I think you're getting into a separate issue. What rules governing SUPPOs are preventing the cooks from making food per the recipe card to the proper level of doneness while maintaining proper health and sanitary standards? That's the issue here. The fact that you or I might not like some dishes when prepared properly is irrelevant to the above (for me it's chicken fried steak with cauliflower that will always make me go to my oatmeal stash). There's surveys and menu review boards to look at that stuff.
That's all about give-a-shit at the individual level. Which is about CSC, CS1, and SUPPO engagement.
Also, what rules do you want to see that SUPPOs /CSC can't do to 'spice it up?' I think that they have plenty of leeway to do special meals.
They need more access and freedom to use discretionary funds to buy stuff off of the economy or outside of the stock system. Most SUPPOs and ISICs are wary to use the command credit card for anything that's not immediately necessary. I understand that there are legal reasons why but my ice cream story is an excellent example. That ice cream probably only cost a couple hundred dollars but it made a world of difference for the crew in the middle of a rough deployment. It should have been as simple as SUPPO arranging delivery with the husbanding agent and then swiping the credit card. It takes jumping through far too many hoops to do that.
Agreed. But recognize that the FSO / chop is probably a green JO. So help him out and go to CSC with him.
The FSO/Chop on a surface ship is a seasoned Supply officer who has done at least one operational tour and then a shore tour. They are department heads with at least 4 years of service and often more. There's no excuse for them not being able to reign in their CSs and FSAs. I could understand if the Disbursing Officer (DISBO) has trouble because he's often a wet-behind-the-ears ensign fresh out of Chop School but that's not who we're talking about.
I think now you're crossing streams between food and parts.
Not at all. SUPPO has to worry about all of the above at sea. He's responsible for the galley, mess decks, wardroom, goat locker, berthing spaces, ship's store, post office, store rooms, barbershop, and making sure repair parts and supplies show up in a timely manner. The dude's only got so much bandwidth so when the skipper is yelling at him at least three times a day about why widget X or gizmo Y aren't here yet which do you think he's going to prioritize?