FB 10/20

The day of football on 10/20 was on a saturday in the middle of the day because it was cancelled the day before. The business was not as good I think because of that, saturday games do not do as well. That day I worked front doing drinks/money and I thought I did a good job keeping the line moving and asking people farther back what they needed. Lebinski was slacking doing the fat sandwiches but he still got them done. There were no problems with the grill or fryer, the hot box was always stacked expect the cheeseburger/hot dog/hamburger box would be empty for 5 minutes at a time because no enough burgers were done at one time. But there were too many people up front at one point when I went to get hot cider for someone I collided with sam when he was walking with coffee and spilt it on me, it was caused by the amount of people in the front and the un ability to move so to fix it next time we can just have a few less bodies in front of the table.

 

GS 10/23

Tuesday, yesterday night For girls soccer it was also senior night which was supposed to mean more business or at least a busier night. But it wasn’t it was the opposite. It was rainy and cold and we had very little food going out. Tom was doing fat sandwiches and was not the fastest person, he would be talking half the time but he still got it done. The lines would come in weird rushes and we would be doing a lot of work for about 20 minutes at some points and then other times just standing around forever waiting. It was so slow there wasn't any problems with running out of food. But next time there is an event and we know its cold and rainy well be sure not to open because I do not think any money was made that night, or if there was it was very little profit.

BS 10/18

On the day of boys soccer on 10/18 the snack shack went well except for a few things. First off it was senior night so it was extra busy which meant a little more work. I was working fat sandwiches and ended up doing around 20-30 that night. We did not have enough cheeseburgers in the hot boxes at sometimes which made the sandwiches slow down. But other than that the hot box was stacked and we did not have any problems filling orders except towards the end when they became very saggy and unappetizing. The front kept the line moving, but I think that was the night the hot chocolate was bad and tastes like someone mixed cider in with it, so next time do not reheat the bad hot chocolate and sell it to people. All together we did a good job the fryers kept up all the way throughout and benji started strong on the grill but faded towards the end when we all started wanting to go home. But not too many problems that night.

 

Hunter L.

The first time I worked the snack shack was for a Girls Soccer game. We didnt have to make too much food, so we spent a lot of time chatting and cleaning. As a group we had effective communication and food production. There were a couple fat sammiches that we all kind of tag-teamed. The only thing that we couldve done differently would've been to decide how much food we wanted in the hot box, becasue there were a decent amount of left over hamburgers. Overall, things ran pretty smoothly- most likely due to the fact that there werent too many customers. Most people just got hot chocolate.
Georgia

Snack Shack Review

I can't remember exactly what day I worked the snack shack, but it is a great experience to work the shack. My recent snack shack that I worked, I was on fryer duty, while people were serving, grilling, etc. I had to make sure fries were ready to be served, mozzarella sticks, onion rings, and chicken fingers. The environment is great while working in the shack because it's all your friends and even though you don't you don’t get paid its your grade and plus it’s a great experience to have so when you go out in the real world you'll have the experience and know what to do if you ever work in a restaurant. The only problem I encountered while working on the fryer was overloading the fryers with food and really you’re not supposed to load it that much because some didn't fully cook so I would have to drop it back in again. Another thing I did during the snack shack was help out prepping the burgers and hotdogs and putting them in the hot box ready to be served to the customers. The communication is great to, I like how we shout out the orders and also your peers are there to help you out if you need it. Overall the snack shack is a great time and a very useful thing to have in your outside life experience and hope you can put this experience into restaurant industries if you are working at one.

Devin DiNicola

Personally, I feel that there are 3 critical things in the snack shack that one could be scored on. The first is working well with the others in the snack shack. A cohesive snack shack is a happy and productive snack shack. Secondly, we need to be more engaging with our customers. I realize it can be hard when everyone is running around, but I think we should take more time to get to know our customers and ask them how they are doing. Thirdly, it is fundamental that everyone at each respective station be ready because we need to give off an air of professionalism and experience. On a side note, I think it is a fundamental flaw that Pat's Patty is not listed as the first fat sandwich on the menu and I believe that should be corrected next year. With that said, it is clear which students are really putting everyone else on their backs. Pat's Patty and the On The Ranch have turned the snack shack into a thriving business with lots of life and I think it is only fair that the creators, Pat Rowley and Pat Riccardi, be made snack shack captains.
Patrick Ro

I worked in the snack shack the last football game vs. bunnell. I started off working hot box
and while I was there I noticed that it was unorganized as to how many patties should be put in
the hotbox. Also I noticed that it was hard to get items out of the hot box without tongs which I
didn't have at the time. Back to the patties, whoever was on the grill at the time was not cooking
off enough patties to fill the hot box and it really put us behind on fat sandwiches for a while.
After the first quarter I moved to the register and started taking people's orders and that went
well I thought that when we pre cupped the hot chocolate it really sped the process up and we
were able to get orders out the window faster. I had no problems at the register because business
wasn't exactly booming and it went great. Last time I worked snack shack at the SWC soccer
games I worked fat sandwiches. I liked the change we made to put the sauces closer to the
sandwich station it made it easier to get to it and get sandwiches out faster. We put the fires in
the open spot in the sauce warmers and I noticed that if we put the cap over the fries they would
become extremely soggy so make sure no one does that. And other then that my experience went
well and I think that my favorite thing in the snack shack is by far working fat sandwiches. I also
noticed that we got XL gloves now which really made it easier to quickly take off and put on
new gloves so we can be more sanitary.
Patrick Ri

My last experience with the snack shack was cut short due to a soccer game. I only worked for two hours helping prepare the food and set up supplies. Overall, I found it to be very successful as far as productivity goes. As a group we always stayed on task, we were cooperative, we set up tools and foods in their assigned stations, and we finished the preparation on time. There were however, a few areas where I feel we could have improved to be more efficient. On numerous occasions, someone from the group had to run down to the culinary room to pick up supplies we were missing. If we make a list of what is needed, arrive at the culinary room at the start of the shift, and all pitch in with transferring supplies back and forth, this dilemma could be prevented. Other than that, the only other predicament I faced was trying to get a hold of people. Whether it was calling someone’s cellphone down in the culinary room to tell them to bring something up, or calling someone in the snack shack asking them what to get, I wasn’t always able to reach people. The only solutions I could think of were either requiring cellphones to be on a certain volume as opposed to vibrate, or to utilize the walkie-talkies in the corner near the hotbox. In the long run though, these problems were rather minor and inconsequential. Matthew M.

It was a double header for snack shack. Boys soccer SWC finals (which we should have been playing in) first followed by the girls final. For the entire night, I found myself working the flat top. I had worked this same position during my first snack shack trip, but being a field hockey game, the crowd size was much different. For both soccer games there was a large crowd which had me much busier at times. I got a better understanding of what the snack shack should be like. From my previous experience, I was not accustomed to the demand for burgers. I needed the awareness to make more burgers, plain or cheese, depending on what was running low. My job seemed much busier than I had initially imagined, but I adjusted to the work rate. On the job, I needed to be aware of our supply of burgers in dogs. As well, the hot box needed to have some burgers to use for fat sandwiches. With classmates letting me know what was needed, I think I did an okay job at making sure people didn’t need to wait for their food. Some things that did take a while were the grilled cheeses and garden burgers. Because the demand for them isn’t very high, they could be cooked to order. The only problem I thought was that the grilled cheeses did take a while. It helped to have the buns and cheese already set up, but once on the flat top it felt like the customer would have been waiting for a long time. The garden burgers didn’t take quite as long, but weren’t prepared ahead of time like the burgers and dogs. I found it to be very interesting how they were fried first to defrost before being grilled. In my mind, it was a very smart idea which prevented them from taking even longer to prepare. On top of working, I tried to be good at cleaning while I worked. In between busy spurts, I tried to clean the grill from any excess grease on it. As well, I would empty the box with some of the packaging of the burgers. One thing I will need to remember to do if I am to work the same station again is to empty the grease trap maybe once or twice. At the end of the night, after adding a lot of water to give the grill a final clean, the trap was beginning to overflow. If I empty it part way through the night it won’t be a problem. Overall, working the snack shack is a fun yet learning experience. I love being able to cook while working with and serving to my friends. It makes the experience even more enjoyable. At the same time, I am getting some experience with how working in an actual food establishment would be. Wesley M.