On Jul 25, 11:02*pm, "pavane" > wrote:
> "bulka" > wrote in message
>
> ...
> |
> | > And cooking in a restaurant is *very* hard work...exhausting, in fact..
> | >
> | > --
> | > Best
> | > Greg
> |
> | One of my best jobs - midnight/breakfast cook at a Denny's kind of
> | place. *The dead times were very dead, then the rush - different
> | orders of eggs on every burner, *some stupid Crepes a la King, waffles
> | with some fruit-colored crap out of a can, hash bowns. *Did I put the
> | sausage on the grill or in the deep fryer? *Then some late/early drunk
> | comes in wanting a hamburger or a monte cristo. *Serioiulsy, the rush
> | was a rush.
> |
> | Management was bad. *I was the only one in the kitchen all night,
> | then, in my egg frenzy, six strangers come in. *Whatever. *Tickets are
> | up. *Grab a pan. *I'm gone.
> |
> | Don't know if I have the stamina now, but if the phone rang, I'd be at
> | the diner within the hour. *For free. *For the buzz.
>
> You write beautifully, very vivid and descriptive. *You make us feel
> your boredom and your exhilaration in the frenetic activity. *Thank
> you for this very brief portrait of the late hour cooking...
> please write much more.

I'll second that.
>
> pavane

--Bryan