never fails...

so, i dunno about offices and all that, but when something goes wrong at a restaurant, it seems like everything goes wrong.  so...yesterday when everybody showed up to open, this is what was wrong....

motherboard on main office computer failed...all the computer terminals were down.  no way to turn in orders.

dining room thermostat.  it was 40 degrees when the opening shift got to work.

kitchen heater.  dead.  it blew cold air half the time anyway, but now it's straight up done.

various pipes froze and broke.  the dish sprayer cracked n broke.  also both hand sinks in the back.

employee toilet was full of ice and wouldn't work.

when i got there at two, the thermostat and computers were fixed but it was still cold as hell in the back and the hand sinks didn't work and we had to carry bus tubs of hot water from the back to the dishpit to soak plates and stuff cause the sprayer was busted.  and then i turned the steamer on and instead of filling up with steam, it just poured water out the front for thirty seconds, then made a super loud pop and then smoke came billowing out.  so, the steamer is DONE.  it's been sketchy for a few months now, but i think the fryed out electronics smell was a telltale sign.  luckily we weren't busy in the slightest, otherwise we would have had an annoying evening.  it was bad enough just due to the cold.  i don't want to have to wear a sweatshirt while standing in front of a broiler.  and then i'd go outside to smoke and get even colder and come back inside and i could never warm up.  and i'd walk over to the hand sink to wash up and oh yeah it's broken.  then i was drinking tea like mad to warm up and kept having to go knock on the dining room bathroom door to make sure it was empty so i could go pee instead of just peeing in the employee bathroom.  what a pain in my ass.

anyway, i got two days off so i'm sure when i go back either everything will be fixed or it won't.  i'm just glad i don't have to deal with dishes this morning.  egg plates have to be soaked and scraped, and our sprayer is busted.  it would not surprise me in the slightest if more shit breaks down today.

when it rains, it pours, i guess...