3. "X" Enough

Here's something business that you may not know. Businesses want to make as much profit as possible. Paychecks cut into profits. Businesses don't like to pay employees.

IF YA GOT TIME TA LEAN, YA TIME GOT TIME TA CLEAN!!!1!!1!!!!!11111!
STAY BUSY GUYS!!!!!11!1!!!!


These are a few of the motivational phrases used at Chickenland. The driving idea behind this behavior is the fact that they say we are paid for our time, so if we're not working while at work, then we are stealing money from Chickenland in the form of 'time'. Some managers freak out and proceed to go into seizure whenever they spot a crew standing by the drive thru talking. Lookouts are often posted, but we always slip up and get caught. The posting of a cleaning list for the shift is a tool used often by every manager.

The list was posted and the crew slowly took

Shy little steps, each scared to look.

What task would await them?

What's the punishment? 

For whom?

One by one, they all passed by and each surveyed his fate:

Wash the parking lot.

Change the billboard.

And get it done by 8.

It's 6:45.

GAAAAAH!

 The pain!

Why is my job so tough?

But that hallowed phrase comes to mind and you say

Clean enough.

Is this pan worth scraping?

Nah.

Clean enough.

Is cleaning this dumpster area worth the effort?

I think not.

Clean enough.

No matter how mind numbing the task,

How pointless the stuff,

Just do your best at it

(Or not)

And say

Clean enough.

"Clean enough." Shawn and I thought that up last week. The phrase. Not the idea. Us and everyone else new about this unspoken rule in the fast food business. If it looks clean, then it probably is clean. Management wants to eliminate the possibility that 'it' is in fact, clean always. So whenever there's a pot with burned beans cake to the bottom of, scrub what you can (or will) and leave it for the next shift. This phrase can also be applied to other parts of Chickenland. Say a customer is unnecessarily pissed that their whole chicken will take 10 more minutes to cook and once the chicken is done, you realize that you forgot to ask the cooks for fries (1 more minute). You spot the fries that had been petrifying in the fry bin since you walked in 4 hours ago and glance at the annoyingly pissed off customer and see them looking the other way. Fresh enough. It's a judgement call.

There are some who abuse the 'clean enough' act. Those who leave bits of food in mostly clean pans. People who place a greasy dish in the sanitize water and ruin all of the clean dishes stuck in there. Here's an exchange between me and Dodeca.

Me: Uh this pan isn't clean.

Dodeca: I "worshed" it.

Me: Okaaaay, but it's not clean.

Dodeca: Uh ya, but I "worshed" it.

Me: Dodeca! I'm not saying you didn't wash it, I'm saying It's not clean!

Common sense is not so common.

I'm not sure if I've covered everything about "'X' enough", but I have some pretty good CDs I'd like to rock out to. And I just got home from work so I'm pretty tired too. Meh, it's good enough.