Yes! There are totally times when one SHOULD wear gloves, because hand washing can’t fix the problem, but they’re not actually an all-around solution to every sanitation issue one might encounter in the kitchen.
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Re the green tea ice cream story: those of you who haven’t waited tables have NO IDEA how it warms the cockles of our cold, black hearts to have someone else at the table call out a customer’s jackassery. I understand it’s not always practical when the jackass is your boss or your soon-to-be-MIL or whatever. But if…
Two stories come to mind.
One night I was working a crazy busy takeout counter at a pizza place. A youngish guy called and asked if we could make a pizza in the shape of a heart and if we could write a message on the box - he wanted to ask a girl to a dance. I told my manager (a young woman) and we got totally into it.…
As much as I love the usual BCO, we can all use a dose of happy, so thank you for this.
Man I love heartwarming story days as much as I love chicken and waffles (it’s a lot...)
I have a pair of kids, they are both younger but do enjoy going out.
THIS BCO HAS EVERYTHING (to restore your faith in humanity or at least make you blow coffee out of the nose part of your face)!!!!!
I have officially been out of the food service game for exactly two months, 6 days, 16 hours, and 13 minutes. I still frequent the bar where I worked because my friends still work there, I’m friends with several of the regulars, and they have great beer. I can hardly wait for the day when some jackass is rude to one…
This lovely man came in every day, I burned his bread, and he left a $5.00 tip on a $4.00 meal. One time, he heard me (quietly, I swear) talking to another waitress about how I couldn’t afford to have my other cat spayed yet, and when he left, I found $100.00 under the cup for my cat.
I just heard an insanely nice story. An old man named peg-leg bob (you heard me and yes he had a real peg-leg) passed away a few years back hometown. He was a lonely old coot with no family and ate at the same steak place 4 times a week, eating the same thing every time. I had to go to that restaurant yesterday for a…
I was in a very fancy pizza place this past weekend when, due to the amount of sauce on my fingers (the thin, garlicy-kind, as this was an authentic Italian place on Capitol Hill), I removed my wedding ring and placed it in my pocket to avoid irritation.
It amazes me when people don’t tip according to normal prices.
Oh my good lord, it must be all the construction work in my office today, but my eyes are streaming like crazy. Didn’t think it was this dusty.....
Here’s hoping it lasts all the way to English! ;D
I work at a small batch chocolate shop. We’re not the kind of place where tipping is expected but we do have a tip jar at the register. We usually get more in electronic tips, since we use Square as our register and they have that nice ‘do you want to tip anything’ option hovering above the signature line while we…
Thank you, BCO, for I have found my life’s purpose: to be like that couple in the coffee shop.
“Excuse me, did you just tell me—”
My cold dead heart just grew three sizes. Starting the week with a reminder that not everyone who enters a restaurant is possessed by the Entitlement Monster is so great. And brings back the memories of the people I served who were not only decent but stand-up humans. Like the guy with the wallet stuffed full of the…
“The Great Fucks Famine of 2015”. I’m stealing that and pretending that I was clever enough to come up with it myself.