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Everyone wants greasy food and beer after a football game. If you own a restaurant, you love this simple fact. If you work in one, you hate it. Except for the tips, that’s always nice.
It was on one of these nights that we ran out of bread. Our boss had screwed up again, which meant the assistant manager had to rush out to a local bakery and design a workaround to get us through the night.
She was quick and innovative. Our boss didn’t care, though. He came in late and hungover.
He wanted us to warm up some cookies in the oven, to nurse his upset stomach and aching head. We tried to ask him to wait, since the oven was full of food for patrons.
But he really needed those cookies. “I think some carbs will give me some energy.” So we wrapped a cookie up in wax paper and threw it on top of a pizza for a few minutes.
While the rest of us busted our asses to feed the post-game rush, he sat there telling drinking stories — including one about a girl he’d met. “Look, I even scored her phone number.” Then he looked down at his huge cookie and asked us if this was a good idea.
He wanted us to do our jobs, listen to his drinking stories, and also reassure him it was okay to nurse…
