Is this common??? Anyone else have a tale like this?
by reddituserperson1122
24 Comments
Novel-Suggestion-515
Bullshit.
sixpackabs592
yes people tell tall tales all the time in kitchens its pretty common
sadsportsfan69
I’ve seen a couple of fingertips get cut off. Impossible for that not to be noticed by anyone else regardless of the kitchen you’re in. BS karma farmer.
TheDrummerMB
German butcher using imperial system?
20 cuts per day?
1 finger making a difference in 30# of meat?
Chef approving of this?
Finishing a shift after losing a finger?
Scared_Chart_1245
I shaved off a thin slice on a meat slicer on my first day of my second job. I couldn’t find it and when I showed my supervisor my finger she feinted and I never said a word. Over 40 years ago and it still hurts when it’s cold.
Gloomy-Restaurant-42
First things first: how many of y’all are out there in your kitchen, cleaning scrap meat off bones and then grinding that meat into a different menu item? 🙋♂️🙋♀️
brownnote83
Not bullshit. This shit happens all the time. When I was 15 I cut myself pretty badly while drinking. The next day I had to work at the bakery where I took my first job. I was cutting a massive batter dough out of the giant mixer and the cut on my hand opened right up. Blood was going here and there and here again and I looked in and noticed. I went to my boss and showed him. “Mr. KIM, I said. We can’t use this, it has my blood all in it.” He laughed and explained to me how everything will cook nicely away in to the dough. That weekend half the town enjoyed my bloody baps. I was glad we didn’t waste it either. Bun King Bakery! For the 🏆 win. (Happened around 1998)
Appropriate_Tower680
In the ULTRA weeds and we ran out of roasted red peppers. I was cutting away and caught my fingertip. Cleaned it up on the fly and wrapped it in a kitchen towel. Checked my station and there was no blood, so I filled the station and went back to work…
Last ticket punched and I go to properly dress my finger. I take the towel off and the tip is missing. I thought it was just a cut, nope. Took about 1/8-1/4″ off the top. In horror I go check the roasted red pan, empty. No fingertip, no peppers left.
99.9999% sure someone got it in their meal that night.
Chazmina
My version of this is I was slicing cabbage for coleslaw on a deli slicer, sliced off a chunk of my thumb, and had to throw out a 200pan full of cabbage before driving myself to the hospital.
I call shenanigans.
Dangerous-Sector-863
This story is nonsense, but has anybody ever had the horror of looking at your finger during a rush and noticing your bandaid is missing? 😒
burgerwater
Reminds me of the time I came in on my day off to day drink and flirt with the servers, and while saying what’s up to the cook, watched him cut the tip off his finger. I was like ayooo you gotta decontaminate everything and gtfo outta here with yr finger leaking like that. He was clearly on meth and didn’t give a shit, just put some tape around it and it kept going. I didn’t complain because I really didn’t want to clock in that day to take his place. I go back out to the patio for a bit when I hear a woman screaming “there’s blood on my frito burrito!” Sure enough, dude was sending out plates with blood drops everywhere. I run back to the kitchen but he’s nowhere to be found. Cops came and eventually found him passed out in his car/home with his dope kit on his lap. Never saw him again.
PickledToddler
I once sent a plate out with a small droplet of blood on the rim. I’ll never live that down. Never thought I’d make that mistake.
PickledToddler
You eat a lot of poo particles when you eat out. Believe that.
throwawayqweeen
not meat but there has been my blood in the food before, mainly because i didn’t realize and a few times cause the stakes were too high and it would be a very bad look to admit that i had cut myself.
but this story doesn’t seem true since one fingertip doesn’t really affect the taste of ALL THE MEAT to the point everyone would be saying something, and also no actual chef would take stuff like this lightly.
MadMadoc
Finger sandwich. Steak tips. Lady finger?
Acceptable_Sort_1050
Now for more stories that never happened…
XXII78
_*Ordinary Sausage*_ should make a fingertip sausage!
YoghurtEqual2584
Saw a dude cut his pinky off on a deli slicer, but we didn’t eat it…
Ghostfacetickler
If you just get cut in small amounts, little nicks here and there, over time you can become immune to larger cuts
FixergirlAK
*/me walks through the thread singing* The Ballad of Sweeney Todd.
Familiar-Memory-943
That is some Fried Green Tomatoes level of bullshit going on.
Mdkgzn
De grønne slagtere
the_harbingerman
had a guy who claimed to have a ton of experience
he was using a dicer to dice around 30# of tomatoes for salsa, pico, garnish etc
swear to god, last tomato he’s on, he gets his finger between the blades and the hammer and smashes his finger into the dicer
blood all over the tomatoes
we sent him home, owner had us wash the tomatoes and use them anyways
wash. in a colander
YourDeathIsOurReward
I doubt this person has ever even stepped one foot inside a kitchen. Which is pretty reassuring given the stories content.
24 Comments
Bullshit.
yes people tell tall tales all the time in kitchens its pretty common
I’ve seen a couple of fingertips get cut off. Impossible for that not to be noticed by anyone else regardless of the kitchen you’re in. BS karma farmer.
German butcher using imperial system?
20 cuts per day?
1 finger making a difference in 30# of meat?
Chef approving of this?
Finishing a shift after losing a finger?
I shaved off a thin slice on a meat slicer on my first day of my second job. I couldn’t find it and when I showed my supervisor my finger she feinted and I never said a word. Over 40 years ago and it still hurts when it’s cold.
First things first: how many of y’all are out there in your kitchen, cleaning scrap meat off bones and then grinding that meat into a different menu item? 🙋♂️🙋♀️
Not bullshit. This shit happens all the time. When I was 15 I cut myself pretty badly while drinking. The next day I had to work at the bakery where I took my first job. I was cutting a massive batter dough out of the giant mixer and the cut on my hand opened right up. Blood was going here and there and here again and I looked in and noticed. I went to my boss and showed him. “Mr. KIM, I said. We can’t use this, it has my blood all in it.” He laughed and explained to me how everything will cook nicely away in to the dough. That weekend half the town enjoyed my bloody baps. I was glad we didn’t waste it either. Bun King Bakery! For the 🏆 win. (Happened around 1998)
In the ULTRA weeds and we ran out of roasted red peppers. I was cutting away and caught my fingertip. Cleaned it up on the fly and wrapped it in a kitchen towel. Checked my station and there was no blood, so I filled the station and went back to work…
Last ticket punched and I go to properly dress my finger. I take the towel off and the tip is missing. I thought it was just a cut, nope. Took about 1/8-1/4″ off the top. In horror I go check the roasted red pan, empty. No fingertip, no peppers left.
99.9999% sure someone got it in their meal that night.
My version of this is I was slicing cabbage for coleslaw on a deli slicer, sliced off a chunk of my thumb, and had to throw out a 200pan full of cabbage before driving myself to the hospital.
I call shenanigans.
This story is nonsense, but has anybody ever had the horror of looking at your finger during a rush and noticing your bandaid is missing? 😒
Reminds me of the time I came in on my day off to day drink and flirt with the servers, and while saying what’s up to the cook, watched him cut the tip off his finger. I was like ayooo you gotta decontaminate everything and gtfo outta here with yr finger leaking like that. He was clearly on meth and didn’t give a shit, just put some tape around it and it kept going. I didn’t complain because I really didn’t want to clock in that day to take his place. I go back out to the patio for a bit when I hear a woman screaming “there’s blood on my frito burrito!” Sure enough, dude was sending out plates with blood drops everywhere. I run back to the kitchen but he’s nowhere to be found. Cops came and eventually found him passed out in his car/home with his dope kit on his lap. Never saw him again.
I once sent a plate out with a small droplet of blood on the rim. I’ll never live that down. Never thought I’d make that mistake.
You eat a lot of poo particles when you eat out. Believe that.
not meat but there has been my blood in the food before, mainly because i didn’t realize and a few times cause the stakes were too high and it would be a very bad look to admit that i had cut myself.
but this story doesn’t seem true since one fingertip doesn’t really affect the taste of ALL THE MEAT to the point everyone would be saying something, and also no actual chef would take stuff like this lightly.
Finger sandwich. Steak tips. Lady finger?
Now for more stories that never happened…
_*Ordinary Sausage*_ should make a fingertip sausage!
Saw a dude cut his pinky off on a deli slicer, but we didn’t eat it…
If you just get cut in small amounts, little nicks here and there, over time you can become immune to larger cuts
*/me walks through the thread singing* The Ballad of Sweeney Todd.
That is some Fried Green Tomatoes level of bullshit going on.
De grønne slagtere
had a guy who claimed to have a ton of experience
he was using a dicer to dice around 30# of tomatoes for salsa, pico, garnish etc
swear to god, last tomato he’s on, he gets his finger between the blades and the hammer and smashes his finger into the dicer
blood all over the tomatoes
we sent him home, owner had us wash the tomatoes and use them anyways
wash. in a colander
I doubt this person has ever even stepped one foot inside a kitchen. Which is pretty reassuring given the stories content.