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No sick days in the restaurant biz

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Keith R. Higgons
Oct 01, 2013
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me. sick. as a kid.

No sick days in the restaurant biz

One summer during college, I had three jobs. I worked at a bookstore, overnight at a gas station and weekends expediting at an Italian restaurant (for those unfamiliar, this is typically the person who preps and organizes the food before the server delivers it). It was pretty hellish and I never knew …

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