Through no fault of her own, the manager who was supposed to be running shift this evening was having some issues. It was a combination of stress, blood pressure, and probably heat. Put this altogether and you get a manager who is unable to work to the best of their ability and you're left with a crew without a leader. As she sat in her office most of the night it gave me the chance to step and try and keep things from falling apart. Granted, the crew that was working this evening was a great crew and are great at handling things on their own, it felt nice to keep asking them to clean things, make sure stuff was stocked, and to make sure the food was getting to where it needs to go. It was also nice to see that they didn't mind to take orders (if you could even say that I was giving orders. I was more-or-less making sure they kept doing what they already know how to do.) from me and that they turned to me with questions when the manager on duty wasn't around. It makes me hopeful if/when I become a manager this summer because it seems like I already have a fan base for myself!
Some of my activities for the night including sanitizing the ice machine, checking beef, and cleaning the friars. All of these duties are typically the managers job but I figured they weren't going to get done by themselves this evening so I stepped in. It's a shame that I had to leave at 8:30 otherwise I would have tried to do more. It's also a bummer that I don't know how to do the end of the night paperwork because I would have gladly stayed and did the paperwork for the shift. But I'm sure that will all come with my training this summer!
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