trent has a new idea

trent called a team meeting at 2pm. we start at 3. so the meeting is unpaid. trent knows this. trent does not care. trent had a whiteboard

the whiteboard said KITCHEN ENERGY with a lightning bolt. he’d drawn the lightning bolt twice because the first one looked like a z. you could still see the z

the idea is that every time a ticket goes out in under 12 minutes we all shout “BONFIRE!” to “keep morale high.” luis asked what happens if a ticket goes out in 13 minutes. trent said “we don’t shout.” luis said “so we just stand there in silence.” trent said “it’s about energy, luis.” luis has worked here eight years and has a kid and a mortgage and he just nodded slowly like a man watching his house burn down

also corporate has launched the BIG SMOKE BBQ limited time menu. starting tonight. twelve new items. how many of them have we been trained on? zero. how many of the ingredients arrived? ten out of twelve. the brisket is coming “thursday hopefully.” the BIG SMOKE BBQ menu currently has no smoke and no brisket. it is in fact the regular menu with a laminated card that says BIG SMOKE on it

first ticket of the night: two big smoke platters. no brisket. trent says “just do pulled pork instead and don’t mention it.” i’m not the one who has to not mention it. dani does. dani is 19. i felt bad for dani

the walk-in. i need to talk about the walk-in. there’s a tub in the back corner, top shelf, no label, no date, been there since i started. none of us know what’s in it. we’ve agreed not to find out. luis says if you open it you get a new job. like a curse but a good one

shouted BONFIRE three times all night. the first time it was ironic. the second time it was ironic. the third time, 8:40, a twelve top went out in under ten minutes, perfect, every plate, and i shouted it and meant it. i hate that. i hate that it worked a bit

trent wasn’t even there for that one. he’d gone home at 7 to “rest up for the inventory.” inventory’s next week. he’s resting a week ahead. legend shit honestly