While we sit back, relax and enjoy the slow-passing time at a restaurant table, slowly devouring a savory appetizer, impatiently dreaming of the meal we’re about to be served fresh straight from the kitchen, things can go wrong on the other side of the curtain. Although we’d like to think we are 100 percent sure of the restaurant’s quality, freshness, and hygiene—after all, it’s buzzing with people and you couldn’t trick them, right?—this is not always the case.
In fact, the restaurant industry and especially the very core of it—the holy kitchen—is notorious for keeping its secrets tight shut. The good and the bad ones. From reheated shrimp cocktail to restaurant staff having nicknames for regular customers, to a chef that cooks expensive meals 11 hours a day only to have dino nuggies at home.
Thanks to the subreddit “Kitchen Confidential,” there are a lot of stories to discover about the daily bread and butter of food industry professionals, so we selected the most interesting ones below. Scroll down and after you’re done, be sure to check out more kitchen confidential posts right here!
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Also both. Both is good. Some people don't want to be managers. But if they are supervising others while you search for a manager, you should be paying them better wages while you search -- and, ideally, work on redefining their position to something you both agree on to keep their higher wages after you finally hire a manager.
I don't completely agree. I had a similar case, and everyone in the team was miserable because they had to take over some manager work even though they didn't want to.
Well, if they had promoted one person to be manager...
Load More Replies...If the team runs itself successfully, you can save yourself the cost of hiring a manager whose ego is guaranteed to totally f**k up all that beautiful cooperative vibe.
Yup, I ran a store for a year and then gave the manager slot to some other person at another store.
That's nonsense. Our team can function without a manager for 6 months, but we'll not be getting new projects, don't have meetings with other executives, will be out of the loop for plenty of things, and basically it'll fall apart after a while. We're not sniffling idiots that can't handle our jobs without a manager, but we do need one to be effective as a team when it comes to new projects, prioritizing, etc.
So Many Orders, So Few Tips
As an ex-vangelical (means I used to be a Christian) who knew these people from church very well, I can confirm this.
Load More Replies...My grandpa used to make fun of religion like, "people can be assholes 6 days a week and then think they can go to church and repent and be OK." And that has always stuck with me..
Evangelical christisns are the most hypocritical, non religious, racist people in this country. Their support of Trump, who makes Satan look good, are a pox on this country that will destroy us while not paying taxes, since they are a political group using religion as it's cover.
Mercifully I live in England, where after-church crowds don't exist
Same here in the Netherlands. After church you go home or to family.
Load More Replies...There's a church near me with a café in it. Every Sunday it is closed due to the congregation being total c*nts to the staff
This is true absolute truth. Uglier than normal and blatantly apparent they go for show. Most definitely leave Jesus at the door of the church when they leave.
I am ashamed to say I have been to lunch after church and seen this crazy rudeness. You should start posting them online (full face). Maybe if they see themselves they'll do better.
Yep, worked in the service industry. I concur. Could tell you horror stories about Sundays.
Seems Accurate
Typically means "you will be overworked and underpaid so that you can achieve the owner's financial expectations while you are given free pizza on Friday (but only if you provide excellent results)".
They call it a family because you get pocket money in stead of real wages.
If you were at home it would be called an allowance with deductions!
Load More Replies...I work with a wonderful team in a very small workplace. We really have this kind of good feeling where everybody care for each other, participate gladly to the "team building", and yes we feel like a kind of family. I don't think I'd find such a workplace anymore.
It's one thing to genuinely be lucky enough to be surrounded with great colleagues that really make you feel like some sort of family. The problem is when it gets overadvertised, this fake concept of "family", without taking into consideration that it might differ individually.
Load More Replies...This is my work place. There are also the coworker/"family" you don't dislike but can only take in small doses.
There are some rare occasions where it really is like a picture perfect family. That’s how it is where I work, it’s a friendly, stress free environment. And it’s a fast food restaurant. My dad (the owner) makes sure all our employees are happy and comfortable.
And secretly want to strangle each other in their sleep. Sometimes outright strangle them.
There are many reasons why people love eating out. We like the fun of it, the change of place and atmosphere, the opportunity to see people and meet friends, to dress up and relax, forget about things back home or at work, treat ourselves, or simply save time. All are solid reasons just showing how much we all waited for the restaurants, eateries and cafes to open again after the worldwide lockdowns.
Having said that, we can't ignore the obvious—it’s getting pretty darn expensive to eat out. Restaurant prices have increased by 5.8% since the beginning of 2021, which is the highest 12-month increase since 1982. This is because groceries got more expensive this year, with the overall cost rising by 6.4%, which is the largest 12-month jump since 2008. The numbers are mind-blowing. Just think of it—the cost of beef has risen most, with a 20.9% jump. Overall, the Bureau of Labor Statistics reports that consumer price inflation for goods across the board has risen by 6.8%.
One Of My Employees Keeps This So Clean, He Did This After A 26k Saturday Night. Show My Guy Darian Some Love He Deserves It And Doesn’t Get Enough
Only reason Darian doesn't wear a cape is because it'd be an OSHA violation.
"Come with me, and you'll be, in a world of OSHA violations!" XD
Load More Replies...If he's "your employee" and "not getting enough love," give the man a raise! I'm sure Darian would prefer a better chunk of that $26K day to social media accolades.
I was thinking that too. Forget showing love, show cash.
Load More Replies...Umm.... all the caked black on the front lip of the grill surface, that does not look clean to me, nor the corners, nor the back plate. I guess we have a different idea of clean?
1. What is a 26k saturday night and 2. This doesn't look clean at all, is it sarcasm?
1. is a Saturday night which turned $26,000 in sales. 2. Have you been in a commercial kitchen? This is the cleanest one of these grills has been since it was manufactured.
Load More Replies...Honestly it could be much cleaner. If you can get it use unsweetened Kool aid packets that make 5 gallons. Used them in the military. Works like acid, fast. The entire top of the grill will be sparkling clean and you don't break your back doing it. Just don't breath the stuff because you have to use it on a hot grill.
I Don't Want That Ham If It's Been Processed, I'm Trying To Eat Healthier
Yes, I just imagined "her" with a stoic face still demanding an answer :)
Load More Replies...No ma'am these grow on our own organic ham tree in our garden out back.
Good Work, Tyler!
I don’t agree with this. If I love a meal I want to thank someone. The server should go back to stoned Tyler and sayi “dude, you nailed it, good job”
and if the food's that good, he deserves those compliments even more! i don't see anything wrong with complementing him.
Yep...If Tyler turning out some good stuff at 3 weeks, think what they'll turn out when they get better.
Load More Replies...considering that I always praise anyone who cooks a good meal for me , but technically "chef" in French means "boss". in French there is a particular hierarchy in a restaurant kitchen, so when eating in a deli or basic restaurant, to play safe one can say simply the "cook". but again... in the end it is always nice to thank for the good meal and the service :)
More likely it's Juan, he's 46 with 3 kids and his mother living with him and he makes $10/hr but still never complains. Thank Juan and all the other people from Latin American. Who made your pasta, Juan. Who made your Ramen, Juan. Who made your curry, Juan.
Well really who cares if Tyler is half biased out of his head! If one says my comments to the chef then let the guy have his comment! Don't trash him!..Tyler cooked it! It was a delicious dish then good on him! Don't trash his compliment because he's not a Gordon Ramsey Mr. 5 star ! You should have told Tyler to go out and meet his guests to thank them for their compliment! Might inspire him to go to chef school!
Well if you're eating at a burger joint or chain restaurant, it probably isn't a "chef" per se. But if you're at a top end fine dining establishment, it's probably got a chef. Even if it's a burger joint or chain establishment, if Tyler is making great food, he deserves the compliment.
What does that mean to us? Well, eating nice and well is getting very costly. This applies to both restaurant meals and home dinners, and even breakfast plates. Especially if we’re talking about nutritious and well-balanced diets. It’s no secret that many people are convinced, probably more than ever, that eating cheap and healthy is impossible, and that healthy foods cost an arm and a leg.
To find out how true that is, Bored Panda spoke with Charlie Middleton, a lecturer in Nursing at the University of Dundee. Charlie has a broad area of interests including health inequalities, nutrition, and the early years of life.“One example is how certain foods are marketed as so-called 'superfoods' ( i.e. avocado) and are given higher price tags, but many very nutritious foods are actually very cheap,” she told us. “Another is the way researchers have measured the cost of food... Consider two bars of chocolate, one regular and one with less fat. If we use a price-per-calorie measurement, the lower-fat chocolate bar seems more expensive because it contains fewer calories.”
I’m With The Boomers On This
Agreed. We took my elderly mom to a sandwich shop last week- I asked for a printed menu and the cashier said they don't have a printed copy and pointed to QR code on the sign. We had to read the menu to my mom.
Load More Replies...How to lose customers in one easy step. Sounds like they are too lazy or cheap to print menus
I guess it means they can change items or more likely prices, and not have to waste the menus they printed.
Load More Replies...Not just old people. I've needed corrective lenses since I was six. Has gotten worse since hitting 50, though. Especially with small print (such as a restaurant menu on my phone screen).
Load More Replies...Yeah, 100%. When I go on vacation my phone isn’t touched. Hated carrying it around to view all of the menus.
In the days of Covid I prefer using a qr-code instead of a menu that went through many hands . You never know when it was the last time they cleaned the card. You can pay directly as well (here on the Netherlands at least) so that is another plus for introverts like me.
In theory, I like the environmentally and hygienically friendly option which also takes less time for everyone. However, a phone is a horrible format for reading a menu, particularly if it's a slower or smaller model.
Totally agree! I'm also very tired of having my data mined all the freaking time. I also like to leave my phone in the car, or completely turn it off when I'm at dinner with people. If the only way to read a menu is to scan something then I just go to a different restaurant.
Load More Replies...Not As Good As Some I've Seen, But It's Mine And I'm Proud
I didn't care how long of a day I had, my grill had to look like this or I was not clocking out!
Oh yes, every cooking surface, deep fryer, convection oven and slicer... Sadly, taking pride in your work seems to be becoming a lost art....oops I almost forgot about the cappuccino machine! When I cleaned it once the spout was almost totally clogged with mold. (FYI if you go to get a drink from a machine and it barely trickles out... Beware)
Load More Replies...What did you use to clean it, an angle grinder?!? 😱 That's AMAZING!
Grill cleaner, a hot grill, grill brick and scrub, scrub, scrub
Load More Replies...When I was a clerk at a company and it was my KP duty, I spent a lot of time really cleaning up the kitchen. My boss happened to enter the kitchen while I was doing it and gave me big props. I got a promotion not long after. It was a company with room to grow. I worked for the job I wanted, not for the one I had.
I Don't Disagree With This
Had a client who was upset she got an antipasto plate from her caterer, The Italian Market, instead of a Charcuterie plate. I said, "Ma'am, antipasto IS Italian for Charcuterie" LOL
Load More Replies...I will actively fight you on this. Maybe it's true of 'charcuterie' in your country, but good quality charcuterie made by passionate and skilled artisans is a sublime food. Lunchables is beyond disgusting, it is barely edible. I bought some once as a quick lunch for my kids, thinking a bit of processed food now and again can be a treat and neither of them could eat it. They had to go hungry and the Lunchables went in the bin.
Huh, European here who had to google what "lunchables" are: Eeew, why would anybody buy this? It looks non-edible even in pics. I absolutely believe you that you threw it away.
Load More Replies...I'd argue it's the other way around - Lunchables are the US trailer-park version of the European original, just as "mac-n-cheese" is the equivalent when compared to the original Italian Parmesan and pasta casserole...
Thank you! We used to call them hors d'oeuvres! Meat cheese and veggie trays. Suddenly they're discovered by the snobs and the name is now Charcuterie!
Cue the pretentious food snobs pretending to be offended in 3 ... 2 ...1 ...
However, the studies comparing prices per unit weight of food from the same food group reveal interesting results. “They show how healthy options are often cheaper—for example, if we think about a source of protein; 200 g of chickpeas versus 200 g of chicken breast. Chickpeas are often priced cheaper than a chicken breast.”
When asked what cheap and nutritious products we should all add to our grocery shopping bag, Charlie said that there are many things. “In general, plant-based products cost less than meat or fish, but tinned products can be cheap and nutritious options if these are a part of your diet. Vegetables in season are often cheaper than others. At this time of the year in the UK, root vegetables are very cheap and affordable. Dried red lentils (for example) are store cupboard ingredients that cost pence and can be kept for years. Frozen vegetables also keep for long periods and remain nutritious.”
I’m On My Last Few Days At The Industrial Bakery I Manage. Our 160qt Mixer, Pete, Broke Down So We Won’t Be Able To Use It. I Did The One Thing I’ve Been Dying To Do For Years Since He Arrived
It's so cute that universally, across all parts of the food industries, machines, especially BIG machines, get named! My boyfriend works at a facility that manufactures cocktail syrup, and one of their kettles is named Brien of Tarth
Found On The Facebook
Haha this is how people end up writing offensive nicknames for customers on receipts and get caught. Don't get to comfortable writing this like this down!
She's not a bartender, she's a server, so I'll give her this subpar recipe instruction.
Load More Replies...My ex was a Disney computer programmer. Got a frantic call the day after installing new point of sale computers. The receipts read, " Thank You for shopping at TinkerBull's Toy Shop." I thought it was hysterical, but he was accused of doing this on purpose. Not his doing, and he proved it. He fixed it, but of course, not a thank you in sight.
The actual fk? What, he want Bailey's in it? Stupid customer. I hate it there. 😂
I think there's like a notes edition on the kiosk that sends the order to chefs but it also saves the note to the item on the receipt
I think this one failed. It looks like the strip stuck to the coffee when served.
Load More Replies...Just A Friendly Reminder That It's Ok To Quit Your Job
Nick just gave me the words to tell my nightmare part-time boss who drinks more than he delegates
Load More Replies...I don't know what they will do in the future, but in my opinion, the Millennials' greatest contribution thus far is changing work culture. Keep standing up for your rights until you can no longer be ignored.
Wow, Nick, too bad such creeps don't understand polite language.
Some skeptics claim that cheap and healthy meals take ages to prepare and that’s their biggest disadvantage. But Charlie argues the opposite. “Lots of cheap and healthy foods can be cooked in minutes. Tinned tomatoes make a great base for a pasta sauce and cost a lot less than processed sauce. Add seasonal vegetables and legumes to increase the nutrition. Batch cooking for the week ahead, and freezing portions also saves time,” she concluded.
Flipping Burgers
Tried it once, now have constant anxiety when I hear the sound of cutlery lol
Yeah I was a line cook for a few months and I get anxiety when I hear any receipt machine now lmao
Load More Replies...If you make a snide comment about burger flippers, you should definitely be required to work a week in a kitchen. Good luck.
It's the most stressful work environment I can imagine, and I've been a nurse working with dementia patients.
Former nurse here, agreeing with you. I do not think there is any easy job in food service.
Load More Replies...The only reason I am concerned about my boys being "burger flippers" is the abuse customers and upper-ups seem to think is okay. There is NOTHING wrong with doing a job that needs done. But society has made many of those jobs unbearable. Been raising our boys to respect everyone, and be sure to thank/compliment staff whenever possible.
Don't blame you. I have PTSD from some of the abuses and gaslighting I have endured. I know a lot of people like to throw that term around just because they shudder at the memories. However, I actually relive those moments like they're real and I forget where I am, and I'm constantly trying to envision what I could have done better to avoid it or how I should have handled it so they wouldn't have gotten away with it. Those jerk, monster tall bullies needed to be put in their place and all those damn coworkers that yelled at me, charging at me with their gruff loud voices over their sandwiches not being made to the size they wanted because they didn't want to let me ask, they were too impatient, yelling at me to hurry up, cos I had to put their order in the pos system and ring up the total. compeltely scared they were going to get physical. and now I've got a knot in my stomach, clenching my teeth and bit myself without realizing it. I gotta move on. sorry for the rant.
Load More Replies...My 3x was a restaurant cook. It was over 100 F in the kitchen. The the owner turned off the AC because it "made the food cold" I forget whether that was before or after he took out the microwave because ""it put radiation in the food". This was a from scratch kitchen.
Load More Replies...I'll telling you it can can get hectic and heat in the summer is not to pleasant. As well as cleaning it and keeping up sucks as well
Worked as a charbroiler an saute at a high volume steak, and seafood restaurant for almost 6 years. An now at family get togethers if we're cooking. Everyone always looks at me like; well...there's the grill,and uncle Larry said to cook his black-n-blue like you know how to.
Just say no. Also, Black-n-Bleu without a real broiler's gonna be tough, unless you've got a blowtorch and frozen steak. And make sure they tip you. And pay your hourly. 😁
Load More Replies...Its gruelling back breaking work, and I respect anyone who does it for a living.
I Feel This
Yep! And if he wants to join you he can only stir something slowly over very low heat! (I use water)!
Load More Replies...My gf wanted to cut vegetables. On my cuttimg board. Together. While I was allready cutting unions. The F**K you are!
Our entire family has a one butt in the kitchen policy during meal prep
My husband assumes he knows what I am cooking or what I am doing and starts screwing around with what I got on the stove. No! Get out! I don't come in the kitchen when you are cooking and mess with your stuff. My husband and I are really really good at cooking, but we have two different styles of cooking and if both of us are in the kitchen at once it takes two seconds before we are cussing at one another. All of our biggest fights and threats of divorce have happened in our kitchen over things like salmon or a knife. We have both worked in kitchens, so it is pretty much the same thing except we don't chain smoke and there is a good deal less cocaine and weed.
They’re Not Wrong
When I'm drunk, someones in trouble, because I'm 13.
I have met one chef who is sober 😂 my dad floors two bottles of Jonny walker before and after and beer during 😂
Come to Canada - Minimum wage is $15.00 and supposed to be going up!
Makes Me Sick
This is gross - how can you treat your people like this? I used to work in fast food as well and if he wasn't working himself, the owner came in everyday to cook us a healthy meal, and we could have a sit down in the back of the kitchen to get of our feet for half an hour and eat our dinner in peace. We made liveable wages and all of us would go the extra mile to make the business succesfull.
Sounds really nice wish a lot of places where like this.
Load More Replies...If you are not being given breaks in order to eat during your shift, it's time to unionize and/or make serious complaints to the government department of labour.
I bartended for about 10 yrs. No one ever had a break and we all hid like this to eat just like the servers. At the end I took bottles upon bottles of alcohol bc I did not care anymore. Had a very full high end liquor cabinet at home for about 5 yrs of parties.
Load More Replies...I don't know if it's more humane, but we took turns having meals sitting on an overturned pail in the store room.
I see cooks and service staff sitting down and eating in the guest room all the time (if I come very late in the evening or between lunch and dinner). Why shouldn't the customers see that?
It's not because customers shouldn't see staff havign a break, it's because they are understaffed and if they don't hide for a few seconds to have a bit of something, the next person in line will verbally abuse them, because they are the customer and need to be waited on NOW. The alternative is for the staff to take an actual break (which they definitely should), but that alsmo means leaving their already overworked colleagues absolutely slammed for half an hour, not something most people want to do to another human being
Load More Replies...I worked retail at a place where I worked the whole store alone. I couldn't sit down or, obviously, take any breaks. And definitely couldn't go get food. Oftentimes I'd have to ask someone to bring food and take bites between doing stuff, if I even got to it. Often employees aren't people, they're profit.
This is so wrong. They have to hide because customers will berate and verbally (if not physically) assault them for being human. If I ask for help and I am told someone is on break I will apologize and find someone else or wait. And if someone is eating I assume they are on break! FFS people, they are humans and not robots!
Oh hell no! People get real wacky when they are hungry. Even if there not suffering from starvation, imagine how many moms, fixing three meals a day for anyone treating her with such blatant hostility. One day a year on Mothers Day isn't enough. And on the me u tomorrow night might just be the sooty, ungrateful butt and save us from customers like this. Just don't bring them a plate. They can eat when they get home.
Load More Replies...Jojo Pdx
Well the response makes the restaurant look just as awful, if not worse, than the reviewer. Why do that?
It would've been better if they had no reply. Now I would never go there.
Load More Replies...Significantly less likely, and significantly less serious. The unvaccinated have been overwhelming hospitals for too long.
Load More Replies...That’s hilarious and I’m wheezing but ohhhh no that’s a big no no for a professional business 😬
She's Been With Me Ten Years, Through Four Head Chefs. Today, She Clicked Her Last Clack
Line Cooks - This Is Probably Old But It’s New To Me. A Friend Just Sent This My Way
Base pay for kitchen staff is much higher than for waitstaff
Load More Replies...For a round of beers. I don't know what a keg of beer costs in the US, but a glass of it costs the owner next to nothing. Depending on how many of the staff get a glass they might even make some money off those 6 dollars
Load More Replies...This is a great idea! As long as they don't get wasted while making the food :-P
Go in, eat, buy loads of beer for the cooks, and leave as everyone after you has to deal with the half arsed meals made by the drunk chefs >:3
They were drunk when they came in, and there's booze next to the soda machine...
Load More Replies...A restaurant in Cocoa Beach Florida still has this option on the menu. I went there yesterday and always add it to my bill.
I live near Cocoa Beach! Which restaurant does this? I would to walk in, “order” this, then leave.
Load More Replies...How much does 1 beer cost the restaurant? The last bar I worked at where I also managed part of the inventory had beer on tap, cost for the owner about 20 cents per glass (this includes gas cannisters, transport, tap system cleaning/maintenance, the works). Staff were allowed up to 5 beers per shift. How cheap is this owner to not give his staff a round themselves and instead have customers pay for it
Who Else ?
"The first 30years of his/her life a Hungarian tortures his/her stomach, the last 30years it tortures him/her." Source: my Hungarian aunt quoting a proverb of her motherland. (But maybe I forgot the correct numbers, could be 40yrs as well. Hungarian BPs: please correct me)
Load More Replies...Had a friend that went for sushi for the first time. When the order came to the table, he saw a bright green ball on the plate and though "Hey, Avocado!!" He popped it in his mouth. He said the sushi chef was slowly slicing cucumber, looking at him and waiting for it........
God I love spicy. But I like flavorful spicy, I'm not a huge fan of spicy just to be spicy.
We have a joke here, that is at indian restaurants, they ask you if you want it hot, medium or mild, and if you answer "for white people" and they give you extra mild.
Works at Thai restaurants too. Though my "for white people" order was once still too spicy for me to handle so perhaps I should start ordering "for babies"?
Load More Replies...One of the Thai places near me rates their spice levels 1-5. We ordered a level 5 once. Waiter looked at us, said "I'm not bringing you a 5. You can have a 3." We protested in vain. He brought us a level 3. That man saved our lives that night...now we order level 2 when we go there.
I'm a little old lady, and they never believe me that I can take the heat.
Load More Replies...Was in a Vegas breakfast/cocktail place where they did goldfish bowl sized cocktails. We'd ordered Bloody Mary's and eggs Florentine and I'm sat there shaking the hell out of this tiny bottle of tabasco trying to get this huge bowl vaguely spicy. All I can hear is sniggering behind me, turn round to a table of Australians, specifically 3 generations of one family peeing themselves laughing at me, eventually they start cheering me on it took about 5 minutes to get it spicy, just ridiculous.
Haha I swear at a Low Country boil this musta been the waiter and chef as I ate the hottest sauce and then dipped it in one of their other sauces too..... The waiter approached me when we were paying the check and looked around like he was bouta tell me a secret. Leaned in and told me about the Off Menu hot sauce.. He was like "we only tell people we think can handle it so we don't waste anything, but I havnt told anyone yet....... We really tell no one." I felt like a thug.
there's some people that are going to disappoint the hell out of these guys.
The Exact Moment I Realized This Is My Kitchen And My Menu! After Years Of Being Told To, I Pulled The Trigger And Dived All In
Those finger nails are quite long and would not be practical surely ? Or legal ?-for health reasons.
For the 10+ years I worked in food service, trimmed nails and no polish was nonnegotiable.
Load More Replies...She has her own restaurant business after years of hesitation, despite others telling her she should. So, now she's excited and likely nervous.
Load More Replies...Congrats!!!! Let us know where it is and the name so those of us who are nearby can patronize YOUR kitchen!!! I'm in the Dallas area. Sure hope you're near me!!! #WooHoo
This One Stung A Little
They've never been enough. Degrees aren't proof of critical thinking skills. They don't prove character or kindness or empathy or anything like that. They don't prove that someone can actually do the job that their degree is in. Degrees show one thing and one thing only: the ability to memorize content for tests and a minimal ability to write papers. I'll take a person without a degree, but who has slowly worked their way up the ladder over someone with a degree and no work history.
Load More Replies...I read blow and job too quickly. Wondered for a moment what kind of job this post was really about. Hahaha
Or, you know,...um... Ok someone needs to unweld my mind from the gutter, help.
Tell them your relative works at the Department of Health
Literally happend to a friend of mine. New cook came in, coke out of his head. Started a fight, pissed in the flowerbed, got on his bike and crashed into a car parked on the road. Ended up, first in hospital and after at the police station. Came back two days later to get paid. Total food served, 2 plates of chips, 1 nachos and a plate of chicken wings that were served half frozen. I believe the wings are what caused the discussion that ended in a fight.
Please Tell Us In Your Own Words
hEhEhE wHat iS yOu TaLkiNG aBouT............................
Load More Replies...People person b4 retail work: i love People People person after retail work: burn them all
8 years and counting of retail... yeah, seems about right. You do get your absolutely lovely customers, but 90% of customers are just absolute gits(putting it kindly), and that's if they're not treating you like a piece of furniture(or a servant) or a living search engine.
Load More Replies...I used to be such a nice person...then I worked at a call center
Load More Replies..."why don't you ever answer the phone?" It's on mute because the sound of a ringing phone, even a nice ringtone, still gives me flashbacks to when people would scream at me for 9 hours a day because the company was bad at their job. Don't miss crying in the parking lot.
The efficient approach. Saves time and stress. ;)
Load More Replies...Yeah, I have a few friends from highschool who went into the service industry. They're.....*altered*....
I loathed working retail and service so much, I started my own businesses to escape the public.
I Have Gone From Being Drunk In Kitchens, To Recovering Through Them. It’s Been A Wild Journey But I’m Extremely Proud Of Myself. To Anyone Struggling With Addiction, Just Know There Is Hope
Not an easy feat, especially working in the restaurant industry, I applaud your tenacity! I hope you are as healthy & happy as can be.
Took a drug test to get hired, then found out it was easier to get drugs in the kitchen then anywhere on the street
Load More Replies...Congratulations!!!! Drinking on the job while working in food service was just too easy. Upside of being sober while managing was that I'd "been there, done that," so I was not an easy one to fool and could see through your lies. Lol No longer in food service but dealing with a team member who is an alcoholic. Trying to direct her to a sober life but I cannot do it for her while also setting boundaries regarding work. I hate this f*****g disease. I'm SUPER proud of you!! I'll have two years next month.
for anyone wondering what the app is, it's called I Am Sober and it for all types of addictions. i use it for self harm, but they have it for cocaine, sex porn, etc.
YOU'RE SUCH A STRONG AWESOME PERSON AND I'M PROUD OF YOU FOR MAKING IT THIS FAR.
Load More Replies...Congratulations!!! You have amazing tenacity, willpower, and a good sense of who you are and who you want to be. Strut your stuff, you are a work in progress and it's going well.
Strip Club Food Gets Hate But I Took Pride In Everything I Would Do. I Made The Brioche Bread, No Frozen Patties Either. Everything Was Fresh
Im a woman, i have no desire to go to a strip club, but i would go to this place for this sandwich
Apparently it's a growing trend for hen/bachelorette parties. Pre-pandemic obviously.
Load More Replies...My best friend worked in a strip club and they were renowned for their food. They always had stuff like lobster and steak.
Definitely, it has given me a craving for a good burger 🍔
Load More Replies...Story Of The Year.. Every Year
Still a better love story than Twilight... are you people still using this meme?
Reminds me of when the line cook asked me, "Como se dice 'te amo' en ingles?" and to my response, "I love you" he quipped, "Thank you baby, I love you too." 😂 I walked right into that one!!
Soup Du Jour
Think of all those murdered du jours that won't be frollicking in the fields with their families anymore just so you can have a bowl of soup
Load More Replies..."I've had nice customers before," points to customer "and this isn't it.
That would go well with the Roast Beef with au jus sauce on the side.
Load More Replies...Oh my lord...plus, wouldn't they have told her what the soup of the day was before she ordered it?
That's what I was wondering. I'm used to either seeing it up on a board somewhere at a casual restaurant, or the server telling us what it is when giving us menus.
Load More Replies...I remember asking my wife one time: "But which day? and, more important: Who's home?" I got a Gibbs slap on the back of my head as an answer....
"Guy goes into a restaurant and sits down. The waiter comes over and the customer asks 'what's the soup de jour'? The waiter says just a moment and scurries off into the kitchen. After a little while he comes back as says, 'It's the soup of the day!'"
From Dishie, To “Prep B**ch” And Now I’m Officially On The Line! Can I Get A Heard For The New Promotion?
that's not rain. someone with headphones missed the paper towels
Load More Replies...Saw This
I checked and that leads to the Arizona Libertarian Party website
Load More Replies...No, not paying people properly is theft. Tax is what gives you the roads you drive to that restaurant on, the footpath you walked to it on, and if you come from a civilised country it gives you universal healthcare. These people can go f**k themselves.
Wait, not only do tips make up for a crap wage in America because restaurant bosses are horrible, but they also get taxed?!
Wait... you have to TAX your tip in Murica? I'm shocked! In Germany tips are tax free. @_@
Technically a gift as defined by the IRS as a transfer of property by one individual to another while receiving nothing, or less than full value, in return in accord with 26 U.S. Code § 2512. If there is any quid pro quo than technically it is not a gift. That being said, the IRS would likely not peruse something like this unless the person were depositing major sums of untaxed cash.
In Montana we don't have to declare tips. The gov automatically taxes us 8% based on our sales. So if a table doesn't tip, we still pay taxes on it.
You're only required to pay taxes on what you make. Most states will have you declare at least 8% to ensure you're paying taxes. You can keep a tip log (the feds actually would prefer you do this) in order to track your actual income. If you make less than 8% and can provide the tip log as proof, you can declare you made less money and get the money back. No one I've ever known has ever done this because most tipped employees make way more than that 8% of sales. That amount is because they assume there will be times when you get tipped 20% and others where people are jerks and give you 0%. The feds really don't care what Montana tells you to do. They expect you to pay taxes on ALL your earned income.
Load More Replies...Ok I've read the below comments, the way it works in most states is that you make an amount- for example $4 an hour. You are guaranteed minimum wage, you must declare some % of your total checks by state- 8 % apparently in MT , it's 10% in the NY /NJ area- whether you make it or not, so yes, those tables that stiff you - actually are taking money out of the servers wallet- someone making $4 an hour....you usually do average more than said 10% and must declare ALL tips given to you on a credit card, but in general you should declare a bit higher portion than 10% exactly because the IRS knows it isn't exact - I actually worked with someone who was audited for never declaring anything above the mandated minimum. And yes if it is an automated system we had to declare tips every night at the end of the shift before we clocked out.
Important Notice From My Friends Restaurant
Cook Expensive Meals For 10-11 Hours A Day, Come Home And Eat Dino Nuggies
I think if you work in any food business, your job should include one free meal per shift, regardless (I mean, maybe not lobster or wagyu, but you know, a decent meal).
Decent restaurants do, at least in my not-insignificant experience, The problems is your stupid human body demands nutrients even when you are sick of preparing food and sick of every possible permutation of ingredients available that you eat toast when you are home. Or dino nuggies.
Load More Replies...Yup. I lived with several housemates who were line cooks. Easily, 95% of the time, the food they made at home was ridiculously easy snack-like food. They were so sick of prepping and cooking at work all day, almost none of it transferred to their home lives.
20 Minutes Past Morning Arrival. Only Cook In The Building. Same 3 Have Called Out The Entire Week. Still Gonna Make Killer Food
They should give him the 3x wages too in that case! If you show them you can, they expect it without rewarding you.
Who's essential? What? Can't hear anyone saying thanks to these guys. Your welcome and are very much appreciated for all you do the keep life as we knew it feel a little less crazy.
I am with you man! When staff and students were absent during the last few weeks due to covid, you just jump in and do the best you can. I have taught PE, Library, music, math, ELA, and science, and did it the best way I knew how.
I never worked as hard as I did with distant learning. Waited 6 weeks to get a student computer.
Load More Replies...I've Had This Saved For Over A Year. Finally A Sub That Will Appreciate It
So 86 means to take something off the menu (because you ran out of an ingredient or whatever) and the servers/line cooks yell heard so the head can make sure no one else orders it
Load More Replies...My God man you summed up my whole restaurant career in a simple phrase
Accurate
And how do you feel about cheese? *strokes chin, thoughtfully* This could be the start of a beautiful friendship! 😂😂🤣
Load More Replies...I had a friend back in 2002 that became very allergic to garlic. He can't eat out because of the possibility of cross contamination. I eat SO much garlic. I miss that vampire sometimes 😕
Now if you use the definition of two very very loosely...
Head Chef Cutting Bread On The Same Spot. Finally Getting Through The Board
My God: that thing's FILTHY! Is the health inspector his cousin or something?
It can look horrible and still be clean enough for brain surgery, looks can be deceiving
Load More Replies...And Jesus son, bleach that board yo, I'm getting salmonella from looking at the picture. F*****g gross dude
That board would not pass Board of Health standard.. Germs, bacteria and some gritty plastic (Teflon?) The trifecta!
May This Person Find Their Special Pickle
$17 for the pickles. The burger itself is free.
Load More Replies...It's delivery and she ticked the box for no utensils (there is a delivery fee, barely seen). I never request utensils.
Load More Replies...Bought turkey lately? Or bread, lettuce, tomato, onion, pickles, or potatoes? That's the new normal.
I Need Cut Gloves Made Of Tomato Skin
Ok but why is this so relatable lol (edit: i just realized how creepy this sounds, i was talking about cooking lmao)
The police were hoping you could answer this for them.
Load More Replies...I always tell the story about the guy shucking oysters at an oyster bar! We were talking to him and I asked him if he’d ever cut himself he said he had been doing it for 15 years and never cut himself then. Then sliced the crap out of his hand and had to go to the hospital. I keep my mouth shut about such things these days
You know I always wondered how killers stab victims do they sharpen them before the dastardly deed? I think I keep my knives sharp when I go to use them you could ride bare assed to London on them!
Almost had to get stitches last summer I really don't like cutting tomatoes.
Rule of thumb whenever u are cutting a round object such as a tomato, potato, lemon, always slice a tiny bit off 1 side making it lay flat. The round object is still & u aren't at risk for cutting urself as easily! :) (19+ years experience I've cut myself but it's been under 3x's and never needed stitches or hospital visit.
Load More Replies...Day 1 Of Our New Dishie, Bless His Innocent Soul
Aww!! Wait til he's done it a month & there's "washed" lettuce in a fork lol
Load More Replies...I'm sorry, could someone please explain this a to a non-industry person? I don't understand the significance of a washing tray with this silverware.
Most restaurants have a silverware bucket that lets the silverware soak and then is dumped onto a tray like in the picture and sent through a giant dishwashing machine. This dishwasher delicately separated all the pieces on the tray. Normally, that bucket is just dumped on that tray and sent through and what will be will be. That dishwasher will catch on soon.
Load More Replies...No, he's arranged them all carefully instead of just kinda pouring them on. It doesn't make a difference and takes way too long
Load More Replies...Our Sous Just Walked In
"Was it made with love?" Nope, it was made with pure, 100% unadulterated, grade A rage!
Does My Supplier Hate Me? We Ordered 150 Lbs Of Halibut For The Weekend, We Got One 152lb. Fish. I Wanted A Few Collars Man!
Thank you for educating me on what a halibut looks like! Honestly, what the consumer receives is so far removed from the original fish, we really have no idea.
If you could see where the eyes are both of them are on the top, like a flounder.
Load More Replies...Let's get that processed ham gal over here. You want unprocessed, baby? Dig in!
An adult halibut can be up to 180 kg, my local fish shop charges roughly €66 a kilo, so you could do a "todays fish special" for €10.000? (rounded down for loss of tail and such of course). EDIT: 180 kg is 396.8 pounds. €66 is $74,67. Before rounding down the total came to €11.880,00 which is $13,439.47 (also the comma and decimal always confuse me a little, we use them the other way around)
Talk About A Trial By Fire
That is why we need to support each other and our local businesses as much as possible.
I have never seen him in a bad movie. That could be because he makes the bad movie almost good.
Load More Replies...I know what it's like I'm a pensioner I run out of food and money at the same time!
Perhaps if we had not been left to try and figure out what to believe, just a strand of truth, and we're more than willing to err on the side of caution and not going berserk about the right to violate anyone else's because all we did was get born here, we could have not allowed business that were part of our neighborhoods just disappear. And maybe wouldn't be scratching our heads like the employees of companies reporting their biggest profit during this time and giving employees "Atta Boys" from the leather chairs in their den while sipping 100 year old brandy from a Waterford snifter.
Taco Bell™ Manager: Serve Spoiled Food Or Be Fired
Its taco bell. You already got a 50/50 shot of spending a few hours on the toilet.
Load More Replies...My old deli boss wanted me to do books like this, I just played stupid and asked her to explain to me why we were doing it and why it needed to be done. Ie 'oh, did the manufacturer print the wrong date? No? I don't understand, this is new product in the cabinet?' and didn't get asked again. I did deflect customers away from it, or encourage them to request fresh, and sometimes write it off anyway and be damned the consequences. I entered the job naive and came out a few years later as a cynic about the whole structure of work heirarchy: lie and faff around, squeeze money out at the expense of employee and customer health etc etc.
This is a real issue & I refuse to ever take part in serving anything that even looks not good despite a dated tag. I've always been taught to try what I prepare (as a cook & chef). The fact that managers would risk food poisoning & even someone dying because of saving money is beyond incomprehensible & I'd never work for someone like that. I understand some things u may choose to eat after expiration date like cereal for instance I will eat cereal that has expired any day AT MY OWN DESCRETION! But don't serve someone else something outdated. Even if they said "it's ok with me" the risk isn't worth the penalty. They should've contacted Dept of health & the local news station & let everyone know. I have gotten food poisoning way too much & as someone w Crohns & issues w my stomach already, it infuriates me! Good poisoning can & has resulted in month long hospital admissions. Shame on them
How come they got sick from Taco Bell multiple times. Once wasn't enough?
I'd report this bastard to the health department and Taco Bell!
I was so hoping that would end with “that was a test, you have been promoted to manager”
A Local Bar In A Small Beach Tourist Town I Live At Made Merch Out Of Some Bad Reviews
I don't know about anyplace else but our Doctor's have web sites and can be rated like eating establishments - but no one seems to pay any attention!
Load More Replies...I am curious about all these suspicious people. Maybe they're foreign spies...
I Want To Know, Who Was That Client And What Their Nickname?
Found out they call us The Really Nice Couple. I knew growing up was a mistake.
I had a regular who I always gave free coffee to. Then one day he told me a racist joke. From that day on he was Mr. Pays For His Coffee, No Refills.
There are no racist jokes, only jokes who are racist.
Load More Replies...After I got clean/sober, I worked at a restaurant that I used to eat at and they told me they called me "the junkie" and I said "not technically true, but fair."
I also found out my local Chinese takeaway called me dumpling girl..... I would often go there and get dumplings for lunch. LOOOOVE Dumplings
Load More Replies...Guy who is always happily intoxicated, every visit for years. Once crashed 3 cars in a month. We call him 'Beer and Percocets for breakfast'.
The teens I was on shift with would start saying, "some old guy..." and I knew. It was the same old man, only ordered a bowl of soup every day and he always wanted a steak knife for the bread. He left a 50 cent tip every time and was always kind to us. I'll take that from a fixed-income grandpa any day over rude people who will work their server to the bone and not leave a tip at all.
The Drain At My Job Has Been Clogged For A Week And We've Been Using The Bars Tiny Sink Plus Filling The Sink With Water And Then Emptying It To The Toilet With Buckets,for Full Freaking Week
How hard is it to unclog a sink, I'd have done it myself rather than carry all those buckets of water, would have been quicker!
Depends on what it's clogged with. A restaurant in our town had to have their plumbing taken apart completely to deal with it. Apparently there was so much grease in those pipes they were a lost cause.
Load More Replies...Trying to find a plumber during this pandemic on short notice can be like trying to find a unicorn in a candy forest. The earlier you start looking, the better. And it WILL be expensive.
Hot water, vinegar, and baking soda! I'm a plumber and that actually works!
There's a thing called a plunger or Plumber's Friend. It's easy to use, even for an 84 year old great-grandmother like me. And it works. If all else fails, a quart or so of Clorox will clear any grease/hair plug still there. Don't use Drano because plumbers don't like to use their snake if Drano has been used. It is very corrosive on the metal.
Unclogging a darin is a really easy and cheap job. What's wrong with this manager??
Do you have to say yes Master to your boss or just click your heels and salute!
Some people are too good to figure out stuff and fix it themselves but love to complain
And so it ends in dead silence. Who knows what he's stuffed in there.
Found On Instagram. I Love This Note Though And Thought You All Would Appreciate
No customer should have to make up the difference on how stingy a sh*tty employer is! That's blackmail! BREAK THE CYCLE!
You can't break the cycle. You don't tip so the wait staff don't get money. The wait staff get upset and rant about it. That's all that happens. Not tipping doesn't hurt the employer at all, so the cycle continues. At worst the waiter quits and the employer hires a new one to exploit.
Load More Replies...I'm curious - what would be the amount of the acceptable tip in this case? 20 bucks seem like a fair amount of money, but I'm not from the US, so maybe I'm not getting this right.
It's an 8% tip. Because of the disparity between wage and worth, standard tips are around 20%. Short answer: $50
Load More Replies...Depends. Does it take more work to serve a 250 dollar meal than s 20 dollar one? I understand tipping but should it be based on what you paid for the food? It's not any harder to deliver a Kobe steak than meatloaf.
why tip as a percentage of the bill ? If you happen to order expensive items do you get better service ?
You should always get great service, the expectation being that you, the customer, will tip well- 20 percent being the norm. As a server in the industry for 42 years, and still only making 2.13 hourly, I depend on tips to live.
Load More Replies...I remember my serving days. Once had a table of 20 come in for a birthday. Everyone wanted their meals customized, drinks and various items requested every single time I went to the table. At the end, the group was putting money together and one person offered to pay on her card and take the cash. Total was close to $500 or so. Lady who paid on her card, hands me $5 and says thank you so much your service was amazing. This was the last serving job I ever worked.
A table of 20 didn't have the tip automatically added to the bill?
Load More Replies...It’s fascinating how tipping has morphed. When first implemented, it was a way for patrons to let a single wait staff member know that their hard work was appreciated. Back then, employees were paid a living wage. It wasn’t until tips were taxed in 1982 which coincided with a reduction or all out elimination of benefits and a livable wage that these issues have been in the forefront.
Same in Australia! Award rates are so important for any industry.
Load More Replies...You Know When The Burger Will Be Way Too Expensive
It's a kind of rubber-free gloves, something like nitrile.
Load More Replies...it will also be on a half baking sheet with either too much s**t on it you cant even put it in your mouth or itll be covered in melted cheese, bun and all, and you cant eat it without having to be hosed down right after. outside will have edison bulb string lights and chairs are picnic benches and everyone who works there will have eith gages or tattoos or both
Expensive burgers are often really nice. Also, they pay for te wages of the staff! Cheap s**t pays only for the bosses...
And most food service workers can't afford to eat at those expensive burger places except maybe 2x a year. Often their employees couldn't afford the food they make/serve.
Load More Replies...$16/Hr
Videos of him handle, cook and cut steaks is just abuse to the steak. Then let's the salt run down his sweaty arms for added flavor
Load More Replies...He can't cook it properly, period. I'm with you on that bet.
Load More Replies...Don't care how rich you are... spending that on a hunk of dead cow makes you a complete and utter moron.
Was Handed This Allergy List By A Customer. Things Went Downhill From There
I’m sorry for the person with all these allergies, but you can’t realistically expect to eat in a restaurant in that situation. Perhaps they should ask if they can bring a pack up from home and pay corkage on it.
I have a friend whobis this ridiculously allergic. The one time a year she goes out with us we go to a place that's ok with her bringing her own lil tupperware container. That way she gets to feel part of the crowd too.
Load More Replies...During a fancy dinner one of the guests at my table says to the waiter she is allergic to leek. I mention thats unusual. And she says she just doesn't like the stuff. If you don"t like leek, just ask the staff not to pur it in your dish. But don"t make up allergies.
Especially that allium family plant allergy is one of the rarest and most severe existing - I have this and I go everywhere with my EpiPen just in case. Sadly many cooks and waiters DGAF about it and think I am joking, because "there is no leek / onion / garlic allergy" welp, there is, and it will someday kill me.
Load More Replies...Personally, I would prefer to cook my own meals if I had problems with half of what's on the list. And rtestaurants would definitely prefer I stay home.
That’s not an allergy list. This person is trying to follow the Autoimmune Protocol diet. I follow this diet for health reasons. But I would NEVER expect to find food that I can eat at a restaurant when I’m being strict about this protocol. I mean come on.
It seems like a chicken and rice dish or a nice steak salad are both possible.
Load More Replies...Steak, gravy thickened with cornflour, green veg drizzled with olive oil, sweet potato chips. Let's hope the person had the nouse to pick a restaurant that featured things they could eat on the menu . . .
Or just go to a steakhouse and get a side salad as well
Load More Replies...The problem is that eating out is a social thing and you don't always get to pick. It's so and so's birthday, are you gonna be the ass who didn't come, the ass who wants her not to pick her favourite restaurant or the ass with the allergy list? Pick a problem.
You have to deal with being the person who calls the restaurant beforehand and lets them make preparation for you. Expecting them with coming up with something specially for you ad hoc is plain rude. They won't even be able to guarantee that their ingredients don't contaminate each other.
Load More Replies...Nfckff
dishwasher: the stress of the kitchen without the pay
Load More Replies...In the 1970s I worked at a cafe in San Francisco where the entry level pay for dishwashers was $3.75/hour (pretty good back then) and the top pay for cooks was $5.50. The idea was that the dishwashers were as essential as the cooks with only skills to set them apart. Our waitstaff tipped out 20% to the kitchen at the end of every shift and it was split equally.
We had the most cheerful dishwasher, any time you handed him a bus bin full of dishes he would act like you gave him a bus bin full of gold bullion.
Once ran a place where the two kitchen porters (wash up guys) who'd been miners in a past life - one in Gold the other in Coal - both had been trapped underground at different times and had had breakdowns and varying levels of mostly alcohol problems as a result and after a few years had both washed up in a West country town and got live - in jobs at the hotel. I'd been there for 2 weeks, busy Saturday night, 130 cvts in the Restaurant plus other stuff, at 9.30 these two guys disappeared to the bar - I questioned this with Chef as the Kitchen was a wreck, he said not to worry. On doing the close up at 12.30 (ish), the place was spotless, no dirty dishes, pots or pans - lovely pair of guys who went on to marry local ladies and overcome their demons.
Just Turned 17, 2 Months At This New Kitchen And I Can Run This F**kin Grill Like Nobody’s Business. I Love Cooking Been Doing It Sense I Was 14
I would like to make a meal out of everything on that grill please!
Anyone else just a tad uncomfortable with the fish and chicken touching each other? Is it normal to have this many different foods on the grill at once? Seems unhealthy to me, but I haven't been in a restaurant kitchen for decades.
im pretty sure the heat will prevent cross contamination
Load More Replies...Yeah? And where are the pictures of the kitchen you work in now?
Load More Replies...Any Other People Have Compost Buckets At Their Restaurant? Ours Is For A Coworker With Chickens, They Eat Everything We Put In The Buckets Except Onions
Great idea! Good for the chickens and they will turn it into more nourishing eggs
When I was in elementary school, one of the lunch ladies used to go through the trash with 5 gallon buckets to collect all the uneaten food. I asked her why she was doing it. She said it was to feed her pigs back home. I didn't feel so bad about tossing half eaten apples and oranges in the trash after that...cause I knew the pigs would be happy to have it.
Worked at a small town diner where all "waste" food went to folks w/chickens or hogs...
Show Me Your Ticket Stab Etiquette
My Ravioli Special This Weekend
I Wanna Meet The Guy Who Wrote This Recipe
Often, this is a crunchy topping on a poke bowl order.
Load More Replies...No More Broken Wrap Boxes!
Chicwrap makes 'em for parchment paper, aluminum/tin foil, wax paper, and cellophane/plastic/saran wrap. (Apparently wrapping paper, too, but I don't have those. Yet.)
Load More Replies...Made our own out of a wooden box that originally contained a bottle of expensive wine.
Insane Plating
A friend cooks plates like this. Everything is fresh, hand-made, and the full menu is 26€. I help sometimes the weekend and eat this for free.
Aaand? People eat sushi, sashimi, tartar, so what?
Load More Replies...My Chef Sent Me This. He's Taking Care Of Himself On His Day Off
Agreed. At least you should heat the Bush's Baked Beans first.
Load More Replies...I’m seriously concerned for the can of beans or anyone else remotely related to this person…
This Review Has Me Rolling. Also, So True Bestie
Of course it is you idiot! Now shut up and eat your f---ing bagel! I miss New York too 😁
Load More Replies...Ex-Coworker Gave Us A Cake Today
Yes! Follow Suit
How My Chef Plates The Cheesecakes At One The Most Expensive Wedding Venues In My City. 'Crème Anglaise' With Smuckers Strawberry And Chocolate Sunday Sauce, Oh And If The Crème Anglais Looks Foamy To You It's Because Its Just Ice Cream He Left Out
When will people learn that fancy looking food tastes the same as popped on a plate and isn't worth an extra 0
just as a crunchy chip taste the same as a soggy chip. But your brains does the thing of combining all your inputs together.
Load More Replies...Is be pissed if i paid a lot for this dessert. When chefs pile on sauce its usually because the food is crap. Jusging by the ingredients listed, thinking I'm right on this one
Yeah cheap ass lazy chef can’t make his own jam. That’s cooking 101.
Load More Replies...i love cheesecake but this this isnt cheesecake it looks like creme caramel
Schucking 28,000 Oysters For An Event!!!
"I love shucking, I love shucking, I love shucking and I love to shuck!' - only fans of Not The Nine O'clock News will know the tune
Chef Said He Needed 100 Lb Pomegranate Seeds For Thanksgiving Salads. Four Hours Later We Delivered
I extract pomegranate seeds underwater, so my kitchen does not look like murder scene afterwards.
It's not that difficult. Open the poms in a big sink of water then take out the seeds with a strainer.
WTF?! Why on the Earth didn't the chef order plain seeds, instead of the whole fruit?
"Your Employees Won't F**k Me 1/5 Stars"
You are not a customer, this is why she went to a different place, you're just some random creep who she is definitely right to ignore.
*You're. Anyway, so Peter himself "unprofessionaly" attended different restaurants instead of staying at home as he expected from the waitress, hit on her who was there on her day off and was butthurt and petty, when she ignored his sorry ass. Isn't it just really, really unprofessional to hit on people you have only a customer relationship with? You suck at being a human being and customer, Peter, but you are a first class hypocrite and douche.
I’m gonna bet Peter tried to hit on his this waitress and was rejected
Never Realized Something You See Everyday Is Mind Blowing To Thousands Of People
But it really gets fun when you have an old set up and the soda machine runs out of Carbonated Water so you throw out all of your lumbar vertebrae trying to move a fresh tank over to the connector hose.
Anyone remember the old post mix canister? The ones that would blast you syrup every once in a while lol.
We have those currently...soon no more! Switching to freestyle machines! (Yes Management n staff are VERY excited to be rid of these cursed things)
I worked at a mini golf course/ice cream/burger and fries place as a teenager and the fountain sodas used to be big tanks that we had to hook up. If we did it wrong, the pressurized tanks could fly across the inside of the building and if you took too long hooking it up it went flat from losing the pressure. It sucked so bad, lol. Glad they have boxes now, looks much easier!
Oh Boy, Have I Got News For You
Best cooks I know are pierced and tatted. A lot of them have been to jail a couple of times. I really don't get the big issue. Good food is good food and a good backstory and a happy outcome make good company. Maybe these judgy people should just cook for themselves.
I've never actually seen a cook in any of the restaurants I've been to. How does she even know what they look like?
I Dont Even Know Where To Start With This One
I would have a job interview with this guy only for the sake of curiosity
Have to agree on that. Very intrigued as to the reasoning..mad or sane
Load More Replies...What a job, although I do wonder if that enthusiasm and generosity will last
See apart from the splitting tips part, this genuinely seems like a good job. Like, you get 8 hours pay even if you work 2. Plus PTO (look at the bottom below the apply now button)
He sounds like the Nigerian Prince who needed me to send him a Visa gift card last week.
I think it's going to take longer than 8 hours make, cook,and cut an box 60 pies. Then whose going to clean everything up. But on the other hand at $20.00 to $30.00 an hour. If you work 10 hours a day that's not bad money. An you also get tips. If I got hired I'd give it a shot for a few weeks at least; maybe longer an bank that cash.
Damn
Gm Harassing Me Over Being Late For 2 Minutes After Doing 63 Hours In Last 7 Days
Seriously! People make me so mad! Let's abuse the people that keep things running. Yes we can be replaced but last I checked, can't be replaced in that moment.
How hard is it to send a text if you're going to be late? Even by two minutes. Pure common courtesy.
Load More Replies...I Work In An Australian Roadhouse Mainly Serving Tradesmen. This Is A Burger With 'The Lot'
That's how you make a burger for tradesmen and truck drivers at an Aussie roadhouse.
I travel for work out back and a good bakery/cafe can save your sanity!
Load More Replies...As an Aussie I feel bad that this isn't what everyone else gets... My "cafe" does this. Pizzas have so much toppings it's actually heavy. But that's outback country towns do.
Load More Replies...It is, indeed, pineapple. Also beetroot! Also a fried egg! We do not f**k around with our burgers. All the good stuff! Um, i am vegetarian but even so...
Load More Replies...I Cook Catering Style Food For Fraternities, And My Big Boss Likes Garnishes On Everything, From Chicken Strips To Garlic Bread. Heard
Right!?
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Guy Last Night Ordered Flank Extra Extra Extra Well Done … And Burnt. He Said This Was Perfect
It looks like an Elizabethan shoe found in the bottom of a lake. Glad he enjoyed it.
My mom has stage 4 lung cancer. The dr told us she can only eat meat well done due to possible bacteria and her lower immune system. Are chefs/cooks aware of this? I know they hate when u order well done, but in mom's case, its not an option.
Same. I have a suppressed immune system and the risk is not worth it. I really dislike it when people complain about well done meat, it's not exactly a choice for some people.
Load More Replies...A well done order does give the kitchen a way to move the older/less pretty looking cuts…it also gives me nightmares, but I guess people like their food a certain way and that’s ok. I’m just not partial to chewing on a withered leathery hunk of muscle.
If this was thrown at one’s head, it would be tagged as ‘murder weapon’. Damn this is hard to look at, does he still have teeth once he eats it?
Pastry Chefs Are At War So One Labels Everything In French To Flex
If Another Newbie Throws Sharps In The Soak Sink Again Imma Pop, Thanks For Coming To My Ted Talk
You need just a big dish to soak a few minutes and BOOM, water is dirty. But never throw sharps objects in this if you want a team with their full 10 fingers.
Load More Replies...That could be 5 minutes after replacing the wash water. In a restaurant setting that sink is really just get food stuff off. It does go through a sanitizer afterward too
Load More Replies...Anyone Else Slightly Impressed By This?
If You’re Opening A Restaurant Please For The Love Of God Don’t Use Tiles
Uhm, why not tiles? Most restaurants have tiles? They're easy to clean.
Agreed. That is the worst…during a rush, so much flour and grease ends up on the floor around the fry station and gets tracked everywhere. We used to throw cardboard and/or toss a crap ton of salt on the floor just to get traction. Everyone’s shoes would basically have an inch of caked on dough around the soles.
No s**t...jammed my hip into it socket 1.5 in & fractures pelvis on tiles o'death...
For ppl asking why: 1. Things get stuck in the cracks as well as water(which stains) 2. hard to pull out fryers. 3. Very very slick wasy to slip on
What?! No! Non-slip flooring or get your a**e sued when someone has a horrendous accident
Heres A Little Laugh For You All. I Accidentally Ordered 5 Cases Of Buttermilk Instead Of 5 Litres
Line Cooks Be All Like "Just Scrape It Off"
Every Kitchen Has Atleast One
Canceled My Holidays Due To Covid And Every Plan Falling Apart. Decided To Prepare Myself Some Nice Christmas Dinner At Home By Myself. Dropped The Knife While Doing The Dishes. F**k Me. Never Seen A Knife Like That
Even with the best products there are failures and things that got missed by QA. This brand is considered one of the best and gives lifetime guarantee though
Load More Replies...Well, look at it this way: they clearly didn't try to grab the knife as it fell, otherwise this could have been about them seriously hurting themselves catching a falling knife. As disheartening as it is to see such a nice looking knife broken like this, things could have taken a very different turn.
Man that sucks! Wusthof are great knives very well crafted in Germany. Perhaps they'll replace it? Because it sheared off at a odd concave angle.
Foh Didn't Turn Off Online Ordering While We Were Closed For The Holidays
I'm not a bit surprised there were so many attempted orders. It's sad that people do this. They're spending time with their families for the holidays. Don't they realize that we food-service workers have families that we wanna spend time with, too? The people who try to order probably just don't give a s**t about people like us, people they consider 'below' them. Sad.
Two Of My Chefs Quit Tonight In The Middle Of A Theater Rush And I Dont Even Blame Them. Heres Some Meat I Made While Drinking Tequila Straight Out Of The Bottle. Cheers
I Thought I Was Unworthy But Today I Was Given A Sign From The Great Cube
am i the only one that thought that was a bunch of giant teddy bears with there butts out
Im A Private School Chef And I Love It
They Really Asked For A Raw Steak Huh
Why would he buy an expensive steak at a restaurant to grill himself, and not just go to a grocery store?
Load More Replies...I don't know where this is. But at no place that I have ever worked at-in 25 years-have we ever been allowed to sell raw food. It's a liability. And it's just not allowed. If you want to grill your own steak, buy it at the grocery. You can still get the sides to go from the restaurant if you want to.
Tell me you have too much money without telling me you're loaded, sheesh. Any place called the Grill Room is going to be charging an arm and a leg. Must have been the cook's day off.
Sure, Let’s Just Stack 220 Pounds Of Flour On Top Of Spring Mix, It Should Be Fine
I Guess My Serving Job Thinks They Own Us?
There is no job in the world that has the right to demand proof of what you do outside of work.
I thought it was a politely written letter from managers/owners that wish to work with their employees and their availability. Then i read the title. Am i missing something? Is that note bad?
Yes, it's bad. If you hired on and only wanted to work certain days for whatever reason they're saying now you can only do that if you have another job or are a student, both of which require continual proof. If you wanted days off for hobbies, visit your mother in a nursing home, theater group, babysit for a relative... NOT anymore!
Load More Replies...Well yes, they are asking their staff to report their entire life's schedule so that the employees have no choice in the matter when they just want to have less hours at one job. Perhaps someone doesn't want to work on a specific day, and that is only allowed if you can prove you have another scheduled appointment on that day (free time/free will is frowned upon)
There's a massive empty space beneath that message, I would just write 'that's illegal and controlling, I'm not f*****g doing that'
No
Because you can cook a steak medium, or you can cook a steak medium well with no problem. But to cook one in between; it never comes out right for the customer. So the server will have to take it back to the kitchen at least once, or twice. An then when it's time to pay they'll try to get a discount, and leave a crappy tip. Especially if they're a dickhead.
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All The Other Food Cubes Can Sit The F Down. That's Veal Demi
Pretty sure they mean demi glace. It's a really thick, meaty sauce traditionally made by boiling down veal bones for an entire day. When it cools it will set like jello. Less traditional recipes call for large amounts of chicken stock, and unflavoured gelatin instead of bones. Still gotta boil it for the better part of the day, then freeze it in cubes until you need it. Made a huge batch last summer and just used up my last tonight.
Load More Replies...i can’t respect anyone who cooks or eats veal, baby cows are where i draw the line
If you saw how adult cows, pigs, chickens etc. were raised and slaughtered your line would move way back. Oh, and baby male chicks are culled by being fed into a shredder or gassed live because they don't lay eggs.
Load More Replies...I Don’t Think Anyone Has Cleaned Under Our Can Opener In A While
Why are the two screws still in the table, they should have to be removed to move the can opener.
Maybe they did clean it,and then someone came along an wiped their ass with it.
I remember reading somewhere that the can opener is an often missed area when it comes to cleaning and bacteria growth.
Happy Holidays Guys
We were given a choice: Christmas Eve OR Christmas Day, New Year's Eve OR New Year's Day. We had to work one or the other. But we didn't have to work both. But no holiday pay for any of them, EXCEPT Christmas Day. Which I didn't work...
There are jobs that require holidays and when you apply it should be stipulated so you’re not crying like a b***h about working thanksgiving instead of sitting with the family you can’t stand , eating your aunts overcooked Turkey and listening to your cousins fight about whose Instagram has more followers.
The place I worked at put up a sign-up sheet with slots for Thanksgiving, Christmas Eve, Christmas day, New Year's Eve, and New Year's day. Everyone was required to sign up for at least 3 spots, and we let seniority pick first. Probably the most civilized system I ever saw.
Game Day Wing Bar. Getting Ready
You mean the only ones that actually look like wings? Yeah, I'd go for those. The rest are just breading!
Load More Replies...Would’ve Walked Out Long Time Ago If It Wasn’t For Music
Thoughts?
Its not stealing...its the end of the night food. Food thats usually just thrown away. I worked chi ken places before. Nearly 100 pieces of fried chicken 8-10 sides 12 biscuits a night tossed out....
Load More Replies...Taking home food that won't be fit to be served the next time open is acceptable. Taking home helpings of ingredients that are perfectly usable next shift is theft.
Yes, unless the food is actually untouched portions which were already cooked and will end up in the garbage. Especially with big events and pre-ordered menus, there are always cold cuts, steaks and tons of salad remaining (when guests don't show up). If they don't request it to be packed away for home, why shouldn't the staff take the perfectly good food home to their families?
Catastrophic Failure At Work Tonight
Apparently The Other Chefs And I Drink So Much Espresso That The Foh Decided To Keep A Tally. Not Sure When They Started Counting, But I'm Willing To Bet It Was Only A Few Hours Ago
I worked in a bar with 3 to 12 other people (depending on the shifts) and we had to tally coffee, cola and every other drink that wasn't tap water that went to staff and not sold to customers. AFAIK it had something to do with how taxes were filed and made a difference in business revenue. Don't know the details, I know nothing about business taxes, but this doesn't seem too weird. Edit: it had nothing to do with how many drinks we could have, some people went through 4 bottles of coke in a single shift, was no problem at all
Front of house, ie maitre d', waiters, sommelier, etc
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The Fryers Are Dropped But The Tickets Don't Stop (Certified Osha Moment)
Coconut Cube, Round Bucket. Cannabis Chef Not Amused
Who knew?! There is apparently at least one place out there called the Culinary Cannabis Association which will certify you as a Cannabis Chef. Man, times they are a'changin', eh? We've come a long way from sprinkling cookies with pot, lol.
Havent Seen A Green Cube Yet
Walked In After A Day Closed And The Freezer Was At 50 Degrees. Thanks Sysco. Love Throwing Away $1000 Of Inventory
Who are Sysco? Yes the freezer should stay closed nicely, but this looks like badly stacked stuff knocked the door open so fault of staff?
My ex husband used to deliver for Sysco and it’s the drivers who are responsible for putting the stuff away inside the restaurants. So it would be on Sysco!
Load More Replies...50 degrees? It's an over at this point! You can cook a steak at this temperature!
Tell me you've never opened one of those cooler doors without telling me you've never opened one of those cooler doors...
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Twas also but a joke to put the other waste of plastic into purrrspective.
Load More Replies...All My Line Cooks Get Paid $20/Hr And I Still Find Things Like This All The Time On The Open
Costumer Request Of The Night: Provolone On Prime Rib
So what? If they like it like that and are paying who cares? I am very sick of meat snobs
No, you're in a restaurant to experience whatever they have to offer. When you're at home, you do you of course, but there it's up to the chef. It will actually open up options (understanding it's not always about you and other people's experiences are interesting and valid too).
Load More Replies...Anyone ordering a steak that big should get more than one slice of provolone.
My dream is a well-charred medium rare ribeye. I want the best of both worlds!
I'm guessing the customer isn't going to like it that way. In the customers mind their probably thinking it's going to be thinly sliced, and then placed over the prime rib so the cheese could melt over it when it's put in a broiler. But then again he may want just like that lol 🤣
People open restaurants to offer the public their creations; their art. Not to feed the masses whatever they want. If chefs weren’t about creating their menu and serving their dishes, might as well just sling slop at a soup kitchen. And if what you want isn’t on the menu, take your business to where it is or go to the market.
When Was A Time Your Chef Went Too Far?
Alright, Which One Of You Troglodytes Did This?
Honestly, F**k This Guy
The only reason this pretentious prick is "famous" is due to memes. Nothing more. His food is shite and overpriced rubbish.
I hate this pretentious prick so much. and hate's such a strong word ..
But I think in this instance; It's completely justifiable. An I agree with your comment 100%🤔👍
Load More Replies...Does anyone actually know a child who said "when I grow up I want to be Salt Bae"? What kind of name is Salt Bae anyhow?
If work environments would be less toxic people wouldn't flee their job to search for a better one. It is all a matter of how people are treated and paid. But unfortunately hire and fire plus exploitation is still the essence of capitalism in the US. And politicians won't change that as they get bribery from companies to keep the status quo.
Just knowing humans like that exist is frustrating. How we treat people matters and if it weren't for the horrible people in this world. The rest of us would be existing and thriving just fine.
Load More Replies...Was Concierge at a Country House Hotel, did one shift to cover for a sick KP, I’m not anywhere near being suitable for that job, I doff my cap to ‘em, I’m way too much of a lightweight! When I got tips from VIPs I always looked after the brigade, they could wreck a stay with one mistake, they regularly went above and beyond the call of duty. Tip your server and chip in an extra bit for the team who made it possible.
The DIRT. All I can see in these photos is disgustingly poor standards of hygiene in the kitchen, everywhere. I struggle to eat out because all I can think about is what is happening behind the scenes.
My fave is the Forensic Files where the guy was suspected of murder, wouldn't give a DNA sample and was cagey about leaving cigarette butts. Finally a cop followed him to a restaurant and grabbed a fork he'd eaten with. Now here's the kicker. They found his DNA and the DNA of the woman who USED THE FORK BEFORE HIM.
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If work environments would be less toxic people wouldn't flee their job to search for a better one. It is all a matter of how people are treated and paid. But unfortunately hire and fire plus exploitation is still the essence of capitalism in the US. And politicians won't change that as they get bribery from companies to keep the status quo.
Just knowing humans like that exist is frustrating. How we treat people matters and if it weren't for the horrible people in this world. The rest of us would be existing and thriving just fine.
Load More Replies...Was Concierge at a Country House Hotel, did one shift to cover for a sick KP, I’m not anywhere near being suitable for that job, I doff my cap to ‘em, I’m way too much of a lightweight! When I got tips from VIPs I always looked after the brigade, they could wreck a stay with one mistake, they regularly went above and beyond the call of duty. Tip your server and chip in an extra bit for the team who made it possible.
The DIRT. All I can see in these photos is disgustingly poor standards of hygiene in the kitchen, everywhere. I struggle to eat out because all I can think about is what is happening behind the scenes.
My fave is the Forensic Files where the guy was suspected of murder, wouldn't give a DNA sample and was cagey about leaving cigarette butts. Finally a cop followed him to a restaurant and grabbed a fork he'd eaten with. Now here's the kicker. They found his DNA and the DNA of the woman who USED THE FORK BEFORE HIM.
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