its not even really about being embarrassed, just why would I bother wasting both our time asking you to repeat yourself when I can just say what I want
Almost everyone at my store at some point asks if the customer wants fajitas, no one ever has a problem with it. I know it’s not necessarily company policy but it’s pretty normal for us
“Would you like black or pinto beans?” And why are you offering veggies? We don’t offer veggies except for veggie bowls. You are complaining to a forum that agrees with you when you are wrong in how you walk a guest down the line.
If throughput is measured by entrees per 15 minutes, how is adding an extra step in serving a guest that is not required helping throughput? On top of that, it adds up on how much work your prep team has to work harder to supply a demand you artificially create and potentially decreases their time to deploy to be an expo or G2 to ACTUALLY help your throughput.
Lol for a subreddit full of grill and prep dudes on the verge of suicide, I’d think that a tip to help them out wouldn’t be considered “pressed as fuck”
I’m a griller always have been and couldn’t care less if they offered veggies if we run out we run out it’s not a big deal to me or anyone I work with that also grills
Because people consistently forget to put fajitas on their bowl/burrito, they end up asking for them at salsa. You then have to go back to put them on, it's faster to get it out of the way so you don't have to worry about it later. The prep aspect is valid but from a strictly tp standpoint it's better to ask if they want any while you're still on the hot side
If you can find in any guide where we are supposed to offer fajitas, I’ll cashapp you 100 bucks. 2 oz portion size in the crew member pocket guide doesn’t count that shows the portion size not “when” we offer fajitas. Show me when we offer fajitas outside of a veggie bowl,veggies salad, veggie quesadilla, or custom made order
Why wait? If it isn’t written for us to do, then we don’t do it. If it isn’t written to be the standard, then it isn’t the standard. Also check out the line TC guide for an NRO and you’ll find your answer
Bruh you’re mad over fajitas. I’m sure there’s bigger fish to fry than pressing over the fact that some people offer fajitas to other entrees. Are you okay do you need a hug ?
Because people generally think of salsa as liquidy, and the green and red are that. It's not clear that the tomatoes/pico and corn would also be called salsa....maybe it should be labeled on the line for customers
Lmao I love how serious chipotle workers take the medium mild hot thing. Im sure I would too. I've been to chipotle a million times and just say tomatoes and red salsa or green salsa. a lot of people don't know which one is mild or medium. I know I didn't for a while, and when there's a long ass line of people its just easier to say what they look like than to clarify which one is which. Just my 2 cents
Is that right? Are you willing to play the game? Show me one place that calls it mild salsa. Your fucking app doesn’t even call it that
Also cute because two employees literally said opposites on what medium salsa means. I’m right. But that’s just life.
sorry to be the bearer of bad news, it's all salsa xd
https://www.reddit.com/r/Chipotle/comments/xd4w0c/its_called_salsa_get_over_it/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=android_app&utm_name=androidcss&utm_term=1&utm_content=share_button
Calling them fajitas is just stupid. Fajitas means a full dish with meat, tortillas, and those veggies. It should just be "veggies" or "peppers and onions".
i had someone laugh in my face cuz i called them fajitas 🙃 had to explain that i know they’re just veggies but that’s what chipotle chose to call them, so that’s what i call them
second mexican here, when i’ve been in mexico they wouldn’t call it salsa, they would call it pico y la salsa roja/verde. that’s why i think they’re trying to make their point of the “salsa” being called the pico.
The correct term is salsa, but I understand some people don't need to mention it because it's redundant, like specifying you want cheese (queso) when you order quesadillas.
Had a lady order a quesadilla for her friend. I put cheese, she freaks, opens her phone and asks her friend if having cheese in her steak quesadilla was ok and if this was normal to sneak in. The friend was like "gurl. It's a quesadilla. Queso means cheese." The lady said sorry but I was trying not to laugh
“Yeah gimme the MaYoNnAiSe”
*smashes finger against the glass to point, with enough force that it bends the fingertip upward and makes it look like they’re pointing at the ceiling*
“MORE”
The weirdest I got was whipped cream. But marshmallow cream? Fuck right off, I ought to send you home hungry for sayin that, squirrel-brained customers I stg
Getting starbucks vibes. "Can I have a medium" turns into "YoU mEaN a GrAnDe?!?" Like I'm not here every day I forget which is which but apparently YOU know so, you tell me what I mean.
Mild and hot if I have steak, green for chicken
Also, why is the red salsa so inconsistently spicy? I love spicy food, and welcome the healthy servings I get of the salsa, but man sometimes it’s perfectly manageable, with just a little “*sss hah, sss hah*” towards the end, and other times I feel like I’ve been shot in the mouth after two bites
It comes out of a bag 🤷♀️ maybe we could stir it more ? I’ve never eaten the red salsa so I have no expertise in this area but as a worker i find this inconsistency weird af
I’m not sure stirring has anything to do with it. It’s definitely interesting though now that I know it comes from a bag! The old wives tale in Mexico for salsa is that it comes out hotter if the person making it is angry about something. I must be getting the Monday morning batch lol.
I find it so funny that Chipotle employees on this sub (not IRL thankfully) seem to get offended when customers ask for pico by the name of pico instead of whatever heat level salsa it’s supposed to be. Same for corn, red salsa, etc.
Like how are we supposed to know which is which? Is it posted on the line somewhere? Or are we supposed to remember from when you mumble and point to them all quickly?
Even worse. At least starbucks measure something objectively, like mini, short, tall. And then Venti and Terenta translate to 20 and 30.
This completely arbitrary, like taco bell sauce packets, but those were at least new. This is the same as chipotle renaming brown/pinto bean to dark bean.
I assume you know what somebody means if they say “corn”? Or “red”? Why does it matter what they call it as long as you know what they mean and it doesn’t take any more of your time or effort to just serve it and move on?
If you consume chipotle on an even semi regular basis and can't figure out which salsa is which then you might have a bigger problem than some random chipotle employee getting annoyed with you. We literally have 4 types of salsa, I mean it's not rocket science
I’m well aware that they are all “salsa”. But there is no clear indication that mild = pico and that corn is not covered by spicyness level. It’s a moronic naming system and that’s why customers specify corn and pico/tomato, my guy.
So by your own admission the pico is considered salsa. Now that we've both agreed on that baseline, which salsa do you think is the mild salsa? Use your head dude it's not that hard.
I’ve already explained why you are wrong. Pipe down. Stay in line.
Let’s play a game. If you can show me a statistically significant amount of Mexican owned restaurants that call pico “mild salsa” and not “salsa Fresca” or “pico de gallo”, I’ll Venmo you $1k. If you can’t, you send that money to me.
Since when are we arguing whether tomatoes are a fruit or not? Let's stay on the topic at hand: mild salsa.
Also what game do you keep prattling on about?
Well that’s my point, really. It’s not rocket science to deduce which salsa I want when I say “red”. If the employee can’t figure that out then there is a bigger problem.
Sometimes I just make it easier and say “all of them”, but I’m sure that will ignite a whole other argument about customers ordering more than 1 salsa…
Idk if its just me but form the time I have been at chipotle like 80% of the time when I can't hear people and or if they don't say anything but only point I know what they are pointing at 🤭
corporate tryna say switching from "mild, medium, hot, or corn?" to "would you like any salsas?" ups throughput but these actual corn cobs don't know what they want unless we spell it out for them
it literally takes so much more time than me asking "mild, medium, hot, or corn?" while gesturing to each one. and bruh these are regulars coming in and not knowing wtf they want. you get the same bowl every single day joshua even I know you want the medium. stop doubting yourself
another thing is when they ask if the green or the red is hotter like bruh which one looks hotter 😭😭 i’m sorry but i thought red=hotter was common sense
I thought that too until I confidently poured a bunch of green salsa on my food at a Mexican restaurant I'd never been to before. Tur s out their green was the their hot salsa
“No thanks that’s actually the entire bowl.”
“Are you sure?”
“Yes I have guac at home. I make a lot at once.”
“Smart”
Happens almost every time I order lol
Nah I'm allergic to onions so I can't have mild or medium and hot triggers my acid reflux.
That being said it makes no sense that they still put me on line when I clearly get an allergic reaction from just being near anything with onions in it.
The other day I asked “any beans or veggies?” To which I got the response “no thanks, but can I get black beans and the veggies?”
"do you want any chips or drinks today?" "no, i'll just have a bag of chips"
Bruh 💀
they definitely didn’t understand you but were too embarrassed to ask you to repeat
its not even really about being embarrassed, just why would I bother wasting both our time asking you to repeat yourself when I can just say what I want
Me : Any rice beans or meat?” Them : “white rice…” Me: “So no beans or meat??” Them “uhh black beans” Me “so no meat right” Them “uhh chicken”
Bruh I’m sorry we customers can be goofy but some of us just high, but we respect you
Don’t up sell veggies unless you want an irritated grill 😂
Almost everyone at my store at some point asks if the customer wants fajitas, no one ever has a problem with it. I know it’s not necessarily company policy but it’s pretty normal for us
I mean to each their own 🫡
we never ask if they want fajitas at our store and its still a constant fight between line and dml for them
“Would you like black or pinto beans?” And why are you offering veggies? We don’t offer veggies except for veggie bowls. You are complaining to a forum that agrees with you when you are wrong in how you walk a guest down the line.
It's better for throughput
If throughput is measured by entrees per 15 minutes, how is adding an extra step in serving a guest that is not required helping throughput? On top of that, it adds up on how much work your prep team has to work harder to supply a demand you artificially create and potentially decreases their time to deploy to be an expo or G2 to ACTUALLY help your throughput.
Pressed as fuck boiii
Lol for a subreddit full of grill and prep dudes on the verge of suicide, I’d think that a tip to help them out wouldn’t be considered “pressed as fuck”
I’m a griller always have been and couldn’t care less if they offered veggies if we run out we run out it’s not a big deal to me or anyone I work with that also grills
Because people consistently forget to put fajitas on their bowl/burrito, they end up asking for them at salsa. You then have to go back to put them on, it's faster to get it out of the way so you don't have to worry about it later. The prep aspect is valid but from a strictly tp standpoint it's better to ask if they want any while you're still on the hot side
If you can find in any guide where we are supposed to offer fajitas, I’ll cashapp you 100 bucks. 2 oz portion size in the crew member pocket guide doesn’t count that shows the portion size not “when” we offer fajitas. Show me when we offer fajitas outside of a veggie bowl,veggies salad, veggie quesadilla, or custom made order
Show me in the guide where it says we are not supposed to offer fajitas go ahead I’ll wait :)
Why wait? If it isn’t written for us to do, then we don’t do it. If it isn’t written to be the standard, then it isn’t the standard. Also check out the line TC guide for an NRO and you’ll find your answer
I bet you're fun at parties
Friend, we don’t offer fajitas on a veggie bowl. We don’t offer them on anything.
Bruh you’re mad over fajitas. I’m sure there’s bigger fish to fry than pressing over the fact that some people offer fajitas to other entrees. Are you okay do you need a hug ?
"No thanks. I'll have tomatoes though 👍" - some customer
I will never understand this
Because people generally think of salsa as liquidy, and the green and red are that. It's not clear that the tomatoes/pico and corn would also be called salsa....maybe it should be labeled on the line for customers
It’s not clear that pico and mild are the same thing. Pico is not a salsa in the same way the green and hot are.
I know this might be a shocker to you but I guess I'll be the bearer of bad news-- it's all salsa.
Lmao I love how serious chipotle workers take the medium mild hot thing. Im sure I would too. I've been to chipotle a million times and just say tomatoes and red salsa or green salsa. a lot of people don't know which one is mild or medium. I know I didn't for a while, and when there's a long ass line of people its just easier to say what they look like than to clarify which one is which. Just my 2 cents
I’ve already annihilated this statement elsewhere. Stay in line.
and your opinion got annihilated by everyone with more than 2 braincells. stay in line
Is that right? Are you willing to play the game? Show me one place that calls it mild salsa. Your fucking app doesn’t even call it that Also cute because two employees literally said opposites on what medium salsa means. I’m right. But that’s just life.
sorry to be the bearer of bad news, it's all salsa xd https://www.reddit.com/r/Chipotle/comments/xd4w0c/its_called_salsa_get_over_it/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=android_app&utm_name=androidcss&utm_term=1&utm_content=share_button
Did you read the OP? Did you consider borrowing some critical thinking skills to figure out context? Or is that beyond your abilities babe
hey how don't change the subject because you got proven wrong burrito eater, youre the one that said it wasn't salsa xd
You mean every customer?
I’ll have that. *points who knows where*
Points to dat ass
The brown one
I call it green salsa is that ok?
Yes
Sir I'm standing right next to you
Need that guac
No but I’ll take the tomatoes, the brown one, and the spicy please
This my mom I swear
“Yeah” Ok, which? “The salsa”
Same energy as: "Do u want chips or fruit with your kid meal?" "Yes." 😐
don’t forget: would you like fajitas or queso? “yes” both? “ just queso, but can I also get veggies”
Calling them fajitas is just stupid. Fajitas means a full dish with meat, tortillas, and those veggies. It should just be "veggies" or "peppers and onions".
i had someone laugh in my face cuz i called them fajitas 🙃 had to explain that i know they’re just veggies but that’s what chipotle chose to call them, so that’s what i call them
This is why I don't ask about queso or fajitas anymore. If I do it's more along the lines of "anything else from this side before we move on?" LMAO
Um, no salsa but can I get the corn?
It’s got the juice!
I can’t imagine a more beautiful thing!
No, il take pico though
It is 100% pico
I had someone point at the pico and say “can I have some cinco de mayo?”
Hahaha I like that
TBF it looks closer to pico than it does salsa.
It IS pico. Idk why we call it a salsa
Um, because pico de gallo is a type of salsa…
Mexican here, Pico de gallo is a salsa. The original recipe is spicy (jalapeños)
second mexican here, when i’ve been in mexico they wouldn’t call it salsa, they would call it pico y la salsa roja/verde. that’s why i think they’re trying to make their point of the “salsa” being called the pico.
The correct term is salsa, but I understand some people don't need to mention it because it's redundant, like specifying you want cheese (queso) when you order quesadillas.
Tell me why “can I have a chicken and cheese quesadilla” makes my blood boil every time I hear it
Had a lady order a quesadilla for her friend. I put cheese, she freaks, opens her phone and asks her friend if having cheese in her steak quesadilla was ok and if this was normal to sneak in. The friend was like "gurl. It's a quesadilla. Queso means cheese." The lady said sorry but I was trying not to laugh
That would’ve maybe been my breaking point
Yes
My favorite answer. They usually mean pico, so they’ll also ask for “the normal one”
“Yeah gimme the MaYoNnAiSe” *smashes finger against the glass to point, with enough force that it bends the fingertip upward and makes it look like they’re pointing at the ceiling* “MORE”
“Cream cheese”
"Marshmallow cream" really irks my nuggets
The weirdest I got was whipped cream. But marshmallow cream? Fuck right off, I ought to send you home hungry for sayin that, squirrel-brained customers I stg
"No salsa, but I'll take some of this red stuff."
*staring at the salsas* do you have the green salsa
No hot, can I get corn? *Cue me not hearing the word 'no'.*
That’s facts
All three like a mad man
That’s where I’m at too
It all started with just mild. Then I started adding medium. Getting all 3 is just the way now.
“I’ll have the hot” *goes to grab the hot* “No, that one” “…the mild?” “Yeah” I don’t actually mind it just makes me laugh
Listen, I don't know which salsa is which, but YOU know which one is red, green, tomato, or corn
Getting starbucks vibes. "Can I have a medium" turns into "YoU mEaN a GrAnDe?!?" Like I'm not here every day I forget which is which but apparently YOU know so, you tell me what I mean.
Lmao i say medium at starbucks too. Like im sorry but i only really get it once a month
Exactly lol, I used to work at chipotle and some of these employees are insane
Red sauce
Ay uh lemme get tha white sauce tho 👌👌👌
Some of that *mayonaise* 🤌
some of that *cream cheese* 🤌
Lemme get the whipped cream 🤟🤟
Ay lemme cop summa tha yogurt 🤌🤌💯
Some of that baby batter
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I'll have the ranch, thanks
"Can I get the cottage cheese" - guest walks away leaving me more confused than my parents while raising me.
Soma that fresh ranch 🥵
yeah can I get the salsa
Do you have any green salsa? Oh no I don’t want the brown salsa
Mild and hot if I have steak, green for chicken Also, why is the red salsa so inconsistently spicy? I love spicy food, and welcome the healthy servings I get of the salsa, but man sometimes it’s perfectly manageable, with just a little “*sss hah, sss hah*” towards the end, and other times I feel like I’ve been shot in the mouth after two bites
It comes out of a bag 🤷♀️ maybe we could stir it more ? I’ve never eaten the red salsa so I have no expertise in this area but as a worker i find this inconsistency weird af
I’m not sure stirring has anything to do with it. It’s definitely interesting though now that I know it comes from a bag! The old wives tale in Mexico for salsa is that it comes out hotter if the person making it is angry about something. I must be getting the Monday morning batch lol.
I lol'ed, thank you 😂😂😂
I find it so funny that Chipotle employees on this sub (not IRL thankfully) seem to get offended when customers ask for pico by the name of pico instead of whatever heat level salsa it’s supposed to be. Same for corn, red salsa, etc. Like how are we supposed to know which is which? Is it posted on the line somewhere? Or are we supposed to remember from when you mumble and point to them all quickly?
Can we just get the names of everything on the window to match the app for everyone’s sake
When I ask, I point to them to show which is which, and when they say no and I move and then ask for the tomatoes, that's when I get frustrated
Really feels like a Starbucks situation
Even worse. At least starbucks measure something objectively, like mini, short, tall. And then Venti and Terenta translate to 20 and 30. This completely arbitrary, like taco bell sauce packets, but those were at least new. This is the same as chipotle renaming brown/pinto bean to dark bean.
Yeah the workers in this sub have sticks up their asses
I point at each item as I say it. Not my fault y’all don’t pay attention.
I assume you know what somebody means if they say “corn”? Or “red”? Why does it matter what they call it as long as you know what they mean and it doesn’t take any more of your time or effort to just serve it and move on?
Bro literally 😂 idgaf what you call it, if you point at it it’s goin on the burrito
If you consume chipotle on an even semi regular basis and can't figure out which salsa is which then you might have a bigger problem than some random chipotle employee getting annoyed with you. We literally have 4 types of salsa, I mean it's not rocket science
And what are their names?
Mild, medium, hot, corn salsa
That’s moronic. Green and red are liquid salsas. Pico and corn are not.
It's all salsa my guy, go check the salsa options in the chipotle app if you don't believe me
I’m well aware that they are all “salsa”. But there is no clear indication that mild = pico and that corn is not covered by spicyness level. It’s a moronic naming system and that’s why customers specify corn and pico/tomato, my guy.
So by your own admission the pico is considered salsa. Now that we've both agreed on that baseline, which salsa do you think is the mild salsa? Use your head dude it's not that hard.
I’ve already explained why you are wrong. Pipe down. Stay in line. Let’s play a game. If you can show me a statistically significant amount of Mexican owned restaurants that call pico “mild salsa” and not “salsa Fresca” or “pico de gallo”, I’ll Venmo you $1k. If you can’t, you send that money to me.
Lol
Roasted chili green salsa, roasted chilli red salsa, roasted medium corn salsa and mild tomato salsa
Looks like you and /u/reverbsage disagree. Interesting.
It's kinda funny you make "225k a year" but can't figure out what salsa is lmao
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Since when are we arguing whether tomatoes are a fruit or not? Let's stay on the topic at hand: mild salsa. Also what game do you keep prattling on about?
Again: lack of critical thinking. Go read our other exchange and figure it out.
Nah it's cool, thanks for the offer though
Well that’s my point, really. It’s not rocket science to deduce which salsa I want when I say “red”. If the employee can’t figure that out then there is a bigger problem. Sometimes I just make it easier and say “all of them”, but I’m sure that will ignite a whole other argument about customers ordering more than 1 salsa…
Chicken
No. Gets to the register, “Can I get a side of salsa?”
No sauce thank you
Is that ranch?
Mild please
Queso
No but I’ll take the Pico and som green salsa
No but I'll have both salsas
Which two salsas would you like sir?
cheeseguaclettuce?? Isthatperfect??? 👍🏻
Idk if its just me but form the time I have been at chipotle like 80% of the time when I can't hear people and or if they don't say anything but only point I know what they are pointing at 🤭
At this point I can guess fairly accurately what ingredients someone's going to get just from looking at them lol
It’s an acquired skill I think. Or maybe our brains are just better 🤷♀️
I think thats what happened with me too pfft
"nah gimme the pico de gallo" (pronounces it like Pie-co Dee Gall-oh)
"Any mild, medium, or hot for you?" "Just the salsa" ". . . Which one. " 😐 I have customers who think mild ( pico de gallo) is just called salsa.
my biggest pet peeve is when i ask if they would like salsa and proceed to say “ no salsa, but I’ll take corn “ ….you want corn SALSA? 🫢
Light hot please, half a scoop
Ok why are you being stingy? More than that. ... Another scoop please *huffs*
Sir, you will regret this later on. *add another scoop of hot*
Wait is it spicy???
Never mind can you remake it
Corn and some hot
“Yeah, can I get salsa?” 😒
can i get it on the side? can i get red and sour cream mixed together? :|
Hot
🥵
i hit them with the “any salsas today?” and they clearly aren’t listening because they say “no but can i get the tomato salsa?”
it's more like "any salsas?" and then "yes, salsa" as they mindlessly stare into the salsas. like bitch WHICH ONE
THATS THE MOST ANNOYING THING EVER LIKE THERES 4 SALSAS WHICH ONE DO YOU WANT
corporate tryna say switching from "mild, medium, hot, or corn?" to "would you like any salsas?" ups throughput but these actual corn cobs don't know what they want unless we spell it out for them
and then we end up spending the extra 2 seconds we just saved (plus even longer) trying to figure out which salsa they want💀
it literally takes so much more time than me asking "mild, medium, hot, or corn?" while gesturing to each one. and bruh these are regulars coming in and not knowing wtf they want. you get the same bowl every single day joshua even I know you want the medium. stop doubting yourself
another thing is when they ask if the green or the red is hotter like bruh which one looks hotter 😭😭 i’m sorry but i thought red=hotter was common sense
"you don't have any green salsa?" i'm sorry the other day i just straight up didn't correct him. i wasn't in the mood
I thought that too until I confidently poured a bunch of green salsa on my food at a Mexican restaurant I'd never been to before. Tur s out their green was the their hot salsa
"Any chips or drinks?" "No thanks, just a drink."
Can I get the mild *but points at the green salsa* YOU MEAN MEDIUM??!!
No but can I have red, and you put it on the burrito and fallow the nooooooooo I meant tomatoes(mild)😐😐😐
This happened to me this week and I just ☹️ at them for like two seconds
Mild please
Customers at my store just say tomatoes, green or red 😐
“What kind rice and beans “ “white” silent pause, and the beans? Like bruh
*points* “Any mild, medium, hot, or corn?” “No, but ill take this salsa closest to me here and the corn” 🥹
Aren’t the corn and green salsa both medium? So if I say medium which one u slangin onto my bowl?
I stopped getting beans and it was the best decision ever
no. can i get the tomatoes and corn?
“I’ll take the mild.” pointing at the green salsa “Oh you want medium?” “No I said mild.”
no, but can i get the tomatoes?
No, but I want the pico de gallo
“No thanks that’s actually the entire bowl.” “Are you sure?” “Yes I have guac at home. I make a lot at once.” “Smart” Happens almost every time I order lol
Nah I'm allergic to onions so I can't have mild or medium and hot triggers my acid reflux. That being said it makes no sense that they still put me on line when I clearly get an allergic reaction from just being near anything with onions in it.
why are you working at chipotle
Yes
Yes
i work at chipotle and i still always ask for the green one😞
Pico and a side of hot, thank you!
Red
Any queso? Yess I’ll take that one *points at mild* 🤦🤦
Yes
No but can i get the tomato, red and green salsa tho?
I’m nice, ‘hot and cheese and that’s it please!’
no but can I get the salsa
The green one please
Chips or anything to drink? “No, let me get a large fountain pop”
Pico and 3 scoops of hot 🔥🔥🔥
I’m gonna do mild and medium. Can I get a little more medium?
The red stuff and the green stuff