Grow Up by Craig Anderson

Author:Craig Anderson [Anderson, Craig]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2019-07-31T04:00:00+00:00

Gargle was exhausted, or more accurately, his shell was. His feet hurt, his fingertips were singed, and his uniform was dripping with sweat. He hadn’t stopped moving in the entire time he had been in the kitchen, running from station to station, slowly figuring out a better way to do everything. Every time he thought he had mastered it a new job would get thrown his way, until soon he was performing several at once. The faster he performed his tasks, the more tasks they gave him. It was dull, monotonous, and never-ending.

He had also discovered something interesting. The harder he worked, the slower all the other staff became. It was as if there was a group productivity level, and there was no clear way to exceed it, no matter how much he did as an individual. At one point he was the only one running around the kitchen, while four other staff members stood around and chatted.

Despite the lack of help, or possibly because of it, Gargle had quickly discovered a variety of process improvements, ranging from minor to dramatic. He estimated that implementing even a handful of them would improve overall throughput of the kitchen by almost 50%. This was his chance to impress a superior and make Josh look good.

He tried to find Frank, but there was no sign of him. The door to his office was shut, with a small yellow note stuck on the door that said Do not Disturb! As Gargle approached, a young man working on the front counter shook his head. “He’s still napping in there.”

“I have urgent matters to discuss with him.”

“Is the kitchen on fire?”

Gargle peered over the food hopper to double check. “No.”

“Then it isn’t urgent. You should really know this by now, I thought you’d been here a while?”

Gargle got out of there before he gave himself away.

Eventually Frank emerged from his office and wandered into the kitchen, looking a little groggy. He took one look at Gargle and said, “Look at the state of you! Is that ketchup on my uniform? You’ll be paying for the dry cleaning. Go smarten yourself up, I just got word that head office is on their way to assess my Mega Egger, to see if it deserves a spot on the regional menu.”

“There are items I would like to discuss with you,” Gargle said.

“We don’t have time for your complaining right now, important people are on their way. Go clean up, now.”

It was another simple task. Gargle was getting the sense that this particular leader didn’t have the capacity to give out anything more complicated. With a fixed grin he said, “I will do as requested.”

There were already three young men in the locker room, who were changing out of their uniforms. They saw Gargle and one of them said, “Is Dickhead sending you home too?”

“I don’t believe so. He told me to come back here and adjust my uniform to look presentable for a visit from head office.” He thought

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