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Jul 20, 2026 2:57 AM
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quade
And then some new guy still yelling "YES CHEF!"
Unknownhost7
Waiting wasn't a movie, it was a training video for restaurant workers.
Smashaga
Now you know who gets the good steak and who gets the shitty ones (other than customers who order well done).
NeverEnoughFoxes
At one point, I worked as an IHOP line cook with a couple Mexicans and a man that believed himself a Celtic druid. So yeah, a motley crew.
Morg729
https://media2.giphy.com/media/v1.Y2lkPWE1NzM3M2U1dGN0cmQzYTNkdHBvcXVjMmcxa2p6dHFxN2FnbjVnc2dkMW94a2I4ZiZlcD12MV9naWZzX3NlYXJjaCZjdD1n/wk19wnRrhGKK4/200w.webp
sturm24
If the serving staff in a Chinese restaurant hate you and are not affraid to show it, the food is on point. If they are smiling and polite the food is meh-ok.
philogogus
When their kids have their own booth reserved for them doing homework THEN you know its good. And when everyone else in the restaurant is Asian. And they won't let you order the truly spicy stuff because you're white.
WigsDannyboy
that tracks
cracklinoatbran
MichikoTheJungleFox
I was a dishwasher for a restaurant in Japan and yup, this was accurate for us even in Japan haha. One of the cooks looked like he was ex-yakuza. He probably wasn't, but he's got that tough guy look about him, and he mostly kept to himself.
BlindPiranha
I worked for J. Alexander's for a time as a server trainer. Minus some of the attire that would get a restaurant shut down: yes, accurate.
ISayGoodSirCouldIHaveSomeGoodChemicals
Fuck.... Their French Dip and the artichoke appetizer..... God damn it now I wanna go to J Alexander's again.... Thank you
BlindPiranha
Lol I actually just had the Prime Rib yesterday.
ISayGoodSirCouldIHaveSomeGoodChemicals
Well look at you Mr.(or Mrs. idk) Moneybags. This is a place I definitely expense on a company card. I miss working in finance for the perks.
LutraLazuli
I can most assure you the F.O.H. staff of most restaurants can keep up with B.O.H. staff with the vulgarity. Also, both front and back of house will judge you real hard if you try to play stupid games.
WarlockWithNoPatron
I knew a guy who brought his own knife to work. Had it wrapped in a cardboard sheath and kept it stuffed down the back of his pants. Real nice guy as long as you were slow. Last I heard he was gonna travel cross-country to meet a woman he'd been chatting with online. Said she had asked for a sample of his skin and blood for some kind of ritual. We told him she was gonna kill him in his sleep his first night with her. He didn't seem worried. Hope he survived.
TheLastBootyBender
Hey, if he wants to participate in the goth girlfriends ritual, all the power to him
FlyingButtPliers
I mean... he keeps at least one probably razor sharp knife in his pants. He works in a kitchen. I'd put a few bucks on him
sevro77
Their "5 second rule" is a little more lenient than most.
TheWombatStrikesAgain
More like a 5-hours-rule.
BeckyLookAtHerButt
More like a guideline
modus0
I've overheard a couple of concerning stories about the "cleanliness" of US Navy cooks.
BlindGardener
the woman I was dating in my early twenties had parents who were both naval chefs. They both went through blue gloves like a chain smoker goes through cigarettes.
sevro77
ufoara
ISayGoodSirCouldIHaveSomeGoodChemicals
the goat man
alexcoldt
You never truly know someone until you know what they're like when they're mad at you.
IWantedOneOfThoseLongUsernamesTooSoIGotOne
What the heck is this from?
IWantedOneOfThoseLongUsernamesTooSoIGotOne
And also who is the girl at the beginning of the clip because god *damn*
CougarAndMerlinAndMaverickAndGoose
The movie is "Waiting...", and the girl is Vanessa Lengies. https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0501837/
IWantedOneOfThoseLongUsernamesTooSoIGotOne
You are a gentleperson and a scholar.
ChelChehalem
The best food you've ever eaten was probably prepared by a chain smoking ex-con on parole after serving 23 years for a laundry list of violent crimes and has only 10% of his skin not covered in tattoos. His prep cook is a 5' tall Hispanic man who speaks zero English, has no legal status in any country on earth and can expertly sculpt and plate desserts for 50 in the time it would take a mortal man to do 5.
wanderer2575
This is more or less what Anthony Bourdain confirmed in his book Kitchen Confidential (except maybe the part about no legal status).
Mehlbox
And he killed a man… with his THUMP!
Nalianna
in Australia, it's fish and chips, made my a Greek man, He's flicking the ash of his cigarette into the deep fryer.
Isthe4thtimethecharm
We had an expo on time I am 90% sure had gang tattoos. I saw a bit of a tattoo on his arm. I went to move up his sleeve to see. We were pretty close for work friends. He moved away and gave me a dirty look. He was a 6" 2 Mexican. His best buddy was a Mexican who was just barely tall enough to not qualify as a little person. They got fired when the little one got in a fight with another massive muscular Mexican. Luis went out to help the little one. I miss Luis
cenfou2tout
Yes yes, that's an accurate description of my mom...
eetsumkaus
the 10% is not the 10% you expect
adamlstf9
There’s at least one name of an ex GF/waitress that’s been crossed out and replaced with another name.
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eetsumkaus
I'm surprised you can make wraps at all at the fry station
Freak0zoid
free style wrap sounds like a dish in a high-end restaurant. Deconstructed or whatever
rayleon0702
The best döner you can get in Germany is from Kemal. His stand looks messy to almost unsanitary, he is sweating, his accent is as thick as his beard and he himself. You wonder if you will survive eating it as he throws it together happily bantering withyou, and then you will eat the best, succulent döner you have ever come across and will be forever disappointed in other, cleaner stands that charge more, have less content and taste bland or like shit.
GeneralAnubis
Dran gibt's keinen Zweifel
ZackWester
I legit googled Germany Kemal expecting to find a picture of this man.
PackedCatMeowingPowerDensity
As fun as the copypasta is, I have eaten A LOT OF Döner, family restaurants is where its at. Clean in the kitchen and toilet, barely cleaning anywhere else. The toilet tiles may be broken, the paper towels eternally replaced by a roll of TP, but the desk is clean, the dough is fresh and the owner is welcoming anyone not racist.
adamlstf9
“Ish hoss?”
WhyDontYouMakeMe
So kebab shops are equivalent to taquerias, good to know
Daliena06
Reminds me of The British Kebab Shop saga. /gallery/british-kebab-shop-g19vTEt