Veteran kitchen and shop worker, NHS cleaner

Which ?

Any or all Lucca.

I don't understand what the word veteran refers to in this thread title. What is a veteran worker or, for that matter, a veteran kitchen?

Oh wait... is it about a Veteran (retired soldier) doing kitchen and shop work, or NHS cleaning?

Veterans Kitchen.

www.lbhf.gov.uk/articles/news/2017/11/veterans-kitchen-cooks-recipe-success-hf

Veteran just means "has a history of". I first heard it used this way when someone described themselves as a veteran competitive swimmer. It seems to have more dignity than words like firmer, old, ex-, etc.

I've worked in lots of kitchens.
Washing up, prepping food, and even cooking it at one point.
I've also done cleaning, and worked as a hospital hca.
(Jack of all trades, as they say)

MissAdventure that's good to hear. I know so many "professional" workers, I like to know there are others like me around. Call centres anyone?

i don't understand what this question is about.
it seems to be written in code.

Not written in code. What is it that confused you? I was just asking who else had worked in shops and kitchens, or as a cleaner?

MerylStreep good article, but not what I meant.

Thanks, merylstreep!

JillEH

MerylStreep good article, but not what I meant.

Oh. What did you mean, then? Is the word veteran being used to refer to someone who used to do something but doesn’t any more?

Good to know if that’s becoming a common usage (or even if it’s uncommon usage).

Oops, sorry. Just read the thread properly

I’ve taken on a part-time retirement cleaning job in an NHS building. I didn’t apply for it; I was offered it after volunteering in the same place.

I trained as a maths teacher.

I worked in the village shop as a school girl and loved it .

You mentioned call centres too . I worked in a bank ‘ contact centre’ and hated every second of being shackled to the phone ,
having to finish calls within 215 seconds , selling ‘products’ to customers, and dealing with rude people who were not able to manage their own finances .

I stacked shelves overnight in Asda at 45 and cleaned gites when we lived in France, 2015-18.

When I was young in the mid seventies I worked in a furriers shop which was very luxurious at the time. While getting divorced I cleaned in a school and worked in a kitchen to make ends meet no shame in it.

Baggs, ergo, if you decided to teach maths again, you would be a veteran maths teacher.

Redhead56 indeed no shame at all. I never understand why people who work like this all their lives (including moi) are often regarded with disdain. As you know, the work can be done well, and requires focus and determination.

Jaxjacky night work must have been interesting, I wanted to try that (as well as picking at Amazon). Hard to stay up all night?

NotAGran55 haha, yes people can be so ghastly sometimes. AHT, horror, timed by the second. As was being paid by the minute. It was a kind of meat-grinder. I learned useful skills though and I was fascinated by the industry. Not a long-term career for me, though.

JillEH

Baggs, ergo, if you decided to teach maths again, you would be a veteran maths teacher.

? Gotcha now. Thank you.

Jill, you said on another thread that you have a degree in Middle Eastern Studies, were you not able to make use of that learning as a career? Or did you do so and find it wasn’t for you?