Breakfast at work.

"For you?" says Laurence the short-order cook at work... This guy is amazing. I guess I've just never actually witnessed a short-order cook create hundreds of customized breakfasts a day in such a short period of time. He's not necessarily fast but his technique is flawless and makes for an entertaining display of culinary dexterity.

"... and for you?"
"I"ll have a Denver omellete, no tomatoes, swiss cheese but not a lot and easy on the oil...", says a hungry customer...
"ok, and you?" repeats Laurence while lookin at the next customer in line.
"I'll have a breakfast burrito, no cheese, no salsa and extra sausage..."
"...and you sir?" Laurence says to another waiting customer as he swings to the ingredients cart and grabs a handful of semi-chopped bell peppers.

"umm, I'm not sure...let's see..."

It didn't seem to matter to Laurence that the customer wasn't sure about what he wanted for breakfast. He simply spread out a finely flattened egg pancake, threw a combination of onions and ham on the fryer and followed by some sausage and poured a little more oil on the fryer.

He swung back to his chopping table and with four quick chopping motions had diced bell peppers for the Denver omellete and threw those into the ham and onion mix. The customer still wasn't sure what he wanted... Laurence then stretched out over the grill to grab a handfull of pre-fried bacon and set it next to frying sausage.

"ok Laurence, can I have a.... oh, I'll just have some oatmeal..."
"ok..." says the hurried cook as he swiftly swings back to fryer to turn over the frying bell peppers, onions and mushroom combination and reaches over to another counter to grab a large styrofoam cup. He reaches into a large steaming pot of oatmeal, carefully fills the styrofoam cup and with a smile hands it to the customer that requested it.

"here you go sir, there's some brown sugar and cinammon down here if you like, some people like to throw a pinch of salt in it--but that's up to you..."

Amazing, despite his rush orders for breakfast, he still had time to give the customer instructions on the proper way to prepare oatmeal.

He made the finishing touches to the steaming breakfast burrito and Denver omellete, carefully placed them in styrofoam containers and handed them to customers, all with a smile and a complimentary salutation.

"here you are--have a good weekend..."
"yes sir, for you?"

And the cycle continues for Laurance the cafeteria cook,