Yooo lol I feel ya on the dirt. I kinda wanna make a post detailing the shit at these restaurants but I dont wanna kill people's favorite place in RVA lol.

Yeah man. Job sucks and the holidays are just makin things stressful(restaurant) along with the cold. Gettin too old for kitchen work.

Bed won, too cold. Perhaps some lunch in a few lol.

Tryna walk to get breakfast but work sucked this week and I don't wanna move lol.

I believe it. I have coworkers that genuinely dropped the "can tell a womans been sleepin around cause she feels loose" bullshit a couple weeks ago. There are some dumb nasty motherfuckers in the industry. And women get the absolute shit end of the stick everytime. I'm male but it still drives me insane. Absolute troglodytes runnin around this city.

After 10+ yrs I can say...not really. Most managment either seems to fall into the "I'm a manager but I have no power to fix things" or "I have all the power, never around". Lots of great people and some great managers. But most places overwork, underpaying, and try to expand before fixing issues or investing in issues that will arise.

Most places seem to focus way too heavily on expansion or adding onto the menu/labor without any consideration for the effects. People get burnt out and find somewhere better. Which the article alludes to imo. Bet they cant hire or keep anyone long enough.

Edit- also if any restaurant talks about "family" or some sense of weird loyalty, RUN. It means they're gonna tack on more work without raises and expect you to be all "we're a team!" about it while grinding you into dust until you quit or your spirit breaks enough to stick around for years. Don't.

No clue tbh, sorry

I worked for Shyndigz/Fancy Biscuit and it was a total shit show the whole time. Total mess with managment like most restaraunts in Richmond.

I've def been yelled at by runners cause I had to cross broad while walking my bike. Cause I had work and lived in Jackson Ward at the time.

But fuck em. I just yelled back. I'm all for healthy hobbies but I have bills to pay man. What can ya do? 🤷‍♂️

I feel ya, the seasonal stuff gets me as well. It's like you're brain just hits a wall and everything else keeps flying forward.

The best way I've heard it described is that you're "perceiving life, instead of experiencing it". I get disassociated but I've gotten better at recognizing when I'm in that weird un-real feeling. The depersonalization that comes with it, at least for me.

You're last paragraph def hits home. And touches on that quote above for me. It's like having a constant argument with your self while you sit in the middle just sorta staring at the wall. I find speed/heavy metal or thrash helps work me up! Anger, even manufactured with music, is an easy emotion to slide into to help jump start my brain into motion. If that makes sense.

Like DIO! 🤟

Def sweeping through restaurants atm

Anhedonia is a nightmare until you wrap your mind around it. A lot more manageable when I can accept I won't enjoy anything I do and just face it. Instead of frantically trying to "fill the void" and getting frustrated and despair.

Sorry you're dealing with it. It was an impossible feeling to describe to loved ones around me who just couldn't understand why I was in such an awful mood at times. It's like tryin to drink water and having it turn to sand.

Bless anyone that can keep a straight face mere inches away from Will Ferrell staring at you in character like that lmao.

Yeah it was kind of a strange article tbh. Guy talk about not running straight to the market then immediately talks about pushing into other states and locales after 4 restaurants offering takeout. I'm curious how this is different than just...ordering takeout from a restaurant. I'm confused but I'm also not a business owner. And yeah the photoshop doesn't really scream "legit". Not a scam but def not who I'd throw money at tbh.

So from the article it sound like just takeout, no delivery. Unless I missed it.

cries in $14 hr

Hate my job so lookin for a new one. $15 ain't even enough for a kitchen job anymore. Life's just too expensive. Just can't do a restaurant job without tips anymore tbh. Livin paycheck to paycheck and still falling behind. It's all fucked.

But I have a date tonight and tomorrow so that's nice lol. Weather is pretty. Leaves are pretty. Tryna enjoy it before they all fall and it's grey n cold.

Cause it feels like 10 when I'm riding my bike to work with tears in my eyes cause FUCK IT'S COLD. And then your coworker, who drove to work, is like "pretty this mornin. Only 45 and sunny!".

So experiences tend to warp perspectives. Yeah I'm aware it's not a tundra but it still gets cold as fuck in Richmond sometimes. May not be 10 degrees but it can sure feel like it when it's sticking to ya the way it does some mornins.

Edit- and yes I'm aware 45 n sunny ain't bad but I'm a weak bitch who hates the cold

Yep, workin for a lil over 10yrs in the industry and job hopped quite a bit. There are some god awful places in Richmond. Little to no training, skeleton crews, vindictive managers, managers that cuss employees out, managers that throw shit, absolutely clueless fuckin managers, shit pay, long hours, constantly changing menus/order of operations, unsanitary conditions, bad food storage, not dating anything, mixing old product with new, total lack of safety/communication, and a constant push to make workers do more with zero raises or hiring the appropriate amount of people to cut down on labor.

I love my work but the industry has pushed me to seek pursuing higher education and leaving the industry. It is exhausting and the amount times management turns an easy job into a shitshow. My prep job is hard work but it's so much better than easy work MADE hard. Which is a massive issue in restaraunts. Easy work made difficult and becoming mentally exhausting day in and day out for low wages.