Constant state of flux

So I hope all of you were good little children and remembered to call your mother for the big day. And although I am sure that you probably took your mom out for a nice brunch or dinner, next year do yourself a favor and do the cooking yourself. Something about a big holiday that just makes people feel like it would be nice to go out to eat, this feeling is so global that most places just cannot really keep up. The same thing happens on Valentine's day, it is just breaking at the seams busy. You never really get the same quality or service that you would on a regular weekend, so like I stated before, stay home.

That said it is probably clear that we were in fact very busy today at the b-wood. In fact busy to the point where we broke the biggest ever hour record, the same one that we broke a week and a half ago. In the same amount of time, with about the same prices we did 56% more business than we did last year. That is pretty substantial considering that last year it felt like things were out of control (or so I hear). This year things really were out of control, we were selling more food and producing more dishes than we could keep up with. In fact we didn't even really finish up with all of the dishes until 4 and a half hours after we closed. Part of that may have been because the dishwasher originally scheduled to work decided to no show on us, the guy who came in arrived with bus tub upon bus tub full, not something easy to catch up from.

At the end of it all I handed out beer and twenties to all my kitchen staff, they seemed to appreciated it. Something about being part of something so busy that really creates bonds which I bet are similar to soldiers in a war. Sometimes service feels like a battle, no question.