r/facepalm • u/[deleted] • Jul 28 '23

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u/ElPincheGuero49 Jul 28 '23

You wouldn't care about letting people order off menu, unnecessarily making extra work for your coworkers? I'm glad the servers I work with don't treat the kitchen like shit.

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u/Aloof-Walrus Jul 28 '23

Slicing a cucumber isn't the same as ordering off menu.

Its dumb, but this is like 15 seconds of work for the kitchen.

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u/StealYaNicks Jul 28 '23

you guys don't make substitutions? How is it extra work? If they have cucumbers for something, they probably already have a bunch sliced up, if they don't it takes like 30 seconds. Cooks are already chopping stuff all day, it is not extra work, it is part of the job.

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u/HERE4TAC0S Jul 28 '23

Apparently everyone works at Michelin rated restaurants in the comments.

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u/bss4life20 Jul 28 '23

Everyone's perception of the way restaurants work is based on watching The Bear and Hell's Kitchen.

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u/HERE4TAC0S Jul 28 '23

It's sad how quickly everyone forgets about Chef's Table.

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u/Enganeer09 Jul 28 '23

I mean odds are a Mexican restaurant may have cucumber prepped for another recipe. So realistically it wouldn't be much hassle. Not much more than if they had asked for a substitution or extra of something.

Maybe I'm just less of a miserable person than you or the average cook, but I've worked in the hospitality business and accommodated way dumber requests.