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Originally Posted by Gilbetron
4E is a kitchen
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The grill can be used at will but the oven can only be used once per day, and the deep fryer can be used once per meal. When you use the deep fryer it gives you a bonus for 1 minute to your cooking roll but it doesn't stack with the bonus given by the oven. The kitchen is balanced for exactly four cooks and if you don't have a manager (head cook), a fry cook, a grill cook and a baker then the meal will be a disaster. Each of the four cooks has a specific menu with ingredients that must be added to their recipes in a very specific order; deviating from this specific order will probably result in the meal taking twice as long to prepare, or something going wrong. While there are opportunities for individual expression (a little extra ketchup here, a little less mustard there) the four cooks are strongly encouraged to follow the recipes exactly because after all those cards are right in front of them with very specific instructions on them and it's what the customer ordered. This kitchen does not run on creativity and expression - it runs according to specific recipes and rules that get repeated over and over. While every single customer order is slightly different, the four cooks know their roles very well, and they each scramble to fill those roles as needed to churn out the order each time. Give me two number 2's and one number 1. Next time it's three number 2's and a number 3. Then maybe it's a number 3 and a jumbo size number 4. Oops, our fry cook is a little tired. Maybe he needs to take a 5 minute break. But here comes the manager to berate him for slacking - and he gets a mysterious sudden surge of energy! Back to work it is. Three or four meals served and it's time for a well-deserved 10 minute break. Then it's back for more. Cook and serve, collect paycheck, turn around and cook and serve again.
Yes, I agree, 4E is a kitchen.
At McDonald's.
