I'm not sure, but I think this might be be regional. I worked as a chef doing fine dining for like two catered dinners, and it was actually the hardest physical

I'm not sure, but I think this might be be regional. I worked as a chef doing fine dining for like two catered dinners, and it was actually the hardest physical labour I've ever done in a long time, but it was also immensely fun. My friend who got me into the job (He knows I like to cook) isn't a huge drug addict or alcoholic, might find him smoking a bit of weed but that's it. We live in a country with a vastly different drug culture to that of North America/Europe, though. Like 5-10$ bags of extremely pure cocaine and shit like that just has a way of keeping the locals off the harder stuff, and also a lack of a consumerist mindset. A paycheque that sucks in the occidental world goes waaaaaaaay longer out here (I only made like what 90$ a night doing this? That's like at least a month of groceries) When I worked in a kitchen at a popular thai restaurant in North America when I was a kid, I walked into the mini fridge to grab some noodles and the manager was in there taking a bump of blow, I kinda just froze and then the guy yelled at me. Then I got yelled at more for not getting the noodles fast enough. Quit that job and got into IT as soon as I could.