The Job Arrives
The diner lands in a new place. You wake up. The chalkboard is different. The recipe cards are new. On the kitchen rail, there are order tickets addressed to you.
This is your job.
The job is your session. It’s what the diner showed up to do. Why you’re here, what the client needs, where you’re going to find ingredients, how much time you have to pull it off.
Four card flips build the job. One card per question. Write everything on an index card and put it in the middle of the table. This is your contract with the diner. Your north star for the next hour.
The Four Flips
1. Who’s Hiring? (Client)
Flip a card. This is who hired you. What they want. Why they came to your diner.
2. What’s the Occasion? (Event)
Flip a card. This is the event. The celebration, the emergency, the reason they need you specifically.
3. Where Are You? (Location)
Flip a card. This is the place. Where the diner landed. Where you’ll explore for ingredients. What the world looks like.
4. How Much Time? (Urgency)
Flip a card. This is the countdown. How many exploration flips you get. How pressed you are. The pressure that shapes your day.
The Job Card
Write everything on an index card.
CLIENT: [What you wrote]
EVENT: [What you wrote]
LOCATION: [What you wrote]
URGENCY: [How many exploration flips]This card stays in the middle of the table for the entire session. When you’re exploring and forget why you’re out there, read it. When you’re cooking and need to remember the occasion, read it. The job card is your anchor.