“Let us now consider the human soul, which while in the body is subject to ills and suffering, a prey to griefs, lusts, fears, and evils of every kind, whose body is a “chain” or a “tomb” and the realm of sense a “cave” or a “grotto.” That it should be thus does not go counter to the preceding; it is simply that the causes of its descent are different.” Plotinus
After the joy of starting our own restaurant, we ran into some personnel issues with Bob, our cook, who was a key member of our restaurant work group. Bob had a history of alcohol abuse but for a couple of years he seemed to have gotten control of it.
Then one night, I received another call about Bob and this time I picked him and took him to Providence Hospital’s Detox center to have him enter a rehab program. I committed to re-hiring him after he completed the two-month onsite program. In the meantime, I hired Marty who was a good cook, came with good recommendations but had another type of addiction. Marty’s work tenure seemed to be relatively short; often just a few months. But my experience with cooks is that they tend to fluidly move from one restaurant to another often following a favorite chef. And I really only needed him until Bob got out of rehab.
Marty was a good-looking surfer-like dude. He was out-going, personable, and loved women. Pretty much all women. And, it seems, they liked Marty. Being in the hospitality industry, I thought having a friendly persona would be a good thing. It turns out that it’s possible to be too friendly and Marty may have demonstrated that trait. In western society it is generally accepted, I believe, that men should only have one wife. At least only one at a time. I’m not sure how many wives Marty had, because there were multiple girl-friends in addition to his wives. And as I learned, the women in his life were more likely the cause of his frequent moves. Shortly before he resigned from my restaurant, he confided in me that he found it very hard to say no to a beautiful woman. By the time it was time for Marty to move on, Bob was out of re-hab.
Husbandry 