00:03wow Brooklyn on a Saturday is
00:12hi are you ready to order
00:21biscuit wedge salad our hamburger
00:28sandwich so we're not just here at Gage
00:30and tolner for me to have an amazing
00:32solo lunch I wanted to understand how a
00:35restaurant runs through the lens of the
00:38dishwasher the dishwasher is arguably
00:40one of the most important jobs at a
00:42restaurant and a dish pit basically
00:45keeps a restaurant running and Gage and
00:46tolner has an amazing dishwasher named
00:48Dre how you doing boss man so I'm here
00:51to meet him and find out how he does his
00:53job how was everything it was all so
00:56good I think I'm going to take my own
00:57dishes down so I can meet Dre but
01:00everything was amazing
01:03fantastic Busters they have a hard
01:08job all right Hi D hello I'm K I'm dvon
01:12it's nice to meet you I got a stack of
01:15dirty dishes we just place it down right
01:17here first the utensils they're going to
01:19go inside of the big boy right here and
01:21SCS we have this little small garbage
01:23here and Gua you've got quite a control
01:27center here yeah you see what I'm
01:30it's great timing cuz it's Saturday so
01:33you know it's crazy busy on Saturday
01:34busy lunch busy dinner busy lunch busy
01:37dinner you are so tall yeah right like
01:4065s like do I stop growing like plus the
01:43Hat height it adds like another inch or
01:45to yeah I look like a mannequin doing
01:47this right how was the food was it was
01:50it good was it Lov it was so good oh my
01:52God what time did you get in at 12:30
01:56okay I go downstairs and I like to check
01:58downstairs first make sure that they
01:59didn't hide in anything from us
02:02sometimes it'd be dirty dishes down
02:03there going on up got to pick it up and
02:06you know bring it back up here cool
02:08surprisingly it's dead right now but
02:11around dinner time you're going to
02:12you're going to see it pick up really
02:23excited could you just walk me through
02:25the life cycle of a dish so it like
02:28starts here dirty and then where is it
02:30Go basically spray them down right here
02:32make sure we get it real nice and clean
02:34before we put it inside of this machine
02:36right here and it's just like a very hot
02:38dishwasher basically basically yes after
02:42we will organize it and put it back to
02:44where they belong this is where Keith
02:46comes in and Keith takes it to where it
02:48needs to go exactly you know this
02:50kitchen so well I saw you sorting the
02:53dishes out I mean that was amazing I
02:55know back of my hand give me the one
02:58that's hanging up you guys seem like
03:00you're a really good team yes
03:03please he's fast too you know that they
03:06say that about uh short
03:08people they move faster than us it's all
03:11jokes we all we all laugh and cackle
03:13here it's nothing personal was your all
03:16you just making me this small you and
03:18Keith could have like a great like buddy
03:20comedy oh yeah Keith he's the comedian
03:23out here ain't nobody safe for Keith
03:25when you wash dishes it's nice to have a
03:27guy with a sense of humor exactly going
03:29to stay with that I'm staying with that
03:31that's golden who knows the kitchen
03:34better I did you keep it here
03:42longer how do you know where everything
03:44they're not labeled how do you know
03:45that's the tricky part I had to study it
03:48and you literally just by heart know
03:50okay what's in this one that one is uh
03:53the song nice where are the fish
03:56spatulas fish spatulas yeah this one
03:58right here damn you're good we have the
04:01pots just sitting right there you got to
04:02announce yourself exactly say behind
04:04behind Corner coming up right
04:07behind going on up coming up we're going
04:10to head up to the suck Harbor you guys
04:12have any dishes for me I do not this is
04:15the sunken Harbor kitchen it is not open
04:18right now currently forgot to take the
04:20garbage out going on down how many times
04:23are you climbing the stairs every chance
04:25I get when it's clear or if I have to
04:27get the dishes from downstairs be every
04:2920 minutes every 20 minutes that means
04:31you're going up and down the stairs like
04:3330 times yeah it's a workout coming down
04:36so it's pastry station it's prep we have
04:39a variety of different stations down
04:40here wow so you're going up and down up
04:42and down with wow so sunken Harbor
04:46pastry and the kitchen you're managing
04:48all of their dishes it's one pit but
04:50there's six or seven places you're
04:51pulling if you're not constantly working
04:54checking monitoring you stop the kitchen
04:57doesn't work it fills up going on up
05:01were you interested in the restaurant
05:02industry at an early age were you
05:04interested in food at an early age I
05:06wasn't I'll be honest um it all started
05:09off with just wanting a job in general I
05:12started packing bags at supermarkets and
05:14stuff like that just to make sure your J
05:17like the first side hustle as a young
05:18kid that couldn't apply for jobs then I
05:20ended up performing on subway train
05:22stations I was one of the tallest people
05:25that was dancing in the subway sure I
05:27had one unique move that no one still
05:28does unique they swing they ankles from
05:32the top of the the middle railing it's
05:35like a swing like a 3:00 to a 9:00 swing
05:39that takes some core strength but now
05:40you don't do that anymore I got arrested
05:42for dancing on a train like three times
05:44and couldn't do it again so how did you
05:47get this job this job I was recommended
05:49for my brother he was a great worker
05:51here he was starting off as a dish ended
05:54up doing prep work so it was super
05:56amazing how he can just shift like that
05:58you know I admired that a lot and if I'm
06:00here long enough and I'm committed I can
06:02level up here and I can end up a lion
06:14day hey bring them on
06:21in hi can R some little through oh yes I
06:30Dre's been working for a little over 3
06:32hours now he's moving dishes from at
06:34least a half a dozen parts of the
06:36kitchen he's fast so so so so so fast if
06:40he can't keep up the kitchen just
06:41doesn't work and this place does not
06:43close before dinner Service as chaotic
06:46things feel now I think they're about to
06:47get even more chaotic right coming up
06:50corner behind how's it going it's going
06:53very well so far it must be almost time
06:55for family meal right 4:00 is family
06:58that's also when it starts picking up so
06:59that's the great time to start seeing
07:03looks I'mma run water you can bring them
07:14yeah what's he working on he has to uh
07:17clean that Grill oh my god when these
07:20guys are shifting mid shift like at
07:22around 4:00 they bring this grill that
07:24they were using since this morning we
07:26clean it real good and we uh bring it
07:30is it meditative for you to scrape the
07:33off yes cuz I kind of like know how to
07:36get it yeah you know how to get in there
07:38yeah it's a proprietary technique you've
07:46yeah I honestly think I could watch you
07:49clean this grill for like
07:51hours this is very relaxing for
07:56me oh oh sorry sorry sorry just Miz
07:59watching him clean the grill this say s
08:02with the gloves by the time I'm ready to
08:05go home my hands just pale and wrink oh
08:08what do they look like
08:10now they look pretty nice yes when I go
08:16ashy but that's really about it what a
08:19masterpiece and you did that so fast and
08:23in 2 hours you got to do it all over
08:24again yes but I'll be on my way home by
08:30Dre when do you think you're going be
08:31able to take family meal I feel like
08:32there's no LOLs it keeps going yeah it
08:34keeps going it's nonstop I can't abandon
08:37ke can't abandon ke can't leave
08:43what right sorry about that it's going
08:47to be done in the next two minutes I got
08:49you do you see your job as as as a
08:52difficult job no I I I've told everybody
08:56in the P this is an easy job and I know
08:59but you know you you see it as a
09:02otherwise as a hard job you know I see
09:04it as a hard job it's a lot coming your
09:05way you running up and down the stairs I
09:08look at that as just an exercise you put
09:10two and two together you just move at a
09:35metaphorically family meal beyond the
09:37meal itself it's like we're a family and
09:39we're all coming together it's hard to
09:42keep up with that and then go back into
09:44the kitchen to keep up with that the
09:46cooks and the preps continuously work
09:48the dishes are never put on Paws
09:54ke I'm going go ahead and check
09:56downstairs all right all
10:17voila so he opens up the elevator he
10:20takes the clean ones out he puts the
10:22dirty ones in the dirty ones goes up he
10:24cleans those he comes back down he gets
10:26more dirty ones and he puts back the
10:31and around and around he goes when are
10:33you going to eat Dre I'm worried I eat
10:35around like I'll say 4:30 that's when
10:37everybody pretty much got their food and
10:40my guys should already be coming in at
10:42that point are you the last person to
10:43have family meal usually I wouldn't say
10:45I was the last but I want of the last
10:47few people that what he is and if
10:49there's nothing left I just go buy
10:50myself some food outside I know it's all
10:54good you good over there you want to
10:56switch whenever you ready I'm going to
10:58get that stuff out the elev
10:59doesn't your shift end at 4: I got to
11:01stay till like 5 maybe
11:045:30 then I'm out it's okay I am
11:08out cuz the family meal is going to be
11:10coming in all the plates and the spoon
11:13and all of that the family meal that
11:15neither of you have partaken in yet
11:17that's okay we busy right
11:22now those are the family meal dishes
11:37oh don't threat me with a good
11:39time yeah this one's talking to
11:47me we're going to go and grab some food
11:49I got to make sure my energy is right
11:51before we go back into this tornado of a
11:53dish pit man we got to got to make sure
11:55we got our energy right all righty you
11:58guys have a great day
12:32that 33 rip SL hash spinach and ting
13:17Dre has been here for close to 6 hours
13:19now he is as energetic and smiley and
13:22excited as ever the scene in the dining
13:24room is it's filling up but the dishes
13:32Corner oh my God nowhere is safe in this
13:36kitchen Dre how's it going it's going
13:38really well it's like fully oh it's
13:41getting okay let's see what it gives
13:44let's see what it brings are you seeing
13:45it in the dishes being brought like is
13:47the is the Rhythm picking up for you a
13:50little bit it's kind of picking up a
13:52little bit more cool so surprised me you
13:55know honestly you all in the dish pit
13:57are like the heartbeat of this
13:59restaurant thank you so much leave me
14:02weet try what do you think makes a good
14:04dishwasher at this restaurant you got to
14:06be focused you got to do what we got to
14:08do and get it over with the work has to
14:10get done you have no option
14:13yeah what do you like the most about
14:15your job here it motivates me to see
14:18other people do the right thing or
14:20respect each other it gives me a
14:22perspective that I've been truly looking
14:24for since I was a young
14:26child or came in early I'll be out about
14:29like N I got a nicer tomorrow
14:33team the teamwork shows here it really
14:36does you got to be there for each other
14:38that's what it's about it's about that
14:40way in life in general I really love
14:47agree what do you think is the job of
14:50the dish pit in the broader
14:52restaurant the top and the bottom is the
14:54most important parts of keeping a system
14:57running you got to make sure sure that
14:59every dish in this place is washed just
15:01as much as it's food on the table two
15:04mix greens she crab soup chicken Le you
15:09see how Sydney she takes her job super
15:11seriously that's very very
15:14important in the end we all go into
15:16battle with each other it is a family
15:19regardless of where you come from or
15:21what your role is or what you're doing
15:23we're all helping each other to get the
15:25product out and to make the guests happy
15:29in a kitchen it always feels like there
15:31is a hierarchy and the dishwasher is
15:34very much at the bottom of that
15:35hierarchy and yet they play this very
15:39role traditionally the hierarchical
15:42system that exists in kitchens it's kind
15:44of there for a reason that doesn't mean
15:46that every job shouldn't be respected
15:49we're all spending countless hours here
15:51and particularly in the dish area it is
15:54thankless but also no job is lesser than
15:59other could you ever see yourself
16:01heading up a kitchen like Sydney I
16:04believe that's very possible I told them
16:06even when I started if you guys need
16:08anything like a bus or a server or
16:10anything like that I'm here you guys
16:12need a dishwasher I'm here I can be on
16:14any level of this place and show you
16:16guys that I'm 100% for this place what
16:19do you see for Dre where do you think he
16:21could fit in moving him more towards
16:24daytime so that he can start doing
16:26production with us learning how to work
16:28with another team that's probably the
16:30next step for him and I know he's very
16:38that shift is done shift is done from
16:4212:30 to 9:00 oh my God how do you feel
16:45uh feel a little little uh like I'm
16:48still generated I I still want to keep
16:50going tomorrow is going to happen fast
16:52and I'm just ready to return just back
16:54and do it all again tomorrow like I
16:59I'll see you tomorrow see you tomorrow
17:01you guys have a great
17:04night how do you feel about where you
17:06are in your life currently I'm not in a
17:09place that I want to be in life still
17:11living with my brothers I'm still living
17:13with my mom I'm 25 years old we not in a
17:16position we always want to be in in life
17:19not at the very moment can be a
17:21superstar overnight you have to keep on
17:24working on yourself until that
17:25opportunity comes your way so you can be
17:27ready for this opportunity
