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If you go to a fast-casual restaurant that serves rice bowls (Poke, Mediterranean, Mexican, etc.)Do you eat it as is or stir everything with a fork first
As is
Stir it with a fork
I’ve never been to such a place (see results)
Shake Shack x Little Italy x San Diego.
“SmokeShack”: cheeseburger with applewood smoked bacon and chopped cherry peppers, cheese fries, and a cookies and cream milkshake.
if i just keep moving, maybe i can escape the tired?
in all seriousness, i'm doing surprisingly better than i expected after working my office job 9-5 then at the restaurant til 11:45 and back at [virtual] office as of 8:30 this morning. closing at the restaurant tonight too.
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yesterday my general manager told me i'm a good worker & he appreciates me. that was nice. until i heard we'll now be open to 11pm instead of 10:30 which means everything involved in closing (my usual shift) will be pushed back that much further & i'll get home that much later, which suucks.
like my body isn't sore and exhausted enough as it is (ED symptoms probably not helping)
work was decent, except that the Higher Ups were there and i got in trouble for having my headphones in and i took it way too personally than necessary//feel super guilty. in my head i'm like 'but i work harder than most people, and i still get things done so what's the big deal?' but i know it's the rule [no headphones] regardless of how good of a job i do so, i hope my GM didn't get in too much trouble for it and they still like me
i also brought in homemade cookies and my coworkers asked if i could make them edibles so...sure?
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