Saturday I was nearly beaned by a bad boss. A barbecued chicken pizza missed me by one foot --
hot out of the oven by one of the last "Old School" Chefs. We we're down to one cook
(that's me) and two dishwashers. On the books that night was a party of 100 people in the banquet
department, including a food critic from our largest local paper and some executives from the
company that owns the restaurant.
At around 5 p.m. the hysterics really started to shower. Everybody was out of his league and
for only the fifth time that day I heard "I've been in this business 35 years!" which
he usually yelled at the top of his lungs with a well-placed %$#∓$% and @#*%*#* here and there,
always with a sarcastic chuckle at the end. Not only did the restaurant guests hear him --we'll
have to wait until the review comes out to see if the critic heard him.
The guests at the party certainly heard him when he confronted the banquet manager in front of
his staff. Well let's just say the machine is now in full motion. Such a stream of loud
obscenities I hear every weekend from him. He tells me to lie for him about menu changes,
food disappearing, champagne disappearing and my favorite -- his milking of the clock for 3 hours
every day to play golf. He got called during the three-hour paid break (while he was on the
clock). But he played stupid; saying he never knew that wasn't allowed. Our General Manager is
covering for him by not writing him up. He's had his warnings, yet he's allowed to continue
like a maniac. Letters have been sent already to our human resources department. I think
he maybe unbalanced.
Is there anything I can do to try to warn human resources without a
retaliation? I actually dread going into work today because of this lunatic. He seems to think
everyone is against him. He's had me into the office for a "verbal warning" about my
lack of respect. I think I might have signed up with one of the world's nastiest bosses.
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