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#7 is fairly common in restaurants to get a bigger opening that you can actually get utensils into. And that's obviously on the line at a professional restaurant

#17 is plums, not cherries.

I'm a pastry chef, and #13 happens all the time, especially if you're mixing a really big batch of something delicate. I always scrub my arm down before and after, but some stuff there really isn't any other way to get it mixed properly

I once worked in a restaurant that had a butter poached lobster benedict on the brunch menu, and the chef made it by microwaving frozen lobster meat in butter

My grandma has always been pretty questionable on Christmas presents. When I was eight, she got me a Bible and a sleeping bag and told my mom I needed to go on a retreat by myself in the Ozark mountains to find Jesus. But nothing will ever beat the year she decided to get everyone's… Read More

I had really wanted a dog for a long time, and as soon as I saw the picture of Max in an email saying our local shelter was having an adoption event that weekend, I told my boyfriend we had to go get him. He was a rescue and he needed a lot of love and time, but about a week after… Read More

I was babysitting a four year old, and he spent half an hour or so doing normal going to bed things : brushing teeth and hair, organizing toys, etc. He also spent that half hour explaining in great detail how he was going to decapitate me, preserve my body, and turn my head into a… Read More

I had an interview at the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. The guy that I was interviewing with told me he would put me on a list so I could park in their employee lot. I get there and I'm not on the list. And I don't have the number of the guy I was interviewing with written down anywhere… Read More

The place I did my internship after culinary school was abysmal. They frequently used expired ingredients (milk, butter, bacon), no one wore gloves, and serving things after dropping them on the floor was par for the course. The absolute worst thing I saw there though was when someone… Read More

Don't lie about having kids. I went on a first date with a guy whose profile said he didn't have kids and didn't want any, and it was going great until he admitted that he actually had nine. NINE.