re: Is substance abuse or abusive relationships required for food industry work?

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what in the world kind of horseshite is this? please elaborate lol. This is the worst sneak attack on NOLA I may have ever seen

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In most places service industry is something you do until about 25 or 30 and then you age out.

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In most places service industry is something you do until about 25 or 30 and then you age out.

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Tell me you don't eat at nice restaurants without telling me you don't eat at nice restaurants.

And smoking

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In most places service industry is something you do until about 25 or 30 and then you age out.

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You sweet child. Go to higher end restaurants in the top 20 restaurant cities in the country and get back to us on this.

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Is substance abuse or abusive relationships required for food industry work?

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Not sure, but smoking seems to be

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But if you think about them, many work shifts that may be 11:00AM until 11:00PM.

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if they work 2 shifts in a day, sure. But they also aren’t doing that 5 days a week every week either. I work from 8 to around 6 M-F, do a little work from home every night and work a couple hours in Sundays. I wouldn’t say I work “long hours” but that’s still 55-60 a week.

My sister has worked in the food service industry for like 15 years. I think this long hours thing is being exaggerated. They work late, not necessarily long, hours. Most of them are not working more than 40 hours a week on the clock

I hate those shows. People like Gordon Ramsey and his constant berating of the staff drives me nuts. Having been in the service industry for quite some time, I can tell you that if you talk to your kitchen the way those idiots do on those shows, you won’t have a kitchen. That’s especially true if you have a lot of Latinos working the line. They stick together and won’t put up with it.

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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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I did 6 years at a white tablecloth French Quarter restaurant in HS and college. I had a ton of fun and made good money, but knew I wasn’t in it for the long haul.

My brother was not so lucky. Took him a decade to figure it out.

I mean, watch this video and tell me you wouldnt do the same if this was your job

LINK

I have been working in restaurants/bars for a very long time without a drug habit, nor do I drink on the clock.

People like me aren't unicorns neither.