Ben, I hope you get promoted soon and begin to learn new things and gain a real foothold in
food preparation which is a coming career path. Personally, I find domestic dishwashing an
almost meditative practice. House guests comment, not in a derisive way, but as if they want
to sit and watch me. I really have it down to a transcendent moment. So your dishwashing days,
in my zen opinion, have not at all be wasted. Sometimes people are dismissive of what they
haven't taken time to understand and appreciate. All reverence and due respect to that modern
miracle, the automatic dishwasher.