1. The phantom printer noises you hear while you sleep.
PLEASE MAKE IT STOP!
2. When you 86 a menu item and servers continue to ring it up anyways.
I SAID NO MORE SALT-CRUSTED SEA BASS!!
3. When your savage coworkers take all of your supplies.
4. Especially Sharpies, peelers, side towels, and tape.
5. When you wash your chef coat and forget to take the Sharpies out of your pocket.
And even worse, when they burst open and stain your other clothes.
6. The fact that no one can recognize you outside of the kitchen.
"Wait, you have hair?!"
7. When you compare sheet pan burns with other chefs.
Especially the ones from sizzle platters.
8. This meme that pretty much sums up your entire existence.
IN. THE. WEEDS.
9. This sad but true statement.
"Hey Jen, think you could cover grill station and garde manger tonight?"
10. When you cave in and treat yourself to those fancy pair of Dansko shoes.
No slipping in these bad boys.
11. This classic example of chef humor.
Respect the Walken.
12. Your daily meditation.
~Takes a deep breath.~
13. And ~occasionally~ crying in it, too.
Don't judge me.
14. The fact that servers just DON'T. GET. IT.
The difference between FOH and BOH is truly night and day.
15. That one chef who decides to add nonfunctional garnishes to every damn dish.
But why?
16. When you start breaking down the kitchen at 10:45 instead of 11:00.
This is a risk I'm willing to take.
17. When your prep list is the size of a Stephen King novel.
Well, looks like it's going to be a long shift.
18. This heart-stopping moment.
THROW IT ALL OUT. BURN IT ALL.
19. When you finally finish your shift.
I'm good, I'm good.
20. When your restaurant invests in one of those fancy new robot ovens.
Easy and breezy.
21. When you have a double sinus infection and bronchitis.
I'll be right in...
22. This truly impressive accomplishment.
~pats self on back~
23. When the Friday dinner rush hits and the printer just keeps printing.
Where do I begin?
24. This moment of pure ~joy~.
HAHAHA — losers.
25. This visual representation of the kitchen crew during service.
Everything's fine.
26. This dark AF meme that'll make any chef sob and laugh.
My cold, undercooked soul is cackling.
27. This moral dilemma:
I'll just pretend I didn't see anything...
28. TFW you wrap up a 16-hour shift.
I'm a shell of myself.