34 years ago. 180 – 200 biscuits.
My first night of work – June 14, 1989.
Business likes metrics, so there you go. A couple o’ hundred biscuits. People rave about specialization for productivity, so there you go again. Biscuit queen for a day.
KFC made them from scratch then. I was 16, almost 17 (yes, you can sing that), and I combined buttermilk, biscuit mix, and increasing speed throughout the night. Line the trays, cut the biscuits, bake the biscuits, remove them from the oven, and transport each tray to the serving area. Repeat.
I abhor specialization to that level. Glad I wasn’t stuck forever with biscuits.
Burned a tray full of biscuits – forgot the timer part of the process.
I’m an old, wistful nostalgic, clearly. I have tended to establish myself in a workplace in a beginning or entry level job and then stay and transform it over time, only leaving to move into a different role, same organization – or to another city, and then I had to leave that workplace.
Some highlights.
🍗KFC – 5 years. Age 16 to 21 – everything, from biscuits to management. All things chicken, buck, buck, bucket! Graduated from college.
🍗University of Missouri. HR and data. About 2 years. Loved it, but moved to St. Louis.
🍗St. Louis County Government – 2.5 years – HR and software development/data work.
🍗Quatrix/Envision and my client Export Internet Trade Systems – 22 years. Yes, 22. Strictly software development and data work.
🍗And now, whatever work becomes when you consult. Such a different thing.
Do you remember your first day or night of work? What’d you take away from it – lessons wise?
Don’t forget to set the timer.
