One thing is sure about the invoices. They make you look like an inconsolable teenager trying to let the boyfriend who jilted her know she has feelings too. If that's the plan, kudos.
Maybe better to call a friend. Why did he leave me to take a job at that other skanky restaurant? OMG, what does he see in it? OMG, it's a complete slut, and so fat!
Totally,
BDL
Well, yeah, some people might find my actions funny, eh?
Thing is, BDL, I have trouble "reading inbetween the lines" of your post. You've always been generous with your advice regarding knives and sharpening, and have provided many a psoe with textbook-like definitions of cooing ingredients and techniques. But you offer no advice to Fryguy (the o.p.), and no comment to the situation, only to my way of dealing with the situation. Why?
See, I am a professional cook. By this I mean since the age of 15, every penny I've earned has been in the kitchen. I have no "day job", no contigency trade or profession. I don't have the luxury of a powerfull bar association setting minimum charges for probates or title searches, minimum rates for hourly charges, or even for the price of a single photocopy.
So I am sure that in your days in the kitchen you must have enountered a similiar situation to the one Fryguy describes. I'm sure you must have been hauled into the office and given: " Foodpump, WTF is going on? It's a full house out there and you're 1 man down? I don't give a rodent's posterior if the guy left you with no notice. Manage your staff properly, or you won't be managing much longer here". Surely you must have gotten that speech once or twice, eh?
Now, your spoof comparing my way of dealing with such a situation was all in good fun, but it's not very realistic. For one thing this is not a personal reationship. You pay the guy a salary to get the job done. One of the more important aspects of his job is to show up on time. He doesn't. Not only does this reflect badly on you, but it can have dire consequences for your job, as well as your place of employent, which includes the f.o.h.
So, I'm all ears as to how you deal with this situation. If you want to take a shot at Fryguy and compare him to a jilted lover too, go ahead, but I really want to hear how you deal with this.