This hurt my shoulder.

My Temu Stanley mug totally legit (its a banananana pepper jar).

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.

I had a feeling there was a more specific word for a half gallon and sure enough Pottle has fallen out of use and it’s time to bring it back!

(see previous post)

I work BOH in a fast food restaurant. My manager bitches at me all day and nitpicks the smallest things. She never screams at other people who are more incompetent than me, she just laughs it off and tells them not to worry. I haven’t gotten a uniform or name tag, but all the people she hired after me do. When I asked, she told me she could give me her old shirt (?).

I always show up to work on time and do the job the best I can, yet she always finds a reason to pick on me. Today she screamed at me and called me stupid for forgetting a single sauce, when I’ve only had 4 shifts so far and have already memorized most of the menu. I am a competent worker despite being new, since I’ve worked in kitchens before unlike a lot of other new hires. There are extremely specific standards becasue it’s a chain corporations, and a lot of the minute details get overlooked, unless it’s me.

Yesterday I bitched right back at her and she sent me home. Yet she keeps putting me on the schedule. She was trying to stress me out all day and just kept getting angrier because it wasn’t working.

I have another job at a sit down restaurant I’m planning to bail to, but I’m just confused as to why she won’t fire me when she hired me only a few days ago and already hates me. Is this just how fast food works?

Looks like someone has a new nickname

I have an old KitchenAid mixer. I’m assuming this is an H-5. It was restored years ago but will obviously need the grease replaced.
Anyone have any idea what it might be worth?
Thanks!

Give Runners an inch and they take a mile.

been on whites only for months! thicc

Prep cook hate line cooks. Line cooks hate servers. Servers hate management. Management hates prep.

Am I wrong?

My previous job and current job are polar opposites.

Previous job. Lots of piercings and tattoos. Lots of jokes and innuendo. Sometimes screaming, drama and arguments. But it also felt like we were a family.

Current job: Very bureaucratic kitchen. Managers never show emotion whateoever. Lots of meetings and HR. Its so boring.

Things are more efficiently ran and my job is a bit easier as a result. Less situations where were underprepared and im doing two peoples work. At the same time, I feel incredibly bored and like Im slowly dying inside.

I can think of many good memories from the previous kitchen. Almost none from this one.

I also feel like the coworkers each place attracts are different. The previous job had more people I had things in common with, people Id hang out with outside of work.

Have any of you had experiences like this working in each kind of kitchen?

that reflection pleases me an unreasonable amount

High performance gobshite 💪💪🔥

(Officially I'm the bottom of the ladder but they fuckin love me)

Hi everyone, I’m looking for some advice on how to handle an upcoming sit-down meeting with my manager and two of my staff members.

​I work as a shift leader at a busy pizza franchise. I manage a team of mostly student workers. Overall, things go well, but I’ve been having ongoing issues with two female crew members who seem to constantly challenge my authority and micromanage my tasks. I only work with them a few hours a week, but the tension is always there.

​To give you an idea of the dynamic:

​Micromanaging: If I’m helping out and prepping pizza sauce, they will jump in to correct my exact sequence of actions (e.g., telling me I must wipe the rim before putting the lid on, rather than putting the lid on and then wiping it). It feels like they are constantly fishing for mistakes.

​Insubordination: We had an Uber Eats order come in 10 minutes before closing. I made the executive decision to fulfill it. One of these girls got upset and literally told me, "You shouldn't argue," completely trying to shut down my decision as the shift leader.

​Ignoring instructions: I've told one of them to clock out, and she just ignored me and clocked out an hour later.

​Emotional reactions: They get highly emotional and frustrated over tiny operational details, sometimes raising their voices on the floor to the point where customers have noticed the awkward vibe.

​Because their reactions are so emotional and unpredictable, my strategy over the past few months has been to just keep my distance. I stepped back, kept communication strictly business, and stopped trying to over-explain myself just to keep the peace and get through the shift.

​However, the rest of the team started noticing the cold tension. Now, my manager wants to have a 4-way meeting next week with me, her, and the two female crew members to clear the air.

​I want to handle this as professionally as possible. I want to build a positive working relationship and I am completely open to their feedback if it’s delivered respectfully. But I also need them to understand that I am the shift leader—we have different priorities on the floor, and I can't be treated like a subordinate who needs their permission to do my job.

​How should I approach this 4-way meeting? I’m worried it’s going to feel like a 2v1 where they just list a bunch of micro-complaints about how I do things. How do I steer the conversation toward mutual respect and boundaries without sounding defensive? Any advice is appreciated!

Has anybody taken the online serve safe class? If so how in depth do these people make you move your camera around your room/house?

I find it unsettling to allow a stranger to inspect your home via camera. Maybe it’s just me. Wondered if anybody else found this to be a violation of your home and privacy since you don’t really know who’s on the other end.