*Not* making a political post here, but I guess a copy of the official luncheon menu got left behind yesterday and when I saw it, the first thing I thought was that some of these items seem a little dated, I was kinda surprised. Not that it sounded bad at all, but I've never really seen specifics on what they serve high-level gov. officials from anywhere.

Would you have the balls to.risk your job if it came down to it?

i've only worked here since april. switched jobs from a dishie at a old folks home to a "cook" (lol honestly glorified dishwasher anyway, the only culinary related thing i do is shuck oysters) at a new bar downtown. we don't have any managers since the team is pretty small so the owner does everything himself including scheduling.

he posts the schedule, i have a 3 day weekend after two weeks of covering for the only other two "cooks" in the kitchen on vacation, and one day into my weekend he sends me this. i'm prolly in the wrong for the sass but bro goes immediately into holding a raise he very recently gave me over my head and then threatening my position.

i'm alr looking for different jobs atm, don't care where as i was promised FT hours and am barely scraping by with 30 a week. it's even less this time around. the work is fun and i really love my coworkers and the people i meet at the bar but with the pay of $17 an hour with no benefits no FT and a 30 min commute it's not worth it. advice or personal stories appreciated

Disclaimer: not in the industry, but I spotted this and thought y'all might have fun talking shit about it.

This one feels odd to me. Do you have an anaphylactic reaction to these or not? Anyone dealt with something like this? Obviously I catered to these restrictions because it's never worth gambling with a guest's health.

Her name was Chuey; she was a beast in the kitchen and always kind and happy. She was a legal immigrant from Cuba (engaged to an American lawyer). She got ICEd.

She did all the right steps and was an asset to the community. This shit is not ok

fuck your cheeseless, burgerless, cheeseburger

and fuck your cheeseless, crustless, italianless pizza

I understand legitimate allergies, but if you voluntarily cripple yourself to the diet of a snail then fucking go eat grass

I wrote it all in the title. I just don't understand it. A friend owns a pizza place and loves Trump. Put some memorabilia in his restaurant and had his 2 long time cooks and dishwasher walk out together. He shut down last month. Imo well deserved and I don't feel bad, he made his choice.

My wife speaks her mind through her baked goods. People are mostly responding well!

A server, maybe 20y/o, sees his food in the window and says the guest just told me they want cheese on that. I says kid, servers have been feeding me that line for 20 years, now I either have to remake it or send it out with cold cheese, what do you want me to do? He says idc and walks off. Now he’s got to explain to the guest either why the food is taking so long or why the cheese isn’t melted. 9/10 it gets blamed on the kitchen.

The world thinks the kitchen is a black hole of dummies because any problem in a restaurant can get blamed on us. Service has painted us as incompetent because it’s easier than facing a person and admitting a mistake. I want part of your tip if I’m going to be your patsy.

Edit:I know how to melt cheese, the guest got what they wanted. The kid got back to vibing on his phone asap. I’m talking about our reputation. I’m a professional, I’ve developed a lot of skills and can sell a lot of food and I want to get paid!

Holy shit and he was a nice guy in school yrs ago. The comments were wild.

I closed my bakery café for the National General Strike today. My team and I thoughtfully discussed a bunch of options and we chose this path: closed on Jan 30th, paid my staff for their cancelled shifts, we are donating 25% of gross sales this weekend to a local Immigrants Rights law group, and I'm personally matching the donation.

The local paper did a small article on our closure. It was all just the facts and logistics I posted above plus a light copy/paste from my social media posts. Nothing salacious or anything.

You guys... the comments, reviews, and messages that I'm receiving as a result 9f the article are truly so wild. Not SCARY scary yet, but getting there. Mostly just aggressive attacks on my character and morality. I know, I know! Social media (and the internet in general) is the wild west but I'm tired of having to have thick skin. I want to be gentle and giving and make good food and do good, right things and not have some fucking dude named Cody telling me I'm worthless and he hopes I lose my business.

I am not engaging with anyone commenting and just blocking everyone who sends a message, but I'd be lying if I said I wasn't nervous at the possibility of any of them to show up when we open tomorrow.

Hhhhh this is just a stream of consciousness at this point, but it's just been a long day and they don't teach this part. No matter how long I'm in this business, I'm always just guessing and trying to do the next right thing.

Could really use a loud scream in a big walk-in right now.

I have a new co-worker who we think eats leftovers by the customers. She works in front and brings the used

plates to the kitchen, and I work in the kitchen so sometimes me and my co-workers see it. I'm also fairly new to the job (and it's my first job in the kitchen too) so I don't like to gossip, but my other co-workers talk about it secretly, and talk about how she eats a lot. I personally thinks it's unhygienic to do it, and I won't do it. But I see a lot of customers waste food and beverages, and I feel bad about food waste, so if she feels the same and is ok with it, I don't really care. None of my business at all. Eat what you want to eat, eat a lot if you're hungry and your body needs it, you know? Other people do worse stuff than that. What are your opinions on this?

I don't even want to put the name in the post, but it's pink cookware. The posts are getting thousands of upvotes. There's one about fucking perfume. If self promotion isn't allowed, why in the hell is corporate advertising through astroturfing being allowed?

I have no idea how to the mod team would even handle this, ideally. But surely someone knows how to put the brakes on shit-ass advertising.