1182: -Up and -Down, Restaurant Break-
Author(s): Scott Douglas Jacobsen
Publication (Outlet/Website): Medium (Personal)
Publication Date (yyyy/mm/dd): 2025/05/11
I was in the dishpit at one restaurant one time,
in an evening shift.
A line cook got a text.
She went out back and started crying, crying, punching the wall,
“This hurts so fucking much. I fucking hate this.”
She had an hour or two left in her shift, and we were still in peak time.
She went out back to the break balcony. I followed, knocked the wall, asked if she wanted to talk.
The deal was,
her partner cheated on her and the text informed her of this.
We talked a bit. I asked if she could finish her shift early.
She came back inside.
She finished her shift.
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