Hot Overflowing Oil

We had a call late this afternoon for a group that needed to have a Christmas Party at the Brick House tonight.  It was a department at the University and apparently they got set back by the University on services or a room that was overbooked.  We brought them in and took care of business for them.  It was not without a challenge.  Before we made the first sandwich we had a major overflow of hot oil spill everywhere.  It was pretty nasty.  Had to slide around like I was on ice skates.  Ultimately we got it done and we got it done well.  I do have to say that when the fries were dropped and I looked over and saw hot oil spewing out of the fry machine I was a little worried.  We had a lake of hot oil for a while, had to add some fresh oil as we were a bit low.  Anyhow, it all worked out and after a delicate dance around pools of hot oil we managed to get it all cleaned up.  Pointer, for fresh cut fries - get as much water off the fries before dropping them and don't drop a ton of fries at the same time.