# Is food service a good career choice?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-food-service-a-good-career-choice/801217>\
**Category:** In My Humble Opinion\
**Created:** [November 10, 2017, 12:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-food-service-a-good-career-choice/801217 "2017-11-10T12:38:41Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
**Page:** 4

<div class="post-metadata">

**Author:** ![Urbanredneck](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/ea5d25/32.png) [@Urbanredneck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Urbanredneck)\
**Post date:** [November 18, 2017, 11:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-food-service-a-good-career-choice/801217/61 "2017-11-18T23:14:51Z")

</div>

> [@Isamu](#):
>
> Here’s just one example I remembered of the kind of drug problems that are rife, problems that most people would never expect. On the Mediterranean super-yachts that cost about 200,000 dollars per week to charter, the crew usually get a ‘tip’ at the end of the charter. My brother told me about the time they were tipped in big blocks of cocaine. Not safe, not economically viable.

Yeah, kind of hard to put that into a bank account.

Thanks for the information. Although I’m surprised they would want someone with a drug or alcohol problem handling food safely or dealing with possible fire hazards.

---

<div class="post-metadata">

**Author:** ![LSLGuy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lslguy/32/5813_2.png) [@LSLGuy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LSLGuy)\
**Post date:** [November 18, 2017, 11:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-food-service-a-good-career-choice/801217/62 "2017-11-18T23:54:32Z")

</div>

“They” in this case are the fatcats who just finished their charter. They don’t care if the crew, who they barely think of as human, torch the boat in a cocaine fueled orgy of sex and violence the next day. They’ll have long since jetting off to wherever else by then.

---

<div class="post-metadata">

**Author:** ![Mr.Nylock](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/77aa72/32.png) [@Mr.Nylock](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Nylock)\
**Post date:** [November 19, 2017, 3:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-food-service-a-good-career-choice/801217/63 "2017-11-19T03:05:53Z")

</div>

> [@LSLGuy](#):
>
> “They” in this case are the fatcats who just finished their charter. They don’t care if the crew, who they barely think of as human, torch the boat in a cocaine fueled orgy of sex and violence the next day. They’ll have long since jetting off to wherever else by then.

I’m dripping with envy.

[Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-food-service-a-good-career-choice/801217.md?page=3)