I know that’s not it cause I’m about as in the loop as OP.
9999steps
When food stops being exciting, stripes in hand towels becomes the rage.
BulletsForBreakfast
Most places have a usual style of towel that they get from their laundry facility. Right now at my place we have all white or all blue towels. Some times, you get a rare towel with an orange and blue stripe thrown in there. We cherish the gods of linen when they bestow upon us a rare gift.
TraylorSwelce
Knives get all the credit but towels are like the VP
Lemon_and_Rat
Towels can become scarce late in the week. Towels are necessary for kitchen work, so they are often hidden away in small stash spots. Most towels have the single blue stripe, so anything different has more perceived value and prestige. When a sous chef wants a promotion, they have to fight the chef de cuisine for their special towel.
GiLND
Yea exactly, I have no idea what’s the big deal with the towels, and I am afraid to ask lol
DrNinnuxx
A full stack of fresh towels with your joint’s signature pattern, and you’re good to go for the shift.
Very-very-sleepy
I am not American either and towels are huge deal where I am too
I stash mine in hiding spots just like the Americans do. lol
aquequepo
I got a yellow towel with a purple stripe yesterday. First one I’ve ever seen, was pretty jazzed. Stashed it in the office, going to use it to dust the reserve wine bottles we have in there because it is fancy and special like them.
ServerLost
OP has never felt the pure unbridled thrill of getting towels with a slightly different stripe on them.
saucedtoperfection
Because you only get 2 a shift and they are worth more than gold. One wet, one dry. I fold every towel with the glory of the goddess that it is.
DrunkenFailer
I got one the other day with one blue stripe and one green stripe. Exciting stuff.
crabjail
So, we use towels to handle hot things. They’re easier to keep around than oven mitts (we can slip them in our apron ties) and arguably a lot more sanitary than having communal oven mitts.
They are typically white with a blue stripe, but occasionally you get one that’s another color (Or in my case, I got one that was abnormally long). It’s like when you get French fries and a single onion ring is thrown in there. Is it a life changing event? Nah. But it’s a fun little surprise you’re not expecting.
Mouthdance
From the states but moved to Europe last year. I work in a hotel and it’s an adjustment to work with just one torchon and no side towels. Sauté is all induction so the one torchon is really only needed for pulling trays out of ovens. For cleaning its paper towels, maybe micro fiber towels, and various sanitizer/AP cleaner sprays. I miss my side towels though…
Backeastvan
Gremlins are always taking them, I lose 8-10 per week to the gremlins
Wrong-Junket5973
We need them for sanitation and grabbing hot things. It sucks when we are delivered shitty tattered towels or run out before the next delivery. They are sacred. 😆
UltraHawk_DnB
I dont get it either, but i think most places dont wash the towels themselves? We just have a washing machine, turn it on if youre closing and next one who open put them in the dryer
Uzasodinson
You should see how I act when I get a new squeegee
Fergus_Manergus
Y’all ever get one of those that’s the size of a bath towel? I took that bitch home with me.
nepetaleaf
We got a Gatorade branded towel with our all white ones the other day! Very exciting.
BedGroundbreaking874
I noticed nobody uses the blue hospital towels.
Probably the best towels tbh.
lightllk
The thickness of it is a big deal , and don’t get betrayed by a wet towel newcomers
GhettoBlastBoomStick
We get towels on Wednesday morning. By Monday morning it’s Lord of the Flies trying to safeguard clean towels. People wipe 1 thing up and throw it into the dirty bin and I’m ready to fight everyone
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Don’t forget to bring a towel!
I know that’s not it cause I’m about as in the loop as OP.
When food stops being exciting, stripes in hand towels becomes the rage.
Most places have a usual style of towel that they get from their laundry facility. Right now at my place we have all white or all blue towels. Some times, you get a rare towel with an orange and blue stripe thrown in there. We cherish the gods of linen when they bestow upon us a rare gift.
Knives get all the credit but towels are like the VP
Towels can become scarce late in the week. Towels are necessary for kitchen work, so they are often hidden away in small stash spots.
Most towels have the single blue stripe, so anything different has more perceived value and prestige.
When a sous chef wants a promotion, they have to fight the chef de cuisine for their special towel.
Yea exactly, I have no idea what’s the big deal with the towels, and I am afraid to ask lol
A full stack of fresh towels with your joint’s signature pattern, and you’re good to go for the shift.
I am not American either and towels are huge deal where I am too
I stash mine in hiding spots just like the Americans do. lol
I got a yellow towel with a purple stripe yesterday. First one I’ve ever seen, was pretty jazzed. Stashed it in the office, going to use it to dust the reserve wine bottles we have in there because it is fancy and special like them.
OP has never felt the pure unbridled thrill of getting towels with a slightly different stripe on them.
Because you only get 2 a shift and they are worth more than gold. One wet, one dry. I fold every towel with the glory of the goddess that it is.
I got one the other day with one blue stripe and one green stripe. Exciting stuff.
So, we use towels to handle hot things. They’re easier to keep around than oven mitts (we can slip them in our apron ties) and arguably a lot more sanitary than having communal oven mitts.
They are typically white with a blue stripe, but occasionally you get one that’s another color (Or in my case, I got one that was abnormally long). It’s like when you get French fries and a single onion ring is thrown in there. Is it a life changing event? Nah. But it’s a fun little surprise you’re not expecting.
From the states but moved to Europe last year. I work in a hotel and it’s an adjustment to work with just one torchon and no side towels. Sauté is all induction so the one torchon is really only needed for pulling trays out of ovens. For cleaning its paper towels, maybe micro fiber towels, and various sanitizer/AP cleaner sprays. I miss my side towels though…
Gremlins are always taking them, I lose
8-10 per week to the gremlins
We need them for sanitation and grabbing hot things. It sucks when we are delivered shitty tattered towels or run out before the next delivery. They are sacred. 😆
I dont get it either, but i think most places dont wash the towels themselves? We just have a washing machine, turn it on if youre closing and next one who open put them in the dryer
You should see how I act when I get a new squeegee
Y’all ever get one of those that’s the size of a bath towel? I took that bitch home with me.
We got a Gatorade branded towel with our all white ones the other day! Very exciting.
I noticed nobody uses the blue hospital towels.
Probably the best towels tbh.
The thickness of it is a big deal , and don’t get betrayed by a wet towel newcomers
We get towels on Wednesday morning. By Monday morning it’s Lord of the Flies trying to safeguard clean towels. People wipe 1 thing up and throw it into the dirty bin and I’m ready to fight everyone
Some of that beautiful rainbow!