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Labor Day Weekend... man, I'm glad that's over with!!!

Talk about a nightmare weekend of cooking your a$$ off, this Labor Day weekend is what nightmares are made of.

I call it the Energizer Bunny from Hell because the people never stop walking in the door. It's just one party after another, after another, after another... non-stop. No rest for the weary, no stopping to catch your breath, no time to do a little more prep so you can hopefully stay ahead of the mad rush... just cook, cook, cook.

The amount of food we went through was mind-blowing! Getting to work 3-1/2 hours before we opened wasn't enough time to prep for the business we did.

Open the doors and BAM! The prep I was still in the middle of just sat there for the rest of my shift waiting to be completed. By the end of the shift I was winging it, making portions of everything that should have already been prepped, to order. Talk about a cook's nightmare.

It's days like this that really make you wonder why the hell you ever thought being a cook would be something you'd like to do.