Knives & hot plates

About a week
before
the head chef went
missing
on a month drinking bender,
I had to keep calm
& hold the operation up;
he had taken to antagonizing
our dishwasher
by throwing hot plates,
skillets right off the eye
& even a few
freshly sharpened
knives___
assisting hangovers
they gained together
in nights before rushes
we all should have expected;
yet___
each ticket
was still met on time
as he screamed
until
the dishwasher
cried:
I QUIT!!!