Ha! Ha? . . . Huh?

Working in the Crew Mess we prepare the foods, but there are many many servers who replenish the food. Anyhow, one kid "Jimmy" asked me if I like Mexican food, because there was a place in Kauai that had FANTASTIC food and margaritas. He went on and on about the fabulous margaritas and how much I'd love them, they make the best he's ever had, blah, blah, blah. Now I'm looking at this kid and realize he probably doesn't even shave yet, he's so young, so I ask him, "Are you legal to drink?" His reply was, "Yep! 10 days!"

I laughed so hard, loud and long I gave myself a headache! Jimmy really knows his liquors!

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John who also works in Crew Mess, is this ENORMOUS beast of a man who talks with a nasal Texas twang. John's goal is to make 6 pizzas in 10 hours. Sometimes he can get it done within the given time frame, most times not. He ain't motivated to move too fast. So, John is explaining to me how fabulous his pizzas are and all the different toppings he puts on them - onions, peppers, cheese, mushrooms, pepperoni (THAT'S IT!) I asked him if he has ever made a margherita pizza, he looked at me horrified and said, "No, we can't make that here." I told him its not made with alcohol. He said, "Oh, I know, it's just too tedious to make here. I said, "Really? It has 3 ingredients: basil, cheese and pizza sauce." He doesn't talk to me anymore about the fine art of pizza making.

Today, I was assigned to make his pizzas, he was visibly trembling when he had to hand over the stuff. He'll flip tomorrow when he finds out I made a meatball pizza, asparagus and chicken pizza and a meat lovers pizza. Dept. Dir of F&B high fived me when he saw I'd made the meatball pizzas. John's gonna hate me . . .