I just saw The Menu (very good) and the military regime-esque sycophantic "YES CHEF" chants repulsed me. Gordon Ramsay has made a career out of screaming insults at his workers. How much of this is true to life and what is the leftist view on it?

I worked as a dish-hand and started and quit in the same weekend. Unbelievably high pressure and aggression from your co-workers. Is the answer "if they're well paid and have adequate time off it's fine"? Can a high pressure environment work with politeness and tact? Is the grotesque heirachy inherent in these workplaces?

I haven't read much so I have no clue.

  • fifthedition [none/use name]
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    2 years ago

    I remember reading this cool story about the first restaurant to open after Mao died. By then, eating out was such a foreign experience that people did not quite know what to do. The customers washed their own dishes afterwards, for example.