GND CTLR FORGETS FLT'S SEQUENCE CAUSING A FURTHER 40 MIN DELAY.

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ARPT WAS OPERATING UNDER ITS DEICING PROCS. AT APPROX XA30 HRS; GND CTL WAS CALLED PRIOR TO ENG START. THE CTLR GAVE A 15 MIN DELAY FOR ENG START. AT APPROX XA45 HRS; ENGS WERE STARTED; AND GND CTL WAS CONTACTED FOR TAXI. AT THIS TIME; THE CTLR SAID THAT HE HAD NO RECOLLECTION OF MY PRIOR CALL AND THAT I WOULD HAVE TO WAIT ANOTHER 40 MIN PRIOR TO TAXI. THE PROB COULD HAVE EASILY BEEN HANDLED BY SIMPLY ALLOWING ME TO BE THE NEXT TO TAXI. FORTUNATELY; THE RAIN THAT WAS NOW FALLING WAS NOT FREEZING ON THE ACFT; THUS NECESSITATING A SECOND DEICING. AT THIS TIME OF NIGHT THERE ARE BUT 2 PEOPLE IN THE TWR AT TEB. ONE PERSON HANDLES CLRNC DELIVERY AND DOES THE ATIS STRIP; THE OTHER PERSON HANDLES GND CTL FUNCTIONS; PLUS THE EXPECTED START/TAXI TIMES DURING THE DEICE PROC OP; ON GND CTL 121.9; AND ALL THE TWR FUNCTIONS OF TKOF; LNDG; AND HDOFS FROM DEP AND ARR CTL ON TWR FREQ 119.5. THIS IS WAY TOO MUCH FOR 1 INDIVIDUAL TO HANDLE. IN A 2 HR PERIOD THERE ARE NO LESS THAN 25 ARRS AND 25 DEPS. JUST HANDLING THE TWR AND GND CTL FUNCTIONS IS PLENTY FOR 1 PERSON. THROW IN REMEMBERING THE SEQUENCE FOR EXPECTED TAXI TIMES -- YOU JUST HIT OVERLOAD! FORTUNATELY; NO ACCIDENT OCCURRED; NO NEAR- MISS. HOWEVER; AN EXTENSIVE DELAY; AND THE POSSIBILITY OF EXPENSIVE; ADDITIONAL DEICING DID RESULT. MOST SMALL OPERATORS DON'T HAVE HUGE PROFIT MARGINS WITH WHICH TO PAY FOR MULTIPLE DEICINGS PRIOR TO TKOF; THUS MORE PRESSURE IS PLACED ON THESE PLTS TO GO FOR IT; THE RESULT OF WHICH COULD BE DISASTROUS. ALL OF THIS COULD BE EASILY AVOIDED BY NOT PLACING ALL THE WORK ON 1 CTLR'S SHOULDERS. THE INDIVIDUAL HANDLING THE CLRNCS COULD STEP UP AND TAKE CARE OF WRITING DOWN THE CALL SIGNS AND ASSIGNING START TIMES. A PAD OF PAPER; A PENCIL; AND A LITTLE COM COULD CORRECT THE PROBS -- NO GREAT EXPENSE NEEDED. HOPEFULLY; IT WON'T REQUIRE A GREAT TRAGEDY TO OCCUR BEFORE NEEDED CHANGES ARE BROUGHT ABOUT.