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I could use some advice on what to put into a gift basket for her. Anyone in the food industry, please advise if you have a moment: what little tools did you find most handy at work but didn’t get provided for you? I already have gel insoles, epsom salt foot soak, and a counter-scraper. A best friend of mine just dropped big news on me - she left her job in big tech to be a line cook in an Italian restaurant. I was shocked, but I’m thrilled for her! She’s always talked about this, but never felt like she could take the plunge into a whole new career. She loves to cook, but has no official training, so she’s starting as a line cook and looking a culinary programs. She can walk to work now and doesn’t have to work at all once she steps put the door! I realize this will probably die in usersub, but I figure it’s worth a shot to help get her off to a great start. Whoever reads this, I hope you have a great day and fuck nazis. (Not literally)
tjluv
A gift card for a massage
smallpoxrandolph
You got the comfy shoes, which is important!
smallpoxrandolph
I came back to say you support for friend is a really great
awesalots
awesalots
(This is meant to be sincere, not sarcastic)
OMGamIImguringCorrectly
Users burn you out. People still act like it's 1980 and a computer is a newfangled luxury, not the core of their job.
rocktimeisgo
Honestly, get a 3 month subscription to freshly or something. Most cooks don’t feel like cooking at home or doing dishes after work.
awesalots
Oh wow I never would have thought of that! Thank you!
rocktimeisgo
I’ve been a cook for 15 years. The last thing I want to do when I get home is cook. And that ends w/ fast food and deli sandwiches.
awesalots
Oh wow ok I’m glad you said that! I’ll put something in so she can have some nice food when she gets home.
Arcygenical
I did this. Not big tech, but Management level IT. It's been 7 years. 7 very, underpaid, overworked, and overhappy years.
Paradox1111
Yeah.. that seems like a bad move.. We know that the food service is low margin and disappearing (The pandemic accelerates and by the next
Paradox1111
Pandemic there should be very few people facing jobs)
Arcygenical
If she has her own knife, get her a diamond steel hone. I use my 20$ one weekly. Have her chef teach her how to use it (make sure she knows
Arcygenical
It's diamond - they're abrasive, and not like normal steels).
BatmanInaKilt
6 pack of monster, cigarette addiction, anti-slip shoes, decent knife...
awesalots
Hahaha ok I can grab those off amazon, I think. Love your username!
Arcygenical
Bottle of Advil. That's your new healthcare plan. Lost a finger in the ice cream spinner? Advil.
BatmanInaKilt
That’s what salad creams for
Arcygenical
I'm going to have to, begrudgingly, google salad cream
BatmanInaKilt
pigeonsareliars
A good pair of tongs and some melatonin
awesalots
Smart! Her schedule is going to be all over the place now! And I assume she will need to grab things lol
pigeonsareliars
I'm the meat chef in my kitchen. Love my tongs, click'em every so often to make sure they work
awesalots
That is so cool! Thank so much for commenting! I’ve only been lucky enough to talk to chefs a few times. :D I never want to bother them.
pigeonsareliars
Hmu anytime, I'm on furlough and free all the time
Diabolic7e8
A cut glove
awesalots
geez - they don’t have those for her? Oh, I suppose she might want her own anyway. Good idea! Thank you!
Diabolic7e8
Np...most kitchens don't give them out and most cooks are crusty af and don't want to use them
awesalots
Lol “crusty af” I love it. Roger that.
frankenmullet22
People who use words like big tech believe in baseless election fraud
awesalots
Not to worry my friend, I do not believe in baseless election fraud.
RichardJohnsonMD
They said "fuck nazis" at the end, so I guess it evens out
frankenmullet22
Ask op who the nazis are
awesalots
I used to think they were anyone who officially associated with or sympathized with nazis in any way, now I wonder if it’s everyone who
awesalots
stormed the capital as well and anyone who sympathized with them. It’s crazy to even have to think about this, but we have to!
Paradox1111
Nazi stands for National Socialism..If you think your country is greater then the people in it.. you may be one