So preface here, I’ve been working here 6 months it’s a university cafeteria, 86% of student are athletes so it’s high demand, I worked solo in the Italian station all that time, I’m a professional at dough and pastas, the students love me, my coworkers love me, but he executive chef doesn’t have the most skill at pizza and is bullheaded as they come, well yesterday he decided he’d “help” by making dough himself, he used 4x the amount of dry yeast and we argued about this, I got to make a new batch at the end of the night and he comes over and puts 4x the yeast in it again, we get in to a argument he yelled in my face and i realized I wasn’t gunna sit around and feed students something I wasn’t proud of, so I quit, am I in the wrong? Btw the video is his dough after 1 hour in a fridge
Quit my kitchen last night, guess they find out when no one opens
byu/Grey_Station_ inKitchenConfidential
by Grey_Station_
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You should probably use a lid on those.
Good job, but happy Halloween!
I’m now in the pizza kitchen at 15+ years… and wtf?! How is he top dog and putting that much yeast? It blows that you had to deal with this and it sounds like this executive would only lead to more stress and problems down the line. Hope you have some great luck in your next adventure.
That’s his dough after 1 hour? 😂 He should stick to just managing people, not trying to do stuff in the kitchen lol. It doesn’t even sound like he knows how to manage.
But good on you, I would have left, too. I worked at a Uni kitchen and stocked for a bit, I left because of how fucking dumb the management was. They were contracted out by the Uni and they eventually got their contract canned because they were so terrible.
Holy shit, that’s 1 hour? Looks like the bitch has been proofing for a week
At this point he should just make the crust out of Marmite and save the extra work
“ Over poof “
Brother, I took shit for two years, not with pizza dough this bad as I took control of that early on, but similar in other circumstances (let’s do a special where we microwave meat pies and mashed potato so specual)
Don’t take these morons personally. You’ll meet thousands of them. We control what we can, it’s the only mentality we can actively hold most the time. So many things are chaotic and stupid in kitchens, and idiots seem to breed near kitchens, either that or they just end up there because why not. No passion, low effort, low understanding, all of which don’t matter if you’ve got a willingness to learn. But fuck. Don’t waste your time on a place with no common sense workers.
You’ll be fine if you just continue holding high standards for yourself and have a willingness to learn. Everyone and everything else can just go fuck itself, stay sane, create brilliance.
That’s his dough at 1 hr?? Jesus I SUCK at dough and pasta but thats horrible
Nope, when they don’t have pizza tomorrow, laugh really loudly and tell that man he sucks at his job, it’s probably Sodexo and he won’t do a damn thing
Watching this video, I hear Bourdain’s voice in my head saying “Feed the bitch!”
Good for you! They clearly don’t deserve what you bring to the table. Keep your personal standards high and you’ll be a success.
you’re right to take pride in your work and not want to work somewhere they’re gonna force you to serve slop tbh
Sounds personal honestly and you’re smart to leave.
che pezzo di merda pezzo di merda! 🤌🏼 always go as little yeast as possible for the allotted ferment time. What a fuckhead. Take your talent somewhere else king
[the next morning:](https://www.reddit.com/r/Wellthatsucks/s/viWAtY0eM3)
…long shot, Harvest?
That dough is incredible. Second layer had me laughing. Sorry OP.
Have a happier Halloween than your old boss will. Consider setting your phone’s Do Not Disturb on with a whitelist of friends for a few days.
Send the documentation to the school or cafeteria/restaurant top person. Let them know who they hired.
You might want to tell whoever his boss is that he’s the one who made this happen. He got to where he is by lying and screwing others over I bet. Hell just say you quit because you fucked up the dough. Then we’re you’re gone hell just make it the way you did and take all the credit.
Yea… fuck that weeping cesspool of unmotivated work ethic.
Good on you👍💪
If he’s gonna sabotage the food and yell at you for it, there’s no reason to be there. Good luck!
That’s supposed to be pizza dough? Jesus fuck that’s a lot of yeast.
F&B people, with staffing the way it is, would you hire a person who patiently explained the nature of a rage quit?
I think we would.
Not even at home i don’t play around with more than needed yeast, especially on pizza. how do this people call themselves chefs idk.
Props to you for taking pride in your work instead of looking the other way as slop gets shoveled out the door!