Griffs Jobs

The salad dressing vats at Sizzler were large solid plastic containers and
the Manager asked me to help him stir the Blue Cheese dressing one
evening. What he asked me to do was a bit unsanitary to say the least.
I was told to stick my arm into the vat and start stirring the dressing
which I did. After I stirred with my right arm for about 30 seconds the
Manager then asked me to lift my arm and hold it over the container
which I did. Upon doing this with ranch dressing running down my arm
into the vat he preceded to take a plastic spatula and scrape my arm for
the excess dressing which covered my arm and scraped it back into the
container to not waste a drop. Yikes, I was shocked. A few weeks later I
resigned from Sizzler. You never know what happens in the back kitchen
at Restaurants in the food supply areas and maybe its best you don’t
know.
Psalm 90:17
May the favor of the Lord our God rest on us; establish the work of our hands for
us— yes, establish the work of our hands.
Job# 4
1972 How I got Fired….
Pronto Markets –Beer, Soda & Milk Cold Case Shelf Stocker, Trash
emptier and more
Before Pronto it was Mission Food Mart
“In 1958 Joe Coulombe created the Pronto Markets chain in California, which later
became Trader Joe’s. The first Trader Joe’s store started in South Pasadena, California
at the site of the former Pronto Market.” - History of Trader Joe’s
My entry and quick exit in the Grocery Business started at Pronto
Market a small neighborhood store in South Pasadena which later became
Trader Joe’s. Before Pronto Market the store was run by the Lapi
and Modica families’ residents of South Pasadena for many years. I was
hired to work at Pronto Market I recall in 1972. During my time working
at Pronto three of my close friends were also working at Pronto which
made the shifts go by much faster when you are working with your pals.
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