| Dirty Jobs-The Quarterdeck |
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| Written by Emily Perrault | ||||
| Friday, 19 October 2007 | ||||
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Everyday, students go to the quarterdeck to eat breakfast, lunch and dinner; and everyday, students dirty plates, dishes and trays without thinking about what happens to them when they leave. Another thing that many people don’t think about is the time it takes the workers to prepare and make all of the food that feeds LSSU’s students, faculty and staff. Working in the Quarterdeck is considered a “dirty job” because making food for hundreds of people and then cleaning the dishes they’ve used is one messy and sometimes dangerous task.
The “dirtiness” of the QD begins in the kitchen. This is where all of the food is prepared and messes are created. Food has to be made, and keep on being made for students all throughout the meal. If something were to run out, some people may not be too happy about it. One of the messiest things about working in a kitchen is the grease. Cleaning fryers can cause spills which can be messy and dangerous. Steam and hot stoves can also be a hazard because you can get severe burns from them. Once the food is all ready it is served to the students. Messes are made from people taking food as well. After the students finish their food, they take their trays to the tray rack where the trays are brought back to the dish room to be scrubbed, cleaned, and sanitized. This is not always as easy as it sounds. Anyone who has ever worked in a dish room knows that dishes sometimes come back not looking too pretty. It is said that approximately every 20-25 trays come back to the workers everyday with creations such as mash potato mountains or cheesy chocolate milk (chocolate milk with a cheeseburger inside it). Dirty trays are only one of a few things the workers encounter at the QD and not all of the trays come back as difficult as that. Cleaning pots and pans can also be a difficult thing to do. Food sticks to them making it hard to get them perfectly clean and ready to use for the next day. When all of the dishes are cleared, they need to be put in the dishwasher to be sanitized. They then need to be immediately put out so the students have plates to eat on. This can be hard for a QD worker to handle, because in order for the plates to be completely cleaned they must be at 180 degrees, which may cause a burn if the workers are not cautious when handling them. Working in the QD is not all as bad as it sounds. When asked what her favorite part about working in the Quarterdeck was Aubree Lashbrook, a junior here at LSSU said that “working with many types of individuals” was her favorite part. As students, we should take into consideration all of the hard work that goes into serving Lake State’s students three square meals a day. Next time you want to send a messy tray back to the dish room, think about how you would feel of you were the one behind the scenes.  Add as favourites (0)
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