Pop handled making Izz’s schedule the first couple of weeks working at Pizza 3.14, having Izz come in when Nicky did so he could “train.” There wasn’t a whole lot of training required for cleaning off a table and scrubbing dishes. Once Nicky left for school, Izz stayed on the same schedule for the next week. After those first two weeks, scheduling Izz’s work shifts became Dante’s responsibility.
Dante scribbled through another draft of the kitchen staff schedule. Making the schedule was how he spent every Saturday night into the early hours of Sunday morning. After closing and clean up, Dante would sit hunched over the bar, drink in hand, and his pencil bouncing between the yellow sheets of a legal pad, the calendar from his office, and the stack of “two-week calendars” that Georgina made
