kid with face tats fresh out of jail in the dishpit
mindshrug
They left out the stoner/alcoholic metalhead dishie who’s the backbone of the whole operation.
No_Squash_6551
Can’t forget the autistic/mentally disabled dishie who everyone protects with their lives. You DON’T mess with my down syndrome dishwasher
SimplerTimesAhead
& the manager who seems to be one inch away from blowing up the place and will give you the sordid backstory of the owners
ugricicle
Can’t forget the dude who’s been doing this for 46 years, only working as a line cook, and has probably seen god a few times
WhyPyramids
What about the mysterious prep guy who only speaks to others in one-on-one settings, seems to own only one pair of black pants and shoes, and shares nothing about his life or past – but who is found to be utterly indispensable after the restaurant flirts with collapse following his equally-mysterious resignation?
floweringfungus
The angry kitchen manager who’s actually a sweetheart. Cussing and swearing all day but makes FOH food for free and goes mental if a customer makes someone cry.
backjox
The sous who takes a cab to work because he’s paying off his last three accidents
Lowly-Worm_
Gaggle of depressed alcoholics ripping their pens in the walk-in who have the best inside jokes
wurkhoarse
I’d watch this Netflix series.
Jakeandellwood
We had an ex nazi waffen ss pow that managed to stay after ww2. The man could saute an 18 burner station with ease but we couldn’t have him around at any type of kosher function. Private clubs in the 80’s were a trip.
Afrojones66
I got the kid influencer making 6 figures who fries the chicken, the down to earth chef who always volunteers to host, the autistic lead that doesn’t understand social cues, the cook working 12-16 hour days, and the old man who keeps harassing all of the women.
Frisco-Elkshark
Can’t forget the Christian teenager that has no business being there but needs the money to make rent. He doesn’t know it yet but he’s going to be here forever.
jackatman
Half the the line cooks are roommates
At the halfway house.
Bartender with 30 years experience who loves working with the new young girl so he can get a share of the thirst tips. He puts her in the well and tells her to always get the good ice at the bottom, but also shuts down any unwanted attention with a hard look and a firm grip on the muddler.
One ex teacher who loved the kids but hated the parents.
Single mom who only works doubles on the days her ex has the kids. She goes nuts at concerts but you have to get her to a show to find out.
Draask321
Washed up street punk, severely right winged trumper, trust fund kid, and me ex-felon.
mrjarnottman
Always a massive conspiracy theorist
DarkDruidLord
There’s the 60 something year old waitress that runs this shit like the navy, another waitress who only works a few days a week but is the only one actually organizing shit in the pit, the neurotic maintenance girl who is behind on her work because she’s doing literally everything else in this place, the super nice metalhead in the back, the disabled older guy that hangs with bikers, the line cook who facetimes his fiancee on the clock but he gets shit done and the goth in the dishpit that doesn’t talk to anyone but will drop everything if you need help.
AtMyLastJob
The socially inept saucier that should have been a sous chef two years ago, but can’t manage people and implodes when they fumble a FOH baddie
CheeseEaster
I have a small staff, only 7 of us. Not including myself.
FOH of a ‘Just got out of jail for involuntary manslaughter’ 5 weeks before I hired him, an ‘in and out of the rehab facility’, an Occupational Therapist student and large university academic advisor.
BOH of experienced diner cook who works here to escape personal life, a 20 year old girl who always brings fun stories, and an environmental science major who dropped out.
They’re all interesting characters, but I trust no one else but them (sans the in & out of rehab, always got my eyes open there)
Yankee_chef_nen
They forgot the 32 year old college student (education major) who’s the best expo, he’ll also go get the Canadian Hunter for the line, and if it’s slow he’ll dry hump an empty cardboard box in the middle of the kitchen to get a laugh out of the underage hostess stealing fries.
Lumpy_Booty
This is what the TV show “The Bear” should have been about instead of pretentious love letter to Fine Dining circlejerk the TV show!!
Necessary_Ad5643
Congolese dishwasher with the softest voice, woman chef covered in tattoos in a dead marriage, the bird whisperer druggie with a temper who makes elaborate staff meals, ex-culturist bimbo barmaid with fake tits survivor of DV, head waitress built like a toothpick with glasses bigger than her head. Love these guys
LifePedalEnjoyer
Came in this AM and was told dry goods from the truck were already put up so I could get on prep immediately, and I thought, “Sweet.” There was actually 250 lbs. of rice sitting on the wet dish pit floor, about 6 inches from the dish machine.
I think I’m the A team by myself, and I’m the 20 to 30-years older than all of my coworkers convicted felon.
sohcordohc
Past addicts and Mexicans folks are the hardest working and tbh I’ve never seen a guy handle 14 sauté orders in 14 separate pans quite like a Mexican guy…never seen anyone bake like the heroin addict either especially for 10-12 hours straight. Cooking is hard work so people that have a hard past or present usually are ok with it..it is fhe A-team
BannockAtTheDisco
I had a very Catholic chef from Mexico who loved all the queers in the kitchen and was sad that we were all going to hell. A dishie from the west coast whose van broke down while on vacation in Nova Scotia so he just stayed.
valentinesanddragons
My “A Team” is: Me, the transgender manager that constantly gets on your about keeping the bun warmer closed (“Warm buns are happy buns!”), angry 20 year old gay dude who keeps our drive through moving, extremely autistic 40-year-old who’s not fast but extremely consistent, shy emo dude who’s a beast on dishes, and non-binary who’s amazing at keeping even the crankiest customer happy
manchvegasnomore
Doesn’t the busboy deal weed on the side. Every place I worked back in the day that was the deal.
zombiealavodka
I say all the time…” we all have such drastically different life paths, and goals, we’ve all done stupid things, smart things ,mean things, we’re all different ages, we all have wildly different interest…but every step we took ,led us together,at a shitty restaurant “
BarnabyJones20
I haven’t worked in a kitchen in over a decade and this post made me miss it
Chutneythelizard
I know all these people and at least one of them is me
curtisscott95
Seeing a lot of comments about how the essential part of any A-Team is the dishy…none of you are wrong but it’s just heart warming to see more than one
Prince_Breakfast
Back in 2012 I had a front of house team that included a retired Goldman Sachs senior analyst as a bartender, a deep water welder between his assignments as a bus boy, a 60 years aged divorcé working her first job ever as a server, a soon-to-be double murderer working the salad station, and an expo kid that made it big as a Minecraft YouTuber.
Scrolldawg
This is what DEI really looks like, the job is what binds the team, funny how the lowest paid jobs are the most diverse.
KubelsKitchen
The young kid who’d been an orphan, moving from family to family all his life and is just so happy to be here. (Bc it’s a family)
h311agay
My A team consists of the mid-20s guy with barely managed ADHD who plays vocaloid over the speaker, the ex-addict musician, the ex-addict with 3 kids, the 60 year old white woman born and raised in Philly, the autistic gamer who wants to be a voice actor, a conspiracy theorist / flat-earther, the group home girl who just had her 5th kid, the 60 year old red head woman born and raised in Jersey, and myself, the late 20s autistic queer guy.
UrsaMajor7th
The 25 year veteran server on their 4th marriage who, when sober, is fire
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kid with face tats fresh out of jail in the dishpit
They left out the stoner/alcoholic metalhead dishie who’s the backbone of the whole operation.
Can’t forget the autistic/mentally disabled dishie who everyone protects with their lives. You DON’T mess with my down syndrome dishwasher
& the manager who seems to be one inch away from blowing up the place and will give you the sordid backstory of the owners
Can’t forget the dude who’s been doing this for 46 years, only working as a line cook, and has probably seen god a few times
What about the mysterious prep guy who only speaks to others in one-on-one settings, seems to own only one pair of black pants and shoes, and shares nothing about his life or past – but who is found to be utterly indispensable after the restaurant flirts with collapse following his equally-mysterious resignation?
The angry kitchen manager who’s actually a sweetheart. Cussing and swearing all day but makes FOH food for free and goes mental if a customer makes someone cry.
The sous who takes a cab to work because he’s paying off his last three accidents
Gaggle of depressed alcoholics ripping their pens in the walk-in who have the best inside jokes
I’d watch this Netflix series.
We had an ex nazi waffen ss pow that managed to stay after ww2. The man could saute an 18 burner station with ease but we couldn’t have him around at any type of kosher function. Private clubs in the 80’s were a trip.
I got the kid influencer making 6 figures who fries the chicken, the down to earth chef who always volunteers to host, the autistic lead that doesn’t understand social cues, the cook working 12-16 hour days, and the old man who keeps harassing all of the women.
Can’t forget the Christian teenager that has no business being there but needs the money to make rent. He doesn’t know it yet but he’s going to be here forever.
Half the the line cooks are roommates
At the halfway house.
Bartender with 30 years experience who loves working with the new young girl so he can get a share of the thirst tips. He puts her in the well and tells her to always get the good ice at the bottom, but also shuts down any unwanted attention with a hard look and a firm grip on the muddler.
One ex teacher who loved the kids but hated the parents.
Single mom who only works doubles on the days her ex has the kids. She goes nuts at concerts but you have to get her to a show to find out.
Washed up street punk, severely right winged trumper, trust fund kid, and me ex-felon.
Always a massive conspiracy theorist
There’s the 60 something year old waitress that runs this shit like the navy, another waitress who only works a few days a week but is the only one actually organizing shit in the pit, the neurotic maintenance girl who is behind on her work because she’s doing literally everything else in this place, the super nice metalhead in the back, the disabled older guy that hangs with bikers, the line cook who facetimes his fiancee on the clock but he gets shit done and the goth in the dishpit that doesn’t talk to anyone but will drop everything if you need help.
The socially inept saucier that should have been a sous chef two years ago, but can’t manage people and implodes when they fumble a FOH baddie
I have a small staff, only 7 of us. Not including myself.
FOH of a ‘Just got out of jail for involuntary manslaughter’ 5 weeks before I hired him, an ‘in and out of the rehab facility’, an Occupational Therapist student and large university academic advisor.
BOH of experienced diner cook who works here to escape personal life, a 20 year old girl who always brings fun stories, and an environmental science major who dropped out.
They’re all interesting characters, but I trust no one else but them (sans the in & out of rehab, always got my eyes open there)
They forgot the 32 year old college student (education major) who’s the best expo, he’ll also go get the Canadian Hunter for the line, and if it’s slow he’ll dry hump an empty cardboard box in the middle of the kitchen to get a laugh out of the underage hostess stealing fries.
This is what the TV show “The Bear” should have been about instead of pretentious love letter to Fine Dining circlejerk the TV show!!
Congolese dishwasher with the softest voice, woman chef covered in tattoos in a dead marriage, the bird whisperer druggie with a temper who makes elaborate staff meals, ex-culturist bimbo barmaid with fake tits survivor of DV, head waitress built like a toothpick with glasses bigger than her head. Love these guys
Came in this AM and was told dry goods from the truck were already put up so I could get on prep immediately, and I thought, “Sweet.” There was actually 250 lbs. of rice sitting on the wet dish pit floor, about 6 inches from the dish machine.
I think I’m the A team by myself, and I’m the 20 to 30-years older than all of my coworkers convicted felon.
Past addicts and Mexicans folks are the hardest working and tbh I’ve never seen a guy handle 14 sauté orders in 14 separate pans quite like a Mexican guy…never seen anyone bake like the heroin addict either especially for 10-12 hours straight. Cooking is hard work so people that have a hard past or present usually are ok with it..it is fhe A-team
I had a very Catholic chef from Mexico who loved all the queers in the kitchen and was sad that we were all going to hell. A dishie from the west coast whose van broke down while on vacation in Nova Scotia so he just stayed.
My “A Team” is: Me, the transgender manager that constantly gets on your about keeping the bun warmer closed (“Warm buns are happy buns!”), angry 20 year old gay dude who keeps our drive through moving, extremely autistic 40-year-old who’s not fast but extremely consistent, shy emo dude who’s a beast on dishes, and non-binary who’s amazing at keeping even the crankiest customer happy
Doesn’t the busboy deal weed on the side. Every place I worked back in the day that was the deal.
I say all the time…” we all have such drastically different life paths, and goals, we’ve all done stupid things, smart things ,mean things, we’re all different ages, we all have wildly different interest…but every step we took ,led us together,at a shitty restaurant “
I haven’t worked in a kitchen in over a decade and this post made me miss it
I know all these people and at least one of them is me
Seeing a lot of comments about how the essential part of any A-Team is the dishy…none of you are wrong but it’s just heart warming to see more than one
Back in 2012 I had a front of house team that included a retired Goldman Sachs senior analyst as a bartender, a deep water welder between his assignments as a bus boy, a 60 years aged divorcé working her first job ever as a server, a soon-to-be double murderer working the salad station, and an expo kid that made it big as a Minecraft YouTuber.
This is what DEI really looks like, the job is what binds the team, funny how the lowest paid jobs are the most diverse.
The young kid who’d been an orphan, moving from family to family all his life and is just so happy to be here. (Bc it’s a family)
My A team consists of the mid-20s guy with barely managed ADHD who plays vocaloid over the speaker, the ex-addict musician, the ex-addict with 3 kids, the 60 year old white woman born and raised in Philly, the autistic gamer who wants to be a voice actor, a conspiracy theorist / flat-earther, the group home girl who just had her 5th kid, the 60 year old red head woman born and raised in Jersey, and myself, the late 20s autistic queer guy.
The 25 year veteran server on their 4th marriage who, when sober, is fire