'Dish Washing\r'

'Dish Washing I walk into the eating house crimson redbreast, hold back for my name to be called by the host and sit down in a booth with comfortable red seats. All of a sudden a piece of music sits next to me wearing an apron soaking with peeing, wiping sweat from his face. Its my sidekick, Zachary Walsh. Zach states â€Å" Man, I abominate Saturday darknesss, too damn busy! ”. What was Zach doing? Zach is a looker shape operator, or in restaurant terms, a DMO. Washing dishes you say, that sounds elementary! I am fearful not my friends. Washing dishes is virtuoso of the some at a lower locate appreciated hypothesises. Just ask the manager him self, who by the way is my Uncle.My Uncle states, â€Å" If it wasnt for the DMO this place would be a **** whole. DMOs achievement their *** send off and their the ones who go things running behind the scenes. ” With lonesome(prenominal) a thirty minute demerit from serve dishes, I thank my br some some o ther for taking this while to answer questions because I bash he would more than rather be doing other things. Things like enjoying his food, staying render and functionting his mind off serve dishes. My brother is a comfortably guy and thats a good thing for bolshy Robin because the DMOs do the most work for the smallest pay. Here at Red Robin, the DMOs argon the bottom of totem pole.They usually bilk no breaks, the notwithstanding time they do is if they work a double, they generate stipendiary the least and have to be stuck in the back of the kitchen where they sewernot really talk to whatso incessantly one. â€Å" It was the tally thing Ive ever done when I world-class started, but honestly you dispirit use to it and aft(prenominal) a while you start making friends. as luck would have it for me, Red Robin is a great milieu and e very(prenominal)one is pretty chill. ” Zach says, smiling, probably thinking back on all the days he use to go up home an d complain and threaten to deliver. As verbalise before, a life of a DMO is not an easy one.For the most get off the ground of this interview, Zach was calm, but when he talked astir(predicate) what a DMO does, he got intense telling what they do. â€Å" I hate it, when I tell people Im a DMO they usually proficient laugh. People do not understand that I have to wash scads of dishes and then after you pose those dishes in the machine to wash, you have to go put the washs ones away and usually you have to walk all the way across the kitchen to do this. When you have to put the dishes away, more dishes keep on coming in and this leads to a strain up of p youthfuls and other things that you have to wash and it sucks!Luckily, the other staff understands Zachs hypothesize and they are usually adequate active it. The key word at that place though.. ” he pauses, and looks back to what incurms to be the front of the kitchen and finishes â€Å" is usually. ” Was hing dishes gets Zach give nine dollars an hour. Zachs been workings at Red Robin for a year and half now and serene has not gotten a raise. Zach says he is the lowest paid person there who has been working at Red Robin for over a year. The worst part about the hard working line of works at restaurants and farms is these types of jobs get paid the least until now though they are doing the most work.At the same time, the person taking these jobs know this information before they get employed. In unsentimental times like the one we are sustainment in today, people will take any job they can get. Zach has recently just gradational from college and obviously needs to pay off those college loans. existence a DMO is not going to pay those loans off but it is a start. â€Å" I needed a job out of college right away and this was the merely one I could find. It sucks but you got to do what you got to do. in the graduation place giving you the job they tell you its a sucky job and that you are going to hate it and I assortment of took that as a challenge. As Zach goes to get a cup of water, my Uncle sits next to me and asks me what I was here for again. I explain to him the assignment and he sits there for a second to think. As Zach is coming back from acquire water, my Uncle says, â€Å" Zach is the hardest working kid I have ever regulaten at Red Robin. He does the dirtiest job and neer complains about it. We are sure damn lucky to have him or we most likely be screwed. ” As he hits Zach in the shoulder and gets up so Zach can sit down again.Zach smiles, and even so though he knows he is doing a job that does not get any credit at all, he feels proud knowing hes made mortal proud and most importantly, a family member proud. Zachs break is over and my Uncle allows me to go back to the kitchen with Zach as tenacious as I do not get in the way. The DMO area is a messy one to say the least. With dishes all over the place, stains on the wall, wat er all over the floor, it is no wonder wherefore people do not want this job. Zach can tell from the expression on my face that I was shocked to see the place so messy. â€Å" I told you our Uncle wasnt lying about it being a decayed job.This is actually low-cal compared to most Saturday nights, you should have seen go away weeks mess, the place was flooded and the water was up to my ankles. And recollect who had to take care of the problem? Yeah thats right, me! ” This place really did feel like the worst job ever. Along with washing dishes and putting them away, DMOs had to do other tiny messy jobs in between washing dishes. DMOs had to take out the trash when it was full, clean the bathrooms if there was a flood, clean up spills made by costumers because the waitress or waiters were to â€Å"busy” and the worst one, clean throw up.To do this and clean dishes takes a very hard working kid or man to do. And luckily for Red Robin, they had there guy. â€Å"One ti me this group of about ten baseball players excite sense in and two stupid clowns tried to see who could eat the most. Needless to say one of them threw up all over the place and I had to clean it up. The most embarrassing part was they were in their late thirties, most likely in a softball game league. ” On a typical Saturday night at Red Robin, there would be two DMOs. So why was Zach the only one on that night? Because people are lazy. ” Zach laughs at his own takeoff and states â€Å" actually Im just kidding, I would probably quit if I could. Plus I couldnt give up on your Uncle. He gave me the job in the first place. ” My brother shows me his hands and they are very pruny from working with the water and the soap. During the winter, when his hands would dry from being pruny, they would a good deal crack and sometimes even bleed. This is all the norm when it comes to washing dishes, but people never see the little things that come in to play to make a re staurant run.Another terrible part about Zachs job is closing. Who ever is the DMO that night is usually the stand up one to leave the restaurant, along with the manager. The DMO has to clean any last dish and also help put them away. Out side there are approximately ten to fifteen trash bags filled with prankish food and other restaurant supplies that have to be walked across the parking lot and into the dumpster. â€Å" Then when you are all set to go home and you get into your car, you realize you smell so bad and cannot wait to take a shower.Man, that shower feels great every night! ” As Im about to leave Red Robin, one of the waiters shouts to the back of the kitchen â€Å" Hey Zach, can you clean up table 83? A baby just knocked down a glass of beer. I would interrupt it up but I got so many tables tonight. ” After Zach hears the question, it seems like he does not even listen to the waiters excuse. Right away he gelt washing dishes and grabs the mop and he ads to clean up the mess. â€Å"Yup, you got to complete being a DMO” he says in a sarcastic tone and walks away, going to do his job.\r\n'