Any food industry professionals here?
Posted: Sun September 20, 2015 11:47 pm
Red Mosquito
Any food industry professionals here?
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Re: Any food industry professionals here?
Posted: Mon September 21, 2015 12:47 am
rafa sells oranges
Re: Any food industry professionals here?
Posted: Tue September 22, 2015 11:24 pm
not really but I'd love to hear your stories about what you do on a daily basistragabigzanda wrote:Hi all,
Many years of restaurant and farm work; degree in food policy and aquaculture. Currently starting a wholesale ice cream manufacturing facility, hoping to one day grow into distribution of high-end frozen food. Just curious if there are any other food professionals around here: retail, wholesale, policy, etc?
Re: Any food industry professionals here?
Posted: Tue September 22, 2015 11:34 pm
I waited tables and bartended for about 8 years. Mostly waited tables. Please don't make me go back there.
Re: Any food industry professionals here?
Posted: Wed September 23, 2015 2:19 am
I'm considering going into this line of work. You think I'll hate it? Keep in mind I've been working with kids for almost ten years.BurtReynolds wrote:I waited tables and bartended for about 8 years. Mostly waited tables. Please don't make me go back there.
Re: Any food industry professionals here?
Posted: Wed September 23, 2015 1:46 pm
Orpheus wrote:I'm considering going into this line of work. You think I'll hate it? Keep in mind I've been working with kids for almost ten years.BurtReynolds wrote:I waited tables and bartended for about 8 years. Mostly waited tables. Please don't make me go back there.
My friend has been a waiter for like 15 years. Works in St Helena and Napa currently. He loves it and says tips can be great
Re: Any food industry professionals here?
Posted: Wed September 23, 2015 1:47 pm
That's so hard for me to fathom. Waiting tables would be my nightmare job.dpupenya wrote:My friend has been a waiter for like 15 years. Works in St Helena and Napa currently. He loves it and says tips can be greatOrpheus wrote:I'm considering going into this line of work. You think I'll hate it? Keep in mind I've been working with kids for almost ten years.BurtReynolds wrote:I waited tables and bartended for about 8 years. Mostly waited tables. Please don't make me go back there.
Re: Any food industry professionals here?
Posted: Wed September 23, 2015 1:50 pm
Before I joined the military I was a bartender and waiter and a popular seafood joint here at the beach. From May thru September I would walk out of every shift with at least 300 bucks in tips. Was a shock to my wallet when I first went into the military.LoathedVermin72 wrote:That's so hard for me to fathom. Waiting tables would be my nightmare job.dpupenya wrote:My friend has been a waiter for like 15 years. Works in St Helena and Napa currently. He loves it and says tips can be greatOrpheus wrote:I'm considering going into this line of work. You think I'll hate it? Keep in mind I've been working with kids for almost ten years.BurtReynolds wrote:I waited tables and bartended for about 8 years. Mostly waited tables. Please don't make me go back there.
Re: Any food industry professionals here?
Posted: Wed September 23, 2015 5:52 pm
It's great at first when your straight out of high school. The longer you do it, the more you learn to hate humanity. some people act like savages when it comes to stuffing their faces.
Re: Any food industry professionals here?
Posted: Wed September 23, 2015 7:14 pm
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Posted: Wed September 23, 2015 7:25 pm
spike wrote:rafa sells oranges
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Posted: Wed September 23, 2015 7:27 pm
Re: Any food industry professionals here?
Posted: Wed September 23, 2015 7:28 pm
yeah, you can definitely hook up with some shady people in the biz.tragabigzanda wrote:the promiscuity felt gross,
Re: Any food industry professionals here?
Posted: Wed September 23, 2015 7:33 pm
Yeah people like me.E.H. Ruddock wrote:yeah, you can definitely hook up with some shady people in the biz.tragabigzanda wrote:the promiscuity felt gross,
The sex and drugs part was great for awhile, but yeah, it's a dead end. The instant paycheck was nice too.
Re: Any food industry professionals here?
Posted: Wed September 23, 2015 8:59 pm
I had no idea being a waiter was so similar to being a rock star.
Re: Any food industry professionals here?
Posted: Wed September 23, 2015 9:19 pm
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Posted: Wed September 23, 2015 9:40 pm
The money is probably a little better than being a rock star these days. Sometimes I made a hundred whole dollars in a single shift.
Re: Any food industry professionals here?
Posted: Wed September 23, 2015 9:45 pm
Re: Any food industry professionals here?
Posted: Wed September 23, 2015 9:49 pm
That was years ago, and in Mississippi dollars. I was practically a millionaire.tragabigzanda wrote:BurtReynolds wrote:The money is probably a little better than being a rock star these days. Sometimes I made a hundred whole dollars in a single shift.
No disrespect intended, but for the guy who was considering a move into waiting tables: You can do much better than this. You'll have to get some experience under your belt first, but the money can become pretty significant. I would regularly get $300 a shift, and I have friends who currently get around $700 a night at places that come with more bullshit attached. It makes it hard to walk away, once you get used to it...
Re: Any food industry professionals here?
Posted: Wed September 23, 2015 9:51 pm
Also I really sucked at it. I couldn't hide my contempt for my customers very well, and refused to learn the specials and wine and stuff.