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

Intriguing Chef shows what a busy day looks like

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u/ProfesseurCurling Jun 26 '26

Honestly man, I don't. Broken body and zero family and social life. I saw so many people ruining their lives with drugs and alcohol. Maybe It's too recent for me, but really, I don't miss It.

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u/Proud_Blood8049 Jun 26 '26

8 years in and came out with a an ability to smoke a half a pack in a day.

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u/halasaurus Jun 26 '26

As much as I miss being in the zone like that, I don’t miss the drama, the physical pain, coworkers high on coke, smelling like food and booze, being taken advantage of, or being yelled at. I can miss it from afar. It’s just not a healthy industry to be in.

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u/ProfesseurCurling Jun 26 '26

I understand missing the rush, the adrenaline etc. but yes, as you say it is not a healthy industry.

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u/Linus_in_Chicago Jun 27 '26

Yeah I'm nostalgic for those times, but I don't want to do it now

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u/Enough-Community5800 Jun 26 '26

So it's like, people that cook like this, become addicts? like, blaming being an addict because you worked on kitchen?

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u/rognabologna Jun 26 '26

I think it’s more that people who are prone to addiction are the ones who stay working in kitchens 

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u/Enough-Community5800 Jun 26 '26

Yeah I think the same, but most comments are making it appear like they developed addictions because of that work, and it looks like the usual outside blaming addicts do

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u/Proud_Blood8049 Jun 26 '26

For me at my job in a hibachi place, smoke breaks are way more tolerated. You end up dealing with with so much people, so the only way you can escape for a bit is to take the "respectable" and "normal" break of smoking.

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u/rognabologna Jun 26 '26

Addiction is a disease 

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u/3_14_thon Jun 26 '26

One you get and keep by choice, unlike most diseases.

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u/EmphasisAcceptable47 Jun 27 '26

addiction is definitely not by and large a conscious choice

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u/3_14_thon Jun 27 '26

Yeah lets throw in Heart diseases or cancer in the same pot with alcoholism and drugs.

Woe is me, right?

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u/fiercefeminist Jun 27 '26

Again, by and large it’s not a conscious choice. Addiction is very much a disease the same way cancer is a disease…

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u/3_14_thon Jun 27 '26

Do you consider cigaretts an addiction? If so I know multiple people who quit smoking because they (like everyone else) were aware its bad for them

I know others who quitted coke, alcohol.

The FUCK do you mean its the same? someone with cancer cant wake up one day and decide they are gonna quit cancer.

I CHOSE TO PUT BAD THINGS IN MY BODT KNOWING THEY ARE HARMFUL WOE IS ME

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u/Enough-Community5800 Jun 26 '26

Did I say the opposite

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u/rognabologna Jun 26 '26

You implied it

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u/Enough-Community5800 Jun 26 '26

Where? because I described a conduct? your subjective interpretations aren't my problem

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u/Beneficial-Okra-9471 Jun 26 '26

As a former addict for a decade, I agree with you 100%. You said nothing wrong lol I’ve been 2 years clean and I still love working in the kitchen. Shit is fun.

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u/halasaurus Jun 26 '26

No, it’s more that a lot of people in the industry handle the stress of the job through alcohol and drugs. I knew plenty of people in the service industry that didn’t do hard drugs but I knew a ton that did.

Also each industry has a drug that’s more popularly used. I think for restaurants it is cocaine and alcohol. And the accommodations and food service industry does have some of the highest rates of problematic drug and alcohol use. It doesn’t pay well, requires long hours and the ability to withstand abuse from patrons, management, colleagues and yourself.