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re: Is substance abuse or abusive relationships required for food industry work?
Posted on 1/10/23 at 5:01 pm to udtiger
Posted on 1/10/23 at 5:01 pm to udtiger
I worked in restaurants for 7 years and I can tell you once you get in that life cycle of partying all night and sleeping most of the day it’s not easy to break for some
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Posted on 1/10/23 at 5:03 pm to udtiger
I’ve been in Foodservice 30 years. Never had either. I’ve known lots that have though
Posted on 1/10/23 at 5:05 pm to baldona
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But even tons of head chefs work long shitty hours and have shite lives outside of work because of that.
I read somewhere that the life expectancy of a chef is nearly a decade less than average.
Posted on 1/10/23 at 5:05 pm to Germantiger001
You work a shite ton of hours, typically late at night and on weekends. Almost always, for like $10/hour.
Why on Earth would you sign up for that if you had other options?
Why on Earth would you sign up for that if you had other options?
Posted on 1/10/23 at 5:45 pm to udtiger
For the most part, yes. I worked as a line cook in college, and me and this one other guy were the only ones that didn’t do anything harder than the devil’s lettuce. Cocaine, snorting zannies and klonopin, etc. It’s a pretty unhealthy line of work. Pretty fun work, though.
Posted on 1/10/23 at 5:47 pm to JohnnyKilroy
quote:so I need to double that policy on my husband?
I read somewhere that the life expectancy of a chef is nearly a decade less than average.
Posted on 1/14/23 at 11:23 pm to The Top G
$10 / hour? That’s in the rear view. My dishwashers are doing better than that
Posted on 1/15/23 at 12:40 am to udtiger
Running shoes are not required for running, but they effen help. Drug and alcohol abuse is the same in the restaurant industry.
Posted on 1/15/23 at 1:33 am to The Top G
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You work a shite ton of hours, typically late at night and on weekends.
Are they really working more total hours than someone with a normal job? I kind of doubt it.
Posted on 1/15/23 at 6:45 am to udtiger
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Is substance abuse or abusive relationships required for food industry work?
No, but people with those types of personality traits are often attracted to the service industry lifestyle for the lack of discipline required, relative ease of finding work and lack of responsibility required. There are many who use the industry because it can pay great compared to other jobs that can be obtained with similar experience but there is usually a pretty solid line in most places between the total frick ups and the people who have their shite together.
Posted on 1/15/23 at 7:55 am to Deactived
I dated a girl that waited tables while in school. This was a high-end restaurant in Buckhead, and she and the staff made a LOT of money. They’d head across the street and drink and smoke until that place closed, and some would just move on from there. Cash gone.
Now, not all are like that, I know, but it’s definitely a lifestyle.
Now, not all are like that, I know, but it’s definitely a lifestyle.
Posted on 1/15/23 at 8:03 am to lsufball19
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I kind of doubt it.
And you would be wrong
Posted on 1/15/23 at 8:05 am to udtiger
Don’t be hating, I just couldn’t get a better job at the time.
This post was edited on 1/15/23 at 12:54 pm
Posted on 1/15/23 at 8:22 am to baldona
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Pretty much most of the 'lifers' in the industry get there by bad choices
My story.
Posted on 1/15/23 at 8:55 am to udtiger
It is indeed a lifestyle decision. I am talking about a well known moderate to upscale fine dining establishment in a place like New Orleans. Your life is the restaurant. You work long hours and work when the majority is not working. It is the one career where you have to be on your A game every day in order to maintain a reputation. It is high stress at peak times and demanding. For the people who cannot handle that but love the life, they turn to drugs.
Also, at the end of the night and it's time to unwind, you hang out with your co workers getting boozed, or drugged up.
I enjoyed the work in HS and College. I highly respect the professional waiter/chef/bartender who take pride in their job.
Also, at the end of the night and it's time to unwind, you hang out with your co workers getting boozed, or drugged up.
I enjoyed the work in HS and College. I highly respect the professional waiter/chef/bartender who take pride in their job.
This post was edited on 1/15/23 at 8:58 am
Posted on 1/15/23 at 8:57 am to udtiger
Yeah. Your server probably hit the vape or a joint with the busser by the dumpster while waiting on your food.
This post was edited on 1/15/23 at 8:58 am
Posted on 1/15/23 at 9:31 am to DownSouthCrawfish
I got so much arse back in the day in this shady underbelly world. Coworkers, customers, lifers to co-eds, 18y/o to 40s, all across the spectrum. Ridiculous amounts, ridiculous. Not even fair to rest of you to be honest. I apologize
Posted on 1/15/23 at 9:37 am to Germantiger001
Wages took a big jump with labor crunch. I start at $14 and have some making $20/hr. Many of them are learning ahat inflation is now
Posted on 1/15/23 at 9:43 am to notiger1997
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And you would be wrong
Would I? How so? How many actual works hours per week does a server think he works? This doesn’t include the hours after work they spend partying.
Posted on 1/15/23 at 9:45 am to Mariner
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am talking about a well known moderate to upscale fine dining establishment in a place like New Orleans. Your life is the restaurant. You work long hours and work when the majority is not working. It is the one career where you have to be on your A game every day in order to maintain a reputation. It is high stress at peak times and demanding. For the people who cannot handle that but love the life, they turn to drugs.
Hence why New Orleans is behind other cities… not many functional cities have “professional” service industry
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