ITT: Only the most GRUELING jobs ever portrayed on film

ITT: Only the most GRUELING jobs ever portrayed on film

Civvies could never understand

I met a line cook once and he was unironically like this.

If they wanted to show the real grueling job in a kitchen it should have been focused only on the dishwasher. He's the real American hero in that battalion.

Go through a couple tours and tell me if you come out the same on the other end

The kitchen porter is like a combat medic. He's the one that has to pick up the pieces, and dishes, after a greasy firefight.

implying most cooks aren't behind the dumpster for half their shift doing drugs and tattoos with the waitresses

Reality check

Veteran of two tours at Burger King here, if you've never been in the biz (that's what cooks like us call the hospitality industry) then trust me... signing up with us ain't for the faint of heart

Ahh yes nothing like tattooing your coworkers while on a smoke break, I'm sure that happens all the time

Semper Fi brother

You must not be American. The average kitchen is a fucking circus.

Every kitchen is different...

civvies wouldn't get it.

Yeah, a typical circus where everyone… does tattoos.

You've never been in the trenches with us. Don't speak on things you don't know civvie

It's not just a job, it's a lifestyle

episode opens

youtu.be/JbJEHZ1rbTU starts playing

I think it's a show for people who never worked in their life
I watched the first episode, it felt like I was at work for one extra hour
No thank you

American

low key kino fuel thread

cooking, cooking never changes

AAAAH I HAVE TO BOIL POTATOES AND CUT MEAT AT THE SAME TIME IM GOING INSANE

Their whole job is literally timing things right, any autistic could do it

redditor

You sound like a guy who did one tour and put in for leave after 6 months. There's levels to what we do

Professional Crustbreaker

Mike Rowe would kneel.

Yeah, like I said. Some Americans can only speak Spanish, chud. Get over it.

If you ever ask to use a Chefs knife set they throw a wobbly kek free entertainment

Eh... Dishwashers are the snouty janitor of restaurants. I worked at one and the dishwasher was a total shit who used the fact that he was super quick and effective at getting his shit done and done properly (and everyone wanting to get home at a decent hour, especially since the only other dishwasher was a fat fuck who was always late and would drag out his work, keeping everyone late, purely to get extra time on his paycheck) to get a guaranteed 30-35 hour weekly schedule AND guaranteed set schedule (while everyone else was begging for hours and had different scheduled days every week).

He used to listen to shitty music (Joy Division, Talking Heads, Bob Dylan) and act all snooty and arrogant towards the kitchen staff, like he was better than us because he had a life outside the place and had ZERO loyalty towards the restaurant being a success.

Sounds like he had good taste in music and you don't lmfao

So what you're saying is he was good at his job and listened to popular music

He had zero loyalty

Motherfucker is a dish washer, he's not getting founder shares

mfw I play Desolation Row on repeat while wagies watch me play with soap on company dime

You havent truly lived until you've done a fat bump of white lightning off of a line cook's boning knife while he works on covering up the gothic script neck tattoo of the hostesses' boyfriend's name

Sounds like you should have been better at your job

The bear was unrealistic and dramatised, also one of the most "American" shows I've seen. The fridge scene or the family scene were hard to watch during the cringing. I hate everyone involved with this garbage

This isn't a Severance thread.

I work as a """"""management consultant"""""" My job is fucking hellish and I would've left years ago if I didn't have a wife and child to support

Shit is gay, I feel you brother.
Fuck the heebs 1488.

he fell for the family/mortgage trap

haha me? I'm free to kill myself in 10 years :)

I worked as a dishwasher/bus boy for a couple months until I found a new job and bounced. It was a horrible disgusting degrading job. Worked Friday night, Saturday night, and Sunday mornings all while the waitresses made more in one shift than i did all week. The restaurant loved me as I would work through my lunch break but the truth was I just wanted to leave as soon as possible. They tried to offer me more money to stay but I informed them that it wasn't about the money as I was taking a pay cut at my new job.

the plus is that I genuinely adore my family and live for the time I spend with them and for my hobbies. I just suffer tremendously for 9 hours a day monday to friday. I'm going to try move to the civil service eventually as I hear the stress is way lower.

Kill yourself, parasite

You seriously think chefs are the epitome of masculinity? Get real, buddy. These "tough guys" spend their days chopping vegetables and stirring sauces like it's some high-stakes mission. The most dangerous thing they’ve encountered? Maybe a little burnt finger while plating their precious "delicate" dishes. Meanwhile, real men are out there building treehouses and fixing engines, not playing with a bunch of tiny carrots and calling it an art form. These chefs are wearing hats and waving knives around like they’re warriors, but come on—you're just an artist with a spatula! Stop pretending you're productive while you carefully arrange a speck of parsley on a plate like it's some kind of badge of honor. How about you put down the garnish, get back to the kitchen, and make something that doesn’t cost more than my rent, because no one’s impressed by your "masterpieces" of tiny portions and overpriced food.

Work in a kitchen during a dinner rush.
I've had all kinds of jobs over my life and absolutely none have been as balls to the wall as being a line cook in a decent kitchen.
You're juggling a dozen different things, being yelled at in nine different directions and hungry customers are incredibly demanding.

its funny because most studies show that a calm chef/cook is creating a better and more productive environment.
they make their own life hell by screaming and going into a downward spiral of stress

lol. bro shut the fuck out. no one thinks that's fucking cool. what do you think it's like to work in a ER where people are fucking dying, or building a skyscraper?

trendy fucking faggot. go make me a sandwich

Working the line in a busy kitchen is the closest you can get to being in a war zone without getting shot at. And honestly, I’m not even sure which one is worse some days.

You’ve got your brigade — line cooks, prep, dish, expo — all packed into a tiny, overheated bunker made of steel and grease. The enemy? Time, fire, incompetent servers, and Karen who wants her burger "medium rare but no pink." You laugh now, but wait until you've had twelve of those tickets in the middle of a dinner rush and your grill guy's high again.

It starts out quiet. Too quiet. You know the storm is coming. The printer starts chattering like an M249 on full auto, orders flying in faster than your brain can process. You go into autopilot. Every second counts. No time to think, no time to feel. You're dodging oil splatter, grabbing pans with your bare hands, barking comms to your teammates over the roar of the hood vents and sizzle of twenty different things burning at once. Your chef is screaming, you're sweating through your skin, and you're running on nothing but adrenaline and last night’s energy drink.

You burn, you bleed, you push through it. There’s no quitting, no retreat. You fall behind, people don’t eat. You go down, the team suffers. Just like in combat, you have to trust the guy next to you. If the prep cook slacks, you're fucked. If the dishwasher falls behind, you're drowning in plates. Everyone matters. No one gets out clean.

And when it’s over? There’s no hero’s welcome. No parades. No medals. Just a trashed kitchen, a cigarette outside in the rain, and the haunting knowledge that you get to do it all again tomorrow.

War may be hell, but at least soldiers get VA benefits.

Ah yes, working the line in a kitchen — the "war zone" for people who think dropping a salad into a bowl is an act of heroism. Let's be clear: if your biggest struggle is "getting a burger medium rare, but no pink," you’re not exactly storming the beaches of Normandy. You're just playing dress-up in a plastic apron.
I mean, really, the only combat you're facing is with the overcooked chicken and the sad reality that you still haven't learned to pronounce “sous-vide.” Sure, the kitchen’s hot, but so is a sauna, and I don’t see anyone calling that a “battlefield.” You're not dodging bullets; you're dodging the line cook who’s dodging their mushroom reduction for the third time this week. And don't give me this “grill guy's high again” nonsense. The only thing you're really on is a high of delusion thinking that playing with food somehow qualifies as “warrior” behavior.
But hey, if you're looking for medals, maybe stick to the cooking show circuit where they can at least give you a shiny knife as a consolation prize. Because when it’s over, there’s no "battle scars"—just a messy station, cold fries, and an existential crisis about the fact that you’ve spent an hour plating an appetizer the size of a dime. Oh, and no VA benefits either—guess you'll have to settle for a coupon to the local taco stand.

sir, little Timmy at table 6 just asked for extra dipping sauce for his chicken nuggies

Eh, I’ve actually worked line as opposed to the rest of the posers on this thread and while it’s tough, the show overdramatizes it way too much. If you’re constantly shouting and that antagonistic to each other, you’ve already fucked up. Maybe this happens in America a lot, where everyone is neurotic as hell and you have to deal with niggers and beaners constantly fucking up, while being unable to properly rip them a new one because ‘muh racism’ but I think any successful kitchen that dysfunctional only happens in Hollywood slop.

Plus, it starts off as a fucking struggling sandwich shop with a kitchen that would put most Michelin star restaurants to shame and way too many staff members. I get that they wanted to become a show about that type of restaurant but the path they take to get there is lazy and completely unrealistic. Not every restaurant needs or even should have a brigade system. It’s like the writers saw Hell’s Kitchen and decided that’s the only model that works for a restaurant.

Larping reddit soifags keep saying that the show is ‘too stressful’ but it’s too absurd to be anything other than something to laugh at. This must be what doctors and lawyers feel like when they watch the usual medical or courtroom drama slop.

Lawyers deserve to suffer from seeing courtroom slop drama. Lawyers deserve to feel nothing but suffering at any given moment, as they are the scum of society

sir, little timmy knocked over the nuggies... th-they're all over the floor

t. roastie or low iq nigger

cooking skill correlates extremely well with IQ unlike things you mentiin that even a monkey can learn from recipes or trial and error

If you’re constantly shouting and that antagonistic to each other, you’ve already fucked up.

well, that's basically the storyline

Any good Whiplash or No Country for Old Men tier cooking movies? For Anon Babble we got pic rel but for Anon Babble??

my dishwasher sucked because he was good at his job and leveraged this to his benefit and listens to great music

I think the problem is you.

Hey chef a customer just came in and ordered something off the menu.

You aren't even worthy to talk to me until you've done at least two tours at a strip mall Applebee's

well, what’s his order

I don’t know, he said he wants to talk to you

Overcooked is literally the most stress-inducing piece of shit I have ever played

He sounds based

About to start my shift in 20 minutes. Might not come back from this one. Wish me luck in there

Car mechanic
It’s not grueling, more of a slow burn misery until you keel over

Godspeed soldier

Just turn the wrench nigga it’s not that hard

I would just kill myself now if I was a furry faggot

Is this why all car mechanics are miserable crooks?

You seriously think chefs are the epitome of masculinity? Get real, buddy. These "tough guys" spend their days chopping vegetables and stirring sauces like it's some high-stakes mission

brutal

Not a furry
All mechanics are miserable resentful assholes, anyone who isn’t, is just not old enough

I like how you completely misunderstood the thread and are genuinely complaining about your easy ass overpaid job.

overpaid

I’m not American nigger

Good bait, that

AYO is mildly infuriating

ITT: Only the most GRUELING jobs ever portrayed on film

Only Asians can be masters of cooking, they dedicated their lives to it, e.g. Jiro

what do mechancis got to cry about?
just make sure you pack a healthy lunch, workout and stay fit and u can work on cars that you presumably like and make a decent living. + you are useful.

Looks like a praying mantis with down syndrome

Says the permavirgin.

I've had all kinds of jobs over my life and absolutely none have been as balls to the wall as being a line cook in a decent kitchen.

try a real job, like ER nurse, cardiac cath tech, oil rigger, fire fighter, bridge builder, pilot.

you people are so fucking cringe and pathetic.

Oh shit we got a real bad ass here!

It's a joke you stupid nigger.

real job

er nurse

literally taking orders all and doing errands that CNAs are unqualified to do

Lol kys, Doc ordered an enema for Tyrone Biggums in room 4 stat!

Keep crying, dysgenic incel

Wiping groid ass and sticking tubes in their penises is a punishment directly from God, not a job.

go be part of a code blue in an ER and watch someone die, faggot. but first make me a dinner plate and tell me about your tattoos-just kidding. I don't give a fuck about your faggot tier ink.

I am a medic. Nurses are retards coddled by Docs. Let me know when you can RSI and perform a Cric. Hey, man, don’t forget the doc needs you to run these vials up for testing. Don’t forget to give the patient their pudding

Do they still force you idiots to take COVID boosters? How do you live with yourself after COVID exposed the whole medical industry as a sham?

These assholes are completely shameless. The opioid epidemics, dancing nurses and covid bullshit and mandatory vaccines that were untested and didn't work completely exposed the entire global Healthcare industry as a scam. Doctors are little more than glorified drug and propaganda pushers.

You sound like a weak bitch.

i am not a nurse. I was an x-ray tech. and yeah, i don't think a self respecting man should be part of the corporate hospital system. the point was all these faggots in the restaurant biz think they are hot shit. they are doing servants work.

and yeah, i've seen people, babies die in front me me.

Lmao work with negresses and indians? No thanks buddy!

you meme but working anywhere in a restaurant is the most unappealing and unrewarding job in so many ways, I’ve no idea why so many people voluntarily do it instead of literally any other job

I'm a 30-year-old man with no skills, no job, no friends, and no degree. Should I bite the bullet and apply for a dishwashing job or continue to live with my parents and be a NEET? I feel like it's one or the other since I'm such a fucking worthless unemployable loser.

They are drug addicts or felons. They can't get other jobs.

Sure, but the dude’s focusing on making fucking plum compotes that take two days to make and needlessly complex haute cuisine dishes before making sure the kitchen actually functions. I only watched the first season so maybe they actually address this but no sane person in hundreds of thousands of dollars in debt would go from dumpster fire sandwich shop to Michelin star wannabe in some shithole part of Chicago without a few steps prior. I could accept it maybe if it were an actual comedy, but as a semi-realistic drama, it just doesn’t work.

I hope kawaii-chan only did up her hair like that and put on makeup for the social media thirst trap, otherwise spending a day cooking in hot, sweaty conditions makes it a complete waste of time and money.

My favorite chapter in kitchen confidential is when he visits his buddy’s kitchen and it’s completely clean, no one is getting yelled at, and all the dishes go out on time. And then Bourdain is forced to admit that maybe all the sadomasochism in the kitchens he worked in was completely unnecessary and only done because the people involved secretly like it.

If you otherwise have zero qualifications or have a criminal record, it’s one of a very few unappealing choices for a stable job, especially in the US, where there really a social security net that would allow people to rehabilitate and get qualifications.

Dishwashing is not a bad place to start. If you git gud at it (show up on time and somewhat care about cleaning) you'll likely be asked if you want to be promoted to food prep, which leads into chief, so that's a decent opportunity if you want. More than anything though, it's mindless work with often chill coworkers that nobody (except the supervisors and HR) expects you to give a shit about. Take the job, and find a better one/get some basic certs while doing it.

I believe in you anon.

Thanks man.

civvies have no idea that every hell on earth day is marked as a tally via traditional tattooing methods so that we can keep track of how much longer we must endure before the tour is up (retirement or revolver)

I've just finished my second Denny's tour this week and let me tell you, you civvies wouldn't last a second behind the grill.
Semper fry, fellow chefs.