What's it like being a cook in the restaurant industry?

Become a shake machine repairman. You'll have more work thsn you can handle.

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Edit: Misread oops

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Yeah, I was really confused

You’ll definitely work around a lot of people who do drugs, not sure about the “college kids” part.

Are you familiar with the batwing?

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It is for a while. Working a kitchen line at a bustling restaurant is actually a great rush. The job turns into drudgery pretty quickly, though, in having to set it up and break it all down, day after day after day.

In your 40s, I suppose you could do it for a while. Seems like it would be rather tough break into at that point with zero background. I think you would tire of it rather quickly, though.

I still often long to go work a shift or two.

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I'm pretty active and may not seem like it but doing windshields all day can even be pretty rough. Granted I get a chance to sit down while driving to and from jobs so it isn't necessarily standing up solid for 8-10 hours. I'm fairly immature for my age so I feel I may can do ok with college age kids. I've always just been curious about it, seems fun watching them yell and holler in the back, singing, and joking around.

cooked professionally for a littl more than twenty years. Just got out a few years ago. Im just about 50. Ive worked in all sorts of places, but fine dining was my niche. Its a young mans game, and most of the people you will work with are young.(18-30) That said I can work circles around them. Long hours and the pay sucks unless your willing to dedicate 80 hours a week to it. I wanted out for a long time and was offered one a few years back, took it and didnt look back. Miss it occasionally, but its fleeting

Worked as a line cook, expeditor, prep cook, etc at several restaurants in the 1980’s. I still tell people today that I never worked harder for less money, but if you’re young and single, it can be a lot of fun. It’s also where I learned how to cook almost everything.

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cooked professionally for a littl more than twenty years. Just got out a few years ago. Im just about 50. Ive worked in all sorts of places, but fine dining was my niche

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I don’t know why but I’ve always found that fascinating. Especially cooks in fine dining industry. One of the fireman I work with cooked fine dining before getting online and I enjoy hearing his stories. I would just want to do it 2-3 days a week

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why not try Uber or Lyft???.

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I have gotten to the point in life I hate driving

I did it for a few years when I was in high school/ college. It can be hard work at times but I did like most of the people I worked with. Being in the kitchen, you have a bit more leeway to goof off since you aren’t interacting with customers. Everyone is going to be a lot younger/ more immature than you and do drugs. The only people who I ever saw come through the kitchen that were older than 30 were lifelong frickups that were one step away from being homeless. They usually didn’t last long before they quit showing up.