"THROW OUT THE SCRUB PADS, OR
ELSE!"
By; Gerald A. Polley
We have been telling of the adventures I had with an obnoxious
manager that I worked with for about a month, but who was so
stupid that there was something about every day. One morning I
came into work and the day cook told me "Gerald, there's a
note on the bulliten board for you from the night cook. I don't
think you're going to appreciate it!" I went up and read the
note. It said "Gerald, do not wash the scrub pads and put
them back in the boxes. I want fresh ones each day. This is my
right. I don't care what the boss wants, I run the kitchen at
night. I won't use dirty pads! Follow my instructions."
When the boss came in I told him about the note and asked him
what I should do. "Write whatever you want to on it,"
he told me, "and leave it for him."
"Whatever I want?" I asked.
"Yes," the boss answered. I walked up back, picked up a
pen, and wrote "FU!" on the note, and went back to
work. A couple of hours later the manager came in, walked by the
bulliten board, looked at the note, and ripped it down then
walked down to me in a rage.
"That's it!" he screamed, "You're outta here! You
don't leave a sarcastic message for the night cook. He's the boss
here, not you! Get out!"
"The boss told me to ignore you," I answered,
"when you tell me to leave, that you have no authority to
fire me. Go talk to him!"
"I told you to leave!" the manager screamed,
"You're done! You don't argue with me!"
At that moment the boss came into the kitchen. "Shut
up!" he screamed, "Gerald's not leaving! Go do your
work! Leave him alone!"
"I won't tolerate crap like this!" the manager
screamed, holding up the note.
"You'll tolerate whatever I tell you to tolerate!" the
boss answered. "Now get to work or leave!"
The manager went off in a huff. The boss looked at me and
grinned. The next morning when I came in the morning cook was all
smiles. "There's another note, Gerald!" I went up and
read it. It said "Gerald, I have thrown away the dirty scrub
pads. If you ever mouth off to me again I'll kick your ass! I'm
the man here! Learn your place!"
When the boss came in I just pointed to the bulliten board and
said "You'd better do something about that." The boss
read the note, walked into his office, picked up the phone and
called the cook.
"I don't care what time it is!" the boss screamed
"You're done! I'll cover your shift until I can replace you.
I'll send your check. Don't you ever come into my kitchen again!
I will not tolerate anyone that threatens the other employees!
And by the way, Gerald's ten times the man you'll ever be! He's
decent and respectable, and you're a jerk!"
When the manager came in he came up to me and he was absolutely
red faced. He was just enraged. I just looked at him and smiled.
He literally growled and went out front. A few minutes later he
came back with the boss. The boss was saying "I don't want
to hear any more. If you can't hire decent people I'll keep
firing them until you do. But nobody threatens anyone in my
kitchen in the slightest way! Get that through your head!"
The manager just went "Huh!" and went into muttered
"I don't think he the office. The boss looked at me and gave
me a broad smile, then likes you!"
I just smiled me and this manager didn't and nodded as the boss
went back into the diningroom. As I said, get along, BOY we
didn't get along!
THE END