They Say That There Is No 'I' in Team, So Why...

...so, why do some people 'assume' that you will go along with something, that isn't voted on as a whole. Listen, I am a dedicated 'Foodie', meaning..working with food is my WORLD. I believe in putting out a great product, making deadlines happen and avoiding them also from having to have one. As long as I been in this business, I can see projected problems that CAN arise. My best tools in the kitchen are my ears. My knife skills are honed, and are improving with every single day I work in a kitchen. I am always learning, there isn't anything from anyone that I WON'T take advice from...so...

...'bot-for-nothing', going to a Lil Wayne concert isn't a priority for me. Though I would like to go...but I be damned if I'm going to give up my day off and bust my ass so that my teammates can take off on a Friday and go to a concert. Our setup now, in THIS kitchen is new. We are STILL ironing out the kinks, trying to get shit right. Lil 'Payne' isn't helping me NONE in doing this and besides, none of my teammates asked me if I wanted to hang with them. But me being me, I will go along with what 'they' want to do. I heard things like..'I'm giving up my whole Summer working', 'I do have a life'...wake tha FUCK UP PEOPLE!! Welcome to the world of Food Service!! I then volunteered to do the driving for them so that they can get fucked up as much as they like. Was told cell phone reception was bad there at the concert venue. So I said buy some walkie talkies from Radio Shack, they're cheap. I will wait outside and wait for you call to come around and pick you up. I didn't get a positive response to that.

This field takes a lot out of you. Most people see the TV shows on TV and say they want to do this. But they don't know about...the long hours, the missing of family get togethers, the cut fingers and burned limbs involved. I do and I love this shit. Want to know what the best feeling is? Putting in a 12 hour work day that is so busy that the time flies by and you STILL feel like you can go for another 3 or 4 hours. Sometimes that shit feels better than bustin' a nut...no, for real. It feels go after a shift that you and your teammates KICK ASS in the kitchen that shift. That you accomplished everything you set out to do, and DONE IT!! That sometimes you get to go home an extra half an hour early, but most times you stay 2 hours late. That when people step into your kitchen and see what you are doing for so many people and you're doing it with just four people...and they are amazed. This is the Life of a Foodie.