Test

UPDATE: Passed the test with flying colors. Not sure if I beat 28 seconds or not because the chick next to me kept wanting me to join her coffee cart brigade. Now I have to do the same rigmarole that Doug did: wait a week, go back to the DoCA, bring the IDs, fill out the forms, pay the $s, get my pix, & wait (again) for my purdy laminated badge to come in the mail. Then I'll be out there overseeing the daily premium topping selection.

Gearing up for me test. I have to beat Doug's time of 28 seconds. Now
what was the definition of food? Drat!

A Germ

FIFO

Quiz! For all but Doug what does "FIFO" stand for?

Milk

You can use it for 9 days after the date. That is it.

Indented Meat

When you buy meat & stick your finger in it, it best not stay that way or you got yourself bad meat.

Cuisine

I find myself speculating what everyone is planning on selling based on their name or on the language they are speaking.

Washing your hands

No shit, she is actually telling us how to wash our hands. FYI sing "Happy Birthday" twice for the right amount of wash time.

Fingernails

She is telling a story of a kid that choked on food & there was a acrylic 

fingernail lodged in his throat.

Click picture to enlarge. Worth it.

Grandma Lucille

Don't stick the thermometer in the bone. No one eats the bone. Only my
grandma, Lucille. She's always crackin on the bone.

Honey, she aint the only one....

Diarrhrea

I know you think I have verbal diarrhea. I repeat a lot.

When food is in the (highway to the) Temperature Danger Zone the customer can throw up & throw down (diarrhrea).

Barriers

Don't sneeze into your hand & then lick it & then wipe it on the curb
(I'm paraphrasing).

I use the deli paper to grab the donut for the customer. You can't
touch it with your bare hands. You need a barrier to prevent this germs.

Germs & Viruses

The enemy is invisible. But the enemy can be conquered. I'm at war
with this germs. I want to knock it out. This germs doubles every 30
minutes. I'm at war with this germs. A sick customer is an angry
customer. A customer gets sick - that's the end of your business.

Welcome to America!

Welcome to America! I love America. The test is only 15 questions. You
need to get 11 to pass. It couldn't be easier They give you the
answers. It's either A or B. All you have to do is choose the right
one. Welcome to America!

Speling dont kownt

Bree-ohn Peh-trofe

Attendance. My name is called to show ID & get my book - I selected
English, call me chicken. There are 2 instructors. They are so used to
foreign names that she stumbles over Bryan, stares at it & repeats it
a few times. The other instructor & I laugh. I tell her no need to add
all that flavor to it. It's just Bryan. She chuckles & wishes "the
best of luck to me."

Above: Exhibit A

The Class

We're in a basement at the corner of 5th Ave & 137th St in Harlem. The
crowd is bigger now than in the pic below. No lie at the stroke of 5 I
hear an ice cream truck outside. It must be a sign. Fyi the guy in the
knit cap looks like the Travelocity gnome.

The night begins

We are given the go-ahead to enter. We rush inside. Our dreams are so
close to coming true. You can smell the excitement. Or is that Kennedy
Fried Chicken & Pizza next door?