Payday, and as the Nephew has astutely observed the owner's always off on Payday. He doesn't like paying the staff. There's always something that he rages about, a fury that shouts and swears at all of the staff, it's predictable.
Tonight the excuse is the cheques seem too large.
There's a reason, our pay period, there's 3 extra days, and the tip cheques have always been a few days behind, the past few weeks have been busy (the weeks before have been quite slow), they've caught up, they seem high...
The owner has me check the math. He's suspicious.
The math adds up.
He has me call his wife to solicit an explanation, she's not answering, she's had to deal with him a couple of times already, she calls back when she receives my message. The cheques are correct.
He rails at the kitchen, the overtime is unacceptable, they should work only the allotted hours, their cheques are too large...
She sends him an email and explains that there's a Stat Holiday, they have to be paid overtime, and there's 3 extra pay days this period, hence the cheques seem large.
He's not yelling at me, railing instead at the others, the kitchen, the other staff, he knows what the issue is, he knows why and the solution, he just loathes payday.
He's Crazy. It's like this every paycheque.
The staff, ridiculously, try to understand, they get onto his page, think there must be something wrong with the paycheque, ask me if everything's all right, they are somehow sharing his point of view.
This is unbelievable...
"It's not about that", I explain, he's crazy. he knows we're due the money, he's just venting his pain upon paying us.
Everyone has a suggestion, "He should take an anger management course", or "He should take medication...".
They suggest it as if he knows. He knows, somewhat, but it doesn't make it any easier. We should deal with it.
Crazy doesn't know it's crazy...It's the rule. If he knew he was crazy he would be a long ways towards being sane...