The aging workforce

 

Hi Natty!  What's going on, Honey?  I'm sure you are keeping busy, so please make sure you guard your health and safety.  Have tons of fun OK!  Whew!  It's been a tiring day.  But interesting.  I made a musical discovery and I wanted to pursue it but alas, I need to rest and feed myself.  Patience.

I like watching videos about busy restaurant kitchens, because it keeps me humble.  So far, I can mostly find the Japanese release such videos.  I saw a 4 minute video of the kitchen of a "busy" 3 Michelin star French restaurant.  It was ridiculous.  The place was sparkling clean, and only 2 dishes were being made, both the same.  There was one guy painting sauce on a place, one guy putting fruit, one girl putting garnish etc.  With so much staff they must charge an arm and a leg per plate, which was just a few slices of pig over sauce and veggies/fruit.  I find the video above breathtaking not because of the size of the portions, but because of how old the staff is.  The owner said that the average age of the staff there was 71 years old.  And they were busting their asses too at that age, you can clearly see that those were real patrons not a setup.  You can also see how messed up the kitchen gets, you can see 50 years of wear and tear on the walls and floor.  What you don't see is the full amount of prep needed and the cleanup after the rush.  These people have my pity and respect.  I'm so grateful to be out of the restaurant business.  Alhamdulillah.  Thus the people preparing our food is an aging workforce.  The younger generation wants to do tech, but you can't eat tech.  The other extreme is just as bad.  Do you know about Pol Pot and his agrarian society, and what happened there?  I guess no one wants to do labor anymore, but would you want robots to prepare our food?

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