-Martin

On Thu, 2 Aug 2007 10:54:14 +0100, [email protected] (David Horne) wrote:

>Martin <[email protected]> wrote:
>
>> On Thu, 2 Aug 2007 10:27:56 +0100, [email protected] (David Horne) wrote:
>>
>> >Martin <[email protected]> wrote:
>> >
>> >> On Thu, 2 Aug 2007 09:46:17 +0100, [email protected] (David Horne) wrote:
>> >>
>> >> >Martin <[email protected]> wrote:
>> >> >
>> >> >> On Wed, 1 Aug 2007 11:28:46 +0100, [email protected] (David Horne)
>> >> >> wrote:
>> >> >>
>> >> >> >The bars here seem busy enough. Also, apparently a chef's salary is
>> >> >> >going up on average due to supply and demand- a lot of pubs which
>> >> >> >didn't focus much on food before are looking into it as a way of
>> >> >> >boosting profits.
>> >> >>
>> >> >> That could have been written 40 years ago.
>> >> >
>> >> >But 5 years ago?
>> >>
>> >> Why not?
>> >
>> >Because the last half year or so has been unusual. Employment agencies
>> >are reporting demand for chefs has skyrocketed in the last 6 months- in
>> >some cases over 100%. The average salary is now around 30k, last year it
>> >was 25k.
>>
>> You said "But 5 years ago?" not 5 months ago. Pubs that only sell drinks have
>> been going bust for decades, one way out is to sell food.
>
>The trade itself says that the sharp increase in chef demand is
>particularly recent. Demand for chefs has probably increased here for
>decades, but it's spiked recently- so that's what's different.
>

Spiked? Isn't that what lap dancing bedouins do? :-)
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Martin

David Horne

Martin <[email protected]> wrote:

> On Thu, 2 Aug 2007 10:54:14 +0100, [email protected] (David Horne) wrote:
[]
> >The trade itself says that the sharp increase in chef demand is
> >particularly recent. Demand for chefs has probably increased here for
> >decades, but it's spiked recently- so that's what's different.
> >
>
> Spiked? Isn't that what lap dancing bedouins do? :-)

The problem with spiking Markkku's drink is that it might dilute it a
bit!

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-Martin

On Thu, 2 Aug 2007 11:06:22 +0100, [email protected] (David Horne) wrote:

>Martin <[email protected]> wrote:
>
>> On Thu, 2 Aug 2007 10:54:14 +0100, [email protected] (David Horne) wrote:
>[]
>> >The trade itself says that the sharp increase in chef demand is
>> >particularly recent. Demand for chefs has probably increased here for
>> >decades, but it's spiked recently- so that's what's different.
>> >
>>
>> Spiked? Isn't that what lap dancing bedouins do? :-)
>
>The problem with spiking Markkku's drink is that it might dilute it a
>bit!

LOL

Somebody spiked Mixi's drink once, Coke flowed from the hole in the can.
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Martin

Dgs

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> BBC London News claimed the average London salary was GBP35K earlier this
> week.

Wonderful! This means that Yanks are earning the equivalent
of GBP140K (per the Mixonian ISO Sub-Standard of European-Yankee
Salary Proportions). That's US$280K! We're all above average!
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dgs