Chef Ramsay held at gunpoint

I bet he was not calling anyone a F@#King Donkey at that moment!

I can't wait to see this.

I guess being a dickhead celebrity doesn't go too far with Costa Rican gangsters.

Fucking idiot...

I worked in a busy restaurant for 5 years and seen head chefs come and go. Being a potty mouth to get things done was how it was done from what I experience. When there's a rush and someone is fucking up there's no time for what's the problem Billy need a hug ?

Swearing and slamming things around get's people attention snaps them out of it alot more quickly and effeciently.

Never watched his show - I don't get cooking porn. But good for him for trying to expose the shark fin industry.

The only series I like is Kitchen Nightmares. Where he goes into a business that's about to tank and tries to turn it around. Could care less about Hell's Kitchen.

I worked in a restaurant once where the conversations were polite and quiet. Everything ran efficiently and we met every rush without a problem. That was the signature of one of the best managers I've ever worked with.

He said that the guys who yelled and screamed were generally at fault for the problems they yelled about. Norman planned ahead, trained people well, and ran a calm and effective shop.

He proved that yelling and screaming do not belong in a well run place.

By the way, I can't believe Ramsey hasn't has his clock cleaned by now. With all that yelling and abuse I know for sure I'd put the SOB in traction.

That's been my experience in every business I've worked in, and when I have managed people.

At one logging show, we had to re-log a piece over dead (ie previously logged) ground. So the company was losing money on the site. They would bring in some hotshot hooker, all highball, highball. Of course safety went out the window. We (the crew) were too smart to get hurt, but they took two hookers out of there, one with a busted knee, one with a smashed head, both from where the haulback hit them. In between times, the rigging slinger would take over as hooker. We would work as a team, discuss when we were changing lines, do things calmly and the right way. We might have been a little slower, but nobody got hurt, and production was up because of less downtime. Taught me a lesson on how to do things. When you see a 1" haulback smack a guy straight on his tin hat, and he does the rag doll and doesn't get up for a long time, it sticks with you.

Even in the military we have moved from the screaming, abusive NCO to one who acted calmly and professionally. Screaming all the time loses it's effectiveness over time. I've often told my troops that if I had to raise my voice someone is in deep shit!

I've always wondered about that. Seems to me that screaming and abuse just creates robots who jump when ordered but don't use their brains. Maybe good for old timey trench warfare, but I would guess not so much for a modern army.

I've always wondered about that. Seems to me that screaming and abuse just creates robots who jump when ordered but don't use their brains. Maybe good for old timey trench warfare, but I would guess not so much for a modern army.

Ranting and raving all the time is so old school and the few NCO's that still act like this are going the way of the dinosaurs. There is a time and a place for raising your voice and I find it far more effective when I do use it because it is a shock to the system for young troops who think you are always calm and polite.

Besides, acting like an asshole during combat might end with a horrible accident!