sf wrote:

> I wouldn't be doing the bosses job for her, Lia. She's paid to do
> that sort of stuff, you aren't.
>
> If she wants to pay you appropriately, then go ahead and figure this
> out.... it's not too hard. Call a couple of caterers, get the platter
> rate from Safeway/Albertson's, compare them to your prices for the
> same cheeses and you'll figure out what the average charge is for
> "arranging the platter".


No, it isn't like that. The bosses are nice people who give the
employees a thousand perks. We're trusted, can drink on the job when
the salespeople come in handing out tastes, are expected to eat lots of
cheese so we know what we're selling to the customers and basically were
hired for and are depended on for knowing more about the food end of the
business. Mr. Boss knows tons about wine and cheese. Mrs. Boss is
great with merchandise like packaged cute items of chocolate and
crackers. I got the job for having culinary experience and knowing
things like how to make a platter look pretty. We've got employees
knowing more about how to clean the back areas than the bosses so they
let us do it and take our advice on cleaning products and schedules.
Three of the women with long hair put in a request for a uniform cap to
tie our hair up in, and we got it. The bosses wouldn't have cared if we
wore our hair down, but we didn't feel right so we explained the
problem, talked about a style that men could wear too and got our caps.


So I'm glad to do some pricing if I know how.


By the way, I made orange crowns for the platter today, and they turned
out well enough to use. I didn't have the right knife, and I need
practice, but they weren't half bad. I was very pleased.


--Lia