May 20, 2016
My apron is a shield
Deflecting the slosh of lava from the dish pit
Invincible to smears of aioli and au jus
Bombed by bad tips!
Dodging sniper customers!
Complaints whiz past!
Barrel through the land mines of forgotten drinks and sides!
Escape the siege of flirtations cooks!
Managers throwing menu quiz questions like barbed arrows!
May 12, 2016
I used to think I was a person not motivated by numbers. I’m values-oriented, not metrics-driven, I thought. My half marathon last weekend forced me to acknowledge that I was mistaken. I got a huge thrill from the numbers involved with training for a long race. How many miles today? How many miles this week? How long did it take? What’s my pace? My mileage splits?
May 1, 2016
If I were a famous author who died tonight, the following excerpts from an email I wrote to a friend recently might be published in my posthumous biography. But unfortunately I don’t have a career (path?), which precludes the opportunity :/
April 27, 2016
On a recent slow day at the restaurant where I work, I passed the time by writing haikus, which are self-published below.
April 6, 2016
I recently completed training as a server at a French brasserie/bistro close to where I’m living. It’s a part-time job to complement the 10-15 hours per week I’m spending with the magazine. My first few server shifts have been fraught with mistakes that spawn a new line of contemplation…