To those who forgot who this sub was named after: Anthony Bourdain didn't start out as a media personality or a politician or some dipshit podcaster, but worked at the ground level and KNOWS the reality of industry like no politician could. When he got his fame, he created a TV show that emphasized the need to be humble and respect all cultures, and especially those at the "bottom" who cook food and pour drinks. I think he would have a few choice words for the mods of this sub.
Although I left the industry a few years ago, it was were I got my start. Working 11 hour days 6 days a week without so much as a "15" let alone a lunch break honed my work ethic like steel. Like many of us, I've worked with immigrants both legal and "paid under the table" and I will defend all day the assertion that they work harder and contribute more to society than the elites at the top who want to make you fear the "Other" so that you're looking everywhere else while they rob you blind.
Do you think your low wages and lack of access to healthcare or continuing education is because some poor family crossed the border to make a better life for themselves? Do you see your country falling into madness and on the brink of catastrophe and think your brown co worker is the culprit? Do you think your economy is failing because because Donald Trump doesn't have enough power to deport whoever he wants?
Before you blame the immigrant worker—'legal' or not—remember you likely have more in common with him than with the elites telling you he’s the problem. While they point fingers, they’re the ones quietly taking your wages, your land, and your future.
If you want to be a brownshirt, that's on your soul. But don't claim to be a Bourdain fan while you're doing it.
by ACosmicCastaway
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If reddit has told the mods to delete any posts that discuss how to evade ICE, then the mods have to be willing to let this sub die in and refuse to do so.
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Do those of you who want to punish undocumented people for their crimes also want to punish owners and managers for hiring them?
I take back what I said about the mods after their recent posts. Appreciate yall coming out of the woodwork to be supportive. Leaving this up for those who still need to read it.
Also, he went back to his fancy ass Les Halles and the kitchen was filled with immigrants (one who he would in the next episode travel to their home across the border). And the point of that Les Halles show was to demonstrate how shitty the kitchen is and how overworked the line is. He had Eric Ripert with him and they were talking about how understaffed the line was.
Yes!!! 👏
I’m a 44-year old dude. Your comment brought tears to my eyes.
God, fuck this industry. I don’t get why it’s still acceptable in this modern age that restaurants treat their employees like shit, and people eat it up in the name of being “tough” or whatever.
I left in 2018, it was the best decision I ever made. And in Canada we don’t even have people snatching up all the employees. That whole situation you guys have got going on down there adds so many more fucked up layers to it all.