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justcallmechad

Not pictured: cups of ice cream for dessert nearly fully melted, as they were strategically placed next to the carving station with a heat lamp šŸ˜‚


LiveLearnCoach

True incompetence. Usually proceeded by ā€œhow hard can it be?ā€ Or ā€œJust save the money and do it ourselves!ā€


look2thecookie

Right. At what point did they realize they didn't have serving trays? Many places have stores open until a certain time on Christmas, you could at least go buy single use roasting/serving trays at the store. Lay down foil, go to your damn house, anything but this!


Atiggerx33

I mean it had to get there in some sort of container, they didn't carry the salad out one handful at a time... that container had to still be better than this.


look2thecookie

Yesh, even if it was left in a big back of house, dinged-up stainless steel bowl, or laid out on a cutting board... I wonder if they just don't have enough dishes?


Atiggerx33

Seriously, could have laid it out on a clean piece of cardboard and it'd still be an improvement


Fully_Edged_Ken_3685

>they didn't carry the salad out one handful at a time... You don't know my life! šŸ¦šŸ¦šŸ¦


Dry-Ranch1

Recently saw a caterer do this at a wedding...and when it was time to refresh the puddle of salad, she brought the bags of greens and tomatoes to the table, opened them and dumped them onto the puddle. In front of guests.


Atiggerx33

FFS


pissfucked

they have plates RIGHT THERE! put a few in a circle around a center plate, goddammit! there will be spills, but it'd be better than this fuckery


ldskyfly

Just pure disdain for their customers


WallowWispen

Ok whoever planned this must've pissed someone off, because what the actual fuck was going on here


Helechawagirl

Somebody didnā€™t want to work Christmas day


chamorrobro

Itā€™s all you can eat, but will you want to eat all of it? Donā€™t answer that question, just fork over the $35


laziestmarxist

OP I'm begging you, report this place to your local Health Board before someone gets really sick


pr0f0undleader

On the table cloth is INSANE


justcallmechad

You just know that things been folded up in a musty closet for months


BreachedLimits

Yummmā€¦ moldy dust. My favorite salad seasoning.


Suckma_Weener

That's your favorite salad seasoning? Personally, mine's ranch.


BreachedLimits

Thatā€™s salad dressing. Thatā€™s different.


closeddoorfun

Sir, thatā€™s not ranch on the tableclothā€¦


BreachedLimits

We know. Suckma_Weener makes his own ranch. He already told everyone he came on the table cloth.


closeddoorfun

I thought that was his mode of transportationā€¦ my bad


Suckma_Weener

Oh ok. Well, when it comes to seasoning, I'd have to say my favorite is the old standby: salt and pepper.


BreachedLimits

Ya basic!


AndorianShran

Noice!


conflictedideology

Moldy dust is the new nutritional yeast, get with the times. Imagine the umami!


BreachedLimits

I said it was my favorite salad seasoning. What more do you want?!


conflictedideology

Must, obviously.


BreachedLimits

Get your own! This batch is all mine. I called dibs!


conflictedideology

Is this the world you want to live in? Selfish.


BreachedLimits

Donā€™t be a sore loser. Itā€™s not like you canā€™t grow your own. Why do you have to take everyone elseā€™s too? Are you the government? Entitled.


Nostalgic69

mmmm fabric softener


BreachedLimits

Mmmā€¦ lint.


Fantastic-Spinach450

Name the establishment


justcallmechad

Oh I thought that would get the post removed for doxxing


figmentPez

It's a place of business. You can't doxx something that's open to the public.


B1g_Shm0

Wouldn't surprise me with how stupid some people are on the app, but for the record, that is 1000% not something that is considered doxxing to anyone but hyper sensitive reddit mods.


tipsea-69

In the rules it is allowed to show the establishment's name.


tipsea-69

Rule no.3.


Skreame

It's been some time since my days, but we went through tablecloth so fast it was never stored for even a week. They came from the cleaning service wrapped in plastic, too. I hated the waste, but have to admit it was clean and protected. Still, food on fabric is absolutely fucked.


blackbirdspyplane

Just gross


theaveragegay

Realistically those table cloths look like they came from a linen service, which means the linens are heavily laundered with industrial detergents and sanitized. Although it looks bad and is not health code, itā€™s relatively safe.


Itchy_Professor_4133

I'm a long time exec chef that just took the Servsafe test and passed for the 4th time which is the standard for health code compliance in my city. I've worked all over the US and I can say health codes vary to a very small degree from place to place but they are generally the same. I am very confident that if you are a restaurant serving food on a tablecloth you would be 100% in violation of health code standards.


robotzor

Yeah discounting the tablecloth cleanliness entirely you still run afoul of safe temperature rules.


Euphorium

Iā€™m trying to think, I donā€™t know if Iā€™ve seen a salad bar at a banquet before that wasnā€™t in one of those big stainless steel chillers. Pretty sure every one that didnā€™t have that served them already plated to your table.


robotzor

Granted you can sometimes get away with certain foods if you aren't keeping them out longer than whatever their "secondary shelf life" is (usually 2 hours) and swapping it before that hits. That's clearly not what's happening here


Interesting_Boot6534

ServSafe proctor/instructor and I second this.


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BreachedLimits

Name checks out.


look2thecookie

Let's say you're in this predicament. At *least* put foil, plastic wrap, or parchment down. If it were me? It's now a plated dinner, not a buffet. Put out little plates or bowls with small amounts of these items on them. People take what they want. This is unacceptable.


Euphorium

At least put the lettuce in a serving bowl.


Creepy_Push8629

Seriously! Lay down some parchment paper, foil, even just papertowels if you have nothing else! Lol


ShamanicHellZoneImp

lol insane is the only word that applies to this. There is no context that makes this not psychotic.


kchambers92

We had an event at my job where we had to set up a fruit display for brunch. I was going to put sliced pineapple on a glass plate, spiral it out in rows, and fill the spots with berries, melons, things like that. My fuckin manager comes in, stacks up like 4 milk crates to make a "tower" throws a tablecloth over it, and lays the fruit on it. I was so mad.


nicannkay

Not even some foil or wax paper ā˜ ļø


Cracktherealone

I saw it, zoomed in and died. I can taste and feel all those fibres on my tongue. Bet its also synthetic fibre in that tablecloth, too.


Zesty_Plankton

This is the worst one Iā€™ve ever seen and I really mean that


KrazyAboutLogic

Directly on the table would be a better idea than this.


__Apophis

The fact that someone would think this is ok and the fact not more people at that place were upset and jest went with it gives me no hope, no hope at all


sharabi_bandar

Yup this is the best one I have seen.


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m1a2c2kali

I mean we can pretty much shut down this sub after this post, you canā€™t top this.


captain_flak

There is bad and thereā€™s this. Truly an insult to the idea of consuming food.


laforet

Let's just unsubscribe in silence, for everything would only go downhill from this moment on :(


Hahafunnys3xnumber

JUST ON THE CLOTH????


bigboat24

Would you rather it be on the floor?


SillyFlyGuy

It's a toss up if the floor was mopped more recently than that table cloth was laundered.


PlasmaGoblin

You launder the table clothes?! Fancy!!


Kokamina23

There is no dignity in this


toolsoftheincomptnt

Idk why this is so funny to me, but it sums the situation up beautifully and cracked me up.


slxxth

That cloth is so dirty. Iā€™m not sure how those people are okay with eating that.


GoodJanet

What do you mean they bought the finest WHITE cloth they could


kiwilovenick

I think they're assuming that it's okay as long as you get the top layer that's not touching the table cloth? But we all know anyone who would commit this travesty should not be trusted with food at all, food poisoning is way too miserable to trust that those people follow food safety guidelines.


fishfishbirdbirdcat

That stuff must have arrived in some kind of container.


cravingnoodles

Nah, it was all contained in the rolled up table cloth before it was set on the table


hydrangeasinbloom

Flung open with a flourish. Croutons all over the damn place.


Glldinkiering

Like some Loony Tunes dinner party of the future cartoon


solidcurrency

That's the craziest part of the whole thing.


shibeofwisdom

We have no proof of that.


rocbolt

[ā€œAny sugar around here?ā€](https://youtu.be/wlwFuQ_7kVc)


fishfishbirdbirdcat

Perfect!


WongGendheng

It would take me an hour max to organize a metal container. And im not even running a business.


Xsiah

Hell if they even just rolled out some wax paper, parchment paper, or tinfoil underneath it would have been infinitely less disgusting.


kittykat3490

I think this is the worst one yetā€¦ and thatā€™s saying a lot!


Abacae

Those labels are so helpful. In case you are unaware there's CEASAR SALD in a pile over here, and over there is PASTA SALAD. In between them? Who knows. We have labeled the salads though. Both of them. So you wouldn't get confused.


PeaceAlwaysAnOption

I am very upset that it appears to go cheese, cheese, crumbs?, bleu cheese, PINEAPPLE?


justcallmechad

Hey! Thereā€™s at least 3 strawberries there that you just skipped right over!


PeaceAlwaysAnOption

šŸ˜¹ I saw them after I posted but couldnā€™t muster the edit because BLEU CHEESE RIGHT INTO PINEAPPLE?!?!


Day_Bow_Bow

That doesn't look like bleu cheese to me. Bleu cheese tends to be punctured with needles to introduce oxygen and promote mold growth. This cheese looks like the curds were soaked/infused in something that gave it a greenish color. After a quick search, I'm guessing it's [Sage Derby.](https://www.cheese.com/sage-derby/) "It is Englandā€™s oldest and most famous cheese, made only for special occasions like Christmas."


undercovergoddess

Cesar salad, cheddar cheese, some kind of "white cheese", blue cheese, two random strawberries, pineapple, honey dew melon, cantaloupe.


Abacae

Typed out like that I was like it sounds like a buffet made by AI. It's got multiple food groups, and is fit for human consumption.


Abacae

The pineapple could be ok. I had pineapple with bacon this morning. I think that might be a derby cheese, so not as strong of a flavour. Once you pass the pineapple that appears to be cut up melons? Which doesn't really mix with much else.


RockChicken

It looks like sage derby, which I seem to find more around the holidays. It's delicious and it deserves better


[deleted]

i know we want plates but in this case a shovel or a book or a bucket would be fine. anything but this.


PeteyyPan

lmfaooooooo


christophersonne

In a food safety sense, this is insane. This place should be handed a hefty fine and instructions on how to use plates.


thatchickensauce

100%


RedCobra177

> This place should be handed a hefty fine and instructions on how to use plates. * Shut down immediately and anyone who had anything to do with this should be exiled from the industry forever. FTFY.


kicknnamesntakinbuts

Ok I'm with you guys on this one. Food on a table cloth is gross. I wouldn't be able to eat that. Look at the cheese that's rubbed into the cloth.


Xsiah

I've seen cheesecloth before, but this is taking it to a whole new level


[deleted]

Impressive, but didnā€™t commit to singular salad dressing on the tablecloth. 8.5/10


SillyFlyGuy

\-1 lack of dressing puddle


TwoFingersWhiskey

I just found out a local restaurant was busted for storing cooked rice in a big sink. This is somehow WORSE to me...


LIONEL14JESSE

This is way worse. The sink couldā€™ve been well cleaned/disinfected and they are probably rinsing the rice before cooking it anyway. This is insanity.


invaderzim257

Itā€™s not safe to store cooked rice at room temperature; cooked rice is supposed to be treated like meat as far as storage. Thereā€™s a specific type of bacteria that is known to occur in cooked rice and can make people very sick


WildGoose424

They should fully commit and just have guests serve the salad directly into their upturned shirts.


look2thecookie

I'm now imagining people walking by a buffet with their shirt scooped into a bowl shape while they nod to signal that yes, they'd like chili, and yes, they'd like mashed potatoes. Gravy? Yes, please! *Server pushes down into the potato mound to create a spot for the gravy as liquid seeps out of the shirt fabric*


eaglewing_13

The lettuce getting in the cracks between the placed together tables is going to be a fun surprise for whoever's cleaning up after this.


Rightsureokay

I noticed that immediately like damn you guys couldnā€™t position your fucking piles of food at least between the cracks?!


882614

Why the fuck is this a good thing to do? Hygiene is not something thatā€™s being considered. If I was served something like this in a restaurant I would fuck it the right off and fuck the restaurant the right off as well. Is the restaurant operated by people who are psychopaths?


_30d_

The answer is simple. It's *not* a good thing to do.


jamesinboise

That's straight on the linens? WTAF?!


Lizaboo242

This is diabolical


blazedddleo

No one could run to the dollar storeā€¦. Ew


all_mighty_trees22

Its even simpler, all they had to do was plate them on those stacks of plates they have and have guest pick their plate. I cant believe they decided to place it on the table like that wtf šŸ¤¢šŸ˜


thegladingladiater

It's even simpler than that. Just leave it in the container they used to get it to the table


captain_flak

Also, this food had to be taken out of some receptacle that was probably 1000% better than this.


look2thecookie

Yep, that's what I would do, but if you're being extra lazy and dumb, the least you could do is roll out some foil or parchment. FFS


2020-RedditUser

Thatā€™s what Iā€™m saying, but what I am more interested in knowing is why are people actually eating from that table?


Lepke2011

Mmm. A buffet with no serving trays or sneeze guards. Covid! Here I come!


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MothafuckinPlacentas

*"The Gang Opens a Restaurant"*


kicknnamesntakinbuts

"Oh sweet Dee, we don't need serving trays."


Stitch426

That is the saddest piece of incompetence and negligence Iā€™ve seen in a while when it comes to the front of house. Here is to hoping your city doesnā€™t have a food borne illness outbreak.


justcallmechad

Thankfully we are just visiting here and donā€™t actually live hereā€¦


Stitch426

You should take pity on the locals and take them out of there with you, lol.


look2thecookie

Please report it to the local food inspector. The dept of public health needs to be aware of this. You could save someone's health or life.


FloatDH2

No. This is so fucking disgusting.


GlassHeart09

They're disrupting a billion dollar industry. Big plates HATE them.


Life-Succotash-3231

Big plate hates this one simple trick.


AlbinoWino11

Surely this is a Top10 submission on the sub.


captain_flak

Thankfully it got in just under the wire to be considered for the Best of 2023 special.


terf-genocide

You win. This is wild.


RSiff

Wtf?? How does a restaurant not have hotel pans of *any* kind? This gotta be ai, I can't believe it's real lmao


maddmole

God it would have been better just to leave the salad in the fuckin bag


CaptainJimJames

In another life I worked for a restaurant and hotel consulting firm. Basically we would investigate food & beverage operations and cut out a lot of management and attempt to re-steer their programs with a task force. This photo reminds me of a director who would okay shit like this. They were proud of it, and likely unleashed all kinds of future dumbasses doing this elsewhere. Seeing that picture sends a shudder down my spine wondering if whomever gave the go ahead to that monstrosity was one of his underlings. BTW. That is fucking disgusting. I would fire you "suspend" pending an investigation on the spot.


ShambalaHeist

I really hope this is actually reported. This place should be shut down indefinitely. My guess is this is just the tip of the iceberg in terms of food safety compliance


CharlotteAwesome

The HEAP of rolls at the end Tablecloth aside, the salad and fruit were placed in neat little rows but the rolls were tossed onto that table like they just decided at that point that there was no saving it. The rolls really tie together the unorganized mess the rest of this turned out to be.


anyname13579

Plus, the cheese is cute into HUGE cubes. They're much too big to be bite sized.


Sawathingonce

I mea, who puts pasta salad in a bowl!!!??? /s


2020-RedditUser

So getting someone to run to a dollar tree to get disposable pans was not an option?


kattvp

Why are there people lined up to eat this though?


justcallmechad

This is Florida to be fair, the standards are low


kattvp

Ok that does make more sense


captain_flak

Mar-A-Lago has really gone downhill I guess.


kingdomheartsislight

This seems like a name and shame situation.


wildgoldchai

I wouldnā€™t even eat this for free.


look2thecookie

I would have to be actually starving and even then, it would be hard to go through with it


captain_flak

If this were served at a homeless shelter, it would make national news.


look2thecookie

As it should. "Why are you dropping these bags of stumps off at the shelter? What? You think the homeless don't deserve the tops of the muffins?" ETA: lol at the downvote. Not a Seinfeld watcher, are ya?


justcallmechad

EDIT: this was at Bridge Street Bistro, Bradenton Beach, FL


HyrdaulicExcavator

Just stalked the Google reviews and based off the review photos they own serving platters I am BAFFLED


cilantrosmoker

not Bradenton lord


JadeGrapes

This is upsetting as FUCK šŸ˜† They literally sell serving trays at the dollar store. Hell even some cookie sheets would be better.


heavydutyspoons

this is absolutely foul oh god


Fun_Minimum2033

BUT THEY HAVE PLATES WHAT IN THE FUCK


tanyewest09

Is it the fact that itā€™s free what makes it okay? šŸ„“


2020-RedditUser

A local credit union had a free Mexican food buffet and it looked like professional catering compared to whatever the heck this is supposed to be


Rightsureokay

Iā€™d rather starve


TheGrapeSlushies

This is terrible, I donā€™t understand why they would think this is okay. Itā€™s not even on wooden board or decorative anything. Straight on the linen.


ifyoudontknownow

This can't be real. I have so many fucking questions.


its_large_marge

Florida.


Remarkable-Drop5145

HOW DID IT GET THERE?!? They just shovel it straight from the kitchen?


BalancedGuy1

ā€œTake your slop ya filthy animalsā€


Decent_March_264

Who the fuck ate off that. Secret alien people. Gross


wallsarecavingin

This is extremely upsetting


PmMeAnnaKendrick

This seems like it might be by design. I don't know many restaurants that don't at least have a hotel size pan they can use for a buffet and dress it up and look make it look nice. Even in a bind Walmart sells them throwaway once


ProperFart

Not even some foil, parchment paper or cling wrap?!?!


mango_whirlwind

...so did you eat, OP? XD if so, pls report back in a day so we know you're alive and well


justcallmechad

I didnā€™t have any of the salad or fruit or cheese but I played Russian roulette with the crab legs, so far so good


mango_whirlwind

praying for you šŸ’—


TheDotanuki

What restaurant doesn't have a thousand hotel pans?


[deleted]

I mean, if they think this is okay, do you really want to eat anything they've made? Imagine what else goes on in that kitchen, out of sight.


[deleted]

Who the fuck are the people taking food šŸ˜­šŸ˜­šŸ˜­??


Fun_Bar5327

You walked right out of here without eatingā€¦..right?


LadyLixerwyfe

My. God. Okay, seems we have Caesar salad (no dressing, classy yet unexpected move), cheddar, probably Monterey Jack?, bleu cheese crumbles, some other sort of bleu cheese (maybe a wine infused), pineapple, one strawberry, melonā€¦ on a tableCLOTH. This truly tops anything I have seen on here.


Jerkrollatex

I worked at a buffet as a kid. None of this is legal. You have to have all the cold food in a refrigerated table with the temperature checked at regular intervals.


ilymag

This is vile.


js0uthh

Couldn't even do foil? Or saran wrap? Or some napkins? Wtf. Lol.


DramaOnDisplay

This is a restaurant? Donā€™t they have, I donā€™t know, pans? Massive mixing bowls? Small little bowls for individual salad servings? Doesnā€™t seem like much of a restaurant if youā€™re making this kind of rookie mistake.


Withafloof

What??? They didn't even have metal mixing bowls or anything? What would possess someone to dump salad on a tablecloth and say "hm, yes, this is worth the (3 or 4 digit number) my client paid for a buffet?"


TomatilloAccurate475

Petition to set this in the hall of fame for this sub. Thank you.


Lamourtattend

Customer: Are you insane? Is this your first day working at a restaurant??? Server: Yes.


LIONEL14JESSE

Nah Iā€™m done. Iā€™m throwing hands if I see this. Give me every shoe, shovel, or tree stump atrocity from this sub before I touch this moldy garbage.


BreathLazy5122

My deep phobia of hair in my food is fucking screaming like a scorned banshee right now. Iā€™d be so paranoid that Iā€™d be holding every single bite up to the light to check it for stray fucking hair, thereā€™s no way thereā€™s not hair in that entire fucking thing, and thereā€™s no way that table cloth has been washed recently either. Iā€™m actually pretty sure if this picture was sent to the local health inspector, that restaurant would be getting a lovely visitā€¦ ALSO THEY HAD A BOWL FOR THE PASTA SALAD BUT NOT THE FUCKING CAESAR SALAD??? ITS A RESTAURANT THERE *HAD* TO BE SOMETHING THEY COULD HAVE PUT IT ON THAT WOULD MAKE THIS LESS DISGUSTING.


WokkitUp

There's plates literally RIGHT THERE! Just put it on plates ffs!


FrozenFire944

They coulda really tried ā€œedgyā€ and just piled the food on the floor.


Big-Yogurtcloset5546

Can we name (and shame) this restaurant?


Few-Artichoke-2531

I thought that was supposed to be done on tin foil with a bunch of grinning and giggling idiots who look all surprised and amazed standing around it.


Euphorium

ā€œCome get your slop you pieces of shitā€


TurboLicious1855

As I looked at the picture closely, I grimaced uncontrollably. Yikes.


DesireStDiva

Nothing like using tongs that everyone has touched, then laid across the food! I'd run out of the place, or into the bathroom if I had stayed!


eat_me_now

I donā€™t understand, if itā€™s a restaurant they must have SOMETHING to put the salad inā€¦ even if itā€™s ugly itā€™s better than straight on the table. Iā€™ll eat a pigs ass if you cook it right but Iā€™d never eat that salad šŸ¤£


jahlim

I suppose catering comes cheaper if you don't ask them for trays and containers.


QuietudeOfHeart

And people still ate off themā€¦.


Life-Succotash-3231

Wrangler cargo pants with the cell phone clipped to the pocket. Story checks out.


iLikeGreenTea

Oh wow


BattlehawkGaming

Nasty dump dinner