To my fellow Cooks, Kitchen Managers, Chefs and everyone: I am irritated by the lack of respect for the field. It doesn't matter if you are burning yourself catching those fry baskets, or hurting your arms making 100s of dough balls or scones. I am so tired of trying to fight with the public on how we don't deserve a living wage. I have 15 years of experience and have been EVERYTHING in a restaurant. I have worked for some of the most famous Restaurants in Sacramento. And I am one of many. And we just asked that we are treated like the trade we are. I had to learn chemistry, Wine pairing with meats, the metric system and the arm strength to make the perfect biscuits (grating 10lbs of frozen butter by hand will do that). It's not easy, and most of us do it out of the love of the trade. But my love is slowly fading out of it because of the complaints of short staff and high wait times.