So, I happen to spend most of my time in a grocery store bakery. Not complaining; I pretty much adore my job. However, a lot of people seem to think that all I do is stand behind a counter and write stuff on cakes. While I do both of those things sometimes, that's really only a tiny fraction of it. And like with all jobs, there's a fair amount that you only really learn when you actually get hired and have been working there for a while. Without further ado, here's a few of the little things I've learned while working in the bakery thus far:
1. Cake frosting makes an excellent hand moisturizer.
2. Cake frosting will also mercilessly stain your hands.
3. You can glance at a cake and know what kind of filling it has.
4. The bread slicer is not a slot machine.
5. There's a difference between French bread and baguettes.
6. The sprayer above the sink is a thing of terrible beauty.
7. You will warn people about the difference between chocolate chip and chocolate chunk cookies.
8. You will be able to get over a dozen loaves of bread into two bags in under two minutes flat.
9. People will often comment on your excellent willpower when it comes to being around sweets.
10. You will be able to memorize flip chart numbers, and sometimes they'll show up in your dreams.
Extra points if you dream about the numbers in Spanish.
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