The Scullery

Every Wednesday the LDSC group (everything in the Navy is an acronym – our official title is CIV-LDSC which stands for civilian Latter-day Saint Charities) always volunteers in the scullery. We met at 4pm to eat dinner and then we headed to the scullery (the dish washing room) to get to work. I ended up working the front window where are the trays are returned. Lacey, one of the dental techs, and I manned the front window taking the trays from everyone. We wore cute little hats, gloves and ear plugs as the scullery is very noisy. We had such a good time working and just laughed and talked as we worked. We had our own system and worked very fast. I just adore Lacey she is so fun and is just as beautiful on the inside as she is on the outside. I was dripping sweat by the end as it was super hot and we were working hard. Those working near the “dishwasher area” said that the temp back there was 97 degrees – I'm sure I'll get the opportunity to do that also. I don't mind the work. It was fun to talk to everyone as they passed the window and smile at them. All the new people from Indonesia did not know how to put up their trays and stuff so we got to help them out. When we were finished the sailors who usually worked the scullery were so grateful that we did their job. We had more than enough help so they did not have to do any of the work. I like helping out. It is definitely fun to serve others.
In the Navy everything is very efficient. All the trash has to be separated. The paper goes in one bag, glass in another, metal, etc. The food is separated and then ground up and fed to the fish. The paper trash is all burned in the incinerator and the other trash is taken off the ship at each stop. Even paper from the bathrooms needs to be taken out and put in these bags. They tell us that nothing that does not come of out of our bodies goes down the toilets. We do get to flush toilet paper down. The toilets all use sea water for flushing.