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Cake day: March 1st, 2024
  • Che Banana@beehaw.orgtoAsklemmy@lemmy.ml•Pizza chefs of Lemmy, is a job as a pizza chef a physically demanding job?
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    11 days ago

    Any kitchen work demands muscles you never even knew existed.

    Your legs will hate you, but get some good, proper shoes with insoles.

    Your back will hate you, try and find a place that has kitchen mats, instead of bare floor.

    Your arms will hate you, and they will just have to get used to it…

    The thing is, you’ll work steadily and THEN ALL OF A SUDDEN EVERYONE HAS AN ORDER NOOOOOOWWWWW and you run yer nuts off, and finish & go home, genrally buzzing from the adrenaline, which is why so many cooks, chefs and staff drink excessively…to shut down the noise…so be wary of that

    Your body will adapt, go have fun.

  • Che Banana@beehaw.orgtoAsklemmy@lemmy.ml•What was your worst work mishap, accident, or oopsie?
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    12 days ago

    Way back as a line cook I was on saute and it was the season for soft shell crab. I had a full rail of tickets, and 2-14in. saute pans with oil heating up on full blast while I knelt down to grab the crabs from my prep cooler across from the range.

    The 'roided up chef stepped over me to get to middle to expedite the rush, and grabbed one of the pans with now very hot oil in them…realizing that they had oil he stopped his motion but Newtons law kept the oil flowing, down onto my bare forearm, hand and how I was positioned my ankle.

    The grill guy immediately took a pan of water and splashed my arm with it, rolled down my sleeve and soaked it…and as a bonus being a dumbass I finished the shift before driving myself to the ER. Some good blisters but fortunately no scarring, very little pain because it was kept covered.

    Bonus bits: The hotel/golf resort just implemented a drug policy, and if you were injured or did 200 USD of damage you needed to take a drug test, which I did. Policy also stated that you wait 3 days not working for the results. This was the start of a very busy weekend with a car show on the golf course, etc, and every warm body was needed, I went in to work the next day and if they wanted to send someone else for a drug test because they caused the accident, I suggested the ill tempered redheaded café chef…my results were discarded later.

    Bonus bonus, right after the policy was put in place, a manager dropped a chandelier & walked away from his job after 5 years working there instead of taking the drug test.

  • Che Banana@beehaw.orgtoAsklemmy@lemmy.ml•Advice needed on buying a personal boat
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    12 days ago

    “The best 2 says in a boat owners life is when they buy it, and when they sell it”.

    Start with renting & work to get your captains license.

    Growing up on a very large lake I have plenty of horror stories about people who don’t take boat safety seriously, drunk driving etc. It is easy to pick up but the possibility of you fucking up your life (and others) increases.

    For cheap and easy sailing, try Hobie Cats, small catamarans that are a blast to sail, very easy to learn and navigate with.