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That shift where everything went wrong and I finally cracked
Last Friday during the dinner rush, I dropped a full tray of 8 plates right in the middle of the pass, and instead of apologizing I just stood there and laughed until I cried in the walk-in. Has anyone else had a moment where the fake smile just completely breaks mid-shift?
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jade51727d ago
The walk-in is basically my therapy room at this point. I had a night where I was balancing like 4 different takeout orders and somehow a whole bag of dumplings ended up on the floor behind the expo station. Instead of picking them up I just kept walking and pretended I didn't see them until the owner found them later. The best part was when he asked who did it and I just shrugged because at that point my brain had already checked out for the night. Sometimes you gotta let the chaos win and just laugh about it in the freezer.
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betty_wells27d ago
Three out of four nights in this industry end with something like that.
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