Here is an interesting article by Lesley Balla at the James Beard Foundation about the sometimes violent, but always amusing culture of restaurant kitchens. I like the quotation at the end from the woman chef, who sounds like she misses the good-old days, before Human Resources witch hunts.
A cook's thoughts on food and eating and cooking
I’d be more impressed if she had acknowledged that the HR issues are almost always raised by “sistaz”.