The odds were against us.

Eight parties today. Eight.

Typically we have 4-6 parties on a single weekend day but today was different. It was the one day of the week all the staff members were dreading because several kitchen staff members booked the day off as holiday. This meant it would be me, a girl who ended up leaving early for feeling beyond ill, and a party host who could just about knock up some chips and a jacket potato. we knew it'd be chock-a-blocker. To add to this already busy day, the coffee machine lost all pressure, meaning that it could take upwards of 2 minutes to get a single shot of espresso.

We were doomed it seemed. But as luck would have it, we weren't quite as busy as anticipated. The head of Eddie Catz cafe management came down from London for the day and politely asked if I could have a short, 15 minute break because we were so busy. Imagine the look on his face after I came back 7 minutes later to get back into the action. I think he was impressed.

Came out of work today with a lot of positive comments and praise which was really lovely coming from a team of great staff members.