4:30 AM dinner call

[Tria]

There's a 4:30 IN THE MORNING?!?

We do not speak of the time before the dayball awakens. If the dayball is still in bed, it's too fucking early!

[Drakstern]

Night person here myself, I fear the daystar...

Of course, there are also times when I wish that breakfast was available at 10 PM...

I'm just weird like that though.

[Becks]

I prefer George Webb's, myself. Breakfast served 24/7, even if the man of the household doesn't understand WHY I'd have scrambled eggs and hashbrowns for supper.

[BookstoreEscapee]

Yes, yes there is and let me assure you it is a dark, bitter time full of suffering and despair when only the stupid still walk the earth like a seething plague of ignorance. Only a handful of brave fools such as myself and psycho are still about.

hehe. Last time I got up at 4:30 in the morning (on purpose, anyway) I was catching a plane to Key West...(*sings*leaving...on a jet plane... )

[BookstoreEscapee]

Alternatively, in Key West it is the time just after the last bars close (4 am) and sometimes the start of some other party or some other fun that is in itself very entertaining.

Yes, I have had much fun at 430 in the morning. Some if it could even be printed here!


Moe from the Simpsons: "There's a 5 am? WHY DIDN'T ANYBODY TELL ME?!?!?"

I guess all the difference is in whether you are getting up at 4:30 am or you are still up at 4:30 am. I am not a morning person either. I switched my hours an hour later cuz I couldn't handle getting up at 5:30 anymore...

I prefer George Webb's, myself. Breakfast served 24/7, even if the man of the household doesn't understand WHY I'd have scrambled eggs and hashbrowns for supper.

Ain't nothin' wrong with scrambled eggs for dinner...sometimes we even have pancakes at my house! yum...

(sorry for double posting-I should really read the whole thread before I reply )

[DGoddessChardonnay]

There's a 4:30 IN THE MORNING?!?

Yes, Virginia, there is a 4:30 in the morning. Especially on Wednesday, when I'm on my way out the door to be at work by 5 a.m.

[MadMike]

Night person here myself, I fear the daystar...

Same here. I'm also not much of a breakfast person. I went to a concert with some friends awhile back, and on the way home we stopped at a 24-hour Burger King that was at one of those service plazas along the turnpike. Unfortunately, it was just after 2:00, and they had switched over to breakfast. But we didn't raise holy hell about it, we just went somewhere else. We ended up at a 24-hour diner near my house, that serves breakfast and non-breakfast food at any hour.

[ShortTemperHatesStupidity]

My question would be, why didn't they open the bag and, oh I dunno, LOOK AT THE FOOD? I always check that all my food is there when I go drive-thru. Not that I don't have confidence in the staff, but it's just common freakin sense.

[Auto]

For a boss to threaten to make you pay is borderline illegal.

If he regards what you did as your mistake, he can fire you.

But he can't take it out of your pay. Don't think that because he didn't make you pay, he's somehow a nice boss.

He's a jerk and if he ever carries through on his threats, report him to your state's department of labor. It's flagrantly illegal to dock pay for the cost of workplace mistakes.

There's a national 1-800 hotline you can call that will steer you to the right agency in your state for these kinds of problems.

[AFpheonix]

My question would be, why didn't they open the bag and, oh I dunno, LOOK AT THE FOOD? I always check that all my food is there when I go drive-thru. Not that I don't have confidence in the staff, but it's just common freakin sense.

And beyond that, I'm sure the breakfast and the dinner combos have different prices, you'd think that might clue them in, too.

[MystyGlyttyr]

Sonic serves all their food all day long. Hearts Sonic.

Making plans for cheese coney for supper...

[I See Stupid People]

My alarm starts going off at 2... that's 2 AM. I actually make it out of bed around 230 (love that snooze feature) Out the door about an hour later, arrive at work at 340/345. Sit in lot waiting for manager anywhere from a couple of minutes to 10 minutes, but usually am clocking in at 350.

What shift is this, this 4ish in the morning to 1ish in the afternoon shift? Too early for first shift, heck we FEED first shift. Third shift is still working... we will feed them too, just a little later.


0.5 shift?

1/2 shift?


Too-damn-early shift is what it is.

And yet... my day is 1/3 over by the time the boss rolls in. The first hour or two I work completely independently (sucks when we do get busy, but otherwise it's great) I get both the breakfast and lunch rush, which I like because it makes the day go faster. And to go with that, I get to actually leave at 1, just when the boring as hell part of the day begins. And, did I mention? I get out at 1 pm! The world is my oyster! Ok, so I go to sleep ridiculously early, and have to record all the good tv (like LOST) but such is life.

[HYHYBT]

When I go through McD's on my way into work I ALWAYS ask what they're serving, breakfast or the regular menu, just to be sure, even if I was there last week at the exact same time. (This is necessary because I usually work around 11, so it's the time when the menu switches from breakfast to lunch.)

Oh, that's good when it's close to changeover... just please don't ask when it's obviously *not*. When I work overnights, I get mostly the same people through all the time asking which we're serving. But the ones who come at a time when the question makes *sense* don't ask; it's the ones two hours before or after. I had someone the other day at 10:40 PM trying to order breakfast.

No, they shouldn't even threaten to make you pay.

I always, when it's remotely close to changeover, read back orders. And regardless of the time, I do not read them back as number whatevers, but the actual items. If I had my way, the numbers would be abolished; they serve no purpose anyway and only confuse things since we now have more than one meal with the same number. (Chicken Selects meal is #9, for instance, whether it's 3, 5, or 10 pieces. Ranch BLT is #6 whether it's fried or grilled, etc)

From what I hear, those of you who want the wrong thing all day will be very happy later this year. I'm hatin' it...