Cartel..again =)

This week, i was posted to the bar area. After 4 torturous days, i can firmly conclude tt making sandwiches is NOTHING compared to making drinks!! Stress level * 100..serious. =D

from day one to three..i was still happily refering to the sop on how to make e drinks.. there are many diff kinds. For e cold drinks, theres frappes, smoothies, shakes, fruity frozen, spider, sodas, iced coffee. For e hot, theres mochas, coffees, teas, lattes, cappuccino. Not to forget, e fruit juices. The sop book is like dammmmmn thick lor..my heart rate increases everytime i'm on duty. The horrrible ordeal came on my fourth day. It was a friday night. When cartel gets too quiet..its e sign of an impending storm =X..true enough, at about 8pm..orders came pouring in..i had to make 10-15 drinks at a go..can u imagine..all different kinds..smoothies, shakes, sodas..and my most dreaded drink --> e latte! Y? cos latte drink, got 3 layers. If u order a flavoured latte..lets say hazelnut latte. There'll be hazelnut syrup at e bottom..followed by hot milk ..and an expresso layer at e top topped with milk foam and cocoa powder. its realli hard to make e ezpresso layer..u have to wait for the milk to go down to a certain degree celsius..so that e layer will not sink to e bottom when u ppour e expresso on top. Cant pour too fast..or too slow.. e layer will be mixed up. I tried for 4 freaking times to make tt stupid latte..and e customer ended up changing drinks..cos too slow..faint. I hate lattes..realli..e moment i see tt e orders have lattes in it..i will auot "kan chiong". Then..theres oso different equipments to be used for each kinda drinks..like smoothies and shakes and fruity frozen..need blender..need cherry and lemon. some need whipped cream on top..some dun need cherrys..all e measurements diff oso. Pink angel..for instance, needa 60ml cranberry..while cranberry peach fruity frozen needa 80ml cranberry juice i think =X. Then i'm realli freaking slow lor..e orders keep pouring in..i still stand there like a block of wood..trying to remember e diff ingredients for each drink. My fren commented tt my face has onli one expression thruout the night --> " STRESS". Haiz..almost broke down ..but luckily managed to keep under control. Its not a good idea to show ur vunerability in public..like i have learnt my lesson..too many times =).Some unhappiness and drama did happened..but it was not me..still, i felt pretty bad for my colleague..haiz..we are humans oso..service line so wat..must be reasonable oso right?? If i were e customer..i confirm wun behave like this de..puiz. Yah..i realised tt i suck at using e blender..always blend halfway the container can come loose and i can hear the motor grinding the plastic at e sides of the container =X..scare e hell of of me man..even my fren whos in e kitchen can hear..all e customers were like..staring!! Smoothie die oso wun come out of e blender into e glass..not enuff strength to knock out the goop..haiz..my fren helped me again. Hen3 mei2 yong4! Whipped cream oso..look very ugly..dun have enough strength to squeeze a v nice one out..hands must be stable and able to rotate in a nice circle..all e time pressing on e nozzle..i likeeee to press=) must perfect this skill!

E closing up oso sucks..i hate stock taking..cannot bloody find all e stock..and i had to ask for help..haiz..to conclude..my fourth day was e worst day in cartel..and i have a feeling tt e worst is yet to come =D..hope to become stronger each day as i work in e real world. Jiayou! =)