D.

This chef will wash dishes.

Rut

Employment

As a chef 30 years in the food business, I haven't found steady work in about three years. I get hired for occasional catering gigs but nothing on the books or steady enough to get our family on its feet. We own a home and my wife works so I can't get food stamps for the household.
To add insult to injury, my wife's pay has been cut for two years straight. She works 50 to 60 hours a week with no overtime, no opportunity to take vacation because the office is so short-staffed. Yeah, we're not just in a rut, we're going backwards.

Brooklyn