He hates doing TV but I require it of him once every 5 years or so. I would be happy to do it myself but it is the age of the chef.
Anyway, the following morning there was a message on the voicemail at work.
Wanna hear it?
You can imagine our surprise. Quite a strong opinion against ball caps. And, let me just say, it isn't like she was a Cubs fan and Jay was wearing a Yankees hat. It was a restaurant hat, official issue.
Anyway, I returned her call and left a very polite and professional message on her answering machine. I simply explained that she obviously didn't understand what kind of restaurant we were and that if she really took issue with our choice of hat wear, she might want to dine elsewhere.
Apparently, Jay was not satisfied by my approach. He called her back later that day. She answered. It seems that, in case you were unaware, that Jay is a "god damned punk" and Ms Koch is "quite the lady" and also likes to talk to her parole officer with that mouth, so thinks Jay, anyway...
My point? I had forgotten how armed and ready people are to criticize a new business. There are chips on all shoulders. The patio is too sunny. The butter is too rich. The French winelist doesn't have Kendall Jackson on it. My favorite? I DO NOT park in parking garages.
The result of these criticisms? I am worn down. I am tired. And, I am fed up. Time to shift my focus. Time to do what I know. Time to move forward and ignore these dipshits.
Time to make lemonade out of these lemonheads.
Listen up:
To give credit where it is due, one of our genius linecooks downloaded the message off the phone and did the remix himself. Our IT guy converted it to a video file so I could post it. I know my techno-limitations...
I miss everyone. And get ready, Dodge City 2009 is less than 1 month away.
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3 comments:
Wow. Some people have WAY too much time on their hands. Not to mention an overinflated self image.. Just to be clear, I'm talking about the lemonhead and not you Chris! :)
Great remix though. Any way to play that in the background at the restaurant? :)
Wow. She sounds really fun. THAT is hilarious! People are so awesome.
I think this calls for all employees to wear baseball hats that say "Classic French Cuisine" on the front over the brim and on the back of the hat say "waitstaff", "hostess," "bar," "kitchen help," "Owner" etc.
Surely even Julia would tell her to lighten up. Next time - maybe Jay should add a few more interesting touches to his "very serious chef" attire. Smut will be thinking on it. Go Jay!
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