Worked in a kitchen a few times...never again! Couldn't stand the slimy greasy floors, the cock roach infested ice machines, and the filthy condensers on top of filthy walk in coolers.
You need to get a sense of humor. If you can laugh at your own jokes youll be better off than others. thats how I keep myself from losing it on the job..
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The older I get the less I like to have people around me while I'm trying to work or talking to me. The phone ringing upsets me sometimes!
To tell you the truth if it feels lonely then you would be more suitable as a installer then a tech, coming from the install field I have found that most of them like to work with others and dont like going out by themselves, and most bosses will send you out together cause alot of the time is better managed with 2 or more.
Don't forget getting stepped on! A friend of mine that does a lot of resteraunt work told me always keep your heels to the side while working on your knees in a kitchen so your ankles don't get broken when you get stepped on.
I love not going to the same place doing the same damn thing day after day. It truly cracks me up that they tell kids in school to work hard, get into college and get a career. After they spend 4 years in school with no idea what they really want to do and go into 100's of thousands in dollars of debt they go into some job where they sit in the same damn cubicle day after day without any true sense of accomplishment.
I don't think the teachers have a clue what a great career the trades are... and many in the trades don't know how great service work is!
I think we know something they don't!
there are usually no witnesses when I talk to myself, not that they could hear me over the noise, suits and ties tend to avoid ladders and dungeons. I have never been one to play well with others anyway. It's either to hot or to cold, otherwise we would not be there. And I can stay honest and still make a buck without hurting anybody.