#76 - Griffin Daniel talks restaurant industry secrets, dangerous workplaces, and Flock cameras

For episode #76 of Good Times, Noodle Salad, Matt and Paige sit down with comedian Griffin Daniel for a nearly four-hour conversation that goes absolutely everywhere.Griffin shares wild stories from more than two decades working in restaurants, including dangerous kitchen accidents, gas leaks, grease disasters, meat slicer injuries, terrible bosses, and the strange reality of being a skilled cook while servers can sometimes make more in a weekend. Matt and Griffin compare the chaos and safety culture of restaurant kitchens and construction sites, debate whether getting yelled at can actually keep people alive, and talk about the people who show up to a job thinking they know everything.The conversation also gets into Flock cameras and privacy, government overreach, workplace surveillance, weird hospital experiences, scars, comedy, music, Chef, Dave Matthews Band, GWAR, and the search for purpose in whatever you do.It’s a long one, a funny one, and full of the kind of stories that probably shouldn’t be told on a podcast—but we’re glad they were.Good Times, Noodle Salad is a Metro Detroit podcast hosted by Matt and Paige, featuring comedians, musicians, creators, and interesting people with stories worth telling.Support the show