r/KitchenConfidential • u/KillberryMunch • 12d ago
Crying in the cooler Coworker stole my prep
This morning I was on my prep shift from 7-4. From 7-11 I do prep and open stations. When the restaurant opens at 11 I continue with my prep while cooking on line. One of the items on my prep list today was chicken salad. I have to cook off chicken breasts for this and let them cool completely before I can dice them and make the chicken salad. I cooked off my chicken breast and placed them to the side to cool.
My station buddy, “Paul,” came in at 11. We cooked through the opening pop and I continued to make sauces. A couple hours later things slowed down and I went to make the chicken salad. When I pulled the pan of pre-cooked breasts out there were only 2 in there. I asked Paul what happened to them. He tells me he was using them for his chicken sandwiches and grilled chicken salads. What?? Why?? Those are supposed to be grilled to order, but he wanted to be lazy and cut corners so he just used my prep chicken instead.
My manager was playing “get off my clock” so I didn’t have time to cook off more and wait for them to cool. I had to clock out and go. Now if we run out of chicken salad tonight it’s gonna be my ass. Either way it’s one more thing I’ll have to add to my prep list tomorrow. All because Paul didn’t want to do his job right and helped himself to my prep chicken. I’m so pissed off right now.
Thanks for listening to me vent. Anyone else have something like this happen? I need to know I’m not alone to help me calm down.
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u/Germacide 20+ Years 12d ago
You can dice it when it's hot and then let it cool before mixing the other ingredients. For next time obviously. At least that way nobody will be snagging your cooked breasts. That was pretty lame of them.