Datacenter Confidential #1
The Weeds If you've read, and you should (even must), Kitchen Confidential , you know a little about being in "the weeds." If you haven't, shame on you. But being in "the weeds" is something everyone, regardless of their profession, will encounter from time to time. For Tony Bourdain, being In The Weeds may be a night where a line cook called off sick (or in jail, or God knows what else), a Salamander broiler is broken, the dish-washing machine is stuck, and the orders are backing up. Soon, you find yourself so mired in everything going wrong at once that you just can't get your head above water. This is "in the weeds." Today/yesterday, I was in the shit. Deep. 6am, Tuesday June 12, 2007. The alarm on my cell phone goes off for the first time. I'm still in a vodka and bad sleep induced fog. I hit snooze. 6:08am I'm still not ready to get up, but I know I have an inevitable appointment at 9am with a vendor and I can't reschedule with...