Personality traits in The Life

[dave s.]

Sort of , which came first, the demi-monde or the attitude? Hard to tell, but one thing is certain: the restaurant atmosphere in general, especially BOH, does very little to discourage forms of behavior not often seen in other work settings. I had to listen to a young garde-manger all day and night...the kid is only on drugs some of the time, but he is full-time crazy...his bizarre stream-of- consciousness rantings and random loud noises and singing etc. would have seemed right at home in an asylum. Or a restaurant kitchen. And why not? He does a pretty good job, after all. And that's it for this kid. He's in The Life now-'cause any foray he makes into the straight world will seem like a repressive hell to him after this.