I Liked the Title of your post - "Running a Crew" and "Cooking in BULK".. which I do occasionally.
It certainly does make cooking the next day a breeze [and LESS Clean-up, which I really like ].
My Family's gonna be making a big batch of Canoli soon ♦♦ It will be FUN! It will be my 1st try at an #ITALIAN #DESSERT.
When u said, "Sometimes you wind up with crews of supposed adults who are basically whiny overgrown children throwing fits and hoping to spend their whole shift outside on a "cigarette break" --WELL, I Related as I can recall working as a Pizza chef & I was doing the Night shift when a FOOD FIGHT broke out [Doggone Teens who are undisciplined ] ☻
Appreciated yr Post, will re-steem.