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can we talk about how people working in michelin star kitchens constantly LIE about their work times? they literally always say it's 18h/day non stop while in reality it's 10 hours max and those 18 hours are just for some shit special events that come once every 6 months or so. i'm fucking sick tired of it, why are we letting them off the hook all the time? it's literally impossible for a human being to work that much.

>> No.11686768

>>11686755
um, I don'r know, this has never come up in conversation for me

>> No.11686825

>>11686755
I know what you mean. It's like..... they think nobody else in the world has ever had a fucking job before. Like they're the only ones or something.

>> No.11686938

18 hours includes time spent selling and changing tires.

>> No.11686979

>>11686755
Because if they talk like it's a grueling hardship they can feel better about working a job for druggie burnouts.

>> No.11687082

>>11686755
>>11686825
t. NEETs

>> No.11687097

>>11686979
OP is talking about michelin star kitchens, not dennys. there are no junkies working in these places.

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>>11687097
>there are no junkies working in these places.

>> No.11687113

>>11687107
huh?

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>>11687097

>> No.11687131

>>11687107
>>11687114
i literally do not understand, you guys unironically think there are junkies working high functioning devoted to detail top kitchens in the world? it's not fucking dennys.

>> No.11687148

>>11687131
cocaine addicts abundant.

>> No.11687151

>>11687131
Junkies are everywhere. Even doctors are junkies.

>> No.11687166

>>11687151
excuse me, but it's much harder to be a junkie top tier cook than a junkie random doctor

>> No.11687231

>>11687151
This. The 'Father of modern surgery' William Halsted was addicted to both cocaine and morphine. He developed the process of the doctor's residency while abusing drugs (although legal at the time) and so modern doctors are expected to endure the same non-stop working conditions as someone constantly high on coke.

>>11687166
You have no idea what you're even talking about. Kitchens of all sizes and prestige are rampant with drug and alcohol abusers due to the working conditions. Cocaine is pretty much mandatory if you want to compete.

>> No.11687272

>>11687113
based huh poster

>> No.11688033

>>11686755
it depends on where you are tbqh
I did a trial at Ramsay's, and those guys do work 7am to midnight most days, and bloody hard at that.
Much the same at the Ledbury, Bibendum, and a few places in London
I work out in Bray now, and do 8am till about 11pm, five days a week. Suits me fine and I get a little break if I push enough in the morning.

As to how anyone can humanly do it; passion, delusion, cocaine, and coffee are most common motivators

>>11687131
not too many opiate users, but plenty of high-functioning cokeheads, alkies, and stoners can be found in some of the best restaurants on the planet

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>>11687097
>there are no junkies working in these places.

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>>11687097

>> No.11688747

>>11688033
Bullshit. You get 5 hours of sleep 5 days a week?

>> No.11688751

>>11688747
Why is that so hard to believe? Do you seriously think most people operate on an uninterrupted 8 hour sleeping schedule?

>> No.11688755

>>11686755
>literally
>X2
Faggot and a retard, OP.

>> No.11688796

>>11687166
The top banana can do it on autopilot if the menu is moderately repetitive.

>> No.11689145

>>11688747
im a sous chef and not who you asked but yeah, I work sometime 80-95 hrs a week

>> No.11689153

>in reality it's 10 hours max
it was more like 14 hours to me. got in at 7 and left at 11

>> No.11689275

Supply and demand. It's an industry which attracts a lot of high IQ kids willing to work themselves to death for minimum wage ... so especially in the big cities chef's are more than willing to abuse that.

The smaller the labour pool and the higher the cost of employee turnover the better the kids get treated.

>> No.11689370

>>11689153
Your shit math might be one reason you're a kitchen jockey.

>> No.11689470

Do you guys get paid hourly? I can't imagine doing those hours on salary

>> No.11689600

>>11689370
Lol fair point

>> No.11689652

>>11689145
MMFJJRNFBSJSJJDNDN NO YOU FUCKING DON'T STOP FUCKING LYING!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

>> No.11690314

POIROT IS MY BRO
I want to eat eggs with him while he tells me how I murdered my great aunt who was also my lover

>> No.11690320

test

>> No.11690469

>>11687131
You're an idiot if you think there aren't drug addicts in very successful circles. The only question is how quickly they burn through their money. In fact, it's generally easier for richfag addicts to keep their shit together than poorfags by a mile, at least in the short term.

>> No.11690486

Fucking NEETS that have bedtimes and mommy to wake them up for school ITT.

Get a fucking job, niggers.

Once your sustenance depends on your own two hands you'll wish there were more hours in the day to do what you have to do to make more money.

>> No.11690498

>>11687131
Cocaine and Adderall
Dennies is weed and methheads

>> No.11690505

>>11688747
I know I'm replying to an 8 hour old post, but I was averaging 5 hours of sleep a night if that during my last workup cycle in a helicopter squadron.

>> No.11690513

>>11690314
Ze greycells, Hastings.

>> No.11690521

>>11690469
True. It's almost certain that you've been to several MD's in your life who were addicted to any number of substances. Stop being a fucking moralfag for once in your minuscule, ant like life.

>> No.11690541

>>11690486
Nah, I make enough in 8 hours so I go home.

>> No.11690545

>>11690521
I'd wager that at *least* a majority of adult professionals are 'addicted' to caffeine. And yeah, I know, """addicted""" to caffeine, heroin this aint. But it still follows the same brain chemical reward compulsion. I know i've caught myself thinking about it just because it would feel good and having to moderate myself

>> No.11690645

>>11690505
So do they at least give the pilot some meth before they take off? Seems safer than the alternative.

>> No.11690703

I’m a corporate line cook working 50-70 hours a week its really not that bad. on the really busy weeks it can be bad but still nice compared most year-round restaurant slaves. the most I worked was 110 hours in 10 days straight.

>> No.11690755

Worked two years in a two star and I only worked 12 hour shifts at most, no sane head chef would want a tired linecook when you can call in literally everyone in the business

>> No.11691208

>>11690645
>officers
>working
Ah hah hah hah hah hah hah!

But seriously. Caffeine and probably modofinil.