I have stress dreams about working in a restaurant all the time! It’s insane. I haven’t worked the line in almost 10 years at this point, yet I still have nightmares that the tickets are overflowing.

> Do you do recreational drugs? Are you an alcoholic? Do you have a criminal record? Are you in the country illegally? If no, how are you going to deal with the fact that 75% of your coworkers meet one if not all of those criteria?

This resonates so much. I was never able to connect in any long term sense with my coworkers due to these reasons. Not getting drunk or doing other drugs after my shift meant that I wasn’t bonding with my coworkers.