Jacob- That actually made me want to laugh and cry at the same time... BTW, he's just a Chefawan still ;-) -Ben
At 09:21 AM 2/21/03 -0800, you wrote: >A Certified Master Chef at Starbucks... > >At 09:05 AM 2/21/2003 -0800, you wrote: >>hi gang, >> >>Another real bummer with the 22-year-old son. >> >>He's been working as a banquet cook and fills in at the pantry station in >>the line restaurant sometimes. >>It's a "boutique hotel" with a huge, deluxe fitness club attached. >>The restaurant serves the hotel, the club, and hopefully the general public. >>But the sales and marketing person (who just got fired) did a lousy job of >>publicizing it to the community. >>Between that and the economy, business has been lousy. >>Most of the restaurant staff have had their hours cut. >>Yesterday, my son found out he's being laid off (via a voice mail message). >> >>So, it's gone from bad (no roommate and not enough hours to make ends >>meet), to worse (no job). >>This is the third horse he's had shot out from under him since getting out >>of the cooking school. >> >>He's pretty bummed out. >>So am I - his moving home would create a virtual (or real) war zone. >>And subsidizing him until he gets up to speed on a new job (or jobs) and a >>roommate would be hard financially, especially when we're finally getting a >>handle on the budjet. >><heavy sigh> >> >>My wife went over to "just be there" last night. >>(He only wanted "Mom" there.) >>She suggested he get real and go for a job at Starbucks or something just >>to make rent. >> >>Yes, I know the economy is rough right now. >>But I cringe at the idea of financing an education at the California >>Culinary Academy for him to end up at Starbucks. >> >>I think the problem may be that he doesn't have fast enough knife and >>"production" skills to keep up with the chefs' expectations - he loves food >>and cooking, but isn't the most coordinated person. (You should see his >>handwriting!) And he doesn't have the "fire" (drive) and confidence to >>charge into the typical line kitchen and take it by storm. (Pardon the >>mixed metaphors.) >> >>Yeah, I'm sure it will work out for him and us. >>Just feeling a little bummed and looking for some kind words from a bunch >>of great people. >> >>Have a nice weekend, everyone. >> >>-Ben >> >> > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/index.cfm?forumid=5 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/index.cfm?method=subscribe&forumid=5 Your ad could be here. Monies from ads go to support these lists and provide more resources for the community. http://www.fusionauthority.com/ads.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5
