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[-] Zephorah@discuss.online 6 points 6 hours ago

Tipping fire and emergency medicine in the form of food should totally be a regular thing.

[-] ColeSloth@discuss.tchncs.de 51 points 15 hours ago

Been a full time ff for around 18 years. Greatest hook up was like a decade ago when a freezer truck broke down in our small city and I got a call from the company wanting to give us all these boxes of boneless skinless chicken breasts, if we could get out to the truck and pick them up. I told them yes, then called the chief to get him to go out there. We had soooo much chicken!

[-] itsjustachairmary@lemmy.world 32 points 13 hours ago

YES it is an emergency, we are moving out NOW

[-] ColeSloth@discuss.tchncs.de 13 points 11 hours ago

Lol. That's why I sent the chief. It's practically his job to run around doing bullshit while we do the emergency work. Plus, I totally knew he'd want some chicken.

[-] jayemar@sh.itjust.works 109 points 18 hours ago

More context, please! How does one accidentally make 100 sandwiches too many?

[-] PumaStoleMyBluff@lemmy.world 120 points 18 hours ago

Sandwich shops are a super popular option for corporate catering, bosses will order a few platters to dull the pain of an all-hands meeting.

[-] Rothe@piefed.social 1 points 48 minutes ago

Still doesn't explain how you accidentally make 100 too many.

[-] Hideakikarate@sh.itjust.works 38 points 17 hours ago

Hell, I think the big wigs where I work call meetings just so they can comp the lunch.

[-] huquad@lemmy.ml 11 points 15 hours ago

Y'all are getting sandwiches? We don't get shit

[-] Murse@slrpnk.net 18 points 13 hours ago* (last edited 12 hours ago)

Not to bitch about free food -- free food is good food -- but I've noticed the workforce uses food as a bandaid to cover more glaring absences like pay and benefits.

I've worked in a small handful of different industries prior to settling in healthcare, and it was (and still is) a recurring pattern: the jobs that had the best fringe benefits had the worst actual benefits. I'm positive there are exceptions to this on both ends of the spectrum, but it does prompt the question: are you not getting shit because your corp compensates you well enough that they don't need to bother with fringe shit? Or are you not getting shit because they fall on that worst-of-both-worlds end of the spectrum?

If it's the latter, start updating that resume.

[-] huquad@lemmy.ml 6 points 12 hours ago

Way ahead of you. I've been reaching out everywhere lol

[-] Murse@slrpnk.net 5 points 12 hours ago

Well, fuck. You have my empathy - that's a shitty process, and by the sound of it, an even shittier status quo.

Keep your eyes on the prize, and good luck.

[-] anton@lemmy.blahaj.zone 37 points 16 hours ago

Make a 100 sandwich order on the wrong day.

[-] FatherPeanut@pawb.social 14 points 14 hours ago* (last edited 14 hours ago)

What I believe the real answer is, is that the restaurant is likely trying to beat the JIT (Just In Time) production system. For example: If you are a restaurant themed around southern comfort, some of that food can take quite a while to prepare. To get ahead of the curve, you avoid making food in response to each order, and instead opt to make food in bulk at several points along the day, knowing you get X orders on average every few hours. For a sandwich joint, it probably has some additional nuance to it since its not quite as time intensive to make one, but I believe this to be the general answer.

Edit: this works better for some restaurants than others. It brings a higher production cost to cover the waste that went unused, but cuts out costs for labor. And for some joints like a Taco Bell, it can be optimized well enough that it'll hardly make a difference whether they make it on the fly, or in advance.

[-] Earthwormjim91@lemmy.world 15 points 13 hours ago

Or they got a catering order and just made it on the wrong day

[-] SGforce@lemmy.ca 34 points 18 hours ago* (last edited 18 hours ago)

Work at a sandwich shop and some dickhead cancels a big order?

[-] usualsuspect191@lemmy.ca 12 points 15 hours ago

Maybe they accidentally made the order a day early

[-] WhoIzDisIz@lemmy.today 20 points 18 hours ago

That's not an accident. That's a crappy former customer.

[-] Kolanaki@pawb.social 9 points 17 hours ago

Similarly to how one might accidentally build a jeep.

[-] Th3D3k0y@lemmy.world 63 points 18 hours ago

I have called the fire department near my house a few times and just asked what they wanted for dinner and ordered delivery for them.

[-] mrmisses@lemmy.world 66 points 17 hours ago

Damn, you're "buy dinner for an entire fire department just for the hell of it" rich. Wanna order me a pizza?

[-] Lux@lemmy.blahaj.zone 54 points 17 hours ago

that depends, have you saved anyone from a fire recently?

[-] Fmstrat@lemmy.world 4 points 6 hours ago

Most fire fighters haven't either 😀

Fun story: A car was on fire and both surrounding stations rocketed over since it was the first real fire in forever. A passing water truck had already put it out. The firefighters were furious, as most of them only get to do anything in training.

It's about the mindset and intent of wanting to save, not just the act itself.

[-] Pronell@lemmy.world 47 points 17 hours ago

Yea, but I did set the fire, so...

[-] EggInDisguise@lemmy.blahaj.zone 21 points 16 hours ago

Also does it count if I'm the person I saved from my own set fire?

Asking for a friend...

[-] gedfromgont@piefed.ca 5 points 11 hours ago

Is the friend also you?

[-] prettybunnys@piefed.social 7 points 14 hours ago

Yes that makes you uniquely qualified to buy me a pizza!

[-] Murse@slrpnk.net 6 points 12 hours ago

Light a man a fire and you warm him for a night. Set a man on fire and you warm him for the rest of his life!

[-] hemko@lemmy.dbzer0.com 10 points 13 hours ago

I restrained myself from burning down neighbor's house, so technically yes?

[-] filcuk@feddit.uk 5 points 11 hours ago

I'd go fat from eating so much pizza

[-] Th3D3k0y@lemmy.world 4 points 14 hours ago

You cool with giving me your address?

[-] LibertyLizard@slrpnk.net 22 points 17 hours ago

Wholesome but my donations to the fire department are contingent on them removing their opposition to street safety improvements in my city.

[-] greatwhitebuffalo41@slrpnk.net 4 points 14 hours ago

Now I just see you EVERYWHERE after that one time. I swear I don't even look at usernames lmao.

[-] LibertyLizard@slrpnk.net 4 points 12 hours ago

lol well I do make a lot of comments

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