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I was in charge of keeping ingredients stocked in the Make-Your-Own-Pasta station today. Basically, you go back to the back freezer to grab certain things that are running out up front.
I never knew before today that so many people wanted chicken on their pasta. Either way, some ingredients didn't need to be filled as soon as others, and one of these were the tomatoes. They did eventually run out once, and I just went back and grabbed a big open container to refill it with no problems.
Fast forward to about an hour later. The tomatoes ran out again and I went back to get some more. However, the big open container wasn't there anymore... Seems our sister station, the Make-Your-Own-Pizza, needed tomatoes for their customers as well. We have to share the freezer and what's inside it, but I shrug it off. Mostly because I see a smaller container of tomatoes on the shelf. I step back out, make a quick refill, scan to see what else we're running low on, and take the container back.
A couple of things. Almost all of our ingredients are diced. The container these tomatoes were in was sealed. I didn't get it open before I went back to the station where they could have up to ten orders cooking at once. I was fumbling with the lid when I brought it back into the freezer. With the lid still somewhat off and away from the cooking pasta, I could smell something strange. A quick sniff confirmed what I feared. These were not tomatoes.
It seems someone thought it was a good idea to have diced RED PEPPERS sitting behind the diced tomatoes on the shelf. Although that doesn't quite excuse me from being dumb enough to ignore the label on the side of the container.
I ran out and told the server that I had made a mistake and had to take the "tomatoes" back. Thankfully the customers were cool enough to wait for me to get the tomatoes from Pizza. One person got "tomatoes" in his pasta when I made the mistake, but he apparently also ordered a good number of other spicy ingredients, so I doubt they'll mind that much.
I never knew before today that so many people wanted chicken on their pasta. Either way, some ingredients didn't need to be filled as soon as others, and one of these were the tomatoes. They did eventually run out once, and I just went back and grabbed a big open container to refill it with no problems.
Fast forward to about an hour later. The tomatoes ran out again and I went back to get some more. However, the big open container wasn't there anymore... Seems our sister station, the Make-Your-Own-Pizza, needed tomatoes for their customers as well. We have to share the freezer and what's inside it, but I shrug it off. Mostly because I see a smaller container of tomatoes on the shelf. I step back out, make a quick refill, scan to see what else we're running low on, and take the container back.
A couple of things. Almost all of our ingredients are diced. The container these tomatoes were in was sealed. I didn't get it open before I went back to the station where they could have up to ten orders cooking at once. I was fumbling with the lid when I brought it back into the freezer. With the lid still somewhat off and away from the cooking pasta, I could smell something strange. A quick sniff confirmed what I feared. These were not tomatoes.
It seems someone thought it was a good idea to have diced RED PEPPERS sitting behind the diced tomatoes on the shelf. Although that doesn't quite excuse me from being dumb enough to ignore the label on the side of the container.
I ran out and told the server that I had made a mistake and had to take the "tomatoes" back. Thankfully the customers were cool enough to wait for me to get the tomatoes from Pizza. One person got "tomatoes" in his pasta when I made the mistake, but he apparently also ordered a good number of other spicy ingredients, so I doubt they'll mind that much.
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