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Date: 24 February 2005 10:29:22
Got a pleasant surprise I walked into the staff canteen and saw that our ever faithful canteen attendant Double was back in the house. She has been away since about November having carpal tunnel surgery. I have a very interesting relationship with Double. She is like a second mother to me. She is responsible for my sustenance and makes sure I am ok. We are at the point in our relationship where I don't order lunch anymore. She piles my plate with what she knows I like. I should mention that I do attempt to order but she dismisses me and tells me she will tell me what I will be eating. It is a little soup nazi but it is very loving. We do sometimes have disagreements over how much I should eat. I think one chop or schnitzel is enough where she thinks two or three is what I should be eating. So we play this game where she says “Chop?” and I say “yes thank you just one” She replies “No No three” then I say “Double I get too big one one” then she says “ Two three” then I say “one one” and then she puts two chops on my plate. So like all real parents they end up winning. She always makes sure I get my share of weggies too sorry her accent is thick I mean veggies. I never leave hungry and she often offers me seconds. But the funny thing is when others ask for seconds she tells them no very briskly. So Welcome back Double the House of Chops has been poorer without you. I even had to tell them what I wanted to eat!!! Disgraceful isn't it.
Last night was one of my regular clients. I specialise in one or two events. But work a variety of gigs. The boss likes to keep us with repeat clients. One of them is a certain sporting event. Of which I was once a major fan so that makes it a little easier for me to handle. The other type of event I generally get is the Church Based events. I think it is because I speak the language and know where they are coming from.
We have come to the end of what seems to be a season that has dragged on forever. It has run since early October so that is a fair chunk of time. I worked very closely with the organisers when I worked my other job at the House of Chops. That has continued and is a pretty open and honest working relationship. We have our adventures at times but generally it is a fairly fun time had by all and at the end of the day it we can generally laugh. I like to have all my set up jobs like placing towels in the dressing rooms, putting up signage and checking that all the rooms are set correctly. It usually leaves me with a little time to hang and check how things are going with the team. Everything went well and no major news to report. Went and had a chat with the cable tv crew. They have a bad habit of leaving leads everywhere and not taping them down. They have so far this season done a good job of ticking off our security and take up too much room on the loading dock. Which means I usually end up getting a peaceful workable arrangement from both sides. Same days that is a very hard thing to do as both sides can be quite stubborn. I have days where I feel like the mother of teenagers tending to their needs and ego's.
The security guards kept a eye on a few punters who getting a little too enthusiastic. Here is a tip: You can be passionate and vocal in your support but once you use foul language and get offensive with your comments and they suspect you have drunk a little too much. Your right on you way to getting some attention. But unfortunately it may be the wrong sort of attention and they may ask you to leave. So get into it but easy on the swears ok. After some very close competition. We Won!!! I guess that is a good thing. I was good and did not eat any hotdogs. But I did have a turkey and salad sub I grabbed on the way home. Because i had to be back and at work nine hours later to start all over again.
Til next time go easy on the swears alright,
Chops