Why we bitch.
Why we bitch and complain.
We, as cooks and chefs, do bitch and complain. A lot. You see we are not like normal people. We are a separate breed. Even within our breed there different pedigrees and bloodlines. There are cooks that cook because they can make "easy" money and find work anywhere. There are the ones that do it because they want to be chefs. There are the dillusional ones that do it because they see it on TV and it want to become a celebrity chef. There are the ones that do it and do it very well with a high standard.
"WE" bitch and complain often because we work with one of these or are one of these. If you have a higher standard and are working with a shoemaker, that will drive you crazy. If you are a shoemaker then you will complain about the "perfectionist" and that he takes a long time to make a sauce that you can make in 4 min, that will serve a 120.
We also bitch and complain about the front of the house. The way that we work a full shift from beginning to end, with maybe a chance to get a bite to eat. The servers hang around the kitchen talking and leaning, while they wait for a table to be seated. They complain about going home with only 400 dollars! They never want to tip us out no matter how hard we try to guilt them into it. They put in special orders that we have to make just for their customer.Yes, it is our customer as well, but we don't have a face to put with that well done butterflied filet, no salt or pepper and no butter, no onions or garlic in the sauce. We stand in the hot line all night, trying to figure out their tickets. "See Server"...... Ok let me stop what I am doing so I can find this moron and ask him what am I seeing him for. Blue cheese crumbles? You couldn't type that in? Oh, I was faster to do it this way? Faster for him not me. How about when they sandbag their tickets and put them all in at once. Then come back to me asking for a ticket he lost and never put it in, to be done on the fly.
These are only some of the reasons we bitch and complain and wondered why we didn't listen to our mothers and gone to law school.
We also bitch when we go out to eat and being served by these morons. Cuz' we know how they are. We also get aggravated when we have to deal with other people. You know the guy at the shoe store or at the grocery store or worse, the movie theatre. These people do not move fast enough and all that wasted movement. FILL UP BOTH CUPS OF SODA AT THE SAME TIME! We asked for two popcorns, why are you doing one at a time? Get a haircut and don't get high before work!!!! breathe...................Getting all worked up.............woooooosaaaaaa.......Find my quiet place........Better.
So you see, that is why we bitch and complain.
We, as cooks and chefs, do bitch and complain. A lot. You see we are not like normal people. We are a separate breed. Even within our breed there different pedigrees and bloodlines. There are cooks that cook because they can make "easy" money and find work anywhere. There are the ones that do it because they want to be chefs. There are the dillusional ones that do it because they see it on TV and it want to become a celebrity chef. There are the ones that do it and do it very well with a high standard.
"WE" bitch and complain often because we work with one of these or are one of these. If you have a higher standard and are working with a shoemaker, that will drive you crazy. If you are a shoemaker then you will complain about the "perfectionist" and that he takes a long time to make a sauce that you can make in 4 min, that will serve a 120.
We also bitch and complain about the front of the house. The way that we work a full shift from beginning to end, with maybe a chance to get a bite to eat. The servers hang around the kitchen talking and leaning, while they wait for a table to be seated. They complain about going home with only 400 dollars! They never want to tip us out no matter how hard we try to guilt them into it. They put in special orders that we have to make just for their customer.Yes, it is our customer as well, but we don't have a face to put with that well done butterflied filet, no salt or pepper and no butter, no onions or garlic in the sauce. We stand in the hot line all night, trying to figure out their tickets. "See Server"...... Ok let me stop what I am doing so I can find this moron and ask him what am I seeing him for. Blue cheese crumbles? You couldn't type that in? Oh, I was faster to do it this way? Faster for him not me. How about when they sandbag their tickets and put them all in at once. Then come back to me asking for a ticket he lost and never put it in, to be done on the fly.
These are only some of the reasons we bitch and complain and wondered why we didn't listen to our mothers and gone to law school.
We also bitch when we go out to eat and being served by these morons. Cuz' we know how they are. We also get aggravated when we have to deal with other people. You know the guy at the shoe store or at the grocery store or worse, the movie theatre. These people do not move fast enough and all that wasted movement. FILL UP BOTH CUPS OF SODA AT THE SAME TIME! We asked for two popcorns, why are you doing one at a time? Get a haircut and don't get high before work!!!! breathe...................Getting all worked up.............woooooosaaaaaa.......Find my quiet place........Better.
So you see, that is why we bitch and complain.
posted by Chef Cyril at Wednesday, September 14, 2005
1 Comments:
i totally appreciate this post! i can fully understand and relate to each statement made! i especially enjoy the comment regarding the "see server" on the ticket... ugh.. it happens too often!
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