Congrats, J.P.!

Additionally, this year marks what we believe to be the speed record for eating a Paczek.

Christian was observed to completely consume and swallow an entire custard-filled deep-fried Manchester Bakery Paczek in 46.6 seconds, as timed by Dale with multiple witnesses. Without the aid of water or liquids whatsoever. It was an awesome sight to behold, and one that many of us will hold in our memories until the day we die.

Apart from individual standouts, the entire Metro Delivery Team performed admirably, with tremendous resolve and dedication.

Yesterday we started the day with 112 Paczki, and by 6:30 AM today we  were reduced to merely approximately 7.67 remaining, as shown, for several employees who may choose to celebrate a Fat Wednesday.

Metro Delivery is, like every year, amazed and most impressed with the performance of all of our skilled employees in these Extreme Paczki Challenges. We look forward to Fat Tuesday 2015  (2/17/2015),  and would remind all employees that it’s never too soon to start training for next year.

Nie mówię po polsku!

This year, we’re offering our staff Paczki Varietals, so that we can feel like they’re having different food groups at each meal.

From left to right in the picture below, you see 1. Paczki from Dom’s Bakery in Ypsilanti, 2. from Copernicus European Deli, in the South Main Market in Ann Arbor who get them shipped in from a Canadian Polish Bakery overnight, including authentic “rose” and “plum/prune” flavors,  and 3. the powdered- sugar-coated ones on the right are via Washtenaw Dairy, made by the Manchester Bakery.

…honestly, we can’t say that our Couriers run their fastest on Fat Tuesdays.

There’s still 2 left, but nobody can bear to look at them.

By the latest count, there are… 17 and one half paczki left, which means that Metro staff consumed… 77.5 paczki, or an estimated  grand total of around 54,250 calories.

Fortunately, we have lots of opportunities to burn off the calories, what with all the stairs, and all the boxes, and all the walking… So, come on, people! There’s 17.5 paczki in the kitchen!  Let’s see that powdered sugar fly! WE CAN’T LET THE PACZKI WIN!

The beads we got from Fantasy Attic, in Depot Town, Ypsilanti- those excellent paczkis are from the sublime Washtenaw Dairy of Ann Arbor.

The custard ones always seem to go first around here…

We also got some apples (from Frog Holler Produce in Ann Arbor) to mitigate the cardiovascular risk.

The official Metro record for paczkis consumed by one individual in an 8-hour shift, set by a member of the Dispatch crew in 2004, stands unchallenged again so far, this year.

What is the official Metro record for paczkis consumed by one individual in an 8-hour shift, you ask?

He ate TEN paczkis in 8 hours. TEN. That’s legendary. We’d tell you his name, but we’re afraid his health insurance would drop him if they heard about it.