Ok, so puppies are supposed to be cute and cuddly, but as we know, but always forget, they like to break in their teeth. Why? It is not like in primitive times when they had to catch prey to survive. Puppies and dogs are babied now and so you would think they would respond by appreciating their masters and not trying to eat them. So after you have to pry them off your hand you put them in their cage to calm down for a while. Then you feel guilty after they whine for 10 minutes and you let them out, which only seems to make them angry so they get more aggressive. So then you try to calm them down but that doesn’t work, and then when you least expect it they bite you in that place. That is the place you cannot write about, that is the place that is exceptionally prone to have you scream. And yet we love them so much.
Sept 20 - 26
I know there is a God. I also know he is a he. Why, because she’s are sympathetic and don’t like to play games with you when they are bored. He’s on the other hand like to mess with you, and what better way to mess with you, then to convince you to get a puppy.
There we were all tranquil in our lives and then we decided to get a puppy, and life as we knew it is over. I remember watching TV to relax. I remember not having to look for holes in the carpet. I remember walking around barefoot and not having my big toe attacked by very sharp teeth. I remember crawling into bed and going to sleep. Oh, sleep, I remember sleep. I use to have nice peaceful dreams. Now, just as I go into slumber, one of several noises commence and the dreams are now long nightmares. I know just like children, one day it will get better, but meanwhile I know the man upstairs is not as bored.
Sept 13 - 19
As many of you know I have lost many brain cells and to prove it today I bought a car.
This car appears to have 38,000 miles but I think it is closer to 238,000 miles. It has no radio which is probably good because it has no antenna. It has no AC which I guess doesn’t matter because it has no hard top. Neither door opens easily, andwhen you get them open, they squeak like the doors at Frankenstein’s castle. The rearview mirror is faded but enough to see I still have some hair. When you open the trunk, it has a broken golf club in there to keep the trunk lid open. I am afraid to open the engine compartment. It looks like someone painted clouds on the front and rear hood but someone told me that was oxidation of the paint. Too bad they told me, I kind of liked the clouds look. It looks like it has windshield wipers but the control knob is hanging under the dash, not that I would ever drive it in the rain. I went to put gas in it and never did find the gas cap. For some reason the emergency brake doesn’t work either, like when would I ever have an emergency. The regular brakes work, but they feel like it would be easier to throw out an anchor. I can go on, but when you lack brain cells you find you are easy to please, so I have to say, I sure love this old Buick LeSabre.
People, 20 years ago a tragedy occurred. I would like everyone for a minute to think of the largest restaurant in America sitting on top floor of the World Trade Center Buildings, Windows on the World. I can picture the dishwashers, busboys, waitresses and cooks all go about doing their job like we do all time. The fear and anguish they had to go through was just unfathomable. I feel bad for the general manager who got to work late that day and survived. He said he looked up and saw white flags waving out of the top windows. He realized those were table cloths that his employees were waving in desperation. In our business we become family, and they for sure had a family. It is unthinkable to know your entire family tragically has to go through that. Anyway very little is ever said about those restaurant workers at the top and I just wanted to say “I am so sorry for what happened to you”.
Sept 6 - 12
It is so fun to be in the restaurant business right now. When you place an order with our supplier you hope that it comes, and if it does come you hope that most of the products are on the truck. At FlapJacks we got tiny napkins we would use at Taylors and at Taylors we got large napkins that won’t fit in the dispensers. When we order bacon, we hope that we get bacon, and of course then you hope it is real bacon. When we try to interview someone over the phone we offer them $3.00 an hour more then we used to only to have them never show up for the actual interview. Then of course there are the days you find out a key employee got COVID while they were visiting relatives or you find out they were just at the zoo when they got COVID.
Any way if you come in and find us a little frazzled, please excuse us. I was actually hosting today in my shorts and tennis shoes. Hopefully things will improve but until then, please forgive us, or just bring us alcohol.
Folks, I will soon require all my employees to get vaccinated or they will have to get tested weekly. I do not see any reason to not get vaccinated. NONE. Now this may make things more difficult because some employees still refuse to and so we may lose employees. At this point, if we have to close 2 days a week but I feel it is safer we will do that. Anyway, it is sure fun to be in the restaurant business right now.