Who really runs the restaurant

Anyone who doubts this has never been on shift when the line cooks are such dicks the dishwasher walks out.

He has a very important point. I recently recognized that I looked down upon to the cleaning part of cooking. Then I just started to think of doing the dishes and cleaning the kitchen as part of cooking. And my life just got easier. Appreciating work goes a long way, even internally.

I mean if they're so integral to running that business and making sure everything else works in sync, why tf aren't they paid to reflect that level of importance that their role fills?

if dishwasher made as much as a server, they would not call out

If it's so important pay them better.

Almost nobody says "they're too good" for stuff like this, just that they couldn't have the lifestyle they want while earning crap pay.

Worked a lot of kitchen jobs. Washing dishes was the most fun since I didn’t have to deal with the waiters, cooks or customers. Get stuff clean and restocked. Loved it.

Then pay them what they are worth and we can stop having this conversation.

Started my professional life as a dishwasher for Ponderosa Steakhouse. I remember walking in at 1pm with no dishwasher all morning. Dishes stacked to the ceiling. At first it seemed insurmountable. Day by day I wanted to quit every time I walked in. Leaving with swamp ass and my inner thighs rubbed raw from being wet and moving non-stop. Getting my ass beat for 8 hours for 7.50 an hour. By the time I moved on 3 years later, that same stack of dishes was nothing. Something that used to take me all day to catch up on, I could get done in an hour or 2.

Everyone should work a food service job and retail at least once. Shit will really put things in perspective for you for what people are dealing with.

I preach this all the time.