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“You’re Worth Your Weight in Salt.”

“You’re Worth Your Weight in Salt.”
Have you ever been an outcast? Have you been excluded from a bonding moment, and had a brief moment of sheer terror feeling like you don't fit in?

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“The Point of No Return”

“The Point of No Return”
Upon picking up your first knife. A curiosity that you will find out, will never be filled.

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“Don’t Worry, We’ll Clean Up.”

“Don’t Worry, We’ll Clean Up.”

How many of us out there have stayed late? How many of us out there have opened early?  Shit, how many of us have come in on our day off?  The answers for the test are as follows: all of us, we all have, and I don’t want to talk about it. If you answered anything else.  You’re nicer than most of us.  And could teach all of us a great deal of patience. But at the same time, we are bothered by a whole other reason. And that reason is the lack of respect that we in the industry...

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Don’t Marry A Cook

Don’t Marry A Cook
If you like going to sleep and waking up early, don’t marry a
cook from the night shift.
If you like going to sleep and waking up late, don’t marry a
cook who works mornings...

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Put this in Your Pipe and Smoke It

Put this in Your Pipe and Smoke It
Ok so imagine this if you will. You walk in your front door from a 12-hour shift. Service was insane, and all you can think about is grabbing a cold one and sparking a spliff.  Why? Because you need something to relax you more. When you're coming down from a high already. Then it suddenly hits you like knocking your head on a bookshelf you've known the location of for years now. It's the kitchen that's addicting.

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