Food industry venting thread

[Anonymous No.14944259]

I work at a fresh food store where I cook, cut and prepare meat. I always have to deal with mouth breathing customers TOUCHING MY FUCKING MEAT. If you need a specific cut of meat don't fucking lean over the god damn counter to touch it. Just fucking point

[Anonymous No.14944276]

>>14944259
Seems like a nice job but don't be afraid to tell people off if you notice that they are reaching and will try to touch the meat just make sure you do it in a good way and explain why if they seem to take offense

[Anonymous No.14944288]

>>14944276
I sure do and they back of for a hot second before they need to point to something else and they forget

Working this type of job makes me realize how retarded most people are

[Anonymous No.14944300]

>>14944259
>work in a museum restaurant
>corona-leave, 5 months
>get back to work, assume it's gonna be the same comfy stuff as usual
>"ok anon from now on you're all alone in the kitchen, you gotta do everything yourself and btw you're also now in charge of planning the menus and ordering the ingredients"
>fug

Shits not comfy at all, i've never had to actually plan the menus or order the stuff. I just wanna come in, cook and get out dude. At least the place gets shut down in 2 months.

[Anonymous No.14944301]

> how retarded most people are
you cut meat

[Anonymous No.14944307]

>>14944288
Retarded might be a stretch and it's far from most but yes I very much understand what you mean and now the feeling but I think it might be more that some people just don't think that way or ever had to consider hygiene

[Anonymous No.14944306]

>>14944259
>fresh food store where I cook, cut and prepare meat.
So it's like a butchers but you also sell cooked meals?

[Anonymous No.14944324]

>>14944301
You would be surprised how much actual thinking goes in to tge planning but yes a lot just runs on autopilot if you have it all on a good routine, still you would be stunned if you knew what you would have to deal with in a job like that it can be well fascinating at times and just chocking at others

[Anonymous No.14944343]

>>14944301
Are you one of those people who judges peoples intellect by their occupation? I'd rather be happy and enjoy my work than impress other people

[Anonymous No.14944356]

>>14944306
Yeah exactly. We use our own products for everything and it's all made from scratch. Our profits are about 50/50 when it comes to meat / hot + cold prepared food

[Anonymous No.14944357]

>>14944343
You don't feel a need to engage with challenges because your mind has no surfeit of energy.

[Anonymous No.14944359]

>work in a college dining hall
>people in back offices constantly bitching to us about emails from students about everyone not wearing masks properly
>eventually they figure out that they bitch about any form of no mask wearing, even to eat or taste test

god i fucking hate zoomers

[Anonymous No.14944380]

>>14944357
I work 200+ hours a month and I still study programming and foreign languages for fun in my spare time. I'm not dumb or want to avoid challenges - I just love cooking

[Anonymous No.14944428]

>>14944356
Sounds comfy. Is it a big shop or a small one?

[Anonymous No.14944443]

>>14944428
smol but it's always busy
There's always a line outside our door nowadays since we only allow 5 people in at a time lol. It's actually helped business since it really makes it look like our place is the place to be

[Anonymous No.14944577]

>>14944300
Which country?

[Anonymous No.14944823]

>>14944301
If people in his position disappeared your dumb ass won't be able to cook dinner. Meanwhile your office jobs means jack shit to anyone else other than your Jew boss

[Anonymous No.14944888]

>>14944823
Don't be like that I actually find it quite interesting to see what would happen, how many office workers (no cheating i.e. no one with a background in the business) does it take to butcher a cow/pig/lamb(<lamb is extremely simple for anyone) in a reasonable timeframe let's find out :)

[Anonymous No.14944921]

>>14944301
T. Touch meats when buying
Stop doing that dumbdumb just tell the man who "cuts meat" what you want touching it doesn't change anything

[Anonymous No.14945004]

>>14944259
Please, no meat-touching ma'am.

[Anonymous No.14945008]

>>14944888
ok office boy im still fucking your girl with my big meat cutting muscles

[Anonymous No.14945033]

>>14944259
Have you told the store manager this? This is a huge potential health code issue that needs to be fixed. Put a cheap plastic panel around your work station with a "DO NOT TOUCH THE MEAT" sign. How hard is that?

[Anonymous No.14945041]

>>14945008
wut O.o I've worked more years as a butcher than in an office but okey?

[Anonymous No.14945045]

>>14944259
>work in the cafeteria at a nursing home, serving employees
>first thing you see when entering the cafeteria is the fucking menu
>"What is this?" "What flavor is the soup?" all day long
Why is it so hard for people to fucking read?

[Anonymous No.14945069]

>>14945045
What makes you think they can read?

[Anonymous No.14945082]

>>14945069
Because all the employees (yes even the janny) have graduated high school.

[Anonymous No.14945092]

>>14944324
This applies to literally anything and everything you ignorant retarded meat cutter.

[Anonymous No.14945106]

>>14945045
curious did it ever cross your mind they're just lonely/bored people trying to strike up a bit of convo?

don't get me wrong I'd be rude so they stopped talking and left me alone, but I wouldn't assume they're stupid for it

[Anonymous No.14945127]

>>14945092
What, having to deal with mouthbreaters from time to time?

[Anonymous No.14945139]

>>14945127
>hurr you’d be surprised what goes into this hurr
>you’d be stunned by how much DETAIL and WIZARDRY is involved

[Anonymous No.14945166]

>>14945033
you think the brain dead masses will even notice?

[Anonymous No.14945175]

>>14945106
Sorry but I see the same people every day and they always ask the same question. I don't think it's loneliness at this point.

[Anonymous No.14945346]

>>14944301
Kek, fuck you though

[Anonymous No.14945374]

>>14944888
Wouldn't need many to slaughter it. They would have big problems with all the rest and the result would be really shitty. Even cutting up a chicken in the 8 classic pieces is hard for someone that never did it before and don't know how to.

[Anonymous No.14945426]

>>14945374
That's why I added in a reasonable timeframe as they would need to be many to be able to get it done not riducoulusly far behind a butcher.

But yes the resulting products would likely be shitty and the waste way too high but some things might be usable for something other than ground beef

[Anonymous No.14945434]

>>14945175
do you talk with them much outside of that interaction?

[Anonymous No.14945489]

Why would anyone who cooks decent food for a living browse /ck/?

[Anonymous No.14945500]

>>14944359
>work in a college dining hall
worst fucking job ever. those big corporate kitchens are exploitative hellholes

[Anonymous No.14945504]

>>14944300
so you're telling me you just got promoted to head chef? must be a nice bump in pay

[Anonymous No.14945508]

>>14945504
>paybump for added responsibilities
Buddy this is the food industry

[Anonymous No.14945513]

>>14945508
I know it's great isn't it?

[Anonymous No.14945585]

>>14945508
Or any industry

[Anonymous No.14946575]

>>14945489
>only poor and/or stupid people value pure & unfiltered anonymity

[Anonymous No.14947112]

>>14945500
the dubdubs don't lie, but it's a sad fact that it's probably the best job i've had in a while

[Anonymous No.14947157]

>>14945504
>must be a nice bump in pay

Nothing doing. They would actually lower my salary if they could, because muh corona. Also being promoted to "head chef" is not that nice when you don't have the training/experience or motivation to back it up

[Anonymous No.14947235]

What kind of a dystopia butcher section do you work in where customers can mill about your work area touching things
Isn’t this a workplace hazard or something?
You sound like the retarded one for having meat where customers can actually touch it without literally going around a barrier into your area

[Anonymous No.14947243]

>>14945489
lol

the same reason anybody would

[Anonymous No.14947252]

>>14945045
You work in a fucking nursing home you autistic retard
It’s expected for the elderly people in there to have waning awareness and memory
Fuck some of you are so retarded it hurts to realize what a bunch of projecting autists I’m around
Fuckin done with /ck/
You guys think gross looking pizza that looks like someone melted plastic on it with capsicum and onions is somehow good and also you all do souls vide for fun
Hint sous vide is for restaraunt kitchens with huge volumes where it makes things easier
No fcking actual chef wants to cook their meat in plastic
Fucking plebbit tier morons
Last time I come here
Fck you all

[Anonymous No.14947258]

>>14946575
No, he’s right
Only real chefs come here by accident
You’re a bunch of mcchiken Taco Bell eating faglords
I’m out

[Anonymous No.14947267]

>>14944343
>Are you one of those people who judges peoples intellect by their occupation?
Yes. Your occupation provides a good estimate for your IQ, assuming you're past college age.

For example, I am entirely positive that I'm smarter than every accountant in the fucking world, being a Mathematics researcher (emphasis on representation theory). Do you think I even consider food industry monkeys to be worthy of a "hello"?

[Anonymous No.14947274]

>>14947252
>Last time I come here
See you tomorrow, histrionic crybaby.

[Anonymous No.14947300]

>>14944300
I've been thrown into this role before. Hopefully you're on an hourly rate and in a country with decent minimum wages. Look up base rate for your industry and roles, then record every hour it takes you to cost menus, order, talk to suppliers and bill them for every second, at the casual rate (base rate + 25%). Anything less then take them to fair work. Bl if you're country has no labour laws.

[Anonymous No.14947494]

>>14947300
>start bitching about money (in a respectful way)
>get fired

[Anonymous No.14947501]

>>14944259
Stay mad, wagie

[Anonymous No.14947588]

>>14944259
Maybe put a fake chopped off finger on the counter with a no touching sign? Because it's Halloween you might be able to get away with it.

[Anonymous No.14947653]

>>14944259
can I get 10 150g steaks of this one pls? *touches the meat*

[Anonymous No.14947659]

>>14944259
Where do you live when retards touch the good they may not even be paying for?

[Anonymous No.14947699]

>>14944301
Doesn't make him wrong lole

[Anonymous No.14947712]

anon sells meat yummy based and pog keep selling meat anon and don't let the meat touchers ruin ur day

[Anonymous No.14947722]

>start as a busser almost a year ago
>get into the kitchen from working my ass off
>kitchen manager just wants me to prep food and every kitchen guy wants me on the line
>foh wants me bussing but making fuck all money, and they say i need a raise

i just wanna cook bros

[Anonymous No.14948026]

>>14947722
Sounds like an annoying situation but have you said what you just wrote at work?

It kind of sucks that there's no money in working with food (unless we're talking about a managerial position but then you won't really have time to work with the food as much so can't really have that as a reasonable option) as it's pretty fun

[Anonymous No.14948027]

>>14944259
if you work in the food industry you have failed at life. you really need to get out. please work on some skills so you can get a real job. you don't want to do this for life

[Anonymous No.14948030]

>>14947267
You're not only a cunt, you also come off as a moron.

I thought everyone knew that you don't fuck with the people that handle your food

[Anonymous No.14948032]

>>14944823
>brainlet cope

[Anonymous No.14948077]

>>14947267
Kek math departments are just autist containment centers. You aren't as smart as you think.

[Anonymous No.14948423]

>>14947267
>representation theory
So you're the bitch of physicists, nice.

[Anonymous No.14948593]

>>14947267
>>14944301
>that midwit cope
shouldn't you be busy shitting out tensors?

[Anonymous No.14948612]

>>14944300
>more work and responsibilities with no extra pay
Wow, sounds like my job after corona.
Good thing I left.

[Anonymous No.14948624]

get a normal sized fucking counter

[Anonymous No.14948691]

>>14947267
Lol, Chad butcher vs. virgin math nerd

[Anonymous No.14948723]

>>14945033
>How hard is that?
Getting the boss to supply the materials and a work order to install might sound easy until you have to meet food/personnel safety.

[Anonymous No.14948789]

>>14944324
>>14944343
>>14944823
>>14944921
>>14945346
>>14947699
>>14948593
butthurt

[Anonymous No.14948800]

>>14947267
So what's your job?

[Anonymous No.14948821]

>>14944259
How are people allowed to touch the meats in your store? Seems unhygienic as fuck. Surely there are local health and safety laws against that. If there are none could you please tell me where and in which country you work so I can avoid it like the plague.

[Anonymous No.14948823]

>>14948789
>no retort, only seethe
200IQ post right here

[Anonymous No.14948836]

>>14944359
wear a mask you ultra retard faggot

[Anonymous No.14948847]

>>14948821
People aren't allowed to touch the meats that's the whole point but you'd be surprised how retards try to squiggle their way in, try reaching over and what not instead of just pointing and using their open mouthbreathingdevice to explain what they would like

[Anonymous No.14948857]

>>14945033
It shouldn't be needed as it's very basic common sense and it would likely hurt the stores bottom line as you don't want to have anything negative and having something like that up or just a plastic screen would result in fewer customers, it just doesn't feel welcoming.

[Anonymous No.14948891]

>>14948857
Not him, but here in Germany its normal. Though we use proper glass.

[Anonymous No.14948904]

>>14948891
I don't get it, that's how it should look the issue is that some people try to stretch over or go around if you have an opening.

I thought he meant having like a plexiglass hanging over the glass so it's completely closed

[Anonymous No.14948953]

>>14948904
Maybe I misunderstood, but I assumed the problem was that either the glass was missing ot not high enough. The front usually has no gaps so people would have to reach over it all the way down, which ideally shouldn't work.

[Anonymous No.14948976]

>>14945033
If you ever worked with the public you'd know that signs dont do shit

[Anonymous No.14949011]

I've worked in bars in NC for years and there have been way too many open secrets in this industry. Corona shutdowns have helped so much of it come to light, one of which dropped in this liberal indie newspaper today. Therr have been so many goddamn scandals that I wonder bow some business will ever recover. I hope not since most are SJWs or LGBT moreso for popularity on social media.

[Anonymous No.14949014]

>>14949011
>most are SJWs or LGBT moreso for popularity on social media
there are so many people not getting this. /g/ and /v/ are particularly bluepilled on thus topic. They think these suits are actually "pushing their agenda".

[Anonymous No.14949029]

>>14948891
OP here
This exactly our setup. See that cutting board ? They bend over the fucking counter trying to touch the meat. Some real walking dead shit

[Anonymous No.14949032]

>>14948953
It does look a bit higher than how the glasses usually are here in Sweden but well people try and the places I worked at most had an opening at one side of the manual dish to be able to get out to the store to fill up quickly and people always tried to squiggle through there or put they're arms in as it was easier than going over

[Anonymous No.14949042]

>>14949032
they're=their

>>14949029
rofl, I often used one of the cutting boards behind me to be able to mitigate the risk if possible

[Anonymous No.14949058]

>>14949029
Now THAT'S just fucking scary.
>>14949032
Holy shit. Honestly if I were in the queue and saw this I'd get mad at them as a customer. I don't know if the people behind the counter would appreciate me telling another customer off, though

[Anonymous No.14949131]

>>14949014
https://indyweek.com/news/longform/how-bida-manda-and-brewery-bhavana-harbored-a-culture-of-abuse/

https://indyweek.com/food-and-drink/news/ashley-christensen-open-letter-workplace-harassment/

https://indyweek.com/news/wake/nc-protection-alliance-raleigh-feature/

One reoccurring element are that the owners of these establishments were aware (though AC semi feigns ignorance) while attempting to have some sense of altruism. Having met all of these people and even working for one much of this comes off as lip service trying to save face from alot of problematic bullshit that most wanted to ignore for years while pretending to give a shit about social issues.

I'm hoping more stories appear as a result to take these superficial fucks down a notch. I'm pretty leftist and despise these types trying to take such a slant to either gain or salvage PR when incidents are properly brought to light.

[Anonymous No.14949238]

>mfw watching waitresses get emotionally whittled down by being berated by customers and their boss
the weak will perish

[Anonymous No.14949301]

>>14949058
It's not something that happens too often but it's not something you forget if you work with this stuff and it's still often enough to be an annoyance and yes I think it would be appreciated because well most people don't take offence at all when you tell them off as long as you do it in a respectful manner but of course we'd rather not do it as there is always a risk that someone doesn't really understand even if you explain why and might take it personally so if a customer does it then that whole risk for the employee, the meatdepartment and the store is mitigated.

I sure would have appreciated it even if I never had any issues to tell people off as I used to take hygiene in my department very seriously when I worked with meat.

[Anonymous No.14949315]

>>14947157
it's a matter of common sense, and possibly reading kitchen confidential
I'm sure if you're somewhat smart you'll be fine, plus you can add head chef, purveyor and everything else to your CV, congrats

[Anonymous No.14949470]

>>14949301
>then that whole risk for the employee, the meatdepartment and the store is mitigated.
that's why I usually step in in such situations. Good to hear my assumption holds water.

[Anonymous No.14949601]

>>14949470
It sure does, most people are chill but you never know and if you felt you got particularly good service and have the time then don't be afraid of taking your time to e-mail the store and name the person as it really does benefit that individual and departement a whole lot.

Most people only contact a store if they have a complaint so positive critiscism is considered extra valuable.

[Anonymous No.14949624]

>>14947267
>Mathematics researcher
So you're completely useless then? At least the meat guy actually produces a tangible product lmao

[Anonymous No.14949745]

>>14944301
you're probably one of the retards that touch the meat

[Anonymous No.14950711]

>>14944823
>If people in his position disappeared your dumb ass won't be able to cook dinner

I could just fish. I have access to trout streams and lakes with healthy populations of walleye, yellow perch, crappie, and sunfish. Also, there are pre packaged meat. Nice cope

[Anonymous No.14950823]

>>14944823
>Meanwhile your office jobs means jack shit to anyone else other than your Jew boss
If everybody in my office job quit you would have no electricity and you'd be back in the 18th century, but sure, whatever makes you feel better about cutting meat.

[Anonymous No.14950888]

>>14950711
> Also, there are pre packaged meat. Nice cope
which magically grows on trees? Are you retarded?

[Anonymous No.14950890]

>>14947267
math is an autistic waste of time

t. accountant (bs math, ms accounting)