I have worked at four different restaurants and have never come close to making what servers averaged out. The upscale restaurant was the worst, all the cooks were broke and working full time and the servers who worked part time still made twice what we did. Even the one job where I was tipped out on really busy shifts I didn't make what the servers did.
Drug use is really rampant, also as long as you can be functional it is pretty accepted. I've worked with people who were addicted to heroin, crack, coke, a lot of alcoholics and almost every cook I've known is a huge pothead (some of the best recipes my uh friend has ever come up with have been while stoned). The opinion, outside of hotel restaurants, seem to be as long as you can get the job done any other issues don't matter. Also the only job where I have ever seen emotional stability need to be mentioned as a necessary requirement for the position, right after years of experience.
It depends on the place to an extent, but the restaurant world is an odd one that can
For most places being a server or bartender will get you a much higher income than being back of the house. Even a decent hourly wage can't compete with pretty much any busy restaurant because of tips, and the biggest discrepancy is at the highest end. I knew runners (who make less than servers or bartenders) who had training and enough experience to be hired as chefs at the four star restaurants they were working at but chose to be at their position because the money was so much better.
For most places being a server or bartender will get you a much higher income than being back of the house. Even a decent hourly wage can't compete with pretty much any busy restaurant because of tips, and the biggest discrepancy is at the highest end. I knew runners (who make less than servers or bartenders) who had training and enough experience to be hired as chefs at the four star restaurants they were working at but chose to be at their position because the money was so much better.
As far as the gender problems go, it is changing slowly and mostly depends on the place. Some restaurants are female friendly, some are still old school. But in both you definitely have to maintain a certain strong attitude. If you are seen as too fragile or weak, especially as a woman in the kitchen, you won't survive at most places. On the other hand, if you are a hard ass, it will get you respect. This is solely in my experience, I'm sure other places are different and front of the house has plenty of differences from back of the house (which is where I have worked). Sorry if any of this is a bit incoherent, I am running on low sleep.
They use anti-life because the terminology they prefer is pro-life. Which makes them sound protective instead of obsessed with controlling womens' bodies. By using anti-abortion* you're making their point for them, the whole point of being pro-choice is supporting the right to make the choice to have an abortion or not. It is the right to make a decision concerning your own body, not have it forced upon you. If you change the delineation to pro/anti abortion the framing makes it sound more similar to what the anti-choice people argue. Namely that people who are pro-choice just want everybody to get an abortion, no matter their own personal preference. So putting it in terms of choice might be more euphemistic, but also more accurate. Framing matters. I don't necessarily love the term, it's a bit clunky, but it's better than pro-abortion.
ETA:* in that the opposite is then pro-abortion rather than pro-choice
ETA:* in that the opposite is then pro-abortion rather than pro-choice
Any tea shop, though I have been seeing them at most places that sell coffee too. Pretty much anywhere you could find loose tea you can find tea bags.
ETA: I realize that was the most obvious answer. Other than that any upscale or hippie-ish (I can't think of a better description right now) grocery store/co-op should have them.
ETA: I realize that was the most obvious answer. Other than that any upscale or hippie-ish (I can't think of a better description right now) grocery store/co-op should have them.
Well I have since switched doctors specifically because of this. But, hilariously, this one came highly recommended. She acknowledged the possibility of cognitive side effects, after I brought it up asking about it, but said it was really just sedating problems. So even if I had problems they would only supposedly be in the morning or right after I took it at night. Based on my research I questioned that, but as she came highly recommended and I was in dire need of medication and unable to take most of the types that could be prescribed for me, I went against my gut.
I have had several blood tests since as it did cause some health issues but since I have been off the drug now my bone pain is gone. And that was something I had problems with before I corrected what I think was an electrolyte issue, as pedialyte seemed to correct it, so I think I'm ok there.
I do believe that people should not be anti-medication, I personally would not have lived a bearable life without pharmaceutical intervention. And that there are certain forces in the media and society that are anti-medicine. I just tend to think doctors have the opposite problem, they don't necessarily not mention the side effects but they do downplay them dramatically. There are plenty of times the drugs are worth it, but plenty of times people wouldn't have taken the drug had they known the risk. People just need to honestly know the stakes involved.
Ahahaha. But it was only a coincidence that his wife had real estate close to Meigs Field, and that the value of said real estate, shockingly, increased dramatically when there was no longer an airport nearby.
Cognitive dissonance, I have been called anti-semitic by a fair number of evangelical Christians who were aware I was Jewish. And plenty believe we are the chosen people, they do not see the Rapture as a bad choice for the Jews because we can choose to convert, it is only if we make the "wrong" decision that we die in a hellfire.
The Israeli military might not target children but they certainly aren't too bothered when they hit them (I am speaking of those in charge, not individual soldiers). There have been ten times more Palestinian children killed than Israeli. Israel has walled in a people, they have placed them in a ghetto and are shocked that the children raised in that ghetto may hate them. I am appalled at this behavior not in spite of the fact that I am Jewish, but because of it. Of all people the Jews should know better. Jews, who ghettos were designed for, are walling people in and treating them as subhuman. And I do mean Jews, it is overwhelmingly those who are religious and observant who support the right wing military action.
I am not denying that Palestinians haven't committed their fair share of atrocities. And I do not excuse it. But to be clear both sides are at fault, and one has murdered far more children. Collateral damage is not an excuse.
I am not denying that Palestinians haven't committed their fair share of atrocities. And I do not excuse it. But to be clear both sides are at fault, and one has murdered far more children. Collateral damage is not an excuse.
Oh you would be in for a nasty surprise, I had a relative who runs a Jewish organization called an anti-semite who supported "Jewicide" because she was in a picture with a muslim... And by a muslim I mean President Obama. These people are fucking idiots and lunatics. Their tendency towards cognitive dissonance is breathtaking.
Rahm Emanuel isn't crazy, unless you are talking about his narcissism. He's just a corporatist piece of shit. And Mayor Daley was a petulant child who served as a fantastic example of what happens when you give an entirely ordinary person an extraordinary amount of power and tell them they deserve it.
It is no longer indicated for bipolar disorder, although a lot of doctors don't know that, recent studies have shown it to be rather ineffective for it.
Yes well as someone who is an aspiring academic and who had enormous cognitive difficulties on the drug I feel it is important to warn people about it. My doctor was completely dishonest about the cognitive risk, and I am still suffering cognitive deficits after being off of it and despite being on only 50 mg. It can be a wonderful drug for people but they need to know the risk. I do call it the stupid pill even though I am far from it, I was significantly dumber on the drug and my memory was shot. I have no memory from my first month on it and everyone has since told me I seemed permanently stoned. I am thrilled you haven't had this side effect but plenty of people have.
Look I am all for taking medication when necessary, I still am on a different medication (which has been a lifesaver for me), and will probably be on it for the rest of my life. But because of the way the FDA allows drug advertisement and how closely doctors are tied to pharmaceutical companies people are frequently unaware of the risks of the medication they are taking.
Look I am all for taking medication when necessary, I still am on a different medication (which has been a lifesaver for me), and will probably be on it for the rest of my life. But because of the way the FDA allows drug advertisement and how closely doctors are tied to pharmaceutical companies people are frequently unaware of the risks of the medication they are taking.
Although everything will taste like hat, it kills your sense of taste.
Thanks for the recommendations. The cognitive issues really fucking suck, I want to become an academic and losing my memory and having aphasia aren't really helping. I swear it made my add worse, or maybe just more aware of it.
When did all of your cognitive function come back? I have been off of it for almost a month now, I only took it for two months. Things have undeniably improved cognitively but are still not back to norm.
Because this is Haley Barbour we're talking about and it is highly doubtful he would do this if they weren't.
Because a lot of evangelical Christians believe that for the rapture to happen the state of Israel needs to exist and all of the Jews need to live there. And then when it does happen the Jews have a choice between converting and dying in a hellfire. I really wish I was kidding.
Ooh I forgot about that. I remember now when he said that was when I went from wondering to sure he was not her biological dad. It was a total Maury Povich moment in my head.
Oh he's totally not her father. She is far closer to him than Victoria, she has frequently expressed him being the parent she actually wants to be around and chose to stay with him. Plus with her age the timing works out for her to be Clarke's daughter and it makes the whole inability for Victoria to not connect with her make sense. She is a constant reminder of what she did and what she could have had. It could have even been a reason she stayed with Conrad. If I'm right it will come out during the divorce or some super cheesy health thing where it is proven he can't be her father. Im hoping for the former, it would be totally trashy goodness.
I... have thought far too much about this. I blame the AVclub.
