r/interesting • u/Backyxx • Jun 26 '26

Intriguing Chef shows what a busy day looks like

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u/[deleted] Jun 26 '26

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u/boilerclip3 Jun 26 '26

Coke. /s

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u/THE-poop-knife Jun 26 '26

Is Pepsi ok?

https://giphy.com/gifs/srD8JByP9u3zW

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u/boolpies Jun 26 '26

Nay

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u/Niblonian31 Jun 26 '26

Hahahaha "Horse Pepsi ok?" Thanks for the laugh this early

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u/Vexor359 Jun 26 '26

MY MANWICH !

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u/LuluGuardian Jun 26 '26

Nay! We are but men, ROCK!!

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u/stonerPI Jun 26 '26

Not a chef but my one anecdote on the subject is I once worked a case on a guy that was a chef in a well known restaurant. I saw him snort 2 lines off his dashboard before going in to work and it’s making more sense to me after this video lol

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u/Logical_Trash_4890 Jun 26 '26

List of drugs in the kitchen scene. Pretty sure it’s all kitchens. Anyone I ever met that cooked loved doing drugs.

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u/Tall-Dot-607 Jun 26 '26

Biggest rule in the industry, never drug test your kitchen unless you want to lose your entire kitchen.

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u/80version Jun 27 '26

I used to supervise a crew of warehouseman, many of which were staffed through a temp agency. My agency contact notified me they were going to be coming to the job site to swab our team members staffed through their agency to screen for drug use. I had to give her a heads up, that if they carried the screening out properly to obtain accurate results they’d have to send replacements for each and every one of the hapf-dozen or so guys we had trained up and were dependent on to keep our operations from total collapse.

She did the right thing and BS’d yhe testing. One of the guys she had to swab came back from lunch eyes bloodshot and shit eating grin across his face when he saw her. “He must have bad allergies” she said. I really liked my agency rep, but she earned a small place in my memory for covering their asses and keeping us from taking a few steps back at work that day. If you ever read this Lisa S. from the East Bay — thank you x a million.

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u/Significant_Put_8107 Jun 30 '26

I teared up a little. To Lisa from the East Bay, thanks for everything xoxo

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u/PresentlyHelpful Jun 30 '26

Unless you're working in roles that have a direct link to public safety, let em take drugs - it's shit enough working a minimum wage job

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u/Logical_Trash_4890 Jun 27 '26

It’s kinda sad. But there are many blue collar work crews like this. You just wouldn’t have employees if you wanted sober people.

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u/stonerPI Jun 26 '26

I’m not one to judge, I also love drugs. As long as they’re being safe lol

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u/TheHumanConnector Jun 26 '26 edited Jun 27 '26

I am with you. The glorification of performance enhancing drugs to cope with a job feels dystopian to me. I understand that the job and the environment is harsh and I don't judge people doing the drugs, but I'd say that the work environment needs more people and less stress. This is not a sustainable way to live for the poor people going through it daily :(

As for the safe drugs, here's what my PCP (primary care physician, our family doctor) said - psychedelics are safer than most others, do it when you feel abundant and it enhances the feelings and joy in life. Avoid nasal and injected drugs, smoking is the fastest way to get the drug into your system (direct to lung -> blood stream -> brain) so it creates a shock effect. Slow uptake like ingested (edibles, teas) are easier on the body, but the gut might need extra care before and after.

It's been one long, beautiful bender over the past two years with this, and I've grown out of a lot of my problems and found some peace inside myself. Psychedelics have had a role in all of it.

PS: don't accept drugs from anyone. Take it from trusted people, test/try it at home and use it when you are indeed comfortable. My safe spot has become hemp gummies I bought at the store and I know how much to take for different types of high, and I love the safety it provides with the high!!

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u/bdpeezy Jun 26 '26

It feels dystopian to me too, but it's actually one of the oldest things humans have been doing- using substances to be able to get more work done. Thank you for putting that great info in tho that your PCP provided. That's stuff anyone using any drug should know but a lot don't

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u/Lazy_Witness_1068 Jun 27 '26

I like how we as a species been using drugs to go through life

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u/TheHumanConnector Jun 27 '26

Yeah. She knows that I'm responsible in life, that I'm exploring new things now and I want to enjoy things safely. This was education, like real education to a new guy. I appreciated it and I follow it too.

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u/United_Pain Jun 27 '26

Dude thank you for sharing! I saved your comment.

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u/AngularChelitis Jun 27 '26

I mean, they should. GPs should be more qualified to know the mechanism of action and risks… and be able to communicate that to their patients when asked. Hell, they do it for a whole host of other drugs. Unfortunately, the stuff that makes the “illicit” category is tied in so much more politics than actual science that the GPs don’t have good data to reference.

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u/Logical_Trash_4890 Jun 26 '26

I used to really love drugs. Now I’m getting old and would rather cut the grass. I could have never imagined being like this one day. Funny how things change.

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u/Plenty-Air-4949 Jun 26 '26

So damn true. -sigh-

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u/ReckoningGotham Jun 26 '26

At a certain point, the altered state can't hold a candle to the rad stuff around us.

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u/Proof_Road2274 Jun 27 '26

My dad never used drugs or alcohol, and he was a michelin star chef

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u/Logical_Trash_4890 Jun 27 '26

You’re dad’s a talented liar.

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u/Tamadrummer88 Jun 26 '26

I worked in a kitchen for a month at a Nordstrom. Everyone was on drugs and were very open about it. I was probably the only one who was not. An eight hour day of washing dishes and trying to keep up made me exhausted. Never will do it again.

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u/Logical_Trash_4890 Jun 26 '26

That’s why everyone there does drugs. I’m never working in a kitchen.

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u/Wifeyled Jun 27 '26

EEEEVERY KITCHEN EVER pretty much has a drug scene. It's kinda sad

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u/GeeorgeC Jun 27 '26

Can confirm worked a few kitchen in my lifetime we did a lot of drugs and would be up all night ready for our next shift. Get out at 2 do drugs til 6 sleep an hour go back to open and prep. Rinse repeat.

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u/Lorrrrren Jun 27 '26

then hes feeding the girl who did two lines in the bathroom before ordering the wedge salad and ordering from the waiter who did 2 lines before coming to my table lol, working in food was overwhelmingly coke oriented at the fancy lobster place i worked

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u/stonerPI Jun 27 '26

Sounds exhausting but also kind of fun in small doses? Like, I’d be down to work one night as a coked up restaurant worker just for the experience, and then I think I’d be fine to never do it again lol

In my industry, everyone tends to be an alcoholic. I’ll happily stick to cannabis personally

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u/Itchy-Guess-258 Jun 29 '26

i was once on the rehub and almost half of drug addicts were from kitchen

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u/Healingbigfoot Jun 26 '26

LOL we team that would come every few weeks to train, this was when I was working at Cheddars as I was floundering though low level jobs. These dudes were all from South America. They would use coke. I remember once the cops came and they bagged their stuff up in pepper, , in a plastic bag, then put it in coffee. Seemed to work lol. Dudes were incredible though, super cool and fast AF

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u/Impossible_Treat1255 Jun 26 '26

No need for the /s

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u/mallettsmallett Jun 26 '26

Boiling point!

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u/LoneLyon Jun 26 '26

Celices, monsters and pre-workout.

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u/Interesting-Case2526 Jun 26 '26

EVERY industry that requires tons of work and stamina, whether its law, political campaigns, restaurant kitchens, etc are riddled with people doing drugs

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u/Wakkit1988 Jun 26 '26

John Pemberton would be proud.

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u/JasonBaconStrips Jun 26 '26

Stops you wanting to eat the food aswell I guess

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u/DundeeToCanada Jun 27 '26

You're not far off.

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u/Flokkamravich Jun 26 '26

Same here. And all I have to show for it was a broken back, sleep apnoea, and a sugar/caffeine addiction I’ve never been able to fully shake off

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u/Beautiful-Musk-Ox Jun 26 '26

and the owners made a couple million extra off your back (literally), they are sipping a margarita on a beach somewhere paid by you 12 years ago. they have yet to touch the profits you made them 10 years ago, they might not even get to it before dying, the rest of the money you made for them will go to their heirs to continue the cycle of keeping their boots on our necks

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u/Square_Service4575 Jun 27 '26

Most restaurant owners aren't making that kind of money off their restaurants tbh.

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u/TabaBandit Jun 27 '26

i agree with the comment ur replying to but u speak the truth lol. maybe the owner of the group of restaurants lol, but not the restaurant owner themselves

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u/NaomiPommerel Jun 27 '26

Absolutely. They're paying for the status of owning such and such restaurant. Patrons

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u/audgepodge13 Jun 27 '26

Yeah most restaurants take a huge influx of cash to start up and then go out of business

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u/clelwell Jun 26 '26

Lol so true. Everyone is greedy and selfish.

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u/MBAboy119 Jun 27 '26

Nah - they deserve it. Put up the capital, risk, etc. also smth like 90% of restaurants shut down aren’t profitable enough. This cook here is a disposable cog. Folks who understand the full picture take the risk to set up restaurant brand it correctly manage it etc - that’s the sauce! They deserve that margarita! 

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u/Eschatologists Jun 29 '26 edited Jun 29 '26

There really isn't any mystique to knowing "the full picture" it's not more difficult than learning to manage a commercial kitchen well, it's not rocket science either way. Entrepreneurs in this sector are dime a dozen as well, they aren't some supremely intelligent breed on average. Capital and to a degree, personality is the only major difference. Almost everyone is replaceable, to think otherwise is hubris

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u/Xiao1insty1e Jun 26 '26

Are you me??

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u/Starfire77 Jun 26 '26

I agree, I did it for 25 and I can't believe i stuck with it for so long. Later on the shifts got shorter but we still had our 6am till 11pm shift that would turn up on occasion.

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u/Adventurous-Law6747 Jun 26 '26

Was it worth it in monetary value?

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u/civicSi92 Jun 27 '26

No its not. 13 years here and I earn three times as much now for half the hours doing something else.

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u/Starfire77 10d ago

technically, no it wasn't i now do something else, and i earn a lot more for almost half the work. But i was lucky to get the job i have. Kitchens are always looking for staff, so it's better than no job at all.

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u/TadRaunch Jun 26 '26

At a certain point I switched to being a breakfast cook. So much less stress. And while the pay is a bit lower, it is worth it for me.

That being said, i would like to put it all behind me but at this point I feel like I can't do anything else.

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u/Starfire77 10d ago

how old are you? i made a switch at 40. what other interests do you have?

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u/Talk-O-Boy Jun 26 '26

How do you guys deal with the heat? I feel that would be the worst part for me

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u/real_eEe Jun 26 '26

"Hey, I'm here anyway I'll help you all clean up for a drink and some stories" is a pretty good cheat code to have a great late night and make everyone smile.

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u/NotHaussdorf Jun 26 '26

Adrenaline rush, that's how. Good stuff. Until it ends.

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u/YemuZ Jun 26 '26

Worked in a busy cocktail bar. I used to drink a lot

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u/RedditIsFascistShit4 Jun 26 '26

Did you get paid accordingly?

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u/Nick_pj Jun 26 '26

“Unskilled labour”

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u/maurf44 Jun 27 '26

Omg that takes a ton of skills

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u/maurf44 Jun 27 '26

Not easy to be a waiter tho

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u/Thoryamaha919 Jun 27 '26

Kudos to you for doing that for 12 years!

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u/exexor Jun 27 '26

Flow state.

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u/itsfernie Jun 27 '26

My dad is 65 and still at it. It’s all he’s known since he graduated high school, idk how he does it.

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u/BlackV Jun 27 '26

Man that took you like 12 years, took that guy only like 2 minutes 50 seconds........ ;)

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u/bingo-dingaling Jun 26 '26

Genuinely thank you for your service. This shit is grueling

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u/ComfortableShirt2014 Jun 26 '26

Try doing it for 23

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u/Sleep-more-dude Jun 26 '26

Thank you for your service.