This is just what work is like for most people, it’s not limited to food service.

When I went, they had a laminated card at the table that listed the cooking times for the various proteins. If I remember right, most everything was around 2 minutes but the chicken was 3 or 4.

I’m pretty sure I will need to hear the warning, several times, about how hot the skewers get.

My parents went 6 months apart, but it was about 7 years ago now.

Yeah, if there’s one takeaway I get from the comments sections in general it’s that too many people in food service do not really like or enjoy what they do, and the dissatisfaction is usually due to a whole bunch of really small annoyances and obstacles, and not one big thing. And they generally take their…

I hear it a lot.

Or just haven’t been to that type of restaurant.

Most places I go, the appetizer is an entree sized portion.

What I will say to my fellow servers is this: If someone’s dined with you before , skip the spiel.

“And now you know the rest of the story.” - Paul Harvey.

It was a rough week for him. But it had to happen. During the period where things kept turning up missing, he was one of the most vocal complainers.

Had a thief in my office a few years back. Doesn’t matter how you marked your lunch, if there was something good in there, you had a half a chance of finding it missing. Even marking a bag “Medical specimen - Do not touch” didn’t help.

Ah, you really have been to TooJay’s, haven’t you? :-)

That was sweet.

Stuffed cabbage appetizer at TooJay’s Deli after my mom’s funeral.

My eye doctor has been giving drops like this for many years. There’s no reason to hold your eyes open, the drops seep in when you blink.

This week, yeah.

True, but that hardly matters where the server is concerned.  

Yes. That way, when you ultimately get rid of it you don’t feel so bad, because it smells like cat urine.