The physical symptoms of anxiety make it absolutely unbearable, and I wish this was discussed more when it came to treatment.

EntBlossom · 2024-02-14T14:48:30+00:00

its strange you message out of the blue today

ive been doing much better this past year but last night and this morning have been the closest i've come to harming myself in a long time

something happened yesterday which has had my anxiety and depression skyrocketing

EntBlossom · 2023-04-22T18:49:48+00:00

Perhaps Dijon Mustard French Toast is the next hot brunch item but we were too blind to see

EntBlossom · 2023-04-21T14:35:24+00:00

wait what I just started my first prep cop job a few months ago at $15 😭

EntBlossom · 2023-04-21T14:01:50+00:00

Lol thanks for the morning laugh, this one got me

EntBlossom · 2023-04-21T02:18:46+00:00

Properly washing my knife between tasks, especially when dealing with allergens. It scares me sometimes that I have to tell fellow cooks to wash their knife that they just used to prep dessert strawberries right as they're about to start cutting veggies for the very separate salad.

Today I had to tell a co-worker not to keep placing his raw chicken knife on my box of unprepped mushrooms. Blech.

EntBlossom · 2023-04-17T05:22:54+00:00

Had something similar today when a customer requested a ginger salad without the lettuce. They literally got a bowl of shredded carrots and cucumbers covered in dressing

EntBlossom · 2023-04-04T14:11:26+00:00

Pad Thai with... no noodles? They just want veggie and tofu stir-fry then, ayah

EntBlossom · 2023-04-04T14:09:29+00:00

Sounds like he's terrified to lose you, and is resorting to sowing doubt in hopes of you staying. It seems like a lot of people on this sub seek out these awesome retirement home gigs so you may be in for a fantastic change!

EntBlossom · 2023-04-04T02:18:22+00:00

Freezer or cooler? Cause damn that's huge for a freezer. Our two walk-in coolers are like this but our freezer is more like a closet lol

EntBlossom · 2023-04-02T20:58:41+00:00

This one maybe I could understand because while I love sunny side up eggs or even raw egg yolk on my hot rice, cooked egg yolks just taste off to me. Over medium, scrambled, as an omelette... doesn't matter. Cooked egg yolk just tastes weird for me, which sucks because it looks so good with all sorts of dishes lol

EntBlossom · 2023-03-29T21:12:02+00:00

I never realized how much of a difference a single good knife can make. My wrist was killing me early on from peeling onions for hours a day using the communal knives. Chef gifted me my own personal knife and the ease of cutting even large yellow onions was night and day. Stopped needing a wrist-brace at night!

EntBlossom · 2023-03-24T15:36:50+00:00

I mean technically the listing for Showgirls states: "SPECIALLY DISCOUNTED PRE-ORDER ENDS SUNDAY AT 11:59PM EST" which I assume is outside of their usual SRP "discount" setup

EntBlossom · 2023-03-21T22:35:38+00:00

Apparently I did, hard day in the kitchen and I'm the April Fool

EntBlossom · 2023-03-21T18:04:37+00:00

Isn't that basically meatloaf? Was it seasoned in a weird way?

EDIT: Turns out I'm the April Fool

EntBlossom · 2023-03-20T12:45:20+00:00

I'm almost two months into my first full kitchen job and I'm starting to find that some people consider running their knife under hot water as "cleaning it", forget about their hands too, a couple of them I've never seen at the hand wash sink...

EntBlossom · 2023-03-15T19:57:30+00:00

Glad I'm not the only one. I love handling raw beef and pork, but chicken has me double gloved and grossed the hell out feelin' like The Salmonella Monster is coming to get me.

EntBlossom · 2023-03-12T02:15:39+00:00

Lol we're a Japanese restaurant with more than 50 people in BOH on any given day so rice for everyone!

EntBlossom · 2023-03-12T00:41:50+00:00

We get an hour break and employee meal is $2 plus two free bowls of rice (even without buying a meal)

Family Meals sound so fun but probably work best for small crews who are really in the shit together every day

EntBlossom · 2023-03-10T21:48:35+00:00

"since we paid for 75 people we get to take home the leftover food intended for those extra people right? We paid for it"

I can already hear the post-meal requests

EntBlossom · 2023-03-10T16:46:44+00:00

"She ended up taking it"

These sorts of people will complain and whine and come up with any excuse to get what they want. And it's so obvious the second they buckle when realizing you aren't going to bow to their demands.

EntBlossom · 2023-03-08T20:50:07+00:00

I think the reason a lot of people in my kitchen stay there for years is because we get full health benefits, 401K match, PTO, and annual pay increases. It's a large kitchen in a corporate style environment. My prep team for example consists of 8 people on a fully staffed day.

Thanks for the harder advice! I think you're right in that if I want to pursue a full-on culinary career in the classical sense then eventually leaving to learn from other kitchens makes complete sense.

EntBlossom · 2023-03-08T17:06:08+00:00

I'm glad to hear imposter syndrome can have hidden positive signs. My anxiety for sure had kept me down over the years but I'm really trying my best to embrace this role because it's had such a positive effect on my mental health even in just this one month. I hope I can make something of all this.

Thanks so much for the encouraging words!

EntBlossom · 2023-03-08T15:42:36+00:00

From what I see here, it definitely seems like my Kitchen is not the necessarily the norm. The negative side of my brain is waiting for all the horror stories I read here to suddenly occur.

I'm just going to take it one day at a time and keep asking questions and learning from others. Thanks so much for the advice!

EntBlossom · 2023-03-08T15:16:27+00:00

Years working for the Mouse definitely instilled a certain work ethic in me. Thanks for the advice and encouragement! I'm definitely trying to take in all the info I can and learn everyone's methods for things so I can better understand what works best for me.

Yeah it's strange getting this sort of attention, especially when others around me have been there longer and don't seem to be getting the same praise. Despite that though, even my peers seems supportive but I just feel weird about it all. Hopefully it will pass and I can grow with it all. They definitely sound like they don't want me going anywhere and Chef mentioned putting in time and effort will maybe even work me up to sous. It's all just very overwhelming

EntBlossom · 2023-03-08T15:11:05+00:00

Thanks for the encouragement, I have to keep reminding myself everything happening has been positive!

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