I hate how working with food makes me hate that food. The first commercial shoot I worked on was for KFC. Although my hand made a national TV debut, it completely put me off eating KFC for about three months. There was something about watching the food stylist rearrange chicken pieces and herbs on macaroni and fake a mashed potato gravy that really put me off. But the worst one was when they were shooting the money shot, the one of golden fried chicken tumbling downwards. Watching fried chicken being manipulated and thrown around for a couple hours was just so unappetizing, plus the incredible amount that was thrown away after.
But anyway, the point I wanted to get to was - god Chinese takeaways are so disgusting. I've seen the cooks drop chicken balls on the floor and put them back on the table. Sometimes I have to touch the customers' food when I put the lid on and the cooks haven't pushed the food into the plastic boxes nicely. I try to use the lid but sometimes you really need a hand. Today a dog sniffed the back of my hand as I walked down the street on the way to work. I didn't wash my hand. I feel a bit gross. But I never touch anything with the back of my hand. Today I saw the cook picking beansprouts out of noodles with his bare hands cause there were too many and shoving them into his own mouth. Probably touched his fingers to his mouth then back to the noodles. Gross. So gross. Saw boss cut raw/half-cooked frozen spare ribs with the same knife he uses to cut sesame prawn on toast after it's fried (i.e. cooked food). Constantly picking up cutlery that doesn't feel clean at all, but don't have time to wash it, end up plonking it in soup/soup in it to mask it. So disgusted. Reason with self that most people have immune systems that can handle it easily. Still disgusted. Hate working there. Hate that I eat it too. Hate that I do it too.
But anyway, the point I wanted to get to was - god Chinese takeaways are so disgusting. I've seen the cooks drop chicken balls on the floor and put them back on the table. Sometimes I have to touch the customers' food when I put the lid on and the cooks haven't pushed the food into the plastic boxes nicely. I try to use the lid but sometimes you really need a hand. Today a dog sniffed the back of my hand as I walked down the street on the way to work. I didn't wash my hand. I feel a bit gross. But I never touch anything with the back of my hand. Today I saw the cook picking beansprouts out of noodles with his bare hands cause there were too many and shoving them into his own mouth. Probably touched his fingers to his mouth then back to the noodles. Gross. So gross. Saw boss cut raw/half-cooked frozen spare ribs with the same knife he uses to cut sesame prawn on toast after it's fried (i.e. cooked food). Constantly picking up cutlery that doesn't feel clean at all, but don't have time to wash it, end up plonking it in soup/soup in it to mask it. So disgusted. Reason with self that most people have immune systems that can handle it easily. Still disgusted. Hate working there. Hate that I eat it too. Hate that I do it too.
It's okay. It's okay to hate
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