Buzz·Posted on 23 Oct 201523 Secrets People Who Work In Italian Restaurants Will Never SpillYou don't understand hard work unless you've scrubbed burnt polenta from the bottom of a pan.by Tabatha LeggettBuzzFeed Staff, UK LinkFacebookPinterestTwitterMail 1. You're supposed to eat the bread with your main course, so you can use it to mop up your sauce. View this photo on Instagram 2. Talking of bread, we eat a lot of it. Tap to play GIF Tap to play GIF 3. We also eat a hell of a lot of olives. View this photo on Instagram 4. And the amount of grissini we get through is ridiculous. View this photo on Instagram 5. Nothing is as hard as scrubbing polenta out of a pan that it's burnt on to the bottom of. Tap to play GIF Tap to play GIF 6. We know the faded photograph on the wall from the time Ant and Dec visited is naff, but we love it. Tap to play GIF Tap to play GIF 7. We don't know how to pronounce all of the fancy pasta names. View this photo on Instagram 8. But we do actually know a lot about wines. View this photo on Instagram 9. But tbh, you'll be happy with the house red. Tap to play GIF Tap to play GIF 10. Italian restaurants are incredibly romantic, and serving loved-up couples all night long can make us feel incredibly single. Tap to play GIF Tap to play GIF 11. And the romantic music makes us feel like we're in a movie. Tap to play GIF Tap to play GIF 12. If you tell us your pasta is undercooked, we'll just tell you it's al dente. View this photo on Instagram 13. Please don't compare our pizzas to the ones from Pizza Express, Strada, or Prezzo. Tap to play GIF Tap to play GIF 14. And don't ask for a weak coffee either. View this photo on Instagram 15. Peperoni = bell pepper. Not a skinny sausage. View this photo on Instagram 16. Burning yourself on a pizza oven is very, very painful. View this photo on Instagram 17. And polishing wine glasses is very, very boring. View this photo on Instagram 18. But it's all worth it, because we get to eat the last bit of gelato straight from the tub. View this photo on Instagram 19. Talking of dessert, we make a special effort to be friendly to the dessert chef. View this photo on Instagram 20. You have to tell us when you want us to stop grating parmesan on to your meal. GoaT FacE ThrillA @EndhooS Parmesan Sir? "Yes please" Say when. *Grates Parmesan* Sir? "..." *Grates fingers* SIR? "..." *Grates entire hand* Please...I have a family. 10:11 AM - 08 Jul 2014 Reply Retweet Favorite We can't guess how much you want, so we'll just keep going. 21. Washing-up shifts on food prep days are actually really fun. View this photo on Instagram 22. Customers who buy us a shot of limoncello when they have theirs are our favourites. View this photo on Instagram 23. And no matter how much Italian food we eat, we literally never get bored of it. View this photo on Instagram