So we had that big order for mini burger buns...20g pieces.
What a pain in the ass.
Alexandre and I started at 1am so by the time Benjamin
came in at 2 we were almost done with everything. I was on mixing the dough and
in between shaping and dividing dough. Day was going pretty good for most of the
day but Benjamin is just unreliable...he had to mix some dough’s and didn’t
know base temperatures or mixing times etc. and was asking Izam who is an
apprentice stagiare. We had another stagiare today, only for 2 weeks, a 15 year
old kid named Nicolas.
Interestingly these stages are organised in conjunction with
schools and all kids do them. I think it’s a great idea as I never forget my 1
week job shadowing at the
Mount Nelson.
Although the kid lacked initiative and interest. And when he asked to take a
break and was told he could have 1 hour he said it was too short. I almost
flipped when I heard that. Wtf is he doing here? It’s only 7 hours. Maybe I’m
too hard but I am a firm believer in hard work and that you don’t get anywhere
by sitting in the back seat, but whatever.
A former stagiare visited as well, Indra, a 25 year old
Mexican who just recently acquired French nationality. He’s been studying and
working in France for about 7 years now. He told me it was always a dream of
his to become a chef so he actually studied at institute Paul Bocuse as well
and knows chef Berthomier. He’s a really cool guy and he, Alexandre and I went
for a beer and burger at
Ninkasi just next
to the bakery.
We had a good time talking about mentalities in the industry and
the f***ed up legal system in France. I found out that if you catch an employee
stealing something you can’t just fire them...wtf. All the laws really f*** the
small business owner. Like our cleaning lady who has claimed sick and hasn’t
been to work for over a month but is still getting paid. And Alexandre can’t
fire her either... seems that if you’re stuck with a shit employee there’s
nothing you can do.
I prefer coming in an hour earlier...much nicer and it
reminds me of coming in 2 hours before all the other staff...just much smoother
knocking everything else out. So Alexandre and I are starting at 1 tomorrow so I’m
gonna be off....
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