Have You Been Employed in the Food Industry?

[SlingLow]

Wait! I did pick strawberries and raspberries when I was a kid. One summer I made enough to buy an AM transistor radio. Yeah, I was pretty slow. When I was probably 12 years old picking strawberries, a buddy of mine and I would cut out at lunchtime and walk over to the railroad tracks to share our lunches with the hobos, then walk home to his house and shoot pool in the basement. Good times! Betcha no one does that these days...

 

[kiwigtx]

My wife and I worked in two pubs in London - 3 months total selling drinks and food. Wife was on kitchen duties and serving until later in the shift when she helped behind the bars.

Here's a bit of proof...... for those who don't believe me....

One of five bars inside the pub - Ye Olde Cheshire Cheese - famous London pub directly opposite the old Barber Shop of Sweeney Todd.

Samuel Johnson who wrote one of the first dictionary's used to sit in this pub a write or socialise with friends. He had his own seat as well.

Survived the great fire of London - well...most of it did. Original floor beams downstairs still bear the scars of the fire.

 

[Coelacanth]

Yep 25 years growing grapes.. Had all kinds helping at harvest time. It was always funny when we picked by hand or machine hearing “workers” say oh when do they pick out the insects sometimes snakes, mice and small birds that ended up in the mechanical harvester… I was like yeah whatever comes out of the de-stemmer the rest will get pressed.

I'll need to remember that next time I'm enjoying the "bouquet" and "legs" of my favorite wine...

 

[SlingLow]

Here's a bit of proof...... for those who don't believe me....

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One of five bars inside the pub - Ye Olde Cheshire Cheese - famous London pub directly opposite the old Barber Shop of Sweeney Todd.

Samuel Johnson who wrote one of the first dictionary's used to sit in this pub a write or socialise with friends. He had his own seat as well.

Survived the great fire of London - well...most of it did. Original floor beams downstairs still bear the scars of the fire.

Good lookin' couple. Is that your stunt double?

 

[kiwigtx]

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Good lookin' couple. Is that your stunt double?

Yep....I always have my stunt-doubles at hand for any photo-ops.

 

[Dennis H]

I forgot the Cotton Candy Stand at Dorney Park. $1 an hour and $1 a day bonus if you stuck out the season. Girls there too. It was good. Blew my nose Pink for a week.

 

[Coelacanth]

I forgot the Cotton Candy Stand at Dorney Park. $1 an hour and $1 a day bonus if you stuck out the season. Girls there too. It was good. Blew my nose Pink for a week.

Hopefully because of the cotton candy, not the girls...

 

[BB BELLA]

Find your way home

somebody should have told Steve Winwood!

 

[1KoolBee]

Uncle Google says more than 50% of us worked in the food industry at one point in our lives. Maybe you still do even?
At any rate, tell me your story!

Me? I worked as a dishwasher in a Chinese restaurant for under a year in high school. I was the only guy in the kitchen that spoke english other than the owner, so it was fun communicating. They would cook me any meal I wanted for dinner, and then another one to take home at the end of the evening ......which for a teenager was pure heaven. The owner ended up retiring and closing the restaurant, so on the final eve he let all the customers and workers drink all the beer the wine in the place free of charge. It was one big party. I pulled a "Tom Sawyer" at one point and convinced multiple inebriated customers to come back and experience the joy of using the dishwashing equipment while I sat there with a beer watching them. A thus, my food industry employment came to an end. I still like Chinese food!

Ha! me too! My mom makes fun of the fact that my job as a dishwasher and delivery driver convinced me to go to college lol!

 

[1 Wild R/T]

Does mess duty in boot camp count???