Video - UN: NotTechSupport

[helpdesk_hero]

Okay, I'm getting a bit tired of coming into the kitchens in the dorms and running into the scent of charred food. So I'm doing something. I'm offering cooking lessons for people still in the dorms. Or I will if there is suitable interest.

I can definitely get suggestions for what people want to learn to cook, so I will also take requests for recipes.

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video | un: cissie

[cisskabob]

David. Have you ever heard the phrase "you catch more flies with honey than vinegar"?

[helpdesk_hero]

Maybe some people just don't want to cook, Cissie.

[cisskabob]

I mean, maybe not. But clearly someone wants to cook who isn't that great at it, and I'm juuuust saying that maybe offering classes by leading with an insult is not the best PR move.

[helpdesk_hero]

I'm not the greatest at PR.

[He sighs and shakes his head. He's terrible at this.]

[cisskabob]

Well, for starters, I'd advise not beginning with insulting your prospective students. I mean, Gordon Ramsay can get away with it because everyone knows who he is and what his credentials are. You need a reputation if you're gonna jump right into calling people idiot sandwiches.

[helpdesk_hero]

Which I didn't do.

[cisskabob]

Not literally, no, but the general message is kind of the same. You get what I'm trying to say, right? Next time try to offer without insulting or putting down the people you're trying to target. Maybe explain what makes you someone they should trust to teach them. Put on a demonstration. Make a video, add some music, offer free samples. People love free food. They don't love being told they suck.

[helpdesk_hero]

[He doesn't have time to be a pseudo-youtube cooking host.]

I'll try. But it seems like I won't have people looking to learn anyway.

[cisskabob]

Why do you say that? Because people aren't jumping to admit that they burned the food and irritated you? Would you jump to ask for lessons if the positions were reversed?

video | un: mason

[merged]

What is there you don't know? [ He could be one of those people that brags about knowledge they don't have but he hasn't really struck her as the type. She's impressed and more than a little curious. ]

Re: video | un: mason

[helpdesk_hero]

Quite a few things. My dad was a chef. I picked up his skills along the way.

[merged]

[ Huh. That explains why he might be so bothered by burned food enough to offer lessons. ]

You could solve your problem by just visiting one of the other kitchens. Third floor is usually fine and it'd probably end up being the same amount of work as trying to teach. [ Not when you consider things in the long term, Heather. ]

[helpdesk_hero]

It's bad for a stove to have things happen to them like water boiling over. I'm trying to help. Which seems to be pointless.

[merged]

Who're you trying to help here? Them, the stove, or yourself? [ She's mostly joking. She'd also argue the pointlessness of it but then she'd have to admit she didn't know that about stoves. ]

[helpdesk_hero]

All of the above. Just like when I was teaching you mixed drinks. It helped all of us.

[What, is it wrong for him to be helpful? And maybe try and find some more company?]

[merged]

[ She laughs beneath her breath. The hero Dualis didn't know it desperately needed. ]

I'll make sure to let the stove know to send you its gratitude. [ Not her customers, though. No, may they forever be in the dark that her knowledge extends beyond just easy to serve beer. ]

[helpdesk_hero]

[It takes all kinds, Heather.]

I'm sure stomachs would send me the gratitude too. I will win the heart of this city through its stomach? Ah, maybe that's the angle that people should be taking.

[firacrux]

It sure ain't my cooking that's charred.

[helpdesk_hero]

And how can I be certain of that?

[firacrux]

Should I care if you are? You the kitchen police? I'm gonna need to see your badge officer.

[helpdesk_hero]

I'll have one made. And the answer is I'm a pro-quality chef and hoping to prevent instances of people setting the building on fire.

[firacrux]

Ain't a damn pro-quality chef in the world offers lessons for free. I smell bullshit.

[helpdesk_hero]

I smell a building not burning down. More than that too. I see cooking utensils not being ruined.

Don't believe me? Come up to the third floor kitchen. I'm doing margarita chicken tonight.

[firacrux]

Whoever cooks on your floor sounds like a nightmare.

Fine. I'll have a look. But I'm laughin' in your face when it turns out you're the one burnin' everything.

[helpdesk_hero]

I haven't burned a single bit of food since I was fourteen.