Saturday morning I went in to work to find a chisel on the counter in my restaurant. I figured there must have been some maintenance going on that I was unaware of, only to turn around and see our beer fridge door completely mutilated clearly depicting a break-in. The lock was in tact, but the window front was pried from it's frame and the door was completely off its hinges (with some beer missing).
Kitchen Guy (we'll call him KG) came in and told me he noticed it as well. Three us staff workers ended up writing out a statement of what we saw/noticed. I almost laughed in Chef's face when he gave me the "Noooo!" look after I told him that I had touched the chisel to move it; as IF they're going to dust for prints on a minor beer theft (he quickly realized the chances of that happening and moved on...although I kind of jokingly offered to use my Chemistry skills of print dusting from high school).
Today at work was when I realized that I like the way I handle conflict much better than some people. Maintenance Guy (aka MG...whom I legitimately believe is an ex-convict) began accusing KG of committing the break-in. In my little pass-way where I was doing all my waitressing things, they called up Chef who was off duty and kept trading the phone off to bitch about either other right in front of the other. I actually was trying not to laugh every time I walked past them (partially in respect to the whole eavesdropping thing & partially 'cuz I didn't want convict MG to kill me...). It was hilarious to see these two burly guys verbally go at it while trying to be on the DL because of customers.
Here's why I like my resolution skills better: I take a deep breath before I say anything in order to avoid eating my words later. I felt like I was back on the elementary school yard listening to two grade 2ers quarrel! Children in adult bodies. It was hilariously wrong! Needless to say, nothing's been resolved yet.
Maybe we should go back to elementary school yard "compromises" (which never, ever worked anyway).
**MG doesn't really make me scared for my life, they're both nice to me. But I'll just detach myself from the drama to keep it that way...haha.**
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