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11948502 No.11948502 [Reply] [Original]

hello,

starting a new job this week as a banquet cook.
first hotel job, with very impressive level cooks.

is there anything i should do/expect/bring ?

never worked in a hotel -

>> No.11948544
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11948544

>actually working food service
Hope you like being miserable

>> No.11948553

there's so much repetition involved in it even if you couldn't cook you'd figure it out by rote soon enough.
if you don't smoke pretend to so you can take your breaks

>> No.11948556
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11948556

Bring your ego and pretend you know more than everyone. Arrogance is king in cooking and working new jobs in general. Fake it til you make it

>> No.11948614

How did you get the job?
Whats on ur resume

>> No.11948627

>>11948502
The first day is the biggest and when most opinions are made. There is a definite pecking order in these places. They are going to test you on the first day and you have to be ready. You don’t want to be anyone’s bitch that is for sure. You need to find the biggest guy in there and punch him straight in his nose. Show your dominance. Than ask does anyone want any. I didn’t think so.

>> No.11948628

>>11948614
My dad works at nintendo

>> No.11948633

>>11948627
This works but some jobs make you replace the guy you punched so don't knock out the janitor or you'll be cleaning toilets. Yuck!

>> No.11948670

>>11948544
I actually really like cooking but have had a hard time finding stable work,

I hope hotels are different

>> No.11948675

>>11948553
eh the level of guys in this place is really high...so I think I need to hit the ground running

>> No.11948680

>>11948556
I don't want to become what I hate...
maybe that's why I am so old and struggling though

>> No.11948687

>>11948614
I have 8 years on and off kitchen work,
am close to bilingual
in a nice hotel school now
and I make pottery

>> No.11948699

>>11948627
man I am not a douche though...
I will essentially be a human mash potato dispenser
like I don't understand the power struggles

>> No.11948725

>>11948687
Spanish is handy when working with illegal mexican immigrants

>> No.11948755

>>11948725
eh
I speak English and French
trying to learn some Spanish though

>> No.11948844

>>11948755
"MIGO CALIENTE"
is helpful when sliding hot shit to the retards in the dishpit, not that you should actually care one way or another that they hurt themselves

>> No.11949498

>>11948502
smash it desu
cook it well, with love and attention
and send that shit
communicate and hold the fort

>> No.11949642

>>11948687
I used to work at a hotel. We had a nice restaurant, but I worked at the front desk. I always pitied the guys in the kitchen. They had to cook for the restaurant and every emoloyee also got a free meal for lunch. I wouldn't bother them on my lunch break if they were busy and didn't even think about it when we had wedding parties in house but most people didn't give a fuck. The hotel unions are surprisingly strong in my city since tourism is such a big part of the economy. They had to cook for nearly 300 employees alone everyday, nevermind patrons of the restaurant, and the illegal Mexican housekeepers/groundskeepers would bitch if they didn't like the food or they felt like the portions werent large enough. They would complain to the union reps, who would complain to the union, who would threaten the resort. When the illiterate illegal immigrant who didn't speak English said salto the kitchen staff had to ask how high. Alcoholism was pervasive in that kitchen and the executive chef was always in a bad mood.

I started as a bellboy and it was one of my first real jobs. Within a few years I was a front desk manager, which isn't a prestigious title to be sure but it still amused me to have people working under me that I was making more money than who were paying off student loans for their hospitality degree. I got out of the hospitality industry a couple of years ago and I'm never looking back. It is a tough grind and nadee hate people in general.

Anyway sorry I don't have more input about the restaurant side but that's my two cents on hotels.