I sadly laughed through this entire skit. Thank you.
mizinamo
A classic!
WaySavvyD
Might as well ask for a bucket of steam or a cordless extension cord
ArtisanGerard
Sadly, Kiki is me before caffeine
JustAnAverageGuy
Good, it’s about time we get some culture in here! Maybe next time I say “Kiki, what are breadsticks made of?” in response to a stupid server comment, people will understand the reference.
Mrdeath0
For anyone who has never worked in a kitchen, no it’s not an exaggeration
ataylorm
It’s obviously an older clip now, but still makes me chuckle at how many employees I’ve had in various businesses that are just as clueless as Kiki.
thegirlthatcurled
I liked this series: shame it wasn’t continued
Satakans
In a kitchen, I appreciate the Rolands over Bibs when dealing with people like Kiki.
Avalon-Residant
“No Kiki….”
lol
Chazmina
One of my favourite stories to tell is when I was working Apps, got an order for fried calamari with a *HOLD on the chit. Server comes up and I ask what the hold is for. She tells me seafood allergy.
We explained to the customer that was impossible but they assured us they were a regular here and always got this.
I made them onion rings (not on the menu) and they berated us for making them feel stupid “see? I knew it wasn’t impossible this is what I get all the time”.
She was not a regular, no one recognized her and we never saw her again.
wanttotalktopeople
Honestly, shout out to the guy who figured out what the customer was actually asking for instead of going off about how stupid people are.
Like this is very funny, and I work customer facing so I totally get it. But the coworker I’d want IRL is the second guy, not the first. You want people who can resolve the customer weirdness without making a big production out of it
Purple_Commercial_55
I will never forget being asked if we can do a cheese quesadilla without the tortilla…. So you want burnt cheese on the grill, heard
slvbros
It’s an older clip, sir, but it checks out
SubTester2023
“you can leave the plaTE”
goofus19
Someone asked me for a grilled cheese, no bread when I worked at Panera once.
They got a soup container with some hot cheese in it.
pizzaduh
We had a new guy that was just in the way during rush. I sent him for a left-handed ladle and we forgot about him for like an hour.
pizzaduh
When I was in jail, I worked in the kitchen. 12 hour days and it got HOT in the summer. We would throw some corn starch in our underwear to keep from chafing. A new guy came in and asked what we were doing so we told him and he went over to the bins. After about twenty minutes he started complaining and calling us liars getting all pissed off. Turns out he threw flour in his underwear and it was clumping up. We called him biscuits after that.
OwlfaceFrank
Half a cup of powdered sugar. A quarter teaspoon of salt. A pinch of Turkish hashish. Half a pound of butter. One teaspoon of vanilla sugar. Half a pound of flour. 150 grams of ground nuts. A little extra powdered sugar.
AND NO EGGS!!!
EDIT : Weird. I posted lyrics from Tool’s song “Die Eir Von Satan” which is a recipe for pot cookies WITH NO EGGS all in German, but when I posted it, it translated it to English. Didn’t know it would do that. It should have said:
Eine halbe Tasse Staubzucker. Ein Viertel Teelöffel Salz. Eine Messerspitze türkisches Haschisch. Ein halbes Pfund Butter. Ein Teelöffel Vanillezucker. Ein halbes Pfund Mehl. 150 Gramm gemahlene Nüsse. Ein wenig extra Staubzucker.
UND KEINE EIER!!!
Mauceri1990
That’s ok, I had a customer ask me “do we need all the extra pieces under the stairs? It would be a lot easier to store things under them if they were moved” she was talking about the support columns on her deck that’s raised about 12′ off the ground.
put_it_in_a_jar
Was FOH & training a new server at a Red Robin years & years ago. We were opening & had to do the beverage station across from the expo line. I ask her if she knows how to make iced tea in the big machine (literally just attach the nozzle & brew a bag) and she says yes, so I leave her to it. It’s the easiest part of the station to do besides fill ice.
Well, came back 5 minutes later to her in the bathroom & a GIANT puddle of iced tea on the ground while the machine is still pumping out more. She couldn’t get the nozzle to screw on, so just SKIPPED IT and brewed the tea. I asked her how she thought the container would hold liquid with a GAPING HOLE in the front. She said she didn’t think the nozzles really did anything.
She was going to college to become a teacher. I hope she switched majors.
CarelessTelevision86
Yep. Last time I saw this go around, I had to add my own experience…
Lady walks up to our deli counter and asked if our macaroni salad had noodles in it because she’s gluten intolerant.
Honey. Macaroni is a noodle.
GunnerandDixie
I once got a request for an omelet that’s “not too eggy” from a serious VIP and my anxiety was through the roof trying to decipher that request
chickpealuvr420
One time a customer ordered buffalo tenders and got pissed at me that they were covered in hot sauce. And made of chicken.
mrszachanese
I was FOH in a gastropub and one of the servers asked me if I had ever seen a pickle tree. I had to sit with that for a moment and my bestie/head chef looked at me and told me where they grow, to really drive it home. Eventually, I gently let her know that pickles were cucumbers and the fact that pickles get made by submerging them in a brine was way more unbelievable than pickles growing on a tree. I will never forget the look on her face. Nothing an everything all at once.
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I sadly laughed through this entire skit. Thank you.
A classic!
Might as well ask for a bucket of steam or a cordless extension cord
Sadly, Kiki is me before caffeine
Good, it’s about time we get some culture in here! Maybe next time I say “Kiki, what are breadsticks made of?” in response to a stupid server comment, people will understand the reference.
For anyone who has never worked in a kitchen, no it’s not an exaggeration
It’s obviously an older clip now, but still makes me chuckle at how many employees I’ve had in various businesses that are just as clueless as Kiki.
I liked this series: shame it wasn’t continued
In a kitchen, I appreciate the Rolands over Bibs when dealing with people like Kiki.
“No Kiki….”
lol
One of my favourite stories to tell is when I was working Apps, got an order for fried calamari with a *HOLD on the chit. Server comes up and I ask what the hold is for. She tells me seafood allergy.
We explained to the customer that was impossible but they assured us they were a regular here and always got this.
I made them onion rings (not on the menu) and they berated us for making them feel stupid “see? I knew it wasn’t impossible this is what I get all the time”.
She was not a regular, no one recognized her and we never saw her again.
Honestly, shout out to the guy who figured out what the customer was actually asking for instead of going off about how stupid people are.
Like this is very funny, and I work customer facing so I totally get it. But the coworker I’d want IRL is the second guy, not the first. You want people who can resolve the customer weirdness without making a big production out of it
I will never forget being asked if we can do a cheese quesadilla without the tortilla…. So you want burnt cheese on the grill, heard
It’s an older clip, sir, but it checks out
“you can leave the plaTE”
Someone asked me for a grilled cheese, no bread when I worked at Panera once.
They got a soup container with some hot cheese in it.
We had a new guy that was just in the way during rush. I sent him for a left-handed ladle and we forgot about him for like an hour.
When I was in jail, I worked in the kitchen. 12 hour days and it got HOT in the summer. We would throw some corn starch in our underwear to keep from chafing. A new guy came in and asked what we were doing so we told him and he went over to the bins. After about twenty minutes he started complaining and calling us liars getting all pissed off. Turns out he threw flour in his underwear and it was clumping up. We called him biscuits after that.
Half a cup of powdered sugar.
A quarter teaspoon of salt.
A pinch of Turkish hashish.
Half a pound of butter.
One teaspoon of vanilla sugar.
Half a pound of flour.
150 grams of ground nuts.
A little extra powdered sugar.
AND NO EGGS!!!
EDIT : Weird. I posted lyrics from Tool’s song “Die Eir Von Satan” which is a recipe for pot cookies WITH NO EGGS all in German, but when I posted it, it translated it to English. Didn’t know it would do that. It should have said:
Eine halbe Tasse Staubzucker.
Ein Viertel Teelöffel Salz.
Eine Messerspitze türkisches Haschisch.
Ein halbes Pfund Butter.
Ein Teelöffel Vanillezucker.
Ein halbes Pfund Mehl.
150 Gramm gemahlene Nüsse.
Ein wenig extra Staubzucker.
UND KEINE EIER!!!
That’s ok, I had a customer ask me “do we need all the extra pieces under the stairs? It would be a lot easier to store things under them if they were moved” she was talking about the support columns on her deck that’s raised about 12′ off the ground.
Was FOH & training a new server at a Red Robin years & years ago. We were opening & had to do the beverage station across from the expo line. I ask her if she knows how to make iced tea in the big machine (literally just attach the nozzle & brew a bag) and she says yes, so I leave her to it. It’s the easiest part of the station to do besides fill ice.
Well, came back 5 minutes later to her in the bathroom & a GIANT puddle of iced tea on the ground while the machine is still pumping out more. She couldn’t get the nozzle to screw on, so just SKIPPED IT and brewed the tea. I asked her how she thought the container would hold liquid with a GAPING HOLE in the front. She said she didn’t think the nozzles really did anything.
She was going to college to become a teacher. I hope she switched majors.
Yep. Last time I saw this go around, I had to add my own experience…
Lady walks up to our deli counter and asked if our macaroni salad had noodles in it because she’s gluten intolerant.
Honey. Macaroni is a noodle.
I once got a request for an omelet that’s “not too eggy” from a serious VIP and my anxiety was through the roof trying to decipher that request
One time a customer ordered buffalo tenders and got pissed at me that they were covered in hot sauce. And made of chicken.
I was FOH in a gastropub and one of the servers asked me if I had ever seen a pickle tree. I had to sit with that for a moment and my bestie/head chef looked at me and told me where they grow, to really drive it home. Eventually, I gently let her know that pickles were cucumbers and the fact that pickles get made by submerging them in a brine was way more unbelievable than pickles growing on a tree. I will never forget the look on her face. Nothing an everything all at once.
This video reminds me of that moment.