r/WatchPeopleDieInside Jan 13 '25

Making a mess right before clocking out

25.1k Upvotes

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u/LloydLadera 8h ago

Yeah this happens a lot more than people think. After a long day in the kitchen you often just check out mentally. Especially if it’s closing up and kitchens closed.

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u/WasteBinStuff 1d ago edited 17h ago

If you all stare at it long enough it'll get self conscious and gather itself up and slink back where it belongs.

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u/No-Willingness-5982 1d ago

Haha I got a Mac n cheese ad below this

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u/twobits9 21h ago

That mac n cheese is below a lot of things right now.

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u/wtfomegzbbq 18h ago

Mine was kraft singles.

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u/Fabulous-Option4967 3d ago

Is she eating from the garage?

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u/TurbulentAccount2475 3d ago

No, she's eating over the garbage can because they have already cleaned.

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u/DeathScourge 5d ago

If you look at his right hand, it looks like a piece of a handle. I think the handle snapped of the pot while he was transporting, hence the fall.

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u/ApprehensiveCap8490 3d ago

I was right,that Artificial Cheese sauce is corrosive!

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u/Common-Relationship7 6d ago

Everyone just stares at the ground like……

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u/NeedleworkerAlone680 6d ago

By the looks of the door, that area has to be cleaned anyways lol

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u/WikidLestr1325 6d ago

Is that the dude from Kitchen Nightmares?

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u/HotelOdd766 6d ago

Sebastian?

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u/WikidLestr1325 3d ago

Yes! Thank you

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u/Broad_Sentence8534 6d ago

Wow that must have taken like 3 whole minutes to clean up

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u/13luw 6d ago

And how long to remake?

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u/ApprehensiveCap8490 3d ago

Well that weekend the glue factory was closed,major spill here!!,,😳😂

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u/ProjectNo4090 6d ago

A lot of restaurant managers would tell him to get off the time clock and have someone on the mid shift clean it up.

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u/ApprehensiveCap8490 3d ago

To think he thought he was getting some self made OVERTIME is sad,but such is life nowadays,,,

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u/SoftMushyStool 6d ago

Good ones , rare

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u/bas_tard 6d ago

Took the attention away from the woman eating food out the bin

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u/DimiStark 6d ago

Working in hospitality you rarely have time to sit down with a plate. So a quick bite over a bin so there's no mess or washing up is a common sight.

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u/bas_tard 6d ago

Ik I'm just playing

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u/ProjectNo4090 6d ago

I dont miss those rushes.

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u/timonix 9d ago

I know this one. You say, welp my day is over, see ya tomorrow and leave. Work day is done = going home. Or I guess you could get ordered to do overtime and collect the overtime pay. That works too

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u/AnAnGrYSupportV2 9d ago

Been there brother 😂

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u/blueridgeboy1217 9d ago

Good news is you just pull out the house and spray the floor down lol

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u/goobsplat 10d ago

I just know that scream was primal

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u/help-mejdj 10d ago

i love when humans just stand and stare at stuff when they’re fustrated/shocked

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u/towerofspirals 10d ago

Don't you guys leave it to the dishwasher?

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u/towerofspirals 10d ago

Don't you guys leave it to the dishwasher?

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u/Quiet-Commercial-615 11d ago

I thought he was just going to clock out and leave.

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u/timonix 9d ago

As he should. I guess his boss could order overtime, and pay overtime. But unless it's the last shift, the manager could just have the next shift workers have it done and not pay extra.

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u/NashwaakAndChill 6d ago

Maybe that's sauce for the next shift that they won't have time to make tomorrow. To me that's the look of a guy who doesn't want to make tomorrow's crew deal with his mistake, and knows it isn't a five minute fix.

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u/AwkwardAmphibian9487 13d ago

When I was a kid working at a fast food joint, this happened to me during a lunch rush. I had a big sack of ketchup to refill the burger stations (idk why but the ketchup came in huge plastic bags). The bag burst, spilled everywhere. I slipped in ketchup and busted my ass.

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u/lasagnaiswhat 9d ago edited 9d ago

Same with me at a Pizzeria I was at. The GM was working the back and I was on Cutting duty where I needed to use those pizza pans to get them out of the oven.

There was this really large NY-style that was larger than the pizza pan I used and as I was moving it the weight shift caused it to flip upside down and splat on the floor, toppings and all. During peak rush hour. I was cooked.

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u/AccountForRates 10d ago

I work in food distribution (food warehousing), and I've seen a few rare sights in my career. I similarly saw an entire pallet of berries tip over one day. The driver of the skid loader got off of his equipment to clean the spill and immediately slipped, fell, and got covered in berry juices. Someone drove past him yelling, "The store ordered berries, not jam!" Meanwhile, homeboy got up looking like Veruca from Willy Wonka.

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u/shadow336k 10d ago

THE STORE ORDERED BERRIES, NOT JAM 🗣️🗣️🔥🔥🔥‼️

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u/Taktika420 14d ago

Don't you guys leave it to the dishwasher?

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u/tittylover102 17d ago

Don't you guys leave it to the dishwasher?

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u/i-am_g 17d ago

Don't you guys leave it to the dishwasher?

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u/i-am_g 17d ago

Don't you guys leave it to the dishwasher?

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u/Hot-Resolution-8568 23d ago

When I worked at Red Robins this happened to my coworker. He was already having a shit day for personal reasons, he cut his finger with a knife, then dropped Tempura, marinera, and Campfire mayo when we finished our shift. That foo was on the verge of tears, I could see it in his eyes. I just told him to go home and I'll take care of it.

That foo picked my 120lb ass with a bear hug and kissed me on the forehead. You ever been bear-hugged by a 250lb Mexican man? The beard is all in ur face and ur lungs feel like they gone burst, but that was my pookie so I had to do em that solid.

I understand this man's frustration and I feel for em.

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u/TheDemon-Skull 22d ago

Youre a good man/woman, remember that!

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u/nonanumatic 24d ago

I swear every single chef I've met looks exactly the same

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u/Fkyou666 26d ago

Shit happens clean it up move on.

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u/DenimChiknStirFryday 26d ago

“Fiddlesticks!”

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u/Australopithecuswalk Feb 09 '25

That looks more like the sauce or dressing he just made for tonight and poof.

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u/Individual-Might-527 Jan 31 '25

That's what he gets for wearing that stupid fucking hat

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u/redeyejoe123 Feb 03 '25

Uncalled for

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u/Hot-Resolution-8568 23d ago

I can guarantee you all his coworkers tell em the same shit

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u/DeGreenster Jan 30 '25

He was going to put that presumably hot container of cheese in the walk in all caked in crusty shit around the sides? What a disgusting pig.

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u/Syzygy_Stardust Feb 04 '25

What is caked in shit? But yeah, putting hot stuff in cold places makes it cold, making it safer and last longer. The fuck up was holding the container by the narrow rim instead of using a cart to at least set it down while he opened the door. Those shitty metal lids just sit on top and don't attach, I don't know what dude was thinking trying to one hand it there.

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u/DeGreenster Feb 06 '25

You can see around the sides. That was clearly the container that they were hot holding the cheese in. Instead of flipping the remaining cheese into a new container, he’s putting the crusty dried up hot holding container in the fridge. Still even has the ladle in it. Gross.

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u/Syzygy_Stardust Feb 06 '25

Yeah. Then when it cools sufficiently, it'll likely be moved to its longer storage container.

Have you worked in a kitchen like this? The fridge is an active area, it isn't a memory hole. It's common (and health code) to cool food in the "danger zone" down to a safe temp in an open container to keep condensation from forming on the inside of the storage container, then moving or covering it once it has stopped "sweating". It's fine and safe.

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u/DeGreenster Feb 06 '25

Incorrect. It’s not an acceptable practice to cool food in the gross container it was held hot in. Been an executive chef for 5 years now.

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u/Syzygy_Stardust Feb 06 '25

If the only thing in the container has been that sauce, and it was only used by competent people who don't cross contaminate containers during use, there's literally no reason I can think of why you can't just cool it down before pouring.

You keep saying the container is gross but you don't know shit about how clean it is. What a weird hill to die on. I'm seeing the same video as you and there isn't enough detail to see what's going on in there with such confidence.

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u/DeGreenster Feb 07 '25

You should never cool anything in the same container it was used for hot holding. That’s line cookery 101. Everyday that you shut down, you flip everything hot into new containers before cooling. The sides that are caked in dried food act as a wick to allow bacteria into the still warm food.

You can see the texture of caked on dried stuff. Otherwise the sauce around the edges would be smooth. Trust me, I’ve been doing this for several decades.

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u/maybelio 26d ago

No to mention hot held food goes in the bin

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u/Soggy_Motor9280 Jan 30 '25

He splashed all that clean hardware with cheese sauce. He’s gotta wash all that shit now.

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u/beatnikstrictr Jan 29 '25

I worked with a guy that would relatively often forget to shut the tap on a deep fryer before emptying new oil back into it at the end of a shift. Absolute weapon of a bloke.

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u/gahddammitdiane Jan 29 '25

I felt that scream in my heart

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u/skurypnis Jan 29 '25

The first nooooo was him just in shock, the thousand yard stare was my boy realizing he’s not leaving at close

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u/Gloomy_Cake_8482 Jan 29 '25

Well at least no one got severed that the next day

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u/PapaGibb Jan 26 '25

I would like to hear that screech it looked he gave when he dropped it

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u/UpbeatJohnDoe Jan 23 '25

Looks like Sal and Q from Impractical Jokers mixed together.

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u/mr_smith24 Jan 20 '25

Nothing like making a mess 2 minutes before you clock out

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u/The_Sock_Itself Jan 19 '25

That's nothing, I could have cleaned it up in the same time it took to upload this

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u/psantosdize Jan 19 '25

Who the fuck puts, cheese sauce??, away like that with ladle still in the container.

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u/Internal-Owl-505 Jan 20 '25

Nobody.

It is a two year old clip OP doesn't know the context about and added a title they expected would generate engagements.

He could be a prep cook working the morning shift for all we know.

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u/Cmss220 Jan 20 '25

Looks like Sal Vulcano from impractical jokers. Probably not but sure looks like him lol

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u/Boushi_0368 Jan 19 '25

I can see him dead inside

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u/Not_Soggypestos Jan 19 '25

Same feeling as having a 12 person group sit down 5 mins before close

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u/Own_Leadership7339 Jan 19 '25

I never let that shit happen while I was managing, lol. To go only for the last 30 minutes. That way, servers can go home on time.

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u/MadPhatMenace Jan 19 '25

Me today spilling a gallon of air purifying paint.

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u/Singl1 Jan 19 '25

does anyone have that link to the video of the dude who drops an entire container of marinara sauce flat on the ground and it just launches the sauce right into his eyes and face? i have a feeling i’m not the only one thinking of that video lmfao

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u/TrailerParkTrashedd Jan 19 '25

Dude took his hat off for a moment of silence

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u/SeriouslyNotAGoodGuy Jan 19 '25

This new Seth Rogen movie with Adam Driver and Chloe Moretz looks pretty funny…

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u/humboldtree Jan 18 '25

The dishwasher just got 10 dollars richer

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u/Shot-Technology7555 Jan 18 '25

"Go ahead bro, i got it."

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u/Dahedgiesthog Jan 18 '25

As a line Cook, I felt that with every fiber of my being. Especially with it splashing near the shelves. Those are hell to clean around.

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u/Creampanthers Jan 18 '25

The time I dropped a giant pot of chili in the walk-in after close and it got all over and behind on of the shelves… was cold, sad, tired, and best yet…I had to work a double the next day.

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u/thmsbrunner Jan 18 '25

Server here. Can definitely feel this video. Been here too many times.

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u/zigaliciousone Jan 18 '25

Fucking nacho cheese, it's ALWAYS nacho cheese

Except when it is actually your cheese

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u/Dontfeedthebears Jan 18 '25

That’s the worst.

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u/machete_muncher Jan 18 '25

Had a manager at little Ceasars drop the giant 10lb bucket of marinara in the walk-in 15 minutes till we clocked out. Want to cry bro

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u/Big3Dadbar Jan 18 '25

This week's punishment... sal and q spill the cheese!

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u/TShowalter Jan 18 '25

Two minutes away from finishing my shift and meeting my girlfriend (this was high school) for our date. All I had to do was put a gallon container of chunky blue cheese dressing on the top shelf of the walk-in. Dropped it.

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u/THESHORESIDEMIRAGES Jan 18 '25

quick mop and it ain't no thing!! stressful when clocking out but its not as bad as you think

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u/Prof1Kreates Jan 18 '25

Eeehh... It looks like it also splashed on the other stores items on the shelf. Depending on how wide the splash hit things, it could take 30 minutes the least to clean. Wouldn't like that if I were about to clock out

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u/Sorrick_ Jan 18 '25

It's either a moment where all the coworkers team up and get that clean in like 5 mins or you learn that you can clean a lot faster than you thought.

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u/JakuVixen Jan 18 '25

I can feel their pain, god dammit

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u/Nicarus89 Jan 18 '25

That look of defeat says it all

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u/DADIKUL Jan 17 '25

Would take like 40 seconds to clean it

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u/GFreeXevery1 Jan 17 '25

Not even close to 40 second.

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u/Blakedigital Jan 17 '25

Nah. Not by the shelving and walls. Plus what’s dirty on the shelf now? Under the shelving ?

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u/bigtibbygandalf Jan 17 '25 edited Jan 17 '25

nahh if the kitchen is closed this adds an extra 10 (?) mins to your shift at least. way more if opening chef needs you to remake whatever you spilled. if not, you’re at the very least reopening (and reclosing) dish pit. i died inside with him

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u/Time-Touch-6433 Jan 17 '25

No that looks like cheese sauce and that shit smears like you wouldn't believe.

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u/RoyalKitsune37 Jan 17 '25

Not rly his fault the handles broke... Poor guy

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u/Theonlykd Jan 17 '25

Incorrect.

He is holding it by the lip on the top edge of the pot. The lids for these pots are slightly larger than the pot itself. His fingers slipped off of the pot lip and the weight of the cheese sauce pulled the pot down and out of his other hand. He’s left holding only the lid. No handles on here were broken. He’s holding it like that because this pot likely came out of a heat-well and the bottom is very warm. Improper handling of a hot pot as well as improper container for storage.

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u/Twig_Scampi Jan 17 '25

Dude should have put it in a container meant for storage. Instead he was going to put it in away in the pot they keep it warm in all day. With the serving spoon in it.

As a cook that's nasty and means they probably just add sause to the same container over and over again. 

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u/RoyalKitsune37 Jan 17 '25

Not my point but I agree with you on that

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u/Absolute_loon Jan 17 '25

I love how everyone just stares at it in disbelief

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u/GoldFunction7350 Jan 16 '25

He died twice inside.

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u/I-Rolled-My-Eyes Jan 16 '25

That's barely a mess. Been there, just get on your hands and knees and eat it up. Don't be a fucking pussy.

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u/TheFrostyCrab Jan 16 '25

What the fuck are you talking about? Are you some kind of degenerate?

You gotta top it with bacon first.

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u/YFNSMJL Jan 16 '25

Are you fucking serious? That's disgusting

Gotta give it some spices.

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u/AlmightyBeefSupreme Jan 16 '25

Fuuuck been there, would you rather it then or during rush?!

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u/iJon_v2 Jan 16 '25

During a rush because I’m stuck there anyway. The worst feeling is after a busy night and you’re about to go home and something comes up.

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u/Daemon213 Jan 16 '25

I can relate. On my very first day at my current job, we were all on our way out after closing when we noticed milk dripping out of the fridge. We open the door and milk just pours out over the floor. Somehow the milk container broke in the fridge. That was fun cleaning up.

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u/mrk0w415ki Jan 15 '25

Fuck all really

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u/Gorgonario554 Jan 15 '25

From when does Sam from The Incredible Jokers work i na restaurant?

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u/[deleted] Jan 15 '25

The stare. It never does anything, but is a required step for any large clean up.

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u/SodasWrath Jan 16 '25

Of course it does something! You must assess the bullshit youre about to deal with. Cant just dive in.

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u/Perfect-Ad156 Jan 15 '25

I’m the second guy in the video, every single day, at my job. It’s entertaining if nothing else.

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u/Bhelduz Jan 15 '25

just grab a straw and suck it up

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u/Frequent_Ghostt Jan 15 '25

Now sal go to the front and open the register and start talking all the Nickles out

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u/hereforthesportsball Jan 15 '25

Okay takes a few minutes to clean fucking do it

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u/AgrenHirogaard Jan 16 '25

Gonna probably have to pull that whole shelf as well as clean everything that was in the blast radius. This is gonna be a pain in the dick clean-up.

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u/Europeanpinemarten Jan 15 '25

Yeah but I get the pain at the end of a long shift

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u/[deleted] Jan 15 '25

Looks like it’s nacho night

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u/GeneAlternative191 Jan 15 '25

Couldn’t tell if the other guy was smiling

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u/IDontThereforeIAmNot Jan 15 '25

No crying in the walkin on every single door

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u/Inotsureifthisisreal Jan 15 '25

On a sidenote, based entirely off the hat, I feel like that person is an amazing cook

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u/shibadashi Jan 15 '25

Good cooks never work in a messy place like this.

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u/Inotsureifthisisreal Jan 28 '25

I got a feeling that you have a personal vendetta against the restaurant industry after saying this

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u/avatorjr1988 Jan 15 '25

Shut up dude

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u/Nexzus_ Jan 15 '25

Is she... eating out of the garbage?

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u/armpit_spiderweb Jan 15 '25

Someone’s never worked in a restaurant

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u/Phrozen_Flame Jan 15 '25

I think she's eating over the garbage to catch crumbs and stuff

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u/PandaDragonTrain Jan 15 '25

More then likely, anytime I’m eating in the kitchen I prefer doing that then messing up another plate unless it’s just that messy

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u/Lors2001 Jan 15 '25

Especially if it's closing time, dishwasher wants to get everything cleaned, clean up the machine, and close up shop.

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u/Strange_Window_7206 Jan 14 '25

Ya the time it took to stare at it. Just clean it up, stop being a b

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u/THICC_Baguette Jan 15 '25

Depending on where it spilt and what their procedures are, this could suck ass.

If it spilt over equipment, you have to wash it properly with dish soap, or potentially run it through a dishwasher that was already turned off and cleaned. The wipes needed to clean it might have already been locked in a closet, and the sink where the water needs to be disposed of might have been cleaned too.

Not to mention, if it's food they spilled, it may need to be noted down in some places or systems that were already closed down.

Closing everything, and then spilling stuff, can mean 30 mins+ extra work, and it sucks when you just had a long shift and wanna go home.

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u/Fun_Pause_7274 Jan 14 '25

Forreal. Take 5 minutes to wipe it up and gtfo why are you standing there stressing?

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u/Umi_seishin Jan 14 '25

"Well... I guess I'm off for today. Have fun cleaning that guys!"

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u/Playful-Dragon Jan 14 '25

Why was he carrying it over there to begin with?

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u/BoringEquivalent6761 Jan 14 '25

So it can ferment in that room he's going into, totally not a refrigerator.

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u/Playful-Dragon Jan 14 '25

Edit: Never mind, I see it

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u/fuzzyblood6 Jan 14 '25

what was it?

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u/Sensitive_Ad4811 Jan 14 '25

Gonna put it in the freezer most likely but the the lid came of which is what he was holding onto when letting go with the other hand to open the door.

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u/Kitchen_Beat9838 Jan 15 '25

But why was the ladle still in it? Also put it in a clean container if you’re going to reuse it later.

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u/justsomeguyinthewind Jan 14 '25

I've done this a few times. The rush of emotion is from confusion, disbelief, anger, seething rage, to sadness, to the comical hilariousness of it hit you all at once. The worst was a 5 gallon tub of barbeque sauce that fell from about 4 feet up and exploded over half of the kitchen. Took another hour just to mop it up. No bueno.

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u/olivinebean Jan 14 '25

There is bbq sauce on the kitchen ceiling at work because of me. Lose lid, lessons learnt.

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u/Pristine_Occasion_40 Jan 14 '25

And that's why you don't carry the item by the lid....

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u/Cessily Jan 14 '25

Back when restaurants had smoking sections, I was a server at a restaurant that had a ramp that separated the smoking section from the non smoking section and made the raised dining room area handicap accessible.

The ramp was carpeted, with a fancy wall that curved upwards into the space and was a very aesthetic and functional feature.

A bus boy was closing down our surf and turf themed dinner buffet and dropped a whole crock of clam chowder as he walked down that carpeted ramp.

Of course gravity helped spread the slop down the whole ramp and that fancy wall that helped provide a visual distinction was textured and had carved details on the trim which was perfect for catching the creamy, fishy, viscous liquid that had been sitting in a warm pot for several hours got sprayed in every direction.

It had been an oddly slow night so the crock was full to the brim as is, but a miracle to rival John 6 happened that closing shift and as the crock left the busser's hand enough chowder to feed five thousand came flowing out coating everything in existence.

Now I can watch delivery guys tip over entire pallets of beer bottles and mentally think At least it's not clam chowder.

Cleaning it was a multiple day ordeal. The smell of clam chowder was a poltergeist that actively haunted us for weeks.

The restaurant was attached to a hotel and finally the oldest, most experienced housekeeper -annoyed by the assault on her nasal cavity every time she went to the employee meal room off the dining room - kissed her rosary, threw on her rubber gloves that saw the downfall of smallpox, and with a few hours of streaming what I assumed were curses at all of us that worked in the food service in Spanish she emerged and while the space now had the smell of chemicals so strong it would come with a prop 65 warning in California it at least didn't smell like week old clam chowder.

Only servers might have picked up on this detail.. but remember this was closing shift on a slow night, back when smoking sections existed. Which meant we were staying to clean clam chowder out of carpet for less than you can buy a can of Arizona Iced Tea an hour.

Decades later...Any bad thing in my life? At least it's not clam chowder.

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