Wednesday, 7 May 2008
The buttermarket cafe 2
unfortunatly unforseen circumstances have meant that i needed to re-write this post, sorry for the inconviencience.
Ian and Michaela
I first started working at the Butter Market cafe in November 2005, I started there after a friend recommended me, I was leaving a job I had little love for in a chip shop, as the new guy at the chip shop I was blamed for wrong orders and mistakes that were not my fault. Upon starting at the cafe I was given a lot more respect than at the chip shop as I was efficient and rarely got orders wrong. It was this that I think made me stay even through everything happening there.
The day I arrived I was told by one of the workers the motto of the cafe “ready steady ****”. I still think to this day I should have left then, but I did not. I found out that the motto was because a used condom was found in the toilet from where the owners had been having sex in the toilets. The cafe was a dirty place to work, the cook would put food containers, pans, lids and such on the floor only to pick them up and use them again without washing them. The cook would break down every week and say she was quitting and couldn’t handle it. People used to work without aprons and food would regally bought back cold as it was never checked, they were threatened to be shut down twice by the health board but got away with it. The cook (who was also the owner) would pull sick days on Saturdays because she couldn’t handle it and would leave me, at that time a 17 year old so not legally allowed to run a kitchen, in charge.
Eventually in 2006 they went bankrupt.
Joe and Rachel.
The cafe was then taken over by Joe and Rachel, two ladies that owned a clothes shop across from the cafe. These two had no idea about running a cafe and would just leave us to it and would lose money from over spending. Within a short time they had given the cafe over as the impending bankruptcy loomed.
Sarah.
The cafe was sold then to Mrs Sarah Harris and her husband, who was at the time the head of a doorman company. Sarah quickly changed the kitchen from a horribly grimy place to work into a clean and enjoyable environment. Most of the staff was replaced by more trained staff and others left, in fact since I had arrived there I was the only one of the staff left except for Val who we all call gran as she is like a nice Granny.
The food became hot and to the health regulation’s temperature, aprons were worn, health hygiene was enforced and cleaning rota’s were bought in, whereas before none of this was done.
Working there became more enjoyable, everyone gets along and the food is good, the business even better, the work party’s were always good and Sarah a very understanding boss. We rarely get complaints anymore and there are a lot of regulars who enjoy the same thing over and over again.
In 2008 Sarah lost possesion of the cafe for reasons I cannoet reveal for I am biased in my opinion of the matter. Sarah hopes to deal with the issue and be back in control of the cafe as soon as possible.
Ian and Michaela
I first started working at the Butter Market cafe in November 2005, I started there after a friend recommended me, I was leaving a job I had little love for in a chip shop, as the new guy at the chip shop I was blamed for wrong orders and mistakes that were not my fault. Upon starting at the cafe I was given a lot more respect than at the chip shop as I was efficient and rarely got orders wrong. It was this that I think made me stay even through everything happening there.
The day I arrived I was told by one of the workers the motto of the cafe “ready steady ****”. I still think to this day I should have left then, but I did not. I found out that the motto was because a used condom was found in the toilet from where the owners had been having sex in the toilets. The cafe was a dirty place to work, the cook would put food containers, pans, lids and such on the floor only to pick them up and use them again without washing them. The cook would break down every week and say she was quitting and couldn’t handle it. People used to work without aprons and food would regally bought back cold as it was never checked, they were threatened to be shut down twice by the health board but got away with it. The cook (who was also the owner) would pull sick days on Saturdays because she couldn’t handle it and would leave me, at that time a 17 year old so not legally allowed to run a kitchen, in charge.
Eventually in 2006 they went bankrupt.
Joe and Rachel.
The cafe was then taken over by Joe and Rachel, two ladies that owned a clothes shop across from the cafe. These two had no idea about running a cafe and would just leave us to it and would lose money from over spending. Within a short time they had given the cafe over as the impending bankruptcy loomed.
Sarah.
The cafe was sold then to Mrs Sarah Harris and her husband, who was at the time the head of a doorman company. Sarah quickly changed the kitchen from a horribly grimy place to work into a clean and enjoyable environment. Most of the staff was replaced by more trained staff and others left, in fact since I had arrived there I was the only one of the staff left except for Val who we all call gran as she is like a nice Granny.
The food became hot and to the health regulation’s temperature, aprons were worn, health hygiene was enforced and cleaning rota’s were bought in, whereas before none of this was done.
Working there became more enjoyable, everyone gets along and the food is good, the business even better, the work party’s were always good and Sarah a very understanding boss. We rarely get complaints anymore and there are a lot of regulars who enjoy the same thing over and over again.
In 2008 Sarah lost possesion of the cafe for reasons I cannoet reveal for I am biased in my opinion of the matter. Sarah hopes to deal with the issue and be back in control of the cafe as soon as possible.
The Kevin Smith films
For those of you who do not know Kevin Smith is the genius who bought us the Jay and Silent Bob films. Kevin Smith’s films seem to have a very unusual humour that most women do not seem to like, that is not to say that they don’t understand it as I know a few women who like it, more they just have a different sense of humour. But I will say that if you like one you will like most of them.
Clerks.
The beginning of this set of films is Clerks, a film made on almost no budget but which was a huge success and became very famous. In this film we follow the story of Dante and Randle who both work in the Quickstop and video store. We see a lot of things happen between these two, including, serving young children cigarettes, arguing with customers and attending funerals while they are meant to be working.
We see appearances from Jay and Silent Bob (Silent Bob played by the director himself Kevin Smith)
I wont say much more about this will except that it is a must see film.
8/10
Mallrat’s.
The film of Mallrats follows the story of T.S and Brodie as they spend their day hanging around in the Mall, both have just split up with their partners and are moping around, T.S spends his time trying to win back his girlfriend and they both get into a lot of trouble with the security staff with the help of Jay and Silent Bob as they appear once more, Silent Bob now thinking he is a jedi.
7/10
Dogma.
Of all of the Kevin Smith films this is possibly the most influential and at the same time controversial. In this film we see Bethany put onto the path of religious pilgrimage to stop two renegade angels from entering heaven and at the same time un-creating all of mankind.
This film completely changes how people look at religion, saying it is biased and it has been changed by the churches to make it seem that religion is corrupt.
This is also by far the best of the films, not only the best storyline but the best shot and funniest of the films thus far.
9/10
Jay and Silent Bob.
Of all of the Kevin Smith films this is probably the worst of the set, we see Jay and Silent bob travelling across country to stop a film being made about them, along the way they get caught up in a diamond heist and steal a monkey and several other things. This may be the worst as it is the most improbable and worst shot of the set.
Clerks ll.
The sequel to Clerks see’s the Quickstop burn down and the two friends go and work together at “Mooby’s” during the film they get into arguments with the customers, sleeping with the boss and watching “interspecies erotica”. All in all a very good film but it does not quite fit the same story idea as the original Clerks.
Clerks.
The beginning of this set of films is Clerks, a film made on almost no budget but which was a huge success and became very famous. In this film we follow the story of Dante and Randle who both work in the Quickstop and video store. We see a lot of things happen between these two, including, serving young children cigarettes, arguing with customers and attending funerals while they are meant to be working.
We see appearances from Jay and Silent Bob (Silent Bob played by the director himself Kevin Smith)
I wont say much more about this will except that it is a must see film.
8/10
Mallrat’s.
The film of Mallrats follows the story of T.S and Brodie as they spend their day hanging around in the Mall, both have just split up with their partners and are moping around, T.S spends his time trying to win back his girlfriend and they both get into a lot of trouble with the security staff with the help of Jay and Silent Bob as they appear once more, Silent Bob now thinking he is a jedi.
7/10
Dogma.
Of all of the Kevin Smith films this is possibly the most influential and at the same time controversial. In this film we see Bethany put onto the path of religious pilgrimage to stop two renegade angels from entering heaven and at the same time un-creating all of mankind.
This film completely changes how people look at religion, saying it is biased and it has been changed by the churches to make it seem that religion is corrupt.
This is also by far the best of the films, not only the best storyline but the best shot and funniest of the films thus far.
9/10
Jay and Silent Bob.
Of all of the Kevin Smith films this is probably the worst of the set, we see Jay and Silent bob travelling across country to stop a film being made about them, along the way they get caught up in a diamond heist and steal a monkey and several other things. This may be the worst as it is the most improbable and worst shot of the set.
Clerks ll.
The sequel to Clerks see’s the Quickstop burn down and the two friends go and work together at “Mooby’s” during the film they get into arguments with the customers, sleeping with the boss and watching “interspecies erotica”. All in all a very good film but it does not quite fit the same story idea as the original Clerks.
Raymond E Feist
WARNING MAY CONTAIN SPOILERS.
Raymond E Feist.
Raymond E Feist is a fantastic author but one, which I am ashamed to admit I only discovered quite recently. This fantastic author has written a collective eighteen books which are all in fact part of one large series about the land the characters live in. The books do however span over many hundreds of years but involve some of the same characters in most of the books non the less as many of them are magicians.
The books are seated around the medieval type days but with a lot more magic and travelling between worlds via rifts and other methods.
Magician.
The first book in the story follows the story of Pug, an adopted boy who lives in the keep with his best friend. One day he is saved from a raging storm by a large man who worked for Kulgan the magician. The story follows pug as he follows the path of the magician. One day while he is fighting he is captured and taken to Kelewyn where he is made into a salve. A few years later it is discovered he has magic and he is placed on the path of a greater magic than he had known as a boy. By the time he is done he is a fully fledged magician who almost forgot where he was from, however he no longer cared he was not at home. However one day at the imperial games he goes mad at the violence demonstrated and breaks free and causes major havoc in doing so.
I would recommend the book to anyone.
10/10
Silverthorn.
The story of Silverthorn follows the Prince Arutha and Jimmy the Hand (a thief) who discovers that the guild of assassins are planning to kill the prince. However on the day they try to kill him Jimmy stops them but the princess is poisoned. The magician pug steps in to stop time and allow them to save her by finding an antidote. But they have a tough question ahead of them: how to fight the waking dead?
The Prince of the Blood.
The Prince of the Blood follows the story of Prince Borric and his twin brother Erland, sons of prince Arutha, who are ordered to go to Great Kesh and represent them at the Empresses’ birthday, however along route they are attacked by the royal house of Kesh and are thrown into a plot to throw Kesh and the Isles into a major war.
Talon of the Silver Hawk.
This book is nearer the end of the set and follows the story of Talon, a mountain boy, as he struggles through life after the obliteration of his people. He is taken in by Pug, the magician from the first book, and is trained as a gentleman of Roldem and is put into the competition for worlds greatest swordsman in order to spy on the Duke of Olasko. At the same time he must track down the murders who killed his race and find out who is trying to kill him and for what purpose.
He even has to go save a village of people who are to face the same fate as his own people.
The King Of Foxes.
This book follows Talwin Hawkins, the previously name Talon of the Silverhawk as he enters the service of the Duke, after a major betrayal Talon must escape from prison with one of his most hated enemies so that he may take down an entire city.
The Exiles Return.
In this book the Duke has retuned in order to kill his arch enemy Talon of the Silver Hawk, however along the way he starts to doubt his motive and when he is confronted with a suite of armour from another world that can attack at will he finds a new motive in life. To contact the gods and seek answers and he must team up with the corporation who took him down.
Raymond E Feist.
Raymond E Feist is a fantastic author but one, which I am ashamed to admit I only discovered quite recently. This fantastic author has written a collective eighteen books which are all in fact part of one large series about the land the characters live in. The books do however span over many hundreds of years but involve some of the same characters in most of the books non the less as many of them are magicians.
The books are seated around the medieval type days but with a lot more magic and travelling between worlds via rifts and other methods.
Magician.
The first book in the story follows the story of Pug, an adopted boy who lives in the keep with his best friend. One day he is saved from a raging storm by a large man who worked for Kulgan the magician. The story follows pug as he follows the path of the magician. One day while he is fighting he is captured and taken to Kelewyn where he is made into a salve. A few years later it is discovered he has magic and he is placed on the path of a greater magic than he had known as a boy. By the time he is done he is a fully fledged magician who almost forgot where he was from, however he no longer cared he was not at home. However one day at the imperial games he goes mad at the violence demonstrated and breaks free and causes major havoc in doing so.
I would recommend the book to anyone.
10/10
Silverthorn.
The story of Silverthorn follows the Prince Arutha and Jimmy the Hand (a thief) who discovers that the guild of assassins are planning to kill the prince. However on the day they try to kill him Jimmy stops them but the princess is poisoned. The magician pug steps in to stop time and allow them to save her by finding an antidote. But they have a tough question ahead of them: how to fight the waking dead?
The Prince of the Blood.
The Prince of the Blood follows the story of Prince Borric and his twin brother Erland, sons of prince Arutha, who are ordered to go to Great Kesh and represent them at the Empresses’ birthday, however along route they are attacked by the royal house of Kesh and are thrown into a plot to throw Kesh and the Isles into a major war.
Talon of the Silver Hawk.
This book is nearer the end of the set and follows the story of Talon, a mountain boy, as he struggles through life after the obliteration of his people. He is taken in by Pug, the magician from the first book, and is trained as a gentleman of Roldem and is put into the competition for worlds greatest swordsman in order to spy on the Duke of Olasko. At the same time he must track down the murders who killed his race and find out who is trying to kill him and for what purpose.
He even has to go save a village of people who are to face the same fate as his own people.
The King Of Foxes.
This book follows Talwin Hawkins, the previously name Talon of the Silverhawk as he enters the service of the Duke, after a major betrayal Talon must escape from prison with one of his most hated enemies so that he may take down an entire city.
The Exiles Return.
In this book the Duke has retuned in order to kill his arch enemy Talon of the Silver Hawk, however along the way he starts to doubt his motive and when he is confronted with a suite of armour from another world that can attack at will he finds a new motive in life. To contact the gods and seek answers and he must team up with the corporation who took him down.
Spaced
Spaced is a creative comedy programme made by Simon Pegg before he made “Shaun of the Dead.” In this programme he stars as one of the two main characters, he is a comic artist who hopes to one day work for Dark Star comics. For the time being he works for Fantasy Bazzar where he is the assistant manager, unfortunately the only other person who works there is his manager Bilbo, played by Bill Bailey.
The second main character is Daisy Steiner played by Jessica Stevenson, she is a writer, or so she claims, she never seems to do much work and when we do see her in employment she certainly is not writing.
The story through most of both the series is that Tim and Daisy have moved into a flat together after lying to the landlady and saying they were a professional couple. As the two live there we see them going through a lot of adventures and we see appearances from Edgar Wright who plays Tim’s friend Mike who is on suspension from the TA, to find out why you will have to watch the show though.
We also see them meet up and go partying with their friend “Tyres” who is a parcel delivery boy who is constantly on drugs and can rave to anything (and I mean anything).
Other such adventures we see them on include: paintballing, rescuing dogs, partying (sort of), going to see contemporary theatre with their friend Brian the “Artist”. We also meet Daisy’s best friend “Twist” who claims she got her name because her parents were hippies.
The episodes have very unique styles to them, by this I mean that in parts characters will do something unexpected and unauthordox, this serves to both get laughs and confuse you. Seconds later however you can see that this is just what is going through the characters mind and is not actually what is happening. A lot of the time however it takes a moment of two to realise when this has happened.
A key aspect in this show is the drug references. In order to get teenagers to watch they seem to have used drugs to appeal to the humour of the audience. In one episode we see them smoking a joint, in another we hear Tim say he had been up all night on “cheap speed”, and in another they seem to have been taking ecstasy although we did not get told this was so.
I would recommend this show to anyone that has a good sense of humour.
I give Spaced an over 9/10.
The second main character is Daisy Steiner played by Jessica Stevenson, she is a writer, or so she claims, she never seems to do much work and when we do see her in employment she certainly is not writing.
The story through most of both the series is that Tim and Daisy have moved into a flat together after lying to the landlady and saying they were a professional couple. As the two live there we see them going through a lot of adventures and we see appearances from Edgar Wright who plays Tim’s friend Mike who is on suspension from the TA, to find out why you will have to watch the show though.
We also see them meet up and go partying with their friend “Tyres” who is a parcel delivery boy who is constantly on drugs and can rave to anything (and I mean anything).
Other such adventures we see them on include: paintballing, rescuing dogs, partying (sort of), going to see contemporary theatre with their friend Brian the “Artist”. We also meet Daisy’s best friend “Twist” who claims she got her name because her parents were hippies.
The episodes have very unique styles to them, by this I mean that in parts characters will do something unexpected and unauthordox, this serves to both get laughs and confuse you. Seconds later however you can see that this is just what is going through the characters mind and is not actually what is happening. A lot of the time however it takes a moment of two to realise when this has happened.
A key aspect in this show is the drug references. In order to get teenagers to watch they seem to have used drugs to appeal to the humour of the audience. In one episode we see them smoking a joint, in another we hear Tim say he had been up all night on “cheap speed”, and in another they seem to have been taking ecstasy although we did not get told this was so.
I would recommend this show to anyone that has a good sense of humour.
I give Spaced an over 9/10.
The buttermarket cafe
The Butter Market Cafe.
Ian and Michaela
I first started working at the Butter Market cafe in November 2005, I started there after a friend recommended me, I was leaving a job I had little love for in a chip shop, as the new guy at the chip shop I was blamed for wrong orders and mistakes that were not my fault. Upon starting at the cafe I was given a lot more respect than at the chip shop as I was efficient and rarely got orders wrong. It was this that I think made me stay even through everything happening there.
The day I arrived I was told by one of the workers the motto of the cafe “ready steady ****”. I still think to this day I should have left then, but I did not. I found out that the motto was because a used condom was found in the toilet from where the owners had been having sex in the toilets. The cafe was a dirty place to work, the cook would put food containers, pans, lids and such on the floor only to pick them up and use them again without washing them. The cook would break down every week and say she was quitting and couldn’t handle it. People used to work without aprons and food would regally bought back cold as it was never checked, they were threatened to be shut down twice by the health board but got away with it. The cook (who was also the owner) would pull sick days on Saturdays because she couldn’t handle it and would leave me, at that time a 17 year old so not legally allowed to run a kitchen, in charge.
Eventually in 2006 they went bankrupt.
Joe and Rachel.
The cafe was then taken over by Joe and Rachel, two ladies that owned a clothes shop across from the cafe. These two had no idea about running a cafe and would just leave us to it and would lose money from over spending. Within a short time they had given the cafe over as the impending bankruptcy loomed.
Sarah.
The cafe was sold then to Mrs Sarah Harris and her husband, who was at the time the head of a doorman company. Sarah quickly changed the kitchen from a horribly grimy place to work into a clean and enjoyable environment. Most of the staff was replaced by more trained staff and others left, in fact since I had arrived there I was the only one of the staff left except for Val who we all call gran as she is like a nice Granny.
The food became hot and to the health regulation’s temperature, aprons were worn, health hygiene was enforced and cleaning rota’s were bought in, whereas before none of this was done.
Working there became more enjoyable, everyone gets along and the food is good, the business even better, the work party’s were always good and Sarah a very understanding boss. We rarely get complaints anymore and there are a lot of regulars who enjoy the same thing over and over again.
Sarah still currently owns the cafe and hopes to do so for many years.
Ian and Michaela
I first started working at the Butter Market cafe in November 2005, I started there after a friend recommended me, I was leaving a job I had little love for in a chip shop, as the new guy at the chip shop I was blamed for wrong orders and mistakes that were not my fault. Upon starting at the cafe I was given a lot more respect than at the chip shop as I was efficient and rarely got orders wrong. It was this that I think made me stay even through everything happening there.
The day I arrived I was told by one of the workers the motto of the cafe “ready steady ****”. I still think to this day I should have left then, but I did not. I found out that the motto was because a used condom was found in the toilet from where the owners had been having sex in the toilets. The cafe was a dirty place to work, the cook would put food containers, pans, lids and such on the floor only to pick them up and use them again without washing them. The cook would break down every week and say she was quitting and couldn’t handle it. People used to work without aprons and food would regally bought back cold as it was never checked, they were threatened to be shut down twice by the health board but got away with it. The cook (who was also the owner) would pull sick days on Saturdays because she couldn’t handle it and would leave me, at that time a 17 year old so not legally allowed to run a kitchen, in charge.
Eventually in 2006 they went bankrupt.
Joe and Rachel.
The cafe was then taken over by Joe and Rachel, two ladies that owned a clothes shop across from the cafe. These two had no idea about running a cafe and would just leave us to it and would lose money from over spending. Within a short time they had given the cafe over as the impending bankruptcy loomed.
Sarah.
The cafe was sold then to Mrs Sarah Harris and her husband, who was at the time the head of a doorman company. Sarah quickly changed the kitchen from a horribly grimy place to work into a clean and enjoyable environment. Most of the staff was replaced by more trained staff and others left, in fact since I had arrived there I was the only one of the staff left except for Val who we all call gran as she is like a nice Granny.
The food became hot and to the health regulation’s temperature, aprons were worn, health hygiene was enforced and cleaning rota’s were bought in, whereas before none of this was done.
Working there became more enjoyable, everyone gets along and the food is good, the business even better, the work party’s were always good and Sarah a very understanding boss. We rarely get complaints anymore and there are a lot of regulars who enjoy the same thing over and over again.
Sarah still currently owns the cafe and hopes to do so for many years.
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