#kitchen hell

I got another soul-sucking kitchen job & work alongside this chick who.... looks a lot like me. People get us confused quite often & both of us are just numb to it after only a couple weeks....

SO, this chick has had a rough-ass week (same) & I could tell she was NOT in the mood for shenanigans, today. A manager snapped at her about "her" frequent trips to the bathroom... she & I locked eyes, as she held up a tampon & said firmly "I'm gonna go take a shit". (I was the one that had just went)

The manager immediately started bitching that we ("twin" and I) were never where we're supposed to be... as I was standing RIGHT BEHIND THEM.

I immediately called whatever plate I was working on & this tiny lil old lady (manager) spun around, nearly dragging her jaw across my belly button. I cannot tell you how fucking amazing the look on her face was, nor the juicy reaction from my co-worker, once I told her.

We absolutely trolled management for the rest of the night... making ourselves look even more similar, pretending to be upset about the mix-ups, and making sure EVERYONE in the kitchen knew where we were, at any given time.

I had to close, but she insisted to management that I walk her to her car after her shift, promised that we would def keep this game up, & thanked me for making the day better. She offered me a toke, then said a short prayer for my dad, as we parted ways.

Now that the weather is starting to cool, it's time for me to take care of me (and N the Cat) and get this house liveable. My goal for September is to reorganize the kitchen and get it functional and not a dumping ground where food is only microwaved on rare occasions.

I need to:

Purge food and food prep items I no longer need

Deep clean everything

Make space for improvements

Improvements include:

Replacing the large kitchen shelf set with a baker's rack for more prep space and to move the microwave off the one actual counter prep space in the whole kitchen (This might happen over xmas).

Set up the countertop dishwasher I bought during the pandemic on the only other counter space which currently houses a dishrack.

Set up the carts I purchased for either the microwave (another option) and the instant pot (so it can be rolled into the dining room when not in use) instead of living next to the microwave, leaving 6 square inches of prep space to chop onions.

Replace the hideous curtains. My stalker is being sentenced in October and I currently have the ancient, filthy curtains that came with the house positioned to prevent anyone from looking in my windows. If he is sentenced to jail I think a healthy response would be to replace the kitchen curtains with something a little more modern (since there is a good chance they will simply fall apart if washed).

My boyfriend critiqued my work.

I feel like Kitchen nightmare.