02.15.08
A Brief Smile on My Day Off
My days off are usually something I treasure for the fact that I can actually spend more than 20 minutes sitting down at a stretch. That, and I can watch shows like The Price is Right and Maury, and not worry that there is a soup somewhere that we are running out of. In short, it is a day I can forget about the worries of the restaurant and just enjoy a nice, relaxing day.
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Though on this past day off, I was called twice for work-related issues. The first call was from my meat vendor to tell me that he was out of rabbits for now, but hoped to have them in the next day. The next call was from an apiary I have worked with in the past who wanted to know if I wanted any other specialty honeys for the restaurant.
Now I’m just not the type who says to calls like this, “This is my day off, don’t bother me.” It’s not in my nature. So I took the calls, and did what I needed to with the information. (I ordered rabbit from someone else, and ordered 9 pounds of different honeys.)
But it then dawned on me: How many people deal with calls pertaining to the subject of the availability of rabbit and honey? On their day off no less? All in all, I was glad I took the calls - the realization of what an odd set of subjects I was dealing with brought a smile to my face. And then I went back to watching Mythbusters.
Stumble it!
