Food Prep? Just kidding...we actually meant Bomb Squad member!

So Tuesday was my last day at ACS and it was sad. I had the pleasure of working with some of the most kind, smart and caring people in the world. I will miss them, but I look forward to a continued friendship with them.

After leaving ACS I went to begin my new culinary adventure. When I interviewed for this job I was told that it would entail food preparation and bringing trays to the patients. Ok great, food prep is kitchen experience and that is what I need. So I go to the orientation and I am thinking that it will be short and sweet. Boy was I wrong. Thankfully there was another kid there so it wasn't just me and the scary director lady. She went on and on and on...and on! For eternity it seemed like, about the codes at the hospital and what they mean.

I definitely want to know which code means fire (or run in my case) and other disasters that have the potential to take my life (or the lives of others, I am not selfish). Anyway, the Scary Director Lady says that this hospital is state of the art, so if there is a fire we do not evacuate, this building is THAT safe. Supposedly it is divided into "smoke zones" that are independent of one another and if there is a fire in Zone 1 for example, Smoke Zones 2-4 are perfectly fine. Really? Well that's great so I won't die from inhalation due to the "zones". Does the fire just magically stop at the next zone? It's raging in Zone 1, comes to Zone 2 and says "SHOOT" can't go over there, that's zone two! Yeah freakin' right lady. I was taught to run outside if there is a fire. My Poppa was a Fire Chief, so I consider myself somewhat fire savvy. Regardless of all that, I have no intention of keeping my butt inside a burning building, whether or not the fire is in my "zone". So Scary Director Lady goes on to say, if we happen to be taking trays to patients and there is a fire we have to shut all of the doors so the fire doesn't spread. Sounds smart right? Well then she says if a fire is in the patients room and the patient is in there, we have to tell them it is going to be ok and shut the door. Seriously?! I will not do that. No way am I telling someone its going to be ok when I am shutting them in a room with a fire! No thank you. So after this lovely tidbit about fires she moves on to bomb threats.

So, if there is a bomb threat the loudspeaker will say the code. Then we are supposed to come back to our unit and LOOK FOR THE BOMB! Yes, thats right, LOOK FOR THE BOMB. Excuse me? I am NOT a Bomb Squad member, just in case you thought I was.

So I sign on thinking I am doing food prep and find out that is not the case. So needless to say I was PRAYING I would get a real kitchen job at a great local place. Well ladies and gentleman, I did it! So hopefully I can say goodbye to the Bomb Squad before I even start. Wham, bam, thank you Ma'am!

So I start taking food from the kitchen and serving it and then I move to salad and then to hot foods! I start tomorrow, woo hoo! Can't wait!

-Future Chef Ruby