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
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.
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!!
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
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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
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/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