Dishwashing: One of life's worst chores

Today was my first day of work and I spent 7 hours washing dishes. Boy, is it tough work! I think the most difficult thing was having people "tell me what to do". There's a difference between telling people what to do and giving instructions. It's crazy how people get a power trip over telling others how to wash dishes.

The morning started out with the restaurant not having any water, so I had to sit around for awhile and wait. Once I was taken to the kitchen I was shown to the dishwasher and was immediately told to get to work. There was a particular stock pot which had hell burnt into the bottom of it and the head cook made such a fuss about needing, and so I scrubbed, and chistled and chistled. By the time I was just finished I got yelled at for taking too much time and was advised to organise the cooking spoons by type.

For a few moments I couldn't imagine myself being a cook or a chef and ordering people about or making them feel incompetent. But then I remembered that not all cooks of chefs do this. They should really have some sort of stress assessment; some sort of test that would tell potential employers whether they can really "stand the heat" in the kitchen. Ah, only in a perfect world.

It'll get better and then I'll be promoted from dish duty.