John had never worked in a restaurant before this experience as he's fairly new to the company and came from a financial background.
Job # 1:
Line Cook - New York, NY (Upper East Side)
The boss works with a line cook and learns how to cook hamburgers and work the fry station. John has trouble remembering all of the burger combinations. He is quickly put to the test when tasked to prepare a specialized burger and fries in 10 minutes. John fails to cook the burger properly (too pink) and has to remake the order. We learn that the line cook has studied music his entire life and has aspirations of becoming a performer one day. We also learn that the line cook has submitted menu ideas for his store to headquarters but has never received any type of response, which annoys the boss.
Job # 2:
Server -- Mohegan Sun Casino, Uncansville, Connecticut
This is the busiest restaurant in their system and one of the rare franchises that serves breakfast. The boss works with a server. He has great energy...very customer friendly. The boss helps the server throughout the morning rush, serving coffee and taking orders. A common theme throughout all Johnny Rockets restaurants features dancing servers. She admits to the boss that she didn't love the suggested dances from corporate and decided to make up her own. John is terrified of dancing, but gives it a shot. We learn that the server is the mother of four kids. On the day that John is working with her we discover that she lost her father 11 years ago to the day while John's daughter was born 11 years ago to the day. The boss becomes pretty emotional when he calls home to wish his daughter a happy birthday.
Job # 3:
Bartender -- New York, NY (Upper East Side)
This is a specialized Johnny Rockets with a sports bar theme. The boss works with a bartender and she shows him the ropes. John panics that his cover may have been blown when he runs into the owner's in-laws who he met several months ago. John decides to come clean to the in-laws and tells him that he is, indeed, John Fuller, but asks that they not blow his cover. Business is very slow on the night he's there, but the boss remains confident in the sports bar idea. At one point business he and the bartender go outside to pass out flyers in hopes of drumming up some business.
Job # 4
Food Runner -- Atlantic City, NJ
The Atlantic City restaurant is still relatively new to the area but is already one of the strongest performing restaurants in their system. The boss works with a food runner and serves food to customers, but he doesn't have to take orders, which is the primary difference between a server and a food runner. We learn that one of the food runner's daughters was killed years ago. When he discovered who was responsible for his daughter's death, he went after the man and beat him up pretty severely and, as a result, served three years in prison for assault. Once he was released from prison he lived underneath the Atlantic City boardwalk for three months before landing the job at Johnny Rockets. This really impacts the boss.
Kristi Yamaguchi-Olympic Gold Medalist
Olympic Gold Medalist, former “Dancing with the Stars” winner, special correspondent for NBC’s today show coverage of the 2010 Winter Games and mother of 2 young daughters Kristi Yamaguchi knows the best way to help protect against influenza and its complications is to get vaccinated. Kristi has joined the American Lung Association’s Faces of Influenza campaign to help reinforce with Americans that it’s not too late to get vaccinated if they haven’t already done so. In fact, in most seasons influenza activity doesn’t peak until winter or early spring.
NIVW is a national observance that was established by the CDC to highlight the importance of continuing influenza vaccination, as well as encouraging greater use of influenza vaccine after the holiday season when vaccination rates tend to wane. This year, the CDC designated Thursday, December 9 to older adults (65+) to emphasize the importance of vaccination for the elderly, a high risk population disproportionately affected by the disease.
Typically, older adults are hardest hit by influenza. Nearly 90 percent of deaths caused by influenza and its complications occur among people 65 years of age and older. The recent H1N1 influenza pandemic demonstrated the virus has potential to have a serious and devastating impact on public health and served as a reminder of the importance of annual immunization. Each year in the US, influenza and its related complications result in an estimated 226,000 hospitalizations and thousands of deaths.
Faces of Influenza is an educational campaign from the American Lung Association, made possible through a collaboration with Sanofi Pasteur. This important initiative is designed to put a “face” on influenza and to show Americans firsthand the seriousness of this potentially deadly infectious disease.
Kristi Yamaguchi will discuss her role as a spokesperson for the Faces of Influenza campaign and the importance of annual vaccination. She will also be joined by Dr. Dan Jernigan (Deputy Director, CDC Influenza Division) who can provide an expert medical perspective on the disease, and the CDC’s new universal influenza vaccination recommendations.
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