EDDIE'S PORTABLE PIGOUT
Screw Ups/Funny Stories/Disasters/Nightmares.
I've been involved with catering, in one form or another since 1982. Hundreds of jobs have been accomplished in that time. As you can imagine, not every job progresses as smoothly as you hope. Sometimes things just don't go so well. (An Army term for this is "FUBAR" (Look it up on Google)). When things go haywire, you deal with it as best you can. You lick your wounds, and move on. Hopefully, you learned a lesson or two that better prepares you for the "next time".
A very wise person once told me "Judge Success from the Height of the Trash Heap". Advice to live by. In the quest for perfection, you have to experiment and try new things. Sometimes those things work out. Sometimes they don't....
Although I generally feel like I'm a well-educated, intelligent, hard working, resourceful caterer who can engineer his way out of any problem... Although I've been "around the block" a few times.... Every so often, I'm humbled by the fact that I have a great capacity to be a complete and total idiot. I mean, (and I'm being generous here) with a brain the size of an atom.
Anyway, usually, as the disaster unfolds, it's not a very pleasant situation at all. While it's going downhill fast, I often have the same thought: "YOU *HAD* TO BE A CATERER! You Couldn't be happy with just one career, you had to SCREW UP EVERYTHING and be a Damned Caterer Too! You MORON!!!! etc.." Fortunately, it always manages to work itself out. However, with hindsight, the stories end up being rather funny.
This page is meant to share those stories with you, for your entertainment. For all of you who've ever royally screwed up, or had catastrophes that make you feel like your on a cosmic episode of Candid Camera, or ever felt like the world collectively has just taken a huge dump on you......these stories are for you. You're not alone. Enjoy!
...and stop laughing, dammit. :-)
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