Coworkers working with family and 5 cents

There are a lot of tight friendships at the restaurant then there are coworkers who work with family. Brothers, sisters, and cousins all around! I'm not sure how I'd feel working with family though. I'm the most patient person of my family and I rarely get angry about anything (except family but that's another story) so having to put up with family would be a challenge. One person, though, said it's pretty cool and they can give their sibling a hard time. I can understand that since I give people a hard time and they return the favor! Lately I've been joking about charging people 5 cents for each 'sorry' I hear...

We'll always bump into each other! Don't need to say, "Sorry" every time!

We always bump, touch, and squeeze each other and they always say they're sorry. 5 cents. Kitchen staff doesn't get tips so this is my sneaky way of getting a little extra... if they actually took me seriously.

Last weekend I decided to be social and go out with my coworkers to celebrate a birthday. I wasn't sure what to expect since I haven't been out partying for a long time and I don't drink alcohol (20 years!), and we ended up closing a very popular dance club! What a night! Wall to wall people dancing with some seriously awesome people! We talked about it the next day and the general manager mentioned it could be claustrophobic but I said my pantry position trained me for that 😄What prevented me from going out for the longest time was that I don't drink and I thought I'd be too old to hang out with these fine people. But now I realize:

I'm too young to worry about it and too old to care!

Enjoy life and enjoy being around people you love! Friendships can spawn whenever and anywhere, so take any opportunity to be around people who make you feel great.

I may have life experience but you have taught me a lot!

Another thing that's been on my mind is: we work to live only to live to work. Don't forget to live! We're brought down by finances and money truly does not buy happiness.

I forgot to live at some point

Working nights at a restaurant fits my personality pretty well being a night owl and all. I can imagine it can be rough with relationships for those who work nights versus those with 9-5 jobs. Weekends are nonexistent for us since we work through the weekends, while potential significant others would have those days off. Rarely any time together. How does that work? It can't be easy.

 Which comes to me thinking about how society views being in a relationship with a coworker. WHY NOT? Who would know you better than a coworker? Who else would know how you handle pressure? Especially at a restaurant? Sure, don't be too affectionate with each other, but the workplace is great for meeting people and there's a better chance of having schedules work out. Is it professional? No? But that's another test in the relationship. Restraint and professionalism. But what do i know? I'm single most of the time!

It's been a while since I posted a new blog entry but this lead from one idea to another, then the next thing you know I married the bread oven.