Random Jibber Jabber Thread

[Unclebaldrick]

You might need to have worked in the restaurant industry for this to ring true with you.

The kitchen staff often start to clean and put stuff away before close. Maybe there hasn't been a customer ordering food for an hour, most of the time they are trying to get a head start on cleaning because it takes like 2 hours depending on the size of the kitchen.

So ordering food 20 mins before close isn't just making the staff stay an extra 20 mins. It's making to staff stay an extra 2 HOURS and 20 mins.

And cooks don't get tips. Which sucks. Also the reason I chose to work front of the house in all city restaurants I worked at.

I think it's a dick move. Just my opinion though.

I have worked in the industry and I am quite aware that what you say about kitchen operations is true.. However, when the operating hours get set, it is fully the intention of the people setting those hours to accept business until then. If they don't, they can say that their kitchen closes at 8:30 or whatever.

But the employees get used to closing at a time earlier than they might. They set up their coke deals, etc under the assumption that they will get out "early" and get pissed off if they don't. I know plenty about restaurants and the restaurant business.

So gosh, they had to do their job later than they would like - it happens. Quit whining and get a different job rather than taking it out on people showing up before closing. You can whine that it sucks and I would agree with you. But that the customers are assholes? Nope. That's just a shitty work ethic.

 

[ebgood]

I'm up here in the northeast and I dont know its been a couple years since I had what I remember a watermelon to be. Doesnt seem to matter if its seedless, or seeded.
They're pinkish white inside and smell like nuthin and taste like nuthin.

well u know they cant leave nature alone, prolly some chemical or pesticide makin them crappy now. im sure our produce will start goin to shit now with all this drought drama

 

[sunni]

I have worked in the industry and I am quite aware that what you say about kitchen operations is true.. However, when the operating hours get set, it is fully the intention of the people setting those hours to accept business until then. If they don't, they can say that their kitchen closes at 8:30 or whatever.

But the employees get used to closing at a time earlier than they might. They set up their coke deals, etc under the assumption that they will get out "early" and get pissed off if they don't. I know plenty about restaurants and the restaurant business.

So gosh, they had to do their job later than they would like - it happens. Quit whining and get a different job rather than taking it out on people showing up before closing. You can whine that it sucks and I would agree with you. But that the customers are assholes? Nope. That's just a shitty work ethic.

cooks get a weekly pay out , ive worked in restaurants since i was 15, thats 10 years back kitchen staff, every one i worked at they got weekly pay outs of tips.
yes it sucks to have customers do it,
but its still job security and your paid up to the time you close, not to get off 20 mins early.

 

[Yessica...]

Meh, tomato; potato.

I know I personally as a customer ask if the kitchen is already shut down when I order food late at night at a restaurant. And if it is, say half hour before closing and they say its shut - I would never make a stink about it.

If its not shut - golden. If it is, then I hit up a late night drive through like the rest of the dummies that didn't order food before midnight.

but its still job security .

Job security in a restaurant kitchen?

I must have missed that union meeting. Hahaha.

 

[iamnobody]

You're still open and that's called "job security "

And that's why they got served. They're still all assholes, but they did get there food... and no we didn't do anything gross to it.

 

[iamnobody]

cooks get a weekly pay out , ive worked in restaurants since i was 15, thats 10 years back kitchen staff, every one i worked at they got weekly pay outs of tips.
yes it sucks to have customers do it,
but its still job security and your paid up to the time you close, not to get off 20 mins early.

Not doubting your experience, but the only time I've gotten a pay out is when I would buss tables. And that's only been a handful of times. I know I'm not seeing a cent from that 30 top last night.

I got off work an hour and a half later than normal, and that's with having a 2nd dishwasher with me.

The party called ahead (and were late) so we literally spent 45min waiting for these people to show up. That was time that we would normally spend shutting everything down.

Also keep in mind I'm a dishwasher not a cook (which me and my boss are gonna have a chat about that tomorrow). So I'm not getting tips, and I'm getting paid a lot less than the guys on the cook line. I won't even go into working conditions between my station and the others.


[QUOTE="Unclebaldrick, post: 11673000, member: 769222" But that the customers are assholes? Nope. That's just a shitty work ethic.[/QUOTE]

Shitty work ethic? Really?

They got their food, they got it in a timely manner, it was all clean and sanitary.

The people I work with have morning jobs, they have babysitter's that need to go home, they have responsibilities. It's a matter of getting home so the babysitter doesn't go into overtime, not making sure they catch their dealer on time.

So, I stick to what I say. Showing up in a large party within the closing hour is an assholish thing to do.

 

[sunni]

Welcome to being a dishwasher where you grind your ass up to work your way up
I started there at 15

Either way
You still have a job right ? You can put food on your table right ?

How about bills rent you got a roof over your head ?


Job security that's what it is

It's sucks but look you didn't die and the night has been over for a long time now
You made it And you still have a job !

 

[Yessica...]

Not doubting your experience, but the only time I've gotten a pay out is when I would buss tables. And that's only been a handful of times. I know I'm not seeing a cent from that 30 top last night.

I got off work an hour and a half later than normal, and that's with having a 2nd dishwasher with me.

The party called ahead (and were late) so we literally spent 45min waiting for these people to show up. That was time that we would normally spend shutting everything down.

Also keep in mind I'm a dishwasher not a cook (which me and my boss are gonna have a chat about that tomorrow). So I'm not getting tips, and I'm getting paid a lot less than the guys on the cook line. I won't even go into working conditions between my station and the others.

Shitty work ethic? Really?

They got their food, they got it in a timely manner, it was all clean and sanitary.

The people I work with have morning jobs, they have babysitter's that need to go home, they have responsibilities. It's a matter of getting home so the babysitter doesn't go into overtime, not making sure they catch their dealer on time.

So, I stick to what I say. Showing up in a large party within the closing hour is an assholish thing to do.

I was a bartender for over a decade. We all used to laugh our tits off at all these skits...

 

[Unclebaldrick]

Hey, why can't I tag Finshaggy? Has he left the building or does @GreatwhiteNorth not want to stick a shank in me?

 

[Unclebaldrick]

Not doubting your experience, but the only time I've gotten a pay out is when I would buss tables. And that's only been a handful of times. I know I'm not seeing a cent from that 30 top last night.

I got off work an hour and a half later than normal, and that's with having a 2nd dishwasher with me.

The party called ahead (and were late) so we literally spent 45min waiting for these people to show up. That was time that we would normally spend shutting everything down.

Also keep in mind I'm a dishwasher not a cook (which me and my boss are gonna have a chat about that tomorrow). So I'm not getting tips, and I'm getting paid a lot less than the guys on the cook line. I won't even go into working conditions between my station and the others.


[QUOTE="Unclebaldrick, post: 11673000, member: 769222" But that the customers are assholes? Nope. That's just a shitty work ethic.

Shitty work ethic? Really?

They got their food, they got it in a timely manner, it was all clean and sanitary.

The people I work with have morning jobs, they have babysitter's that need to go home, they have responsibilities. It's a matter of getting home so the babysitter doesn't go into overtime, not making sure they catch their dealer on time.

So, I stick to what I say. Showing up in a large party within the closing hour is an assholish thing to do.[/QUOTE]

Alright, I was too harsh about your ethic. I apologize. And I would totally agree that it sucks, but I won't say that they were assholes for doing what they did. They might have still been assholes... But not for that reason.

Seriously, those people may have made a big difference in the profitability of your employer. It may not have directly put a dime in your pocket, but you have a job.

Now if I owned the joint, I would have kicked you some of the money for the extra hour or two. But if it happened for a week in a row and then didn't, you might well start calling me an asshole for not paying you the extra when it didn't.

But kudos for not giving them fucked up food. I respect the hell out of you for that. If you had said something like "so I snotted in their salad", I would have though you sucked. I commend you for being professional.

 

[sunni]

I certainly am not ganging up or meaning to offend but

If that kinda shit pisses you off about the resturant industry
Go start handing out resumes for new jobs now

Because you will not last that table of 30 , 20 mins before close is nothing like icing on the cake compared to some other shit you're gunna have to deal with

 

[Unclebaldrick]

I certainly am not ganging up or meaning to offend but

If that kinda shit pisses you off about the resturant industry
Go start handing out resumes for new jobs now

Because you will not last that table of 30 , 20 mins before close is nothing like icing on the cake compared to some other shit you're gunna have to deal with

Like when a carnival is in town and three kids puke funnel cakes all over. And you've got a mop.

 

[sunni]

Like when a carnival is in town and three kids puke funnel cakes all over. And you've got a mop.

Lol ew

 

[Unclebaldrick]

"we had part of a Slinky - but I straightened it." is Harold Ramis' finest piece of dialogue.

 

[sunni]

Working 17 hour shifts because you doing a 490 person wedding offsite from the resturant !

 

[bu$hleaguer]

Good stuff, thumbs up to the above discussion. All I know is when I was on the line I never got tipped unless it was a private party I think. I used to laugh with the other guys and ladies about it when folks would come in close to closing, but would never fuck with their food or hold them responsible for it. I just know a lot of people are dumb as fuck and never even thought about it, so you can't really blame them for being dumb as a fucking fence post.

 

[Yessica...]

Good stuff, thumbs up to the above discussion. All I know is when I was on the line I never got tipped unless it was a private party I think. I used to laugh with the other guys and ladies about it when folks would come in close to closing, but would never fuck with their food or hold them responsible for it. I just know a lot of people are dumb as fuck and never even thought about it, so you can't really blame them for being dumb as a fucking fence post.

I can't understand how people want to be a worker in a restaurant. Well, a COOK in a restaurant. Bush cooking is where the money is.

Dishwasher in a restaurant: 10 - 12 bucks an hour, no tips

Dishwasher in the BOOSH: 200 a day, lodging and meals included.

Camman dudes, go where the money is!

 

[bu$hleaguer]

Damn I want to get in that bush. Head first.

 

[sunni]

I can't understand how people want to be a worker in a restaurant. Well, a COOK in a restaurant. Bush cooking is where the money is.

Dishwasher in a restaurant: 10 - 12 bucks an hour, no tips

Dishwasher in the BOOSH: 200 a day, lodging and meals included.

Camman dudes, go where the money is!

I made Tips as a dishwasher

 

[Yessica...]

I made Tips as a dishwasher

Because TIDDIES.

hahahahaha

You're lucky, most I know don't.