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post #31 of 38
9/5/01 at 6:04pm
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In all honesty, the commis is cute. Anneke, aren't the long sleeves really hot? I'm so short that I have to use a stool to get to the back of the grill anyway. If I wore a white chef's coat I would get the sleeves dirty and THAT would upset me way too much. Do you all manage to keep your coats clean all day?
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post #32 of 38
9/5/01 at 7:03pm
Nope, the coats get quite dirty. Better on my coat than on me, considering that most of the stains are grease that was hot when it landed there! Sure, it gets pretty hot but I don't really notice it when the pressure is on.

Kimmie, about the hair, I have long hair so I just tie it back and make a pseudo-bun just below the hat. With half a gallon of hair spray, there's no chance of me losing my hair in the soup kettle! I could never understand why in some establishments they require people with long hair to wear hair nets, whereas short haired people get away with wearing nothing. If the hair is tied up, it won't go anywhere! If it's short and loose, it's completely free to fall in the food... One of life's mysteries I guess!
By the way, I always hated those toques too; we have to wear them at school. :rolleyes: Actually, they are cooler than the commis hat so it does make some kind of sense I suppose..

[ September 05, 2001: Message edited by: Anneke ]
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post #33 of 38
9/6/01 at 7:32am
Well Anneke, I will stick with my beanie hat too. I have long hair as well so I braid it, then fold it in two; it holds and doesn't go anywhere.

Have you noticed, when there's a hair in the food, it always turns out to be short hair??

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[ September 06, 2001: Message edited by: Kimmie ]
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post #34 of 38
9/6/01 at 8:46am
I was just gonna say....
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post #35 of 38
9/6/01 at 12:23pm
Hi Babas, welcome to the board! I don't think it's legislation here but where I work, they clean our uniforms too. About those chef hats, you are right, they are lighter and disposable. However, the minute you lean forward they inevitably hit the shelves above your head or something and they always tip or fall off. Very annoying! ;)

[ September 06, 2001: Message edited by: Anneke ]
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post #36 of 38
9/6/01 at 2:59pm
Welcome to the Cafe, Babas! Where in Sweden are you? I was in Lund for 5 weeks one summer, taking a university class. Wonderful experience. What's new on the food front in Sweden?
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post #37 of 38
9/6/01 at 10:58pm
Anneke, I don't know if the labor laws are different from province to province, but in BC, if your employer provides you with a uniform, they either have to wash it for you or pay you to wash it your self. I get twenty five cents a shift for laundry from my employer.
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post #38 of 38
9/7/01 at 6:37pm
I found pattern 2233 today. No commis' cap, but I did find a surgeon cap in a scrub patterrn. Now if I could only get my hand on the dessert fabric. ;)
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