VFW Breakfasts

For the last year and a half, I have volunteered at the West Covina VFW Sunday breakfasts. They have a three hour service every second and fourth Sunday, and I started working at the end of my sophomore year. I spent a full year working exclusively as a waitress, but then I started filling for other positions; omelettes, pancakes, expediter. By the summer before senior year, I began working almost exclusively as expediter, which is a very stressful job; I had to call out all the orders, put together the plates, and find a waitress to take them out, along with Dillon in for any station that needed extra help.
Once senior year started, however, that job became too stressful, so I switched to pancake station!!
Pancake station is the griddle. I make pancakes, French toast, and any breakfast meats needed. I have a lot of fun, because even though we are far slower and run for far smaller amounts of time than a real restaurant, I still feel like I am in a real kitchen.
I work at Carl's Jr., the Avocado House, and I volunteer at the VFW. Out of all of those places, I only ever really cook at the VFW. At Carl's Jr. I run the cashier and at the Avocado House I do mostly prep work. Therefore, even though the VFW takes away my one day a week to sleep in (since I work at 7am on Saturdays for mentorship), I still go as often as I can. Being able to cook the pancakes, organize the gridle, and grill bacon and sausage for a couple dozen people to enjoy is as satisfying as cooking a five star meal for myself.