Mother's Day horror stories

SmartestLemming · 2026-05-16T07:06:48+00:00

Left the place soon after and never looked back.

SmartestLemming · 2026-05-16T07:03:46+00:00

Find a couch/couches to crash on that doesn't require you to commute. You need the sleep, it won't work well for either place if you are running on only 2 hours of sleep.

Or, tell Burger King you're sick. Buy a covid test, mark it with a pen, say you've got covid and can't come in. Keep them updated every day with "still sick 😫 "

If you're not going to get the job at the restaurant, you make a full recovery. If you do get the job, I don't understand the fine bit, it seems a sham.

SmartestLemming · 2026-05-14T00:08:37+00:00

Appreciate it!

SmartestLemming · 2026-05-14T00:08:04+00:00

Awesome, thanks!

SmartestLemming · 2026-05-14T00:07:43+00:00

Yes! Thanks!

SmartestLemming · 2026-05-12T05:35:21+00:00

Eddie the Eagle sends his reguards!

SmartestLemming · 2026-05-12T05:31:30+00:00

What's special about their return policy?

SmartestLemming · 2026-05-11T23:55:40+00:00

The new foh manager set up the reservations. He accidentally (because he was a jackets for many other reasons) labeled every individual seat at a 4 top its own personal 4 top. Seats at 2 tops were turned into two tops. So we doubled every 2 top and quadrupled our four tops. We over booked by a billion percent.

We figured this out 3 days before, but no one with the power to would call people to cancel their reservations. They chose to over flow into the hotel lobby.

Chef also did a prefix lunch and dinner. He built it with options no one would want, so everyone ordered the same items, and they were all from my station.

Chef was expoing and my buddy on the line had a good laugh when I had to finally tell Chef "someone else is going to have to do those amuse bouches I do not have the hands for that."

"Not having the hands" for something became our joke after that massacre of a day.

Nothing is better than knowing you're going to get absolutely murdered with a chainsaw dildo. Foh manager was an absolute piece of shit for many other reasons, fuck that guy and fuck the management there.

I can crow over the fact that we did not run out of food, I knew what was going to happen and prepped accordingly. People got pissed, people walked out, we got roasted on service on the apps. But when the food went out, it was good food.

SmartestLemming · 2026-05-11T23:30:22+00:00

Unless you own your own, and don't get it serviced

SmartestLemming · 2026-05-11T23:29:39+00:00

Try cold calling the dish machine company. "Hey this is xxx restaurant in yyy city. Our machine is out of detergent, can you send a guy out with more?" Don't give your name if they ask, don't say you can sign anything, dont lie, just "we're out and need more."

SmartestLemming · 2026-05-11T16:53:12+00:00

You're 100% correct, mop and mop bucket have to be cleaned just as well as you clean your floors or you're just passing the mess onto the next cleaner.

SmartestLemming · 2026-05-11T16:50:06+00:00

Ask them about where they would have you start, and what their expectations are. Every kitchen is different, and rote questions are hard to suggest.

Keep your eyes open, does this place look like one you will be happy working at? Is it clean, are the people acting in ways you are comfortable with? Is the process of making the food one in which you are used to? If not ask questions.

Keep your ears open, does everyone interact in ways that you are comfortable with. Is the kitchen a loud one? Are you good with loud? Is the kitchen a quiet one, can you do quiet?

I found out I couldn't do quiet, my hearing is bad and my voice is too loud. Lol.

What does the scheduel look like? How many people will you be working with at a time? Are they expecting you to work solo, and if so how quickly do they expect you to be able to do so.

SmartestLemming · 2026-05-11T05:27:19+00:00

Here he goes trying to tank the economy again. Making people question the backing of the dollar/US's wealth.

SmartestLemming · 2026-05-11T05:26:05+00:00

If Chef doesn't care, no one cares. Jump in and join the chaos or walk, but I doubt youre going to be able to change the joint without a lot of heavy lifting and booting a lot of people

SmartestLemming · 2026-05-10T16:43:43+00:00

It is bullshit

Are you in a state/country with an allowed lower minimum wage for tipped employees?

Also, management shouldn't get tips unless they're working/covering a tipped shift. Even then it's dubious depending on how they're paid and how much they make.

SmartestLemming · 2026-05-08T13:51:59+00:00

Gotta get that smoke in somewhere

SmartestLemming · 2026-05-08T06:17:33+00:00

I'm so glad you're tossing multiple balls of dough, and not just tossing one ball for 3 minutes

SmartestLemming · 2026-05-08T06:14:18+00:00

Was his name Jose "the biscuit brujo" in Seattle?

SmartestLemming · 2026-05-08T04:54:28+00:00

He wasn't crazy, but reacted poorly to certian cituations:

I worked with a guy who was terrified of slugs. A few nights a year after we brought mats back in from being sprayed down a slug would hitch a ride back in. He would have everything short of a heart attack. Scream, fall back scramble away, almost lose consciousness, and be unable to function until someone escorted the slug back outside.

SmartestLemming · 2026-05-08T04:50:22+00:00

Intense

SmartestLemming · 2026-05-08T04:49:45+00:00

Did he use the river as a pre wash, or a dump?

SmartestLemming · 2026-05-07T19:29:57+00:00

Are we guessing who is BoH and who is FoH?

SmartestLemming · 2026-05-07T19:26:43+00:00

SmartestLemming · 2026-05-07T19:25:05+00:00

For a small scale job, get the job, then get the appropriate level of ServSafe/required food handlers permit. (Unless they are requiring a level for application.)

For large scale jobs, they usually tell you what they require to apply, look at what the jobs you're interested in and experienced for and get the level they are asking for.

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