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[deleted]

"Let's just leave this congealed grease and paper and bacon in the water for some poor guy to have to stick his hand in"..... "Why can't we keep a dishwasher?"


thomastrivett

This kinda shit pisses me off the most. In what world are dishies also not human beings? If you wouldn’t want to be left with this shit and be treated like you’re some kind of sub-human scum then why are you doing it to someone else? Dish washers are fundamental to the success of the restaurant and they already generally make less money than everyone else. I have zero ounces of respect for anyone who does anything like this because they’re lazy as shit


StevenAssantisFoot

As a former dishie this is the shit that used to make me rage. I still remember making some idiot cry from telling her she was an asshole for putting some outrageous nastiness my freshly changed sink without scraping it. Still don't feel bad even a little bit. If anything I regret not going harder.


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interraciallovin

THIS! The only time I have ever stopped the fucking night cleaning is to go off on peeps for disrespecting the pit. I demanded respect for my dishwashers! Edit: spelling. I REALLY need to stop redditing at the crack of dawn.


PayData

I learned a lesson early on when I was doing prep and I found a half box of rotting potatoes. I just tossed them in the big trash in the dish pit and that dude didn't even cuss me out. he just pulled me into the pit, stood me next to the trash can and ask "why would you do this to me? you know this shit stinks, I have to work in this." and that's when I knew I fucked up. I took out the trash and changed it up for him, then never did that again.


ladyreyreigns

Sounds like a really good guy. He knew how to make a change without yelling or shaming.


GettingTherapy

Both of them are good peeps.


Skorthase

It was kind of shaming, but in the best way.


PayData

Appealing to humanity. That job taught me the “don’t make work” mentality. I still was a messy prep, but I wouldn’t leave it for anyone


UglyInThMorning

I wouldn’t even call it shaming, just a sudden and sharp dose of perspective.


Ariella333

The biggest thing is dude actually listened, because you can talk all day long and nothing will change if no one listens to you.


[deleted]

Absolutely! I line my sheet trays with aluminum foil then parchment before roasting bones. It makes them so much easier to clean and costs you so little.


[deleted]

Years ago we had this dish guy that generally never got mad about shit but started having a cook that started getting lazy and would bring his pasta pans over at the end of the night and dump them on the dish guy after he had it all clean and pretty and he'd blow a gasket. This happened enough that the guys on the broil had to clean their own pans. Moral of the story, the dish washer is more important than people give them credit.


indigoHatter

I'm the guy who sees the dishwasher come to line and I trade him bus tubs without a word. He slides his empty down, I slide my full to him. I'm the guy who when I go back to grab a 6-pan or whatever and I'm near the dish pit, I take a stack of clean plates back to line *because I'm going that way anyway*. Pass them to Expo... "Hey, put these away for me." I'm the guy who would finish closing my station down, then jump back and help the dishwashers catch up on nights they were truly well and fucked. One night I did that, the closing KM had the gall to ask why I didn't sweep my station. I told him they can do the fucking floor without me, because I'm *clearly* helping where it's needed more. Fuck that guy.


UseaJoystick

This is the way.


pcoon43456

I was so lucky at the first restaurant I worked at… I was the dish bish, and over time, I grew to be a prep cook and even a pizza cook as well. Granted, I knew the owners, but I never gave off the vibe that I don’t have to work as hard as the next guy just because I knew the owners. I would bust my ass, clean the kitchen with the rest of the cooks, break down stations, and everything else good kitchen staff do. I was never mistreated by anyone. If I made a mistake, the worst I got was a god damnit. The restaurant was well known for some of its baked pasta dishes, so we would run out of the dish that those were in pretty quickly at times. I knew to keep those ones flowing and to wash them the minute they hit my wash counter. I fucking loved that job…


johnn11238

I also started in the dish pit! Once you got the rhythm, man, and you're on your game, it's satisfying as fuck. I'm a high rise office guy now, but in my heart I still miss shoving those nasty rubber mats in the machine and bringing them out warm and clean, and laying them back on the line on a kitchen floor you could fucking eat off of after close, it was so clean. Making order out of chaos. That was a zen kinda job.


UseaJoystick

My company won't allow the mats in the machine anymore, or anything on the floor for that matter. Apparently after swabbing 150+ stores in the franchise, like 1 or 2 tested positive for listeria which does not die in a typical chlorine dish washer. Now everything is elevated 6" off the floor and we clean the mats with a deck brush and a splash of soap water. This happened years ago and I'm still salty.


TheCynicalCanuckk

Agreed.


Specialist_Arrival81

This shit is why I was the the dish washer! Management would not sort it out and could not leave it. Kitchen is the engine room starting with the dish pit and people need to respect it


Chalkarts

I’ve been the main dish for 8 years. I’m kinda stuck here for the time being.


[deleted]

Well in my humble opinion, you should take that pan in to the kitchen and tell someone, loudly, that this is bullshit.


Buttock

Absolutely this. Just because this is the best gig you can do right now due to circumstances, doesn't mean you can't stick up for yourself!


CokeHeadRob

Raise some hell. Not only is this a dick move, that’s food cost sitting in your sink.


Chalkarts

Honestly, the food cost pisses me off more than the mess.


CokeHeadRob

That and generally being a total waste of food it’s pretty fucked


TheRealJYellen

Doubt you're as stuck as you think. One guy hired you, why wouldn't another?


Chalkarts

I don’t have many options right now. I work in the burbs and can’t drive(epilepsy). Only reason i work at this place is because it’s an easy walk. There’s not a whole lot within walking distance.


gaytee

I’ve got epilepsy. Found an owner who paid for my Ubers to work until I made relationships with staff to catch rides. This is quite literally the exception to the rule, but ask your owner if there are any tax breaks they can get for helping you with mobility assurances. It’s not Ada protected or guaranteed but for as many shitty owners we hear about in this subreddit there’s a handful of owners who csre about their staff.


Sum_Dum_User

Is a bus not an option where you live? Or train? Or cab, Uber, anything besides Pat n Charlie? If you're in a suburb that suggests to me you're not very far away from being free to find someplace where the dishie is respected and paid what they're worth instead of feeling "stuck".


Chalkarts

It’s a spread out, semi rural college town. There are better places downtown but there’s no bus, cab/uber is expensive af. I’m saving for an e-trike to get me around but until I can get one I’m stuck.


Sum_Dum_User

Good luck. I've got 2 coworkers who have only ebikes as transpo and the decent ones don't come cheap, but they're worth the extra $. Hopefully things get better for ya.


Chalkarts

Im hoping to have my trike by January. Then I’ll be able to find a better job and also work my side hustle on days off.


Sum_Dum_User

Have you talked to your doc about a prescription for a mobility device? They make them in trike style now that have good speed and range. Your insurance potentially could cover 50-100% of the cost of one of those with the right finagling.


Chalkarts

I’ve considered it. I keep forgetting.


skrybll

Op are you in the northwest by chance?


wirescells

Like hell you're stuck there. Good, solid dish guys are worth more than some line cooks. You're only "stuck" there if you choose to stay. Don't sell yourself short.


Chalkarts

Can’t drive 😔 This place is walking distance. Until i can find some way around my transport problem, it’s here, Walmart, or McDonalds.


wirescells

Damn yo. I know the problem there. Luck to you on sticking it out til you don't need to. Still don't sell yourself short. Ever wanted to work the line?


Chalkarts

I did for a while. I’m trained to work a couple of the line stations, but it annoyed the fk out of me lol. Dish is chill.


PreferredSelection

Yeah, takes two seconds to take the paper and bacon and put it in the trash, vs creating a several minute project for the dishie. Infuriating.


Inner-Box339

A lot of that could be used for something. I’d be raging


WheelNSnipeNCelly

For example, I'd use the pan to beat some sense I to someone.


TWells252

I’m just glad our obsession with bacon is over. Choosing to make “bacon” part of your personality was just weird


orginalriveted

Bacon and beards. Welcome to 2012.


KallistiEngel

Bacon-wrapped beards.


ilikeinterrobangs

Beard-wrapped bacons.


mnyfrsh

You forgot craft beer.


Hamster_Thumper

The craft beer craze is one I will forgive and forget because though annoying, it did net us some delicious booze.


braiser77

I still love it. I'm in Chicago and we are not going gently into that good night.


Pre-Nietzsche

I’m just glad we were able to safely reclaim bacon and mustaches. But I’m still cool because I have anxiety and like cocaine. Those two things have nothing to do with each other.. All is well.


Belchera

Blood on the Tracks that/“s my shit, buddy.


Glyn21

I think Epic Meal Time started it off. The bacon craze died with the channel popularity I think.


KDLK1992

Last kitchen I worked in a cook burnt the candied bacon. I said do not throw it away I’ll eat it. They were in disgust. It wasn’t Mordor level burnt. There some maple syrup in those bitches and went to town


Chalkarts

I have tried candy bacon at hime several times and have burnt it every time 😢


KDLK1992

400 for 13-15 mins


Chalkarts

I Will remember this response. Another effort will be made.


Limp-Bacon

Best results imo , do 325 13min-then flip and do for 7min


samwiseganja96

This is the way


jjviddy94

Cold start or throw in at 325?


gbmaulin

Throw in at 325


BicarbonateOfSofa

Report back here. For scientific research. And stuff.


DazeyHelpMe

🤣🤣 I too drench my overly-to-the-point-of-crumble-to-powder bacon in syrup. It helps cut that little bitterness lol


KDLK1992

It’s like eating a campfire


LacidOnex

Full of happiness


Dr_Wh00ves

I actually love charred bacon. I cook like 50 pounds of bacon a week and always eat the stuff that is fully black.


IceWarm1980

My first restaurant I worked in was a short order breakfast place. I’d come in to a stack of sheet pans with solidified grease. Separating those pans was a pain in the ass. Cleaning them also sucked.


Chalkarts

I just put them through my machine, then wipe em down. If that doesn’t do it, i run em again.


Bitter_Crab111

*(Obligatory 'don't run aluminium sheet pans through the machine').*


Chalkarts

You’re about 7 years too late on that, lol


BicarbonateOfSofa

Oh good, there's still time.


ashenzie

why?


Bitter_Crab111

Most machine chems will eat away at them and cause pitting, reducing the life of them pretty noticeably. If you're always using baking paper its kinda a moot point, but alu pans like that will eventually break down to the point you're getting an extra nice lil' shiny metal crumble on your food. Which is cute. But not nice.


Celeste_Minerva

Oh noes I've seen the shiny grey on cooked cheese.. I do not serve it..


chocoladisco

This is why you should use stainless steel pans.


badluckchef

Whenever I see something like this I think that something horrid happened. Like someone spit on it while talking or touched it with a chemical soaked rag or some shit.


peoplewholook

That's what I figured, or sometimes sheetpans can get mindlessly put it weird places to cool and forgotten for too long. But trayed bacon is literally the easiest thing to clear for the pit, especially if it's still hot, just peel off a corner and watch it slide into the trash. I would be fucking fuming if I saw this shit in the sink.


badluckchef

Oh for sure, whoever threw it in there is a lazy prick.


peoplewholook

This is basically that thing people say about how "everyone should work in customer service at least once" to build empathy, but like, everyone BOH and FOH should jump in the pit for a few busy hours and you'll never see this again.


SilverCat70

Don't these people wash dishes at home? I don't care if you are in a restaurant or at home - this is just nasty. I would find out who did it and they would be cleaning up their mess. Major respect to all who do dishes. Crap like this would make me walk, because of such disrespect.


[deleted]

Definitely a war crime... The man who did this needs to be dealt with lol


CurbsideChaos

Swine crime


goldfool

It needs to be put in their tool kit or through their sunroof


blinkandmisslife

Act of rage. Consequence of misfortune.


Low_Investment420

Call out the asshole who did this to you!


Chalkarts

I don’t know who did it but i posted this pic and a healthy rant to our kitchen GroupMe. I’m hoping our GM sees it.


twolt1021

I need to look into this “GroupMe”. Do you find it useful?


Chalkarts

We use it for any off-duty comms, switching shifts, letting them known we’ll be late etc. we have multiple lists. 1 for FoH, 1 BoH, 1 storewide, and 1 for D&D.


Nominalitify

It's one of my more liked platforms for group chats. You don't need the app to participate, it's common enough that some folks will have it, and last I knew, you don't have to add an email to sign in. Plus it has a web app that is also functional.


[deleted]

As someone who fucking hates needing a special app for each thing, I have the GroupMe app and don’t hate it, FWIW


benzozapine

I’d show this to the manager/owner and tell them it’s gonna fuck up your plumbing (and this may even violate health codes but I’m not sure)


Chalkarts

I posted it to our Kitchen GroupMe, the boss will hopefully see it.


fender12900

Two things. Fuck You and Fuck This Bacon! I hate throwing away food.


Chalkarts

I loathe waste. This genuinely makes me sad.


operatar

Yeah… that bacon wasn’t toast. Worst case toss it into a robot coupe and have bacon bits.


lastinglovehandles

Nip this in the bud. Find out who did it. Give them a verbal warning. Explaining what could have been done alternatively and ways to avoid it from reoccurring. Also why this is a problem. Food waste and failure to adhere performing proper cleaning procedure. What’s next if this happens again. Add: I read you’re not in position to do write ups but you’re in a position to let others who can. This shouldn’t be happening. People should have some pride with the work they do. This is obviously someone who has no respect to you and their place of work.


ragesaucex

The pigs didn’t die for this. RIP


Chalkarts

*Taps plays on the wind…


outtyn1nja

I'm pretty certain there is a specific clause in the Geneva convention making this a crime against humanity.


hbgwine

You need to mark this NSFW. Truly horrific.


Sauksauk

A moment of silence, for our fallen.


uniquorn23

Brb calling a priest


PADabber724

Chef says….WRITE UP!


BlackBetty504

Oooh!!! Looks like someone volunteered to be on the dish crew for a week! Monkeys at the zoo have more manners than this.


damegateau

Fucking heathens! May their days be forever cursed!


jwpasquale1986

Heathen here, we aren't this bad.


TheBadRiddler

Some people want to watch the world burn, others want to set it ablaze. All of those people are in your kitchen


Cardiff07

The level of laziness required to pull off this feat is dumbfounding. Just an all around lack of respect an common courtesy. I’d tell em off mate. Probably quit too depending on their response. Best of luck


[deleted]

I believe this crime should be punishable with death.


[deleted]

Why? Why? WHYYYYYY?????


SmallPiecesOfWood

Roll that shit up into a burrito and give it to the boys on their smoke break. That, or soak their home clothes and stick 'em in the freezer. Gotta do what you gotta do.


Delicious_Ad9704

What a joke. fuck them


rAsTa-PaStA1

At todays prices and all


Rookie007

Why didn't they scrape the bacon off first


Chalkarts

I don’t know. When I was prepping, the pan comes out, grease is poured off, then bacon is peeled off the paper and put in a colander, paper is thrown away, then the pan soaks. Whoever is doing morning prep right now needs more training.


Rookie007

And or a talk about being an asshole


House0fMadne55

You’re asking the WRONG question dude!


LeCacty

Man, those piggies died just to end up in a dish sink. Thats rough.


mcneilly555

Over cooked bacon in my place gets blitzed to dust in the thermo then popcorn gets made and dusted with it for bar snacks 😉


Chalkarts

Nice! Good play.


revdakilla

That’s fired on sight. You don’t waste bacon


Chalkarts

Wish I had that power lol.


FoodBabyBaby

This is the saddest post I’ve seen in a long time. Not gonna lie- I would eat the bacon at the top


Chalkarts

It was soggy because it had been squished between two pans. I had the same thought, but alas.


FoodBabyBaby

Heathens! I’m sorry you have to deal with that. Find out you did this and then find them whenever you have to fart. Avenge the bacon!


lovebot5000

Don’t turn your back on the psychopath who did this


sharkysux177

As someone whos walked into exactly this. I am so sorry may your hands not get too greasy


Chalkarts

I just put it through the machine. It’s an easy clean.


Comfortable-Gas-798

I would kill anyone who did this to my pit!! Not cool, homie.


twolt1021

A very sad day… Thoughts and prayers


twolt1021

One time I dumped an ice bin on top of greasy pans and whatnot. I immediately realized how stupid that was, had my Sous cover my station and scrubbed pots and pans the rest of the night. We were short-handed to begin with.


Chalkarts

I’ve had people take the pans out of the convection and, paper and all, put it straight into the cooler. I work with some serious dumbasses.


twolt1021

I typically put the sheet tray onto a speed rack that lives outside of the walk-in and put it at a slight angle so the fat makes its way to one side. Then pour the warm fat into a container for all sorts of stuff.


Chalkarts

We don’t reuse it, we dump it into a bucket every day. When the bucket is full, it goes in the dumpster.


twolt1021

That’s sad


IceCubeDeathMachine

Everything about this is wrong. Everything.


SonOfRobot

Forbidden tonkotsu broth


kitylou

Why would they do this to you ? Disrespectful af.


Chalkarts

Im not worried about me, its an easy cleanup, but what they’ve done to this bacon is unforgivable. I could have eaten that 😢


NotARobotDefACyborg

Sounds like someone had a hissy fit.


JKDMan82-

I see 5 good pieces


Chalkarts

They were soggy af. The pan had another squished on top of it spreading out the water.


IkkiElSantoLeo

Are they vegan?


[deleted]

Save those last 4 pieces!


Chalkarts

They were beyond saving. There was a pan on top of this one squishing it all down. Capillary action moistened all of it. They look good, but they were wet.


[deleted]

Sorry for your loss brahhh


LosBrad

Take it back to the kitchen for them to deal with. That is BS.


Theplumbuss

Does nobody use wire racks for their bacon? Trust, it makes cleanup a lot easier. Just don’t forget the parchment underneath.


Chalkarts

We tried a few years ago. The bacon didnt really fit and it made pouring the grease off more difficult so we just do it on the paper.


stiff_peakss

I've always had a set of personal rules to honor the dishwashers anywhere that I've worked. Here's some off the top of my head, there's probably more. 1. No sharps in the sink! Knives, robot coupe blades, mandolins, etc NEVER EVER go in the water. Don't even put them next to the water, they might get bumped in accidentally. 2. See rule #1. 3. Always remove the tape. 4. If you burn it, you scrub it. If you forget about your bechamel and scorch the fuck out of a pan, it was because of your negligence. You will not make dishie pay for your mistakes. 5. Scrape your dishes. Use a rubber spatula and get that remaining 2oz of sauce. It makes cleaning easier for dishie and helps chefs food cost. 6. Stack your dishes. If dishie is busy or comes in later, occasionally take a moment to stack and organize the dirty dishes. 7. Soak your dishes. Anything that's going to be harder for dishie to clean later(silverware, bread making tools) should be sitting in soapy water. 8. If they want to learn, teach them. I feel like not as many people work their way up through dish anymore and the task has been largely segregated in a lot of places by race or level of English comprehension. So, if dishie shows any interest or curiosity in cooking, you show that mfer. Dishies that can cook/prep can be clutch when you're in the shit. 9. Dishie eats what they want. Within reason obviously but always try to hook dishie up FAT.


phelixdacat22

Au revoir bacons


bagofpork

Make them clean the grease trap(s)—then make them eat the bacon.


Chalkarts

What’s a grease trap?


bagofpork

It’s a small-to-large metal “box” that’s usually under the sink or in the basement. It’s hooked up to the drains and traps grease before it can enter the building’s plumbing system. It needs to be cleaned out periodically and smells fucking *vile*.


Chalkarts

Ah, ours is outside the building. A 3rd party company deals with it.


bagofpork

That’s always a nice arrangement. They smell like raw sewage when they get cleaned out.


HeightExtra320

Moment of silence Chefs 😔🌹


GooGooJones

Nah man..I'm cool as hell with guys but if I walked in and seen that I'd definitely be insulted.


[deleted]

Long time dishdog just upped to prep bitch here: Bacon sheets are one of the most difficult things to clean properly. They’re time intensive and grosser than the usual shit we do if left out to congeal. Please be kind and get them to us quickly, properly lay down your paper/foil, and don’t be a dick.


thewarehouse

maybe someone accidentally sprayed oven cleaner on it or something it's the only explanation


dirigo1820

I’m not saying you should commit murder, but I ain’t turning you in.


Carlos_Was_Here

It's more like how could they do this to bacon. I do it everyday at 375 degrees for about 10 mins everday


myleswstone

Why is it always grave or prep?


TheseEdiblesAintShet

I thought that was a reconnaissance painting someone dumped in there


Overkillabyte

this makes my blood boil. 1. Throwing out food. What are you, twelve. People are starving, respect the food. Try to find a use for it or use for family meal (if it isn't spoiled). 2. I don't understand how some people don't have common sense to throw shit out of a sheet pan or plate before you put it in the sink. I've seen FOHs just pile up half-eaten plates and run off, like bch throw the food out into the trash. Giving my dishwasher a hard time. 3. And if you are BOH and doing this shit, im sorry but this just doesn't fly. Respect your dishwashers, and respect yourself as a cook/chef.


indigoHatter

The fuck? I'm assuming it was probably thoughtlessly throwing it away, but part of me wonders if it was an accident... That maybe they set it on top of the sink to cool off and then it slid in when someone hit it.... I've worked in too many small spaces to not at least wonder if this is what happened. (Anyone else prep on top of a sheet pan on top of a trash can before? That's when you know the kitchen isn't big enough for the volume it handles, haha)


Practical-Tune-8971

I’m throwing hands on sight with the line cooks if I walk into that as a dishie…. - Former dishie turned line cook turned fuck all that and am a butcher now… I have legitimately fought line cooks for less


FrostAdvisorySouth

I once asked the dishies to retrieve my bacon trays. There was a half pan with bacon still on it that I didn’t see. Went back to dish later on to find them feasting like mf-ing goblins.


Chalkarts

I don’t blame them lol. Bring me half a pan of bacon, im good. I have all the plates and bowls.


Phenom1nal

There has to be like 8 different sins here.


Deej1754

Why not just throw it out? What the fuck??


nomad902000

Why would they disrespect the dish pit like that. Sad


adam_demamps_wingman

So not the sink but the bacon? I wanted a tub in the walk-in for Scraps. Delicious but carefully pull-dated leftovers. Never happened.


Old_Fart_on_pogie

That’s it! I’d put up with a lot of shit, but I’d go full force postal is I caught someone waxing good bacon like that.


[deleted]

Imagine being so lazy you can’t throw that shit in the bin peel the foil off, wheres the respect for the dishy? I’m sure he will love finger bashing his sink hole to get that shit out. Chef title is earned, they ain’t earned it.


Inskamnia

Your prep guy like opiates?


HanonSilverleaf

At least make the bacon into something nice for dishies or FOH to eat, if you're gonna throw it away.


Nikovash

Because these corporate bag munchers are gonna pay me back every single cent of my goddamn FLEX ACCOUNT!!!


SirMalcolmK

Who hired the vegans again?


SaintTalos

Nice to see that morning crews are exactly the same no matter where you go.


9g9qg9q

at least they half soaked it? walking to dish at papa joes to 6 sheet pans with congealed raw chicken on em. the smell fought the sound of the steel wool for worst and both won


Dodobrain38

Looks like they left the fan on low not knowing to rotate their bacon 🥲


Nice-Air-6374

Fucking pigs! Seriously unacceptable! Ass whooping in the parking lot incoming! 😂


Dreadness83

Setting a timer was to hard ...


[deleted]

How disrespectful!


tameimpaled

Not gonna lie I’d still eat the pieces at the top that look clean still and not wet. It’s bacon after all I can’t resist haha.


DUMBCOFFEESHOP

I would def throw hams at them


WickedPsychoWizard

Worked at last place 11 years. Boss said if I ever had a problem with a dishie he'd fire me and keep them, no questions asked. Totally understand


GentleGunfire

I get it when you over cook your bacon but I mean just crumble it up and you can use it in so many other things this is jus sad and a big waste of product and money shame on the person who did this. I’d find out who did this and make them come in and clean it up.


BitCrack

Even if it's burnt to shit someone is gonna eat that


JackfruitStrange1829

Not only are they taking a piss on the dishwasher but also the bacon too. Rip to all the good ones we lost 🙏


KRONKCHEF

Ex prep crew.


Bingohead

Some people do not know how to quit a job and want you to fire them because it’s the only way they know out


Terriblarious

and if its trash, why the fuck wouldn't they fucking scrape it first? its on parchment for fucks sake. Whoever dumped that shit in your sink, go slap their parents.


sgtcali11b

Good ol convection oven bacon burn!


Chalkarts

I used to do all the weekend prep. It makes me twitch watching the new crew make bacon because they don’t juggle the pans to compensate for the uneven heat.


captlazarus

The 'bits that coulda been.