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What's your professional deformation? (lemmy.ml)
submitted 11 months ago by to c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml
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When reflexes acquired in your job are invading your daily life.

-When i was an intern in a retail, i had to fight against the urge to store the shelves during my own shopping sessions.

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[–] 48 points 11 months ago* (11 children)

I can't watch anyone cook without steeling myself from mentioning their risky knife grip, mess-inducing lack of flow, slapdash mis, etc. πŸ˜΅β€πŸ’« On the positive side, I always call my status ("behind", "hot", "knife", etc.)

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  • [–] 41 points 11 months ago (1 child)

    I had an ex that asked me to show her how to cook and then proceeded to have a complete mental breakdown while screaming about how judgy I was being.

    Turns out she lived off of turkey on flatbread, plain, every.single.night. We didn’t make it more than a month. My (now) wife went from only being able to bake, to a full on Sous Chef. Most nights I don’t have to say a word, we’re just on a mission to get dinner for 5 ready.

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  • [–] 10 points 11 months ago (8 children)

    Yeah detaching your cheffiness in your personal life is a job in itself, I had OJT all throughout my children's lives until they moved out, THEN my wife and I opened a BBQ joint and it's just her and I and HOOOOO BOY the shoe is on the other foot!!! lol....we have fun.

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  • [–] 5 points 11 months ago (7 children)

    we have fun

    NGL, y'all seem to be livin' the dream! πŸ₯³

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  • [–] 4 points 11 months ago (6 children)

    oh absolutely, had to leave the US to live the American Dream, and can't say it was a bad decision!

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  • [–] 1 point 11 months ago (5 children)

    Oh, please do share the how-to on that! πŸ˜… Before it's too late? πŸ₯΅

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  • [–] 4 points 11 months ago (4 children)

    Sold our house at the right time (Trump presidency #1), funded a year & a half in the EU with 'no income' (you need to show income plus have enough funds to show independence -and family send letters of assurance & their bank statements for support, plus private insurance, etc. & patience.

    Found an amazing town in 3.months and have been here for 7 years, restaurant opened 4 months before COVID lockdown, the landlord was amazing throughout the whole ordeal, didn't charge the 3 months closure, we paid half rent for the 1st year and were able to repay it within a year). Neighbors were amazing (again) very supportive through the whole deal.

    This is when we found out we can do it just by ourselves....the kids then some casual employees PT during the high season. This year we had 2 neighbors kids work with us for their first 'real job'.

    Great community, we work very hard but have some awesome quality of life (Mediterranean is 500m away) and more than anything got lucky.

    I wish others the same!

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  • [–] 2 points 11 months ago (3 children)

    500 meters from the Mediterranean?! Luuucky πŸ˜±πŸ€©πŸ––πŸΌ

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  • [–] 4 points 11 months ago (2 children)

    37 years in the industry, I knew when I was a young cook I wouldn't make jack shit for pay, so I always looked at places where I could enjoy life: N. Florida, Buenos Aires, Bermuda, Bonaire, Seattle, Los Angeles (ok, that was for straight up pay....never again!) now Spain. Hard work, a good partner, and dumb luck.

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  • [–] 2 points 11 months ago* (1 child)

    Ah! I have had the rare opportunity to chef in Barcelona, and it played a major part in my near immediate desire to stay indefinitely... but I chose the "wiser", legally sound route of returning to the US to sort out visa details, etc. That was '05, but I've always dreamed of moving back. πŸ₯²πŸ₯°

    Say hello to lovely Cataluña for me! 🀘🏼

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