A restaurant owner in Glasgow, Scotland, has posted potentially the most honest job advert ever, looking for a chef at his new American diner where the kitchen is "the size of a closet" and "the money is shit."

In the advert, which was listed on classified-ads site Gumtree but has since been removed (with a cached version still available), a man calling himself Justin lays out his requirements for a sous chef — and he doesn't pull any punches.

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The restaurateur says he is aiming to open a diner in Clarkston in the Greater Glasgow area, where the food is a "free for all." The menu will feature a huge, globetrotting variety of items, including mussels, mooli, haggis, labneh, kimchi, Greek yoghurt and Vietnamese coffee, which suggests the candidate will need a certain level of skill.

Justin makes his position clear early on, saying "I have no problem working seven days a week, but on the off-chance I break my foot or get third-degree steam burns on my face, I need someone who can work unsupervised and still make quality food."

He then explains that he had more than 400 applicants for the last role, and is keen to avoid time-wasters: "If your idea of a good sandwich is a tuna mayo like your gran makes, then please don't bother responding."

Justin then lists some of the finer details. Here are several highlights:

Requirements of the role

I don't care if you're super outgoing or actually mute. I don't care if you've got tattoos. I don't care if you only work in kitchens to get away from your horrible significant other.

If you've got fine dining experience, that's a huge plus. If you can bake, ditto.

The job itself

I need a second in command to bang out a ton of semi-fancy food in a kitchen the size of a closet, and you also have to put up with my wife because I do, and she's the real boss.

Come be part of a family and make better breakfasts than Glasgow knows what to do with.

The rewards

The money is shit. It's £7/hour and a cut of the tips. Don't ask for more because I don't have it.

You can also have a decent degree of creative freedom, menu-wise. I will listen to your ideas and try your weird suggestions, but if I don't love it we're not doing it and that's that. I'll also let you order food for yourself at wholesale cost to compensate for the shite pay.

Some extra advice for applicants

Send me a real cover letter too, if you're the cover letter type. If you have one that says you're a "hard-working team player that can also function well alone" and that you "value customer service and punctuality" I will stab myself in the face with a pencil and nobody will get a job.

The lengthy ad signs off with a warning about the proprietor's personality.

"If you think I sound like an obnoxious dickhead, congratulations. You are observant and will go far in life," it reads. "Don't let it discourage you, though. I'm only a dickhead for the first three years you know me. After that I'm a total sweetheart."