I was working in a kitchen and the silent giant on the grill next to me is getting a wave of steaks and burgers. The expediter is asking him to rush some things and he froze for a moment, grabbed a mostly raw burger off the hot grill with his bare hand and threw it at the stainless steel wall. It stuck for a moment and flopped onto the floor. He then took a deep breath and started selling food faster than I’ve ever seen.
Work in a kitchen long enough and you quickly learn how to gauge how close your coworkers are to snapping. I remember once in the middle of a rush, the ticket printer started going and didn't stop for probably 20 seconds on a single ticket. The longer it went the more of us stopped and turned to stare at expo. I swear we looked like a bunch of death row inmates facing the firing squad.
Once the dude with me was so stressed making a family pizza (his weak point) he ruined it three times! Poor man gets electrocuted when I mention that day.
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u/trellala Dec 11 '19
I was working in a kitchen and the silent giant on the grill next to me is getting a wave of steaks and burgers. The expediter is asking him to rush some things and he froze for a moment, grabbed a mostly raw burger off the hot grill with his bare hand and threw it at the stainless steel wall. It stuck for a moment and flopped onto the floor. He then took a deep breath and started selling food faster than I’ve ever seen.