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Having worked in the food services industry for quite a long time now, we know quite well how a kitchen ought to be properly run. It means always having ingredients on hand, communicating effectively with the wait staff, and, of course, never letting your workspace become too hectic. But look what’s happened: there are too many cooks in the kitchen sink, and now we’re stuck here and we can’t get out.
This is a problem with which most chefs are all too familiar. First one cook enters the kitchen sink, then another jumps in right after, and pretty soon you’ve got eight or ten cooks in the kitchen sink, and there’s not enough room to move around. Two or three cooks in the kitchen sink makes sense. Four or five cooks in the kitchen sink, and you’re pushing it. But six, seven, or even eight cooks in the kitchen sink? Talk about a disaster! When so many cooks crowd into the sink, you’re bound to get stuck.
One means of preventing overcrowding would be to expand the size of your kitchen sink. Some models, though more expensive, are designed to hold ten, fifteen, even twenty chefs at a time. Had we upgraded when we had the chance, we likely would have avoided our current predicament. Another option would be to buy multiple regular-sized sinks for your kitchen. That way, each sink could hold three or four chefs, and there would be enough so that each chef could get into the sink of his or her choosing.
We, however, were ill-prepared for such a situation. Now all the food we’re making is going to spoil, and all of our patrons will have grumbly tummies all night long on account of not having been fed. The waiters, unsure of where the cooks went, will grow restless and eventually abandon their duties. Worst of all, the mayor was meant to dine with us tonight, and now he and his colleagues will be sorely disappointed not to receive any of our fine cuisine.
This is a sad day, for we are stuck in the sink, never to get out. Our cries for help have fallen on deaf ears. Though we have an endless supply of water, we will soon run out of food within arms reach, and within several months will perish. Our families will miss us, our employees will be out of work, and our town will lose several of its most talented chefs. All because there were too many cooks in the kitchen sink.
Learn from our mistake, reader. When it comes to kitchen sinks, keep the number of cooks inside to a minimum!
