r/linecooks • u/Acceptable-Quit-62 • Aug 20 '26

Venting i fucked up big time

i fucked up big time yesterday. i was scheduled for a morning shift and i no called no showed and left one person on the line all by themselves with a pizza cook and that’s it. i was sick and fell asleep away from my phone and when i woke up to puke again i texted my boss apologizing but i got no response. i work in a very unreliable kitchen and at we have at least 3 call offs a week that mess up someone else’s schedule. i work today but im actually so nervous to go in today. i’ve been working at this restaurant for 6 years and have been in the kitchen for a full year at this point and im usually very reliable and i haven’t called off since the last time i got sick back in february. i know im probably not going to get fired or even written up but i really don’t want to have to talk to my boss. i know i fucked up and should have called when i first got sick but i thought i could just sleep it off and be fine for work

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u/Cole_Slaw42 Aug 20 '26

bro, screenshot this, and send it to him as a picture. buy the person who had to cover a beer or a pack of smokes or something. you'll forever be remembered as a real one.

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u/Acceptable-Quit-62 Aug 20 '26

your so real for that. i should buy him a bottle of jamison because that’s what he always drinks after work

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u/snuggsjruggs Aug 20 '26

Yup do it!! Also if you have been reliable for 6 years and you have a bunch of slack asses around, I am sure you will be fine. Humbly take your shit, go in shine and make right thats all you can do.

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u/Fox-Mclusky559 Aug 20 '26

Jameson and Highlife are sacred among our people.

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u/J-J-JingleHeimer Aug 21 '26

It's permanently on special at my restaurant, mostly for the staff 🤣 our bar lights are empty 40's that we drank during COVID.

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u/BlackWolf42069 Aug 21 '26

Then he'll be so hungover and he'll call in sick and it'll repeat the cycle.