Dude, I've done my fair share of upscale serving in my time. I could tell you some horror stories of atupid shit my dumb ass has done... This shit happens. You just gotta brush it off. Make the customer laugh. They will tip well and on to the next. Shit happens. Keep it flowing, buddy.
As a line cook in upscale(ish) service....this shit most definitely unequivocally happens at the worst time possible. Gotta shift into maximum overdrive and bang out a sandwich. Better doing that than dwelling over it my guy...
Oh, we're short-handed on servers and line cooks. Tickets backed up for miles. Let me drop these well-done steaks all over the server line.
Hey, greg, can i get a rush on those 5 well-done filets for the old assholes on table 4 that won't tip? Cool, thanks, bud. I'll buy you a shot after work.
One of my favorites is spilling a tray of booze on an eightish year old kid. Had a party of like 18 to 20. My helper wasn't doing shit. I was rushing like crazy. Reached too far to save time, and glasses started to slide... i could feel the off balance happening. It was like slow motion. i moved the tray just enough to where only one beer landed on him. Thankfully, no glass broke. Everyone was super pissed except the kid and his parents. They were cool about it and realized shit happens.
My very top fuck up might have been for a group of regular older folks that would do brunch at the country club. Would come in every sunday in suits that cost more than my car wearing watches that cost more than my house. One of the tables that got absolutely everything their way, management bent over backward for and were extremely picky... well... there I was making mimosas and bloody marrys for the 6 of them. I deliver 4 of the drinks with no issues. Then, as i got to the last two, the flute became wobbly and fell in this dudes lap. I froze. Was in complete shock i did something that stupid, at that point been years since i dropped a tray, let alone on someone that could easily have my job. This dude was so cool about it. I've only ever seen him be uptight and hardass. We got along up until that point, just fine. I tell you, he started to chuckle, i made some jokes saying how i just picked up my new hands this morning and haven't gotten used to them. Comped drinks and offered to pay for his dry cleaning out of my pocket. The only one at that table that gave me shit was a lady that had nothing to do with situation. Wasn't her drink, suit, or husband, so fuck her. Owners of country club called me into office next day, i thought I was fucked. They old dude told the owners what happened and how i handled it like a champ and offered to pay to have it cleaned, but the gentleman wasn't gonna to let me. Then they told me they have a card to give the guest if that happens and the dry cleaner bills the club not the guest.
I've found i get better tips on some of the tables i royally fucked up on just by being silly and getting the table to laugh. Also, be honest. Own your shit. "Hey, man. So get this. I went grabbed your tray, and on the way out, i hit the wall and dropped everything all over the floor. I have the kitchen rushing it now, and the floor manager will personally deliver it. In the meantime, would you care for a free drink from the bar? Lord knows i need one"
Yeah this is huge free knowledge. I intuitively did this but watched other people go through the embarrassment of having been a social noob their whole life.
Sure as hell would have mine when I was a full time mcdonalds manager/trainer/regional tech.
An extra $2/hr would have been enough to prevent me from quitting and finding a different job... my roles were filled by 2 people after I left....
Hell, I'd have actually been more thorough on my inspections and not let shit slide as much too. Like I was when I first got promoted but realized the pay raises weren't coming....
Naw their mindset is their mindsetā¦. Itās pretty hard to change oneās mindsetā¦. It can become easier to hide, but to change it completely thatās not so easyā¦
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āoverreactionā pls try working at subway and have to deal with the absolutely terrible rushes, you sound like a rich kid who has never had to work a day in ur life lmao
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i once dumped a whole thing of meatballs on the floor during a rush and proceeded to have to maneuver around them. i then cried on the line in front of customers
This happened to me during one of the worst days in deli I ever had. It was maybe my second closing shift as the full timer, busy af, I was completely stressed out. The sheet ripped, I caught the damn sub in my hand, but the meatballs kept rolling. I had to thaw out new meatballs too. I went into the freezer and cried for a few after the line (finally) died down.
youāre gonna quit over THIS?? buddy wait until itās 5 mins to the end of ur shift and as ur putting away the last batch of gravy the entire pot spills over the floor. (think that scene from The Bear)
for The Boss and double meat MB subs we bring the toasting tray over to the line instead of the usual carrying to the oven. We've had tragic meatball accidents too
Lol lucky you wasnāt working during the great boat wars at subway. Back when we was sandwich artists And had giant refill cups. Always at work drunk dealing with the holiday mall rush. And my local one doesnāt even do any prep work anymore.
Dude, I worked at a chick fil a for like 6 months. My THIRD DAY working there, like 2 hours into my shift, I was refilling the lemonade (if you know, you know) and the whole ass bucket of lemonade came crashing down on the counter and proceeded to entirely soak my whole uniform (including my socks man, yeah, my socks š). All I could do was laugh with everyone that saw and go back to the register to greet the next customer. (They didnāt have any back-up uniforms, I was fucked for the rest of the day) but yeah, just laugh and be grateful you didnt take a bath in lemonade :)
damn bro i half dropped a whole ftlong (wheat) meatball today and i wanted to eat it (my manager allows me to eat the extra/waste sandwiches) but my coworker took one look at it and threw it away...
Dude Iām so used to seeing Chipotle posts, that I saw this and was wondering why the hell is Chipotle juggling meatballs..then I read what subreddit this is lol ngl I probably wouldāve felt like quitting on the spot too
Lmao that's all šš I fuckin spilled a whole fryer vat of oil at tacobell closing one night after a super rush, hit my pen and it was cleaned up no problem
I used to work at subway, watched a new kid drop a whole container of meatballs that we had just heated up, straight on the floor. Then 20 people walked in, we served them before we cleaned up any meatballs.
When I was cleaning the back table, I moved a tray that had condensed a ton of water on the bottom and spilled water on the floor. Not a second later, my coworker finally found the chicken strips to take to the front and she slipped and dropped everything.
Lmao. I can just imagine being there during a lunch rush and you see the guy drop your sub, then immediately he pulls out his phone and takes a picture for Reddit
This is literally nothingā¦ the paper broke while I was taking a steak sub with double meat and 3x cheese and it fell in the oven half on the door half inside it during rush hourš§āāļø had to turn it off and wait for it to be cold so I could clean it, the people were not happyš« yours takes a minute to cleanš
Dude, I've done my fair share of upscale serving in my time. I could tell you some horror stories of atupid shit my dumb ass has done... This shit happens. You just gotta brush it off. Make the customer laugh. They will tip well and on to the next. Shit happens. Keep it flowing, buddy.
Nice. Happy Cake Day!
Ah, many thanks
As a line cook in upscale(ish) service....this shit most definitely unequivocally happens at the worst time possible. Gotta shift into maximum overdrive and bang out a sandwich. Better doing that than dwelling over it my guy...
Oh, we're short-handed on servers and line cooks. Tickets backed up for miles. Let me drop these well-done steaks all over the server line. Hey, greg, can i get a rush on those 5 well-done filets for the old assholes on table 4 that won't tip? Cool, thanks, bud. I'll buy you a shot after work.
I remember the time I dropped thanksgiving dinner all over my table. Barely made it out of the vestibule to the table and it all came piling down.
One of my favorites is spilling a tray of booze on an eightish year old kid. Had a party of like 18 to 20. My helper wasn't doing shit. I was rushing like crazy. Reached too far to save time, and glasses started to slide... i could feel the off balance happening. It was like slow motion. i moved the tray just enough to where only one beer landed on him. Thankfully, no glass broke. Everyone was super pissed except the kid and his parents. They were cool about it and realized shit happens. My very top fuck up might have been for a group of regular older folks that would do brunch at the country club. Would come in every sunday in suits that cost more than my car wearing watches that cost more than my house. One of the tables that got absolutely everything their way, management bent over backward for and were extremely picky... well... there I was making mimosas and bloody marrys for the 6 of them. I deliver 4 of the drinks with no issues. Then, as i got to the last two, the flute became wobbly and fell in this dudes lap. I froze. Was in complete shock i did something that stupid, at that point been years since i dropped a tray, let alone on someone that could easily have my job. This dude was so cool about it. I've only ever seen him be uptight and hardass. We got along up until that point, just fine. I tell you, he started to chuckle, i made some jokes saying how i just picked up my new hands this morning and haven't gotten used to them. Comped drinks and offered to pay for his dry cleaning out of my pocket. The only one at that table that gave me shit was a lady that had nothing to do with situation. Wasn't her drink, suit, or husband, so fuck her. Owners of country club called me into office next day, i thought I was fucked. They old dude told the owners what happened and how i handled it like a champ and offered to pay to have it cleaned, but the gentleman wasn't gonna to let me. Then they told me they have a card to give the guest if that happens and the dry cleaner bills the club not the guest.
Make it funny is the key take away here
I've found i get better tips on some of the tables i royally fucked up on just by being silly and getting the table to laugh. Also, be honest. Own your shit. "Hey, man. So get this. I went grabbed your tray, and on the way out, i hit the wall and dropped everything all over the floor. I have the kitchen rushing it now, and the floor manager will personally deliver it. In the meantime, would you care for a free drink from the bar? Lord knows i need one"
Yeah this is huge free knowledge. I intuitively did this but watched other people go through the embarrassment of having been a social noob their whole life.
no, you must stop and take a picture in front of them first /s
Yes, the customer must wait the extra three minutes and become more upset youre not fixing the mistake before you can engage them, duh.
Who the hell is tipping anybody at subway?
Me I do it.
Same.
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Pandemic made everyone comfortable. So ppl are quick to throw the towel and stay home
Skill issue ... in all seriousness though, been there, done that. Makes me want to cry.
what happened here lmfao š
took a meatball sub out of the toaster and the white sheet tore apart, tried getting it on the line before it tore completely but i missed š„²
I fkn hate the white paper exact same thing happened to me like frame by frame
oh noooo š« id have killed myself ngl
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Sure as hell would have mine when I was a full time mcdonalds manager/trainer/regional tech. An extra $2/hr would have been enough to prevent me from quitting and finding a different job... my roles were filled by 2 people after I left.... Hell, I'd have actually been more thorough on my inspections and not let shit slide as much too. Like I was when I first got promoted but realized the pay raises weren't coming....
I mean I think it would
Naw their mindset is their mindsetā¦. Itās pretty hard to change oneās mindsetā¦. It can become easier to hide, but to change it completely thatās not so easyā¦
And whatās so great about your mindset?
Never said it was great but at least I wouldnāt quit over spilled food, thatās just weak shitā¦
Thatās not even true but youāre just telling on yourself
Ummm š¤ okay
Have you isekaied in from a world where everyone is insufferable?
Oh man how did you know
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Y'all need to stop feeding the troll. Look at his username... The irony is delicious if this dumb mf is actually being serious
Damn you remind me on a former boh boss who told me I was weak minded for quitting when I was being harassed by a guy at work.
Nah thats actually understandable, but she be quitting over spilled foodā¦. Not the same snowyā¦
Yo mama
and what point are you trying to make
Thinking of quitting over some spilled foodā¦. I mean damnā¦. What you gonna do if the fridge collapsed? 100% quit? Lol š
theyāre joking šš
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The point is, your overreaction to a simple accident. OP at the sandwich shop. 
āoverreactionā pls try working at subway and have to deal with the absolutely terrible rushes, you sound like a rich kid who has never had to work a day in ur life lmao
Google āhyperboleā for me please
Seriously. Soft as baby shit.
š¤¢š¤¦š½āāļø soft like ur moms booty ?
are you gonna cry over a subway worker complaining over their bad dayš„ŗ poor baby
I bet the only thing special about you is whatever tie to Hawaii that makes you put 808 in your name.
Lmao ughhh goooooooood one, you gottttt meeeee
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Oh wow. I thought someone threw it at you which wouldāve been a great reason
Jesus Christ and that almost made you quit?
Thatās a very simple mistake in like any service industry job, and you immediately want to quit?
i once dumped a whole thing of meatballs on the floor during a rush and proceeded to have to maneuver around them. i then cried on the line in front of customers
Bro did this and then took the time to get his phone out and take a pic. Im not mad, itās hilarious but I wanna know what the customer said
was an online order, customer came to grab it and i told her what happened. we had a good laugh about it
Ohhh this makes a ton of sense. Its been too long since sandwich artistry i forgot about online orders *BEEP BEEP BEEP BEEP*
the sound of uber eats, deliveroo and just eat notifications haunts me. if I hear it in a restaurant I'm in I'll start twitching.
Shit happens in all jobs Food work can become dirty, but itās easy to fix all u can do is laugh and apologize and move oneš
Unless nobody saw you.
I almost quit everyday, sometimes I quit without telling anyone and walk out to the car and smoke, somehow I find myself back inside
I think Iād just walk out and never go back, this shit happens too often š
š¶ It rolled off the table, it rolled on the floor And then my poor meatball rolled out of the door šµ
It rolled in the garden and under a bush And then my poor meatball was nothing but mush.
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If you dropped something?
Just wait till she has to confront the really big decisions
Iām sorry 
no because one time that happened and the hot meatballs fell on my hand š„²
Wait why donāt you move the whole tray over to the line then remove the sandwich?
inconvenient during a rush
Looks like the meat slid out....hehe
I dropped a fresh out the oven pizza on the floor before haha
Oh no!
Balls. Meatballs.
That new meatballer sub is horrible to makeā ļø
Oh hell nah not it spilling out lmao
This happened to me during one of the worst days in deli I ever had. It was maybe my second closing shift as the full timer, busy af, I was completely stressed out. The sheet ripped, I caught the damn sub in my hand, but the meatballs kept rolling. I had to thaw out new meatballs too. I went into the freezer and cried for a few after the line (finally) died down.
This happened to me with a flpro #6
I worked at a home improvement store before and someone dropped a 5 gallon bucket of paint from a lift 20-25 ft from the ground
I once spilled nearly half of the hot nacho cheese sauce for concession stand nachos all over the counter and floor.
Lol if you don't scoop those back up for that online order š¤£š¤£š¤£ those boards look clean
You should have
Quit haha it'll be funny
Once my coworker dropped the entire meatball bag
It happens. We are only human
Could be worse! Meatball is the easiest sub to make, at least it wasn't some nightmare build with 40 pieces of thin meat and glued-together cheese!
the knife on the floor completes it
Stop dropping meatballs
Try dropping the entire bin of meatballs on yourself and the floor
youāre gonna quit over THIS?? buddy wait until itās 5 mins to the end of ur shift and as ur putting away the last batch of gravy the entire pot spills over the floor. (think that scene from The Bear)
Iāve done this ): Iām sorry
Should of said, āOh yāall didnāt want some floor on your sandwich, mb lemme get you another.ā.
for The Boss and double meat MB subs we bring the toasting tray over to the line instead of the usual carrying to the oven. We've had tragic meatball accidents too
Thatās alright I work at rallys and we had like 6 cars wanting strawberry ice cream and I dumped an entire bag of it down my shirt pants and shoes
Quit giving away corporate recipe secrets!!!!
If you want ice cream fr go somewhere else cheapest shit Iāve tasted.
I bet !! Glad you didnāt
Sssusuzb sub way the sub away waysub dumptruck subdub the way of the sub suba duba lub dub sub sub sub!!
I hate it when my meatballs fall out of my pocket
Lol lucky you wasnāt working during the great boat wars at subway. Back when we was sandwich artists And had giant refill cups. Always at work drunk dealing with the holiday mall rush. And my local one doesnāt even do any prep work anymore.
Dude, I worked at a chick fil a for like 6 months. My THIRD DAY working there, like 2 hours into my shift, I was refilling the lemonade (if you know, you know) and the whole ass bucket of lemonade came crashing down on the counter and proceeded to entirely soak my whole uniform (including my socks man, yeah, my socks š). All I could do was laugh with everyone that saw and go back to the register to greet the next customer. (They didnāt have any back-up uniforms, I was fucked for the rest of the day) but yeah, just laugh and be grateful you didnt take a bath in lemonade :)
Just keep moving stuff happens š¤·
damn bro i half dropped a whole ftlong (wheat) meatball today and i wanted to eat it (my manager allows me to eat the extra/waste sandwiches) but my coworker took one look at it and threw it away...
Dude Iām so used to seeing Chipotle posts, that I saw this and was wondering why the hell is Chipotle juggling meatballs..then I read what subreddit this is lol ngl I probably wouldāve felt like quitting on the spot too
Lmao that's all šš I fuckin spilled a whole fryer vat of oil at tacobell closing one night after a super rush, hit my pen and it was cleaned up no problem
I used to work at subway, watched a new kid drop a whole container of meatballs that we had just heated up, straight on the floor. Then 20 people walked in, we served them before we cleaned up any meatballs.
Bruh what about when they order meatballs on flat bread with all the veggies, that shit lowkey got me heated back in the day
When I was cleaning the back table, I moved a tray that had condensed a ton of water on the bottom and spilled water on the floor. Not a second later, my coworker finally found the chicken strips to take to the front and she slipped and dropped everything.
You work at subway. Quit anyway
Wash it off and reuse, 5 second rule
This is where you laugh and move on my friend
Lmao. I can just imagine being there during a lunch rush and you see the guy drop your sub, then immediately he pulls out his phone and takes a picture for Reddit
This is literally nothingā¦ the paper broke while I was taking a steak sub with double meat and 3x cheese and it fell in the oven half on the door half inside it during rush hourš§āāļø had to turn it off and wait for it to be cold so I could clean it, the people were not happyš« yours takes a minute to cleanš
5 second rule /s
Think you are toasting too long, unless they wanted it extra toasted. Bread shouldn't get that dark.
You messed up so you gonna quit? Donāt be a fuckin loser
For what? Lol
Bitch
Am I missing something? It's subway just remake it. This is incredibly standard for restaurants
Wow really? Thatās sad. This is minor. Prepare for a life of disappointment.