i have a personal life and a work life and im a god damn professional

well, maybe the title will say it all, but you can all probibly guess where this post is going.
I really do not enjoy getting harped on or harassed by people outside of work.
There is a reason why I go to work and its to escape my personal life. I like to make money, but its also a good way to kill time and meet a lot of interesting people. especially if you work in the restaurant world.  Theres a reason I leave all of my work related issues at the back door. Guess what that is, maybe perhaps? Its god damn annoying to have your 'friends' tell you what to do and how to run your life based on shit that has happened at another restaurant. Maybe this 'friend' happened to work with the chef of the restaurant previously, and has something to say to me about how i conducted myself at his former bosses establishment.
I'm totally fine with that, but if you think that doing so while im at the bar singing kareoke with my friends is acceptable professional behaviour you've got another thing coming. I've lost some good friends this way. They have some incredible ego to stoke and I really don't want to be a part of that behaviour. People are way too hung up on looking cool, looking awesome and generally being a fucking rock star. The only place for rock stars is on stage, playing hair metal where they belong.

People like to focus too much on the image their restaurant is portraying. This is a very important aspect of any conceptual restaurant but you really can't just be an image and not a real person. I have style and I'm also a unique individual. Nobody skateboards like me, nobody cooks like me and nobody plays the guitar exactly like me. There are so many things that have influenced me. In my cooking, I look towards my former chefs Alex Svenne and Scott Bagshaw. I use my experiences in Japan to shape and also influence the flavors That I develop within certain dishes. I look to my parents for their take on morals and ethics like most people do.
I play guitar the same way my dad has been playing his whole life. He was influenced by the blues. Robert Johnson, BB king, The Beatles, Elvis, The Beach Boys and the Ramones. Thats the type of music i grew up listening to. My dad was cool enough to actually just listen to that stuff without being a pretentous knob. Yeah, guess what... I most definately listened to the ramones before you did. I also listened to Beck before you did, because I got made fun for doing so in grade nine. The only person that knew what was going on was Brodie Sanderson and he's one of  the few people I talk to from high school still.

I have my own image, and its not based on what ive seen on tv. Tv is a make believe world where hundreds of people get killed constantly on the other side of the world. Planes crash, storms rage and all the while we north americans sit on our asses, eat copious amounts of free food, throw out way too much food and just generally get our lives handed to us on a platter.

I work for what I get and I'm proud to say that I can work, and still help out within my community. Once you realize that you are insignificant, then you can start to do something to change this world. Once people that you have never met mean more to you than your friends... thats when you can make a difference.