am planning on sleeping until 4 or 5 in the afternoon tomorrow.
Luckily this is the last big event around here for the Summer, but come Black Friday, I have already been recruited to help… All I can say is I am SO looking forward to that. </sarcasm>