Do n’t ever ask a line of products cook what they run through at work .

I’m a huge fan of restaurants. I also happen to be extremely nosy, so I’m always curious about what goes on in the kitchen (besides the preparation of my delicious meals that hopefully aren’t being spat in 😀🤞).

For an inside look at kitchen life, I love to peruser/KitchenConfidential. Here are some of the wildest posts from the past few months that seem to sum up the restaurant industry experience:

1.Dealing with insufferable customers, obviously:

2.And dealing with insufferable bosses (or ex-bosses, for that matter):

3.Putting rags in the freezer overnight so that you can wear them around your neck during a boiling-hot day in the kitchen:

4.Sometimes being blessed with an incredible tip:

5.Being faced with REALLY stale ingredients:

6.Having their own social hierarchy:

7.Getting creative on a time crunch:

8.Receiving really bizarre notes from customers:

9.Appreciating clean plates:

10.Totally dreading truck day:

11.Getting fun notes from servers on the tabs:

12.And urgent notes:

13.Getting in workouts when they can. Sometimes that looks like doing curls with a Parmesan wheel:

14.Checking in on each other’s health (for better or for worse):

15.Leaving important reminders on the whiteboard:

16.Having a goodbye ceremony for utensils that have seen their day:

17.Making do with their “office space”:

18.Producing a heroic amount of food before close:

19.And finally, finding fun ways to pass the time when they can:

Leslie Jones saying "I don't blame him; I won't lie, I'm curious" to Kenan Thompson on SNL

Someone sent their pancakes back because they had sauce on them instead of on the side, and then the server watched the customer pour the caramel on the new pancakes for Instagram

Cook's position was eliminated, but then they were texted about where the inventory and order was that they prepared

Rags twisted and lying on a tray

A check with $400 in tips added to a $175 bill

Granola that won't come out of a container

Well-dressed culinary school graduates vs more casual "guys that worked their way up from dish"

"When someone orders a well-done steak 5 minutes before closing" showing a steak being deep-fried

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Clean, stacked, just-eaten-from plates with caption, "The best compliment a kitchen can receive is a very satisfied customer"

Tower of hot dogs just delivered fell over, and one fell into a hand sink, turned on the faucet, blocked the drain, and flooded the whole back kitchen

1 piña colada "extra creamy": "Idfk; that's just what he said he wanted I guess add whip before you blend Idfk I hate it here"

A slip that says "COPS HERE"

A person with large biceps lifting a Parmesan wheel

"What the heck did you eat today?" "1 glass of milk, 1 glass of water, cigarettes"

"The dildo of consequences seldom arrives lubed"

"RIP 'good tongs'" note above a pair of tongs hanging on the wall

"I was recently promoted to kitchen lead and got a sick new office" caption showing a laptop on top of a dirty cabinet near a garbage pail and a stained floor with drain and plywood

"Ticket we got 8 minutes before close; an 18-top came in unannounced" caption with a very, very long ticket lying on a counter

Note to "all chefs": "Under no circumstances shall any chef make a Rice Dick; anyone caught making one will be terminated"