What A Fiasco, Am I Staying or Going?

Sometimes you just have to stand alone!

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You know, we all get to points in our life’s path where we come across some of the most unsavory characters in the world. While some of us can’t help but to be in the places in life that we end up, there are places that can and most times, should be avoided like working in a restaurant.

Working in a restaurant can lead you to acknowledging a dark side that you never knew you had, it can be scary. Very scary. Last night, a not so subtle verbal disagreement broke out between the sous chef and the grill guy.

Now, I love grill guy like a brother and the sous chef, I’m dealing with him for my boss’ sake. I can be cordial and I can play ball under the right circumstance.

Anyway, so there was an altercation, the sous chef and grill guy had it out. I’m running back and forth trying to get my food up and over to the sous chef.

Now, the way the grill guy came at the sous chef, I did a lot of the same except for the loud roar during service. My confrontation with the sous chef happened at the time it did after the kitchen closed, but that’s neither here nor there.

Then, the sauté guy said he might possibly leave if the arguing and whatnot keeps up. Now, I always said I’d stand by my friends no matter what but I’m also at a point in my life where I’ve never been part of the in crowd.

Yes, there has been some shitty people that worked at the job in the past and not long ago, the owner and boss got rid of one of the worst! So let’s say my 2 friends leave, I’m there alone. Okay, fine. Accepted.

Do I leave too because of feeling like I’ll be alone or do I just do my own thing like I always do; you’d think it’d be a hard choice. Well, I’ll tell you what I am going to do, I’m staying. I told the owner and boss I’m rocking it until the wheels fall off.

It’s like my mother keeps telling me, “you’re getting too old to start over” and she’s right. So even if my two friends leave, I’m staying. I’m not going nowhere. Besides, it’s already hard enough to find good steady work these days especially with jobs that just dump you anywhere.

On top of that, it’s like I was saying last night to myself after I got home, “I weathered one manager, I’ll weather this guy too.” Besides, at this point I’m pretty much just trying to survive until I get my money shit together. In the meantime, I’m going to stick it out where I’m at.

People come and go, but the memories and times on the job like the absolute learning curve is forever. If last night taught me anything, people come and go in the restaurant biz but only the truly amazing stay the long term.

So all in all, I’m staying. I’m not going anywhere, I’m at a point where I’ve built a good niche where I am. I’m staying!

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