Does it make me a bad person that I...

[East Coast Hustle]

listen, not just anyone can burn top ramen.

srsly though, I'm qualified to be a head chef (and have been one before) but I've decided that a few extra grand a year isn't worth the 60+ hour work weeks and the dealing with endless bullshit. For now. In a year or three, I'll get the bug again.

[Cain]

This is the correct "let the head chef deal with headaches" approach to kitchen work.

[LMNO]

Well it IS a site just for hourly positions. Take that as you will.

Also, well done RCH!

[Suu]

listen, not just anyone can burn top ramen.

srsly though, I'm qualified to be a head chef (and have been one before) but I've decided that a few extra grand a year isn't worth the 60+ hour work weeks and the dealing with endless bullshit. For now. In a year or three, I'll get the bug again.

Considering the current financial situations of most small businesses, hopefully you'll get a job that you actually will get PAID at.

-Suu: Didn't get all of her tips on Friday because the drawer was short and no paycheck either.

-Suu's brother, also a sous-chef: hasn't seen a real paycheck in a month, has been given wads of cash, but it's not enough and he's about to burn down his kitchen.

[East Coast Hustle]

nah, one of these jobs is corporate so no problem there, the other one has been around for 70 years and 30 years in it's current incarnation and has a very strong clientele base, so no problem there either.

It's apparently got the best food of any gay bar in town and is a destination restaurant for any gay casual diner who comes to PDX. Niche markets are a good gig to be in given the current economic climate.

[Kai]

So....you'll be a superstar...at the gay bar?

[LMNO]

So....you'll be a superstar...at the gay bar?

[East Coast Hustle]

yes. yes I will.

and at risk of promoting a stereotype, in my experience older gay men are more into being foodies and will make a point to reward a restaurant with word-of-mouth advertising if that restaurant consistently gives them good food and a welcoming atmosphere. If you're gonna pick a niche clientele to pin your restaurant's financial hopes on, that's the one you want to pick.

also, their beer league softball team is two-time defending league champs, and RCH can swing a muthafuckin' bat, yo.

[East Coast Hustle]

also also, they have really well-done shaded pencil drawings all over the walls of bears in various states of undress. I imagine the looks on the faces of the occasional accidental straight guy who comes in for a beer and notices them are pretty fucking priceless.

[Kai]

Right on.

[Reginald Ret]

O O O O pick that one!

[LMNO]

Now I want to visit Washington state.

[East Coast Hustle]

OK, but when you do you should also come visit me...in Oregon.

[Dysfunctional Cunt]

I still think you should go on Hell's Kitchen and kick Gordon Ramsey's ass......

But seriously good job.  I hope you get to choose, that's a lot more fun.

[LMNO]

OK, but when you do you should also come visit me...in Oregon.

Ah.

  <-- LMNO