[Jim]

Make your decision.

Don't see anything negative about this.

Food pump, I concur with you. Looks like some good insight and some balanced, albeit honest, opinion. Good discussion!

[dellfavorite]

I've thought about it and I'm leaving. This job really is not for me. It dosn't fit my personality, physicality and the lifestyle that I someday want to have. I'm still young and my parents have always suggested going back to college for a diffrent carrer. I understand when people say you have to have a passion for it, I just don't fell that I have that, it just makes me fell like **** at the end of the day. Some people also say you have to have a killer instint, You have to be loud and you have to be confintational and sometimes cutthrought. I think I'm to nice to be a chef. I don't think that I've wasted my time though. I've learned a lot and a I have a skill that is used 3 times a day. At least I can eat well for the rest of my life. So i'm leaving and I'm not going to fell guilty about it. Bye everyone and thanks for the advice.

[CampChef]

My first job, first GM told me staight up, "You are now in the food business, which means serving the guests, not your own needs, if you don't like it, get out" He then gave me the best career advice ever for salaried execs, "When you start counting hours at the end of the week, it's time to start looking, you no longer enjoy it here". I left the food biz a few years back for a total of 11 months, the worst year of my life. If this industry is in your blood, you will have no choice but to get back in it. Sometimes you have to leave something to appreciate how much you need it.
You can be a nice chef, I've done it for 25+ years. You earn respect and do your job, no killer, cut-throat or decibels required.
Good Luck