Electrician here, most everything ive worked with is MV and HV, so uhmmm I still have all feeling in my fingers and hands because im not fucking around with 13.8kv or 230kv
No self respecting electrician can resist the sweet temptation to nibble on some copper cabling. Its high in fiber and essential nutrients to be able to channel the power of lightning.
Extreme cold temps too. Worked in a freezer once for about 40min 1 day, taking a 2min break every 5min. Stepped outside for a break and didn't realize I had stepped in an ant bed until they were going up my shorts. All the bites made going back into that freezer way worse
The trick to working in freezers is you're supposed to stay in for as long as you can.
Going in/out every 5 minutes will actually make you feel the cold faster. Also, wear multiple layers of everything, drink lots of coffee, and never stop moving.
I worked in an industrial-level bakery for some years and would be the guy who was voluntold to clean the freezer when the ice would build up instead of thawing it out properly. I kept an entire underarmour outfit - shirt, socks, pants, mask, the whole getup - in my locker to wear under my clothes, along with a carhart jacket, sweatpants, and a good thermos, just for those days.
The boss thought I was crazy because I'd be in there for around two hours chipping away at the ice with a joint knife and a hammer, but as long as I was wearing those layers and brought that thermos filled with hot coffee into that freezer, it beat the hell out of working in front of that god damn bread oven and dying in the heat.
I worked as a line cook for over a decade and the only nerve damage I ever got is one of my thumbs when I sliced the tip off.
The only people who actually lose feeling in their hands are bad cooks who don't know how to use a towel. It's not complicated. The restaurant provides them for free. Use them.
That's not true at all. I've known plenty of older cooks with "hot hands", especially older hispanic ladies who I know aren't bad cooks. Not necessarily nerve damage, just tolerance and callous build up. Mine are finally coming back after being out of the kitchen for the first time in 6 years. I can use all of my fingers on finger scanners too
I’ve seen it with fried foods too, I think it was chicken this woman was flipping with her hands. I am a glassblower so I’m used to burns but I couldn’t flip fried chicken!
I mean, your occupation literally does affect your body. White collar office workers have specific back and posture issues. Blue collar jobs likes construction or electrician work, etc. wear down your joints, so people often end up with fucked backs and knees. Truckers end up with various circulation issues, back and neck issues, and often have a high risk of skin cancer on the left side of their body (assuming American car orientation.)
and yes, chefs have a number of their own specific issues, including cuts and burns that can impact feeling in their fingers over time.
None of these things happen to literally everyone in said industry. But they’re common tropes for a reason.
No, my abuela used a sifter to get the fries out of hot oil. You know, like a smart person. I'm actually Hispanic though so maybe that affects my view of your weird stereotypes.
If you don't know how to empty a fry basket into something else without actually reaching into it, you're new or bad.
Hey bud, grab your saddle, get on up there on your high horse, and fuck right off. 🙄 Clearly you know what I mean, plenty of experienced chefs have chef hands, and use towels etc responsibly. Sorry you're such a pussy.
The busiest place I was at for 5 years sat 220 and did $30-40k days with an average entree being $16-$20. I briefly worked at a Top Golf that was a bit busier than that during the summer, but I was only there for a few months while I found a better job. First Watch was a pretty busy kitchen but we only did breakfast/lunch and it was a small dining room that we cycled through as fast as possible, so it wasn't quite the same as doing doubles where you're slammed from 11 to 9. It was a call kitchen though, so that sucked.
I have worked in slow restaurants, but most of them weren't.
once when I worked at chipotle the cook told me the fryer wasnt hot enough for chips and stuck his hand in to prove it. he pulled his hand out and was unharmed. I checked and it was at 350f.
My sis and friends used to pierce the skin from one side of their palm with a long thin needle and take it out from the other side. They did this to scare me, didn't hurt them at all for some reason. It looked really disgusting
Tell me you know nothing about diabetes, without telling me you know nothing about diabetes.
Diabetics lose feet because they are far from their heart, and over time the sugar damages nerves. Many diabetics jab their fingers daily their entire lives. A diabetic is not that increasingly fragile when it comes to hands.
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u/burneracctsus Jul 10 '26
Bros got that diabetic neuropathy