Dish Pit Update: Please Advise Regarding Coworker Who Does Not Wash Hands After Touching Trash

On Saturday, I died a little inside. My fellow dishwasher was helping me to take out the trash. When we came in, he touched clean dishes, without washing. He did not even rinse his hands. He did not even wipe them. I usually try to correct him regarding hand washing, but he is a bit stubborn. Also, I could tell, by the speed in which he did it, that it was a habit. I have a sneaking feeling that he never even rinses or wipes his hands, when nobody looks.

I have all ready discussed this with a few people and got some diverse opinions. I think that I know what I will do about him, but I want to get more advice from all of you first. The rest of my post gives you more details.

Dish Pit Update: Sizing Up The Competition

Now that I have several weeks of experience under my belt, I am beginning to pay attention to how the other dish guys do their job. I have a sneaking suspicion that none of them are as good and/or fast as they might assume. They all seem so sloppy, and they all seem to cut corners which saves time.

Another interesting thing happened that really influenced my opinion. The head chef, which is a kitchen manager, came and helped me by taking things off of the clean counter of the dish washer. I was amazed that even with him helping me, he preferred that I keep focusing on a small pile of dishes, regardless of the pile of kitchen tools and pots piling up. The kitchen stuff was looking very ugly, but he was happy to have me ignore it. It seems that I have to create a different set of priorities, despite what the other guys are telling me.

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Cambro Dealers In Vancouver BC

I really like the Cambro products for dish washing. I looked up their web site to see where I could find their products. I am just a lowly dishwasher, but I thought that it would be useful to search out some information, for recommending things to my employer.

Just for my future reference, these are the names that were provided to me.

• Hendricks Restaurant Equipment [only site out of these 4 sites to list prices]
• Pacific Restaurant Supply
• Russel Food [before buying from here, read this complaint from an employee]
• Dunlevy Food Equipment

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Dish Pit Update: Better Speed

Yesterday was quite busy, and I still needed help, but I managed to keep my speed up most of the time. To do this, I tried to tighten my belly muscles, and stand as if I were practising kung-fu.

I believe that tightening the belly muscles is what gives kung-fu masters better strength. It makes sense to me that a tightening the muscles helps with speed and power because it gives the master a firm torso, and thus a firm base for our arms and legs. This allows me to load the dish trays faster.

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Dish Pit Update: Check Point Reached!

I am pretty happy with some of my progress, but I feel that I am in a jam. The rest of my post tells you all.

Dish Pit Update: Out With Old Antagonist; In With New Antagonist

In this post, I shared some details about a coworker leaving, and another becoming antagonistic. I tried to get advice from my Facebook friends. The rest of my post tells you all.

Dish Pit Update: Minor Updates About Dishwashing Job

I kept this post short, because I did not have much to share.

• I have started to get bored at work lately.
• I have been taught more things, so it seems that I will probably be able to keep my job.

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Dish Pit Update: Interesting Dishwashing Update

I tried to make sense of my situation from the Biblical perspective, and this is what I came up with. I tried to defend my view, so that we could hopefully come up with the truth. The rest of my post tells you all.

Dish Pit Update: Small Progress?

I was pretty excited to find a short or 2, so I shared my progress with my Facebook friends. The rest of my post tells you all.

Dish Pit Update: Bad Vibes

This post was originally titled, Prayer Request: TD Customer Service when I first posted in on Facebook. The rest of my post tells you all.

Dish Pit Update: First Impressions

I shared this with my Facebook friends, just after the first week of work, in July 2014. It is mostly positive news. The rest of my post tells you all.

Dish Pit: YouTube Playlist About What Dishwashing Job Is Like

I made a YouTube playlist because there are a lot of good videos on the web on what it should be like and what it is like. For a broader view, please read the comments in each video.

I tried to add manufacturer training videos, which were made for their new customers/clients. This is interesting, because the dishes never seem to reflect the most difficult challenges that a dishwasher might face. However, it does make sense to see what the manufacturer had in mind.

Feel free to ask me anything about how to do the job. I will try to respond.

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I Got A Job As A Dishwasher

July 11 was my first day. I found it challenging on an emotional level, because it seemed like such a demeaning job. However, after watching some YouTube videos, I do not think that it has to be that way. There is so much pressure to get things done quickly, and we have such a wide variety of things to clean, so we really need to become experienced to do a good job.

I have embedded a few videos in the remainder of the blog post to show you how well some people perform and how appreciated dishwashers can be.

Why Smart People Do Not Get Hired

This article points out some mistakes that smart people make. If you are struggling with employment, then you should read this. It will help you to think about making it easier for employers to find you and hire you.

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