Are there people on this forum really in this crazy industry for the money though? I would be surprised.
people working those state and government food service jobs probably would not ever read forums like these...
We wouldn't, we would? That's kind of a loaded statement!!!! Granted, I started off in the fine dining world but now I do jail foodservice and I know many others just like me. Why did we switch? For a better lifestyle and/or a much better rate of pay. I left the restaurant business soon after my daughter was born. I didn't want to be like so many of my other buddies who missed so much of their kid's childhood. Yes, I made a sacrifice. I chose my family over the restaurant world. So I would be careful about making assumptions about those of us in the those state and government foodservice jobs!!!