Biggest OOPS I've ever made at Rudy's BBQ. This is a must read.
I have worked at Rudy's for the majority of my life since March of 2005. I've had my ups and downs, I've gotten in trouble for little things like standing around, or clocking in late, etc. But never... have I ever... experienced what went down two days ago.
So, on the registers at Rudy's, there is a button called "Change Quantity." It comes in really hand if, say, someone is buying like 10 jalapeno's. Instead of having to push the jalapeno button 10 times, you can hit "change quantity" then select "10" and THEN hit the jalapeno button. Well, one night two weeks ago, my dear friend Haylea and I were in the Country Store and were bored.
We decided to see how much over a 10 million pounds of brisket would cost. It came out to about 99 million dollars or so. Of course, I didn't cash it out, I just simply voided the item and deleted the ticket. I noticed that when I voided it, the computer lagged a little, which rarely happens, but I didn't think anything of it.
Well, two days ago (a week after the innocent incident), I get to work and immediately get taken to the office.
The sales for last week were approximately 99 million dollars off. And, to top it off, my little boredom adventure shut down the entire hard drive system at the corporate office of Rudy's because it was such a massive, insane amount- that the hard drive couldn't handle it.
To say the least... I was speechless.
The owners are involved, the corporate guys that work high up in Rudy's are involved. An email was sent out to all four locations, all the GMs and all the managers, WITH MY NAME IN IT, explaining what happened. They are making every Rudy's employee sign a piece of paper saying they will not play around with high quantities of food on the registers, and if anyone does, the result is immediate termination.
.............my bad
So, on the registers at Rudy's, there is a button called "Change Quantity." It comes in really hand if, say, someone is buying like 10 jalapeno's. Instead of having to push the jalapeno button 10 times, you can hit "change quantity" then select "10" and THEN hit the jalapeno button. Well, one night two weeks ago, my dear friend Haylea and I were in the Country Store and were bored.
We decided to see how much over a 10 million pounds of brisket would cost. It came out to about 99 million dollars or so. Of course, I didn't cash it out, I just simply voided the item and deleted the ticket. I noticed that when I voided it, the computer lagged a little, which rarely happens, but I didn't think anything of it.
Well, two days ago (a week after the innocent incident), I get to work and immediately get taken to the office.
The sales for last week were approximately 99 million dollars off. And, to top it off, my little boredom adventure shut down the entire hard drive system at the corporate office of Rudy's because it was such a massive, insane amount- that the hard drive couldn't handle it.
To say the least... I was speechless.
The owners are involved, the corporate guys that work high up in Rudy's are involved. An email was sent out to all four locations, all the GMs and all the managers, WITH MY NAME IN IT, explaining what happened. They are making every Rudy's employee sign a piece of paper saying they will not play around with high quantities of food on the registers, and if anyone does, the result is immediate termination.
.............my bad
posted by Christi at
11:28 AM
4 Comments:
Even thought I was laughing, I can see where this would not be a pleasant thing to go through. No one wants to be famous for a mess up. Man, you go from one extreme to another with rudy's. First, they wanted to use your tape to train people. You came up with the map idea - the extra paper when selling idea - and now this. Sheesh.
Wow. That is CRAZY.
I did laugh though. It's just so unbelievable!!
Christi, go here:
http://myspace.com/cabin
And listen to "Dance With Me."
Makes me feel nostalgic and kind of sad in that warm kind of way. I want to know what you think :)
Love.
Dang, that's worse than my experience getting arrested for tubing down a flooded river (while I was employed as the youth director of a local church).
Might wanna make some kind of documentation of this event in your life so you can tell your grandkids (save one of those e-mails with your name in it). hahaha
Ummm that? Is *truly* awesome :D
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