fates are getting vicious

I can't believe how desperate the fates are to conspire against me. Everytime that I have been slated for nights or baker training something pops up that stops it from happening for me. For example, the last time I was promised nights it turned out that we were getting an extra 10 people in camp and they brought in a different cook for the breakfast position and I had to stay 2nd because he wasn't 'strong enough' as a 2nd cook to handle the rush and work load. Ok, fine, little miffed but at least no one got hurt. That sort of thing happened quite a bit.

However here is what has just happened. The head supervisor comes in to the kitchen, goes to the back with the 1st cook and then calls out to me in the front to come to the back because I 'might as well hear this'. I am instantly put on warning mode cause I am never called in on a back kitchen meeting with the 1st cook and head supervisor so am thinking bad things are amiss (IE complaints about the food, illnesses from the food). Turns out that the 1st cook that was out on his time out that was going to replace the existing 1st cook allowing me to go to night shift had sprained his ankle on the stairs in his house. It is so bad that he requires surgery to put pins in his ankle and all. So he is out of the work loop for at least 4 months to heal and all.

What does this mean to me? well, this means that the breakfast cook has to stay in an extra week as breakfast cook, I stay as 2nd cook cause there is no one coming in to replace the existing 1st cook and the 1st cook has to stay for an extra week because they have two new cooks coming in on the day he was supposed to go out but they have to be shown the ropes and all of camp life and cooking. So in the end, my night shift/baker training is put on hold and I stay 2nd cook for another week leaving me with 4 glorious weeks of 2nd cooking.

Even better though is when I found out what my night shift was going to be. Back when I was being informed of my switch over to nights I asked what my duties were and was told breakfast cook. So I thought I would clarify and asked 'am I just breakfast cook or am I breakfast cook with the intention to watch and learn from the baker to take that position?' and I was told in a hesitant voice 'yeah, sure, watch if you have the time....' Which I took to meaning "nope, not gonna make you baker but if you want to learn go right ahead". Guess their baker positions are already filled with Big D (Their long term quota hire) and Sheldon (the amazing baker).