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Mini Weekend
Feb. 16th, 2026 04:47 pmThank fuck, I survived both of my early shifts and tonight is my mini weekend.
Work continues to be work, but my frustration has kind of plateaued.
Like, okay, it's apparently just going to stay busy indefinitely, and we are not going to hire another dishwasher until who knows when --- that really really really sucks out loud, but it is what it is. All I can do is try to manage my time the best I can.
Today I did a pretty great job! I wore my new NCH for most of the shift, and until after my lunch break I wasn't even listening to music: I just turned them on and pushed the little button to cancel the noise.
Basically, these fucking headphones are my new best friend. And one of the best friends I have ever had.
Even though work WAS quite stressful, I stayed pretty peaceful, since something like eighty-five percent of the constant noise of the kitchen was just gone. Until breakfast was over, I helped myself mostly stay on top of everything by simply not walking any clean dishes back unless they happen to live in the back room or on that one rack directly between the dish pit and the back room. So that meant that one hundred percent of the metal coffee pitchers and small metal milk pitchers, and approximately ninety percent of all plates, just sat on the shelf unless someone other than me happened to grab a few. THIS WORKED REALLY WELL, even though I did need to use most of the "extra" time it created to keep fucking washing dishes --- but still, the point is, I really did stay on top of everything for almost the entire shift!
Definitely need to order at least one more pair of these NCH, because part of my brain never wants to work without them ever again (unless, someday, business does slow down?)
Work continues to be work, but my frustration has kind of plateaued.
Like, okay, it's apparently just going to stay busy indefinitely, and we are not going to hire another dishwasher until who knows when --- that really really really sucks out loud, but it is what it is. All I can do is try to manage my time the best I can.
Today I did a pretty great job! I wore my new NCH for most of the shift, and until after my lunch break I wasn't even listening to music: I just turned them on and pushed the little button to cancel the noise.
Basically, these fucking headphones are my new best friend. And one of the best friends I have ever had.
Even though work WAS quite stressful, I stayed pretty peaceful, since something like eighty-five percent of the constant noise of the kitchen was just gone. Until breakfast was over, I helped myself mostly stay on top of everything by simply not walking any clean dishes back unless they happen to live in the back room or on that one rack directly between the dish pit and the back room. So that meant that one hundred percent of the metal coffee pitchers and small metal milk pitchers, and approximately ninety percent of all plates, just sat on the shelf unless someone other than me happened to grab a few. THIS WORKED REALLY WELL, even though I did need to use most of the "extra" time it created to keep fucking washing dishes --- but still, the point is, I really did stay on top of everything for almost the entire shift!
Definitely need to order at least one more pair of these NCH, because part of my brain never wants to work without them ever again (unless, someday, business does slow down?)
