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    31 Problems Every Professional Chef Will Understand

    This shit isn't easy.

    1. The customer who incredibly unexpectedly comes in two minutes before closing.

    2. Seriously. Hearing this at 10:58pm is the absolute worst.

    3. Friends making "helpful" suggestions about how to cook food.

    4. Running out of this.

    5. Someone trying to call in sick because they "have a headache."

    6. Customers asking for their steak well-done.

    7. Customers sending food back because they didn't realise what they had actually ordered.

    8. Seeing someone else's kitchen and discovering IT HAS WINDOWS.

    9. Anyone who wants sauce on the side.

    10. Friends and family complaining that you don't seem to be around for any important occasions.

    11. Realising you're never truly out of work mode.

    12. The guy on the line who always wants extra hours...then to leave without cleaning down.

    13. The prep crew not doing their job properly.

    14. Customers who ask for so, so many modifications.

    15. Someone bitching about not getting a break.

    16. Eggs Benedict.

    17. People not saying 'behind,' when moving hot things around.

    18. Suppliers calling to have a conversation...right in the middle of service.

    19. Anyone, ever, screwing up the walk-in.

    20. Anyone using the wrong knife for the wrong thing.

    21. The owner making a completely nonsensical decision, and you having to go along with it.

    22. The newbie spilling stuff.

    23. Anyone touching your knives.

    24. IT'S THE RULE.

    25. Friends who complain about the fact they have a job that makes them stand up for four hours a day!

    26. Anyone who asks for something gluten-free.

    27. Someone not sharpening their knives properly.

    28. Getting denied the first beer after shift for some arbitrary reason.

    29. This injury.

    30. That moment when everything suddenly goes wrong at once, and everyone gets screwed for the whole night.

    31. That moment when you've done doubles for 17 days in a row with no end in sight and nothing makes sense anymore.