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Skwirl posted:Just remember that most of your customers are probably having a worse day/life than you. This is what gets me through literally every day.
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Plan Z posted:I guess Vox can vouch for quality https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=evUWersr7pc Discendo Vox fucked around with this message at 16:40 on Nov 22, 2018 |
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People who deal with big distributors like Sysco or US Foods, specifically yall who pay them after checking the delivery: how do you pay them? I ask because we're training a guy on how to offload our twice a week Sysco truck, and he did just great checking the invoices and putting everything up for both our stores. Then what happens is the truck driver comes into our place, and while we're not open for another hour, we always offer to feed him. While he's happily munching his brisket and egg biscuit, the manager grabs our checkbook, writes up the check for the proper amount (might not be the same as the invoice, if they shorted or mispicked us on something) then we give him a check and he rolls off. The guy we're training is 30 years old, and we had to teach him how to write a check. He had never done it before. God I feel old. Are we absolute weirdos for paying deliveries by check? I wouldn't be surprised, as the owner refuses to get us in on direct deposit. But it got me thinking about how other stores pay for their deliveries. Are we dinosaurs, or is that industry standard. Just curious!
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Nov 22, 2018 17:47
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I've never worked anywhere that paid Sysco at delivery unless they had stiffed them at some point in the past. Usually they were net 15.
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Nov 22, 2018 18:27
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Huh. Yeah we pay our big food trucks, our local produce guy, our Cintas, our... I don't know the word for this, the guy who brings us to-go boxes and cups and straws and stuff? I just know him as Ivan. All of them patiently stand by the door to wait for a manager to cut them a check on the spot, and they all get free biscuits or a cup of grits or something while they wait. We got a FedEx delivery the other day and the MOD offered him food. Jeez, you'd think I was the second coming of Christ the way he thanked me for a making a simple fried chicken biscuit. Made my day. 
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Nov 22, 2018 18:42
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JacquelineDempsey posted:our... I don't know the word for this, the guy who brings us to-go boxes and cups and straws and stuff? paper goods and most owners i've worked for would cringe if they were told they had to pay on delivery instead of having some time to float but they were not great business people
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Nov 22, 2018 19:08
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Purveyors not offering terms is usually a bad sign... Either they've gotten stuffed by your company in the past or the owner isn't willing to guarantee their debt.
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Nov 22, 2018 19:33
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Well! Sounds like all the more reason to shop around for a new job, that doesn't seem very promising for my store's future. I'm familiar with ordering on terms, back in the Paleolithic age when I was manager for a used CD shop, we also ordered new CDs and special orders for customers and had two distributors, one had 30 day terms and one had 60 day. We were always told to go thru the 60 day place if we could. I honestly had no idea how ordering/paying worked in industry, so thanks for enlightening me, guys.
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Nov 22, 2018 19:56
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Every wonky place Ive worked paid by check. All the good places we just sign the invoice.
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Nov 22, 2018 20:10
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Please tell me the pain is worth it with Birkenstock’s.
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Nov 22, 2018 20:18
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virinvictus posted:Please tell me the pain is worth it with Birkenstock’s. I thought the point of Birkenstocks was how comfortable they were?
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JacquelineDempsey posted:Today my grill dude told me he looked for more bologna cut and portioned in the walk-in, but didn't see any. Our sister store does the meat slicing, so on my next break I walked over (we have to smoke behind their place, we don't have our own backside break area) and found the woman that does that. She had no idea and promised to get some done for us. I’m glad we could all pitch in to make everything a little bit better for you.
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virinvictus posted:Please tell me the pain is worth it with Birkenstock’s. They do get comfortable eventually. Mine took a long time though and I honestly don't know if I'd do it again.
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Trebuchet King posted:okay, so years ago we put our menu on tripadvisor, as you do. we're historic and in the nation's capital, so why not. DoorDash is a freaking joke. Found out they were in my town, so I decided to place an order with my favorite Asian place. Tells me it will be an hour. (Like 65 minutes.) So, I am not seeing any status changes on the site, but I live in a security building, so I go downstairs to be easy on the driver. An hour later (reading on my tablet to pass the time), and this is an hour AFTER the estimated delivery, nothing's happened. So I finally track down customer service, call them and wait to speak to someone. I find out there's no driver within 30 miles, but they would be happy to request a new, fresh order from the restaurant. I declined, asking them "What good would a second order be if you can't tell me anything about the estimated delivery time? Nope, just cancel it." I felt bad doing this for the restaurant's sake, but I wasn't letting them sit on my money for another potential no-show. DoorDash refunded my money (yeah, they can take it right away but a minimum 5 days for a refund? Really?) and they gave me a $10 credit for the future which I am convinced will rot on the vine as it will be a cold day before I think of them again, if ever.
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Nov 23, 2018 05:07
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virinvictus posted:Please tell me the pain is worth it with Birkenstock’s. I almost exclusively wear Birkenstocks for work and not work. The trick is to break them in over the course of a week or so instead of just switching to them completely. I'd wear the new shoes for the first half of the shift and my old shoes to close. Also one of the other tricks with birks is to keep an eye on the bottoms, they can resole them almost endlessly as long as you don't wear through into the cork bed. Re:doordash they did that same poo poo to us, posted an old menu, started taking peoples money, and not ever even notifying us that someone was ordering food from us until the driver showed up to pick up lunch for a 12 person city council meeting... I am not nice to talk to on the phone when I am mad.
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Samizdata posted:DoorDash is a freaking joke. Found out they were in my town, so I decided to place an order with my favorite Asian place. Tells me it will be an hour. (Like 65 minutes.) Don't feel bad for the restaurant, both DoorDash and UberEats pay as long as the restaurant actually accepted the order on their end. gently caress Postmates, though. They've started trying to call orders in ahead, which would be fine if they employed people you could actually understand to do it. On top of that, they don't guarantee payment until their driver shows up, so I usually just hang up on them.
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Between this and other threads, I have gleaned that UberEats, DoorDash, and other such services are nothing but a nightmare for all parties involved. I strongly warned my GM about dealing with any of them. Also, and I know y'all are probably sick to death of hearing about this, but can I just say how liberating it feels to be trawling CL for jobs, and NOT have to worry about if it's on the bus lines? Why, yes, fancy well-established restaurant 7 miles away looking for a line cook, that would probably pay me more than $9/hr, I will send you my resume! Ahhhhhh.
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JacquelineDempsey posted:Between this and other threads, I have gleaned that UberEats, DoorDash, and other such services are nothing but a nightmare for all parties involved. I strongly warned my GM about dealing with any of them. Awesome, good luck on finding a much better gig!
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Nov 23, 2018 23:34
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JacquelineDempsey posted:Between this and other threads, I have gleaned that UberEats, DoorDash, and other such services are nothing but a nightmare for all parties involved. I strongly warned my GM about dealing with any of them. Get the interview and kill it dude. <3
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Liquid Communism posted:I've been considering the costs of getting licensed to be a native winery, and doing mead that only gets sold at farmers' market. If you’re anywhere in the Southwest go to Superstition Meadery in Prescott and steal all their ideas.
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JacquelineDempsey posted:Between this and other threads, I have gleaned that UberEats, DoorDash, and other such services are nothing but a nightmare for all parties involved. I strongly warned my GM about dealing with any of them. Honestly, the delivery services that provide a tablet and have a web-based administrative backend aren't horrible AS LONG AS: -Somebody at the store level has direct access to the web interface to keep the menu and pricing up-to-date -You understand that they take a fairly significant commission (we list our menu prices 10% higher to compensate) -There's a pretty consistent driver presence in your area, since it sucks to accept an order, make the food, and have it die in the bag for half an hour before it gets picked up -You stop accepting orders 30 to 60 minutes before close, because otherwise at least once a week you'll have orders coming in at literally the last minute -Your expo people don't suck, because fixing fuckups once they leave the building is a royal pain in the rear end -You pick one or two. If they're not working out, fire them and get a different one or two, but it becomes nearly unmanageable when you work with too many of them.
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I literally heard the phrase 'after three months probationary period we can pay you living wage' said by a person who didn't even pause to examine the words that came out of their mouth and I'm applying for 3 more marketing jobs tomorrow.
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Just stop eating for a few months, what's the big deal?
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JacquelineDempsey posted:Between this and other threads, I have gleaned that UberEats, DoorDash, and other such services are nothing but a nightmare for all parties involved. I strongly warned my GM about dealing with any of them. The only one that isn't utter poo poo is EatStreet, which is still a VC-backed company, but based here in Madison, Wisconsin, and serving like 150-some markets. They actually pay their drivers decent wages.
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Catfishenfuego posted:I literally heard the phrase 'after three months probationary period we can pay you living wage' said by a person who didn't even pause to examine the words that came out of their mouth and I'm applying for 3 more marketing jobs tomorrow. Just rent out your beach house, what's the big deal
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Coasterphreak posted:Honestly, the delivery services that provide a tablet and have a web-based administrative backend aren't horrible AS LONG AS: I really only hate them because packing up food to-go is a pain in the rear end and if you run out of something you will without fail get an order for it before you can mark it as out-of-stock. Also the UberEats "new order" jingle makes me want to throw the tablet in the deep fryer.
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JacquelineDempsey posted:Between this and other threads, I have gleaned that UberEats, DoorDash, and other such services are nothing but a nightmare for all parties involved. I strongly warned my GM about dealing with any of them. If there are any Fairmont/Accor hotels in your area, you can use me as a reference. PM for contact info. Iirc, you had a record? If it's past 5 years and not a violent crime, we disregard it. Re: UberEats, etc. and togo orders: Togo orders make money, so of course you should do togo. However, when you write your menu, think about packaging, etc. So you can minimize frustration and maximize profitability. Unfortunately, most restauranteurs lack the ability to think, and that's why 80% of restaurants fail.
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Save money by working all the time because you have nothing joyful to spend money on. Ive been fuckin around on bumble and i got asked what I like to do for fun. I drew a blank.
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That's depressing. Write a play.
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ApolloSuna posted:Save money by working all the time because you have nothing joyful to spend money on. Ive been fuckin around on bumble and i got asked what I like to do for fun. I drew a blank. "You?" winkyface JD, so glad to hear about that car, that's awesome. And for deliveries, yeah, 15-21 day terms is the standard in my area (hi from Canada), though some of my smaller local retailers (my bakery, my temeph guy, my ice guy) do CoD just because it's easier for them, and we're a cocktail bar so we always have enough cash around to just pull $60 or whatever out of the till.
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I guess falling asleep is pretty fun
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This seems like a fitting venue to rage post. Anybody finish Netflix's The Final Table? Anybody else notice Grant Achatz campaigning hard for his old friend from the French Laundry days to win? Completely ruined an otherwise fantastic show that he just stepped in and stole it for his buddy.
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Psychobabble posted:This seems like a fitting venue to rage post. Anybody finish Netflix's The Final Table? Anybody else notice Grant Achatz campaigning hard for his old friend from the French Laundry days to win? Completely ruined an otherwise fantastic show that he just stepped in and stole it for his buddy. If you stop watching stupid loving competition TV they will stop making it sooner or later.
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Errant Gin Monks posted:If you stop watching stupid loving competition TV they will stop making it sooner or later. Yeah, I got super-pissed at my KM the other day when I found out she takes all those competition shows seriously. She made fun of me for being weepy and, admittedly, kinda dragging my feet the day I found out Tony Bordain took his life ("that's the coward's way out, I have no sympathy for him, or you"), but apparently follows these other celebrity chucklefucks like a fanboy. I'm so over working for her. I love (most of) the rest of my crew, but I got resumes out for daaaaayyyys, and the next two days off to hoof around and talk to places in person. Wish me luck, guys. Edit: oh, I meant to reply to CdC as well --- none of your affiliated properties in my area, but thanks so much for the offer of reference! That's dang sweet of you. 
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Nov 27, 2018 01:54
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Sounds like a wonderful human being, your KM. 
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Bourdain was the only celebrity chef worth a drat. 
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how dare you sully the name of yan can cook most of the 80s and 90s tv chefs rule for that matter
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Animal-Mother posted:Bourdain was the only celebrity chef worth a drat. Julia Child was pretty great.
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Animal-Mother posted:Bourdain was the only celebrity chef worth a drat. In a perfect world, Mary Berry is my grandmas boozy best friend (since my real grandma is already great  )
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Liquid Communism posted:Sounds like a wonderful human being, your KM. I generally don't discuss politics or religion at work, and don't want to drag them into this thread either, but she's an out lesbian that voted for Trump and still vehemently supports him. 'Nuff said about how cray-cray she is there. She also loudly groused about when various states and Canadian provinces raised the min wage to $15/hr ("I used to make $5 an hour, and I never had debt!" Yeah, that was in the 70's, hon) and that's when I started getting seriously disgruntled. With that attitude, ain't no chance of me getting a raise, so yyyyyep, shopping around now that I got my Pilar back.
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