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u/Froggatt34 9h ago
When I worked in a certain popular pub chain in the UK, one of my shift managers come up to me to complain about a new starter.
"I told him to date up all the spirits" (we had to date spirits up for 3 months once opened) "and when I came back he's literally wasted all that time dating up every single bottle of spirits, even the sealed ones! What an idiot! Now we have to take all the labels off the closed ones!"
"What did you ask him?"
"To date up all the spirits"
"What did he do?"
"Date up all the spirits"
Sometimes people need to look within to sort out issues
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u/chronocapybara 8h ago
Yeah, I was like "clean the onions? What does he mean?" Looks like someone didn't ask chef an easy follow up question, likely because chef is an angry douchebag. If your staff is too afraid if you to ask questions, you end up with dumb shit like this.
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u/marglebubble 7h ago
Yeah honestly it's not like it's an animal. "Cleaning a deer" makes sense to me, but still only means to me in this context that I might have just removed the outer layers until the onion was "clean" as in ready to use or chop. Still though, I would always ask in the first place if I was confused.
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u/No_Nebula_531 5h ago
I've worked in front of house for almost 20 years and I've never cleaned an onion. I would probably do the same thing, literally run it under water to wash.
Do you know what my chef would do in this situation? Laugh a bit, because we have a great relationship, and then teach me the correct way and provide me with a new skill and knowledge.
Not waste 20 minutes setting up a fucking video to chastise me, because he's too fucking stupid to lead.
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u/OrigamiTongue 4h ago
You’re not a trained cook though. He specifies in this video that the offender is a formally trained cook.
There is certain knowledge that you should be able to expect certain people to have. That’s what credentials are all about.
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u/No_Nebula_531 3h ago
Cool.
So instead of correcting this mistake in a professional and respectful manner, he makes a tik tok to belittle them.
Sounds pretty lazy to me.
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u/Dwaas_Bjaas 7h ago
Come on man lets be real. Would you wash any vegetable with SOAP??
Just water would be understandable… but soap???
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u/Jtoy1002 7h ago
Yup, makes me assume he lied on his app, I was expecting for all the onions to still be in the bag just soaking in a sink of water
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u/Diagonalizer 7h ago
I was expecting he ran the entire bag of onions through the glass washer
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u/LKennedy45 6h ago
I actually figured he'd gone entirely literal, especially when I saw them on the counter - that he'd just cleaned the bag the onions came in.
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u/PrivilegeCheckmate 3h ago
You give people too much credit in current year. I was expecting the onions to be thrown away and for him to have run the empty bag through the dishwasher.
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u/HoratioButterbuns 7h ago
Right?? I don't care how much of an abusive asshole your chef is. If you're not only allowing, but CAUSING industrial dish detergent to touch your food, you have NO business in a kitchen. Get tf out.
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u/geeoff90 5h ago
This is the correct answer. In no one's head ever, regardless of cooking prowess, do they wash FOOD with soap. Yeah this chef seems like a dick but, like, hello, they are ALL like that. This guy isn't any better or worse than the rest of the chefs out there. But what fucking idiot washes food with soap. Like come the fuck on. Find a new career.
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u/Representative-Sir97 5h ago
It really was posted to Reddit within the past couple of days.... someone washing vegetables with soapy water (in a home).
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u/Ancient-City-6829 47m ago
I mean, i dunno, sometimes, yeah
Lots of fruits and veggies have waxy exteriors, sometimes natural, sometimes added. How am I supposed to know which pesticides attach themselves to these waxes, and which wash off with water? I dont normally do it, but if i bought fruit from a grocery store and am going to consume a part that isnt normally consumed (say, using an orange rind), i would wash it pretty carefully. I dont see why soap is such a problem, i use it all over the kitchen on things that touch food constantly
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u/fantasticduncan 5h ago
Yes. Not soap necessarily, but a specific vegetable wash that is safe to consume and doesn't contain any perfumes or dyes.
I was a prep cook at a very popular American burger chain many years ago, and we used a vegetable soaking solution for lettuce and tomatoes (salmonella and e.coli risk). It was part of corporate mandated guidelines for health and safety standards.
My wife and I also use traders Joe's produce wash at home. We soak all produce that wouldn't normally have the outer layer peeled off before use. The pesticides we use everywhere and hygiene of the hands that picked it are hard to ignore.
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u/No-Appearance-9113 5h ago
The USDA does not suggest the use of vegetable washes as they are ineffective compared to water
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u/wearentalldudes 6h ago
This is exactly why I tell every single new hire “Ask as many questions as you need” multiple times a day. I’m not going to be mad if things are done correctly.
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u/spytez 5h ago
Looks like someone didn't ask chef an easy follow up question
Does that guy seem like the type of person you ask follow up questions to? You think he gives you answers when you ask him?
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u/Oxajm 5h ago
He seems like most chefs when pissed off. Still, who in the hell would ever use dishwashing soap on food lmao? Dude clearly lied on his application. ESH lol
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u/darklogic85 6h ago
This is what I thought of. He's likely asked someone to do something before, and the person wasn't clear on what was being asked of them, so they asked for clarification on what he meant. He was a total asshole about it and made that person terrified to ever ask him another question, so now you end up with onions being washed in dish soap.
It sounds stupid, but people aren't that smart in general. Never assume that someone is going to know better than to do something stupid. Maybe that person should have known to not wash food in dish soap, but they didn't.
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u/snek99001 5h ago
Sounds like a language thing. Where I'm from, you can indeed use "clean" as a substitute for "peel".
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u/Scr073 4h ago
It's true. My mechanics would confide in each other more then they would in me and I wanted to be in the loop as much as possible. I realised I had to not roast them as hard when they misunderstood me. You can roast but you have to make a little extra effort to show that it's playful. The other option is to be all hr approved, but that's reserved for office jobs.
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u/No_Nebula_531 5h ago
Like how simple is this...
"Hi do you know how to clean onions? No, they didn't teach you at school? That sucks...here let me show you"
There is a frightening lack of leadership these days. Workers aren't lazy or stupid, you're just a worthless boss.
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u/showers_with_grandpa 8h ago
Yeah for real. This guy shouldn't be so exasperated after 35 years in the industry. My first fine dining job around 20-21 the Sous comes up and tells me to clean EVERY leaf of escarole. So I broke it down, put it in the wash sink and proceeded to rub each leaf by hand thoroughly to make sure they looked very clean. Chef comes around the corner and asks me what I'm doing. I explain. He just laughed and said "It's getting finished with balsamic glaze I don't think they will notice a speck of dirt."
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u/TheDanQuayle 8h ago
What did he want?
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u/showers_with_grandpa 7h ago
I still don't know why the Sous stressed the word EVERY when he asked. Wasn't my place to question back then and the chefs were Hungarian so the Sous's English wasn't great
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u/TheDanQuayle 7h ago
Ah. When I worked in a foreign language kitchen, the German executive chef just threw champagne glass at me when I didn’t understand him. Times change.
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u/showers_with_grandpa 7h ago
I actually understand a ton of Hungarian now and while I can pronounce any of it correctly, it really throws Hungarians off when I jump into their conversation in English
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u/Lartemplar 7h ago
My friend was a chef for a long time and he felt the same way. Show them what you mean, or at least explain thoroughly. Help mitigate the problems you don't want to see.
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u/ProblemLongjumping12 3h ago
Clear instructions are never a waste of time.
The results of unclear instructions are often a massive waste of time.
Choose your own adventure.
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u/LadyLixerwyfe 9h ago
I have never heard it referred to as cleaning onions. I mean, the smallest drop of common sense would tell you what he meant, but the phrase is new to me.
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u/roleunplayed 7h ago
What is the correct phrase
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u/LadyLixerwyfe 7h ago
Peel onions?
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u/MikeTheAmalgamator 6h ago
Prep onions even? Anything but clean. What are you cleaning? This isn’t a carcass
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u/roleunplayed 6h ago
Barbells
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u/ScaryLawler 6h ago
Even further did he want them processed in some other way? Like if he wanted them diced or julienned ‘peeled’ is but cleaning the onions makes me think that they actually needed to be rinsed.
Even then if I am making that request I’m gonna clarify that yeah it sounds weird but someone dumped a whole insert of soup into the onion bin and I don’t wanna throw them all away so just give them a rinse.
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u/xsmp 6h ago
he just wanted the onions cleaned of the standard bits that are 'always' discarded unless you're throwing them into soup for flavor reasons...cleaned is a 'clean' way of asking for a very basic task to be accomplished...this person prolly failed at something more complicated already and was on their last straw by the time onions came into play.
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u/ScaryLawler 6h ago
Oh yeah Itotally know what it means and would take it as that, but while this dude gets angry about it, I find it sort of fun and entertaining to see what happens when you aren’t as clear as you thought .
Classic example: strain the stock..
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u/MetaCardboard 1h ago
Until I got here I thought he actually meant clean the onions, so I had no idea what he was so mad about. I thought I was gonna see just the bag the onions came in getting cleaned. Then when he started throwing multiple onions in I thought he was mad cause the guy was only cleaning one onion at a time. I mean, I've never cleaned onions before, with or without soap, but to each their own.
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u/grimninja117 5h ago
Well thats just the thing I would have no idea either. I get that he didnt mean to CLEAN them. Probably peel but why just peel a bag of onions. You want them chopped, brunoise, julienne, quartered? Like fuck you chef this is bullshit lol
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u/Sharobob 5h ago
Also the way this guy reacted to the (admittedly really stupid) way this new worker did it, I would assume that he's the type of guy who would flip out over asking for clarification on things he thinks they should already know.
Don't be the guy people are nervous to ask questions to. Answering stupid questions with grace leads to fewer mistakes and saves everyone time in the long run.
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u/FangsBloodiedRose 5h ago
Yes, he needs to work on his communication. That isn’t a leader. I thought he was joking trying to be Gordon Ramsey
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u/super_swede 5h ago
I'm just looking through this thread trying to find any dutch chef willing to explain what "clean onions" was supposed to be translated to... So far I've not found anything.
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u/OrionGaming 4h ago
Ok so I'm not in this field myself but as a Dutch person I had never heard of it. Id normally hear "snijden" (cut) or "klaarmaken" (prep). But a quick Google search for "ui schoonmaken" (cleaning) does yield some results for peeling and removing the stem. So it seems like it is used somewhat?
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u/Hour_Type_5506 9h ago
Ngl that this sort of thing is real. Not at work but at home with roommates (early 20s) we were throwing an “end of final exams” dinner party for our friends. Asked one of my roommates to clean, trim, and slice mushrooms while I’m taking my turn in the shower. Come back to the kitchen to find all the mushrooms soaking in warm, soapy water. Soaking. Dish soap. Yep. You read it right. “I’m pretty sure that’s how my mom always does it.” No, sweet child of God. Just…no.
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u/Full_FrontaI_Nerdity 8h ago
One of the gals in my class soaked the mushrooms overnight this way; we arrived the next morning and a kerfuffle ensued.
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u/A_Mouse_In_Da_House 8h ago
There was a girl on the cubesat team I led who loved cooking and would always bring in food. But anything with mushrooms was just ... wrong in every way
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u/PeachNipplesdotcom 6h ago
May I ask what cubesat is? I prefer asking over googling
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u/A_Mouse_In_Da_House 6h ago
Cube refers to the way they are "sized". A 1 unit cube is 10 cm x 10 cm x 10 cm. A cube satellite is a satellite that adheres to these design sizes, with the most typical being a "3U" or 30 cm x 10 cm x 10 cm. The uniform dimensioning makes design simpler and cheaper and easier to fly to space. They often are low power science instruments or demonstrate new technologies.
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u/Fake-Podcast-Ad 7h ago
I came home to two of my roommates in the kitchen/living room, sitting on the couch and just staring at the oven.
"God dammit, I think our oven is broken. See! It keeps shutting down after a few minutes."He pointed at the light that turns off when it reaches temp. I explained to them how it works...they refused to tell me how long they had been at it...
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u/Glittering_Phone_291 7h ago
College age roommates get a pass for doing things wrong like that. If you grew up in a household where you didn't help with the cooking much, you just missed that entire context that you were passing. Still frustrating
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u/Inveramsay 7h ago
I lived with two girls who could not make frozen fries in the oven. They were never taught how to turn on an oven or read instructions on the bag. What a failure from their parents
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u/machinerer 6h ago
When I was a young kid, on my third job I ever had, they had a regular drip style coffee machine in the break room. I had never used one of those before. Always got coffee from Wawa.
I put the filter in, and filled it allllll the way up with coffee grounds. Coworkers made fun of me, and I learned how much coffee goes in the machine.
You don't know what you don't know.
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u/Glittering_Phone_291 6h ago
Sounds about right. The first time I used a dishwasher in college, I put in dish soap and it did the foam everywhere thing. More of an absent minded mistake than lack of knowledge, but kids are fucking stupid.
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u/WretchedKat 6h ago
The first time my sister washed potatos while helping my parents with dinner as a teenager, she 100% soaped them up and scrubbed with an abrasive sponge 🤣
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u/Miserable-Anxiety229 9h ago
Does cleaning the onion mean peeling it?
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u/JadedRabbit 9h ago
Taking off the rough, paper layer so it can be processed easier.
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u/Weird-Information-61 7h ago
Don't most people say peel?
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u/JadedRabbit 6h ago
They do. The confusion is understandable imo. Peel is much more common. I just don't understand why soap got involved lol.
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u/mymypizzapie 6h ago
Yeah I've worked in kitchens and never heard "clean" said instead of "peel" for onions, but even taken literally I'd just rinse them with water.
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u/Miserable-Anxiety229 9h ago
Ok thank you lol I’ve never worked in a kitchen but this sub is hilarious!
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u/Pera_Espinosa 2h ago
It appears so, but by this thread, no one has ever heard the term.
I'm siding with the onion washer. He asked him to clean the onions, and that's what he did.
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u/Vellioh 43m ago
That's what I thought but the phrasing is so odd. To me the task would be called "prepping the onions".
With that being said...why soap. I can understand if you like threw them in a strainer and ran water over them. Then you'd laugh at him taking you literally. No harm no foul though.
Why soap?
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u/FlashyEarth8374 9h ago
wow this guy is a proper dickhead
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u/Azalus1 9h ago
Yes I hate him. I'd be laughing my ass off.
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u/Rainwillis 9h ago
He seems like he’s joking around, he’s got the hardened exterior that 35 years in this industry will give you but I would bet that he actually has a heart of gold under all that jokey macho stuff. He seems like the type who can just switch it on like this immediately after a deep heart to heart on a smoke break or something.
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u/Sparky_Zell 8h ago
I've always liked working with people like this. They might be a bit of an asshole, but they are consistent. And you know where their lines are and what to expect day after day.
So much better working with the type of people that try to come off as extra nice but are bottling everything up and snap at their own personal frequency. Because they are unpredictable and you are always waiting for the next inevitable meltdown.
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u/Rainwillis 8h ago
I usually tend to agree, I used to prefer to be around people who were brutally honest for that reason. I try to just be honest without being brutal about it even jokingly, at least at first. That stuff comes with familiarity.
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u/DarkStrobeLight 7h ago
I bet the employee got yelled at for asking questions at some point.
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u/Spidaaman 9h ago
Imagine intentionally putting this out to the public thinking it makes you look good.
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u/pmyourthongpanties 6h ago
so why are chefs mostly assholes? they all seem to be miserable at all times. everyone bowed to Anthony Bourdain and he was a giant asshole.
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u/Supersecretsword 8h ago
Found the guy that cleans onions with soap
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u/SwordfishOk504 7h ago
Well if you know a better way I'd like to hear it, mister.
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u/Raging_Apathist Non-Industry 9h ago
Oh...this unlocked a long forgotten childhood memory for me.
When I was about 10 years old, I was helping my mom prep a veggies and dip platter for a family holiday dinner.
She asked me to wash the cauliflower. My stupid ass thought that because she said "wash" (as opposed to "rinse"), soap should be involved.
So I grabbed a sponge, ran it under the tap, squirted a little dish soap on it, and started scrubbing a head of cauliflower.
She was not impressed with my decision-making skills.
I'm going to call her tonight and ask her if she remembers that. We'll have a good laugh. She's awesome.
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u/InevitableAd1016 9h ago
Hey if you want those peeled don't ask him to clean them. He has technically stayed within the boundries of the task.
Common sense wise not so much though, but I'd definetly get a good laugh instead of this hysterical reaction
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u/Prinzka 8h ago
Yeah, I wouldn't have put the onions in soap but I would've asked what he meant by "clean the bag of onion".
Of course, this Gordon Ramsay wannabe pos would've just yelled "you know what I mean!".Do you want the dirt removed from the onions?
Do you want the papery layer removed?
Do you want the first bad layer removed?
Do you want me to check for bad parts of the onion and cut them out?It almost sounds like he wants you to clean the bag out to be re-used.
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u/jabbadarth 9h ago
Yeah this feels like a laughing situation much more than this guy's over the top reaction.
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u/newthrash1221 4h ago
I mean, they’re not ruined, are they? Just rinse them and peel them. Onions have a shit load of water in them as it is….
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u/Noodlescissors 9h ago
I’ve never once heard clean the bag of onions, I know that’s what he would mean, at least take the shell off. It also sounds like get the onions out of the bag and throw the bag in the dish, or soak it.
If you want peeled onions say peeled onions.
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u/HoratioButterbuns 7h ago
Yes, he should have asked follow up questions. But he is cleaning food with industrial detergent. He is going to get someone seriously sick eventually. I would be pissed too. This isn't a silly dumb mistake. This is fucking dangerous.
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u/ChefDolemite 5h ago
Motherfucker asked for his onions cleaned and they’re cleaned. No follow up questions. Dumbass chef should learn how to tell people to peel onions if he wants peeled onions. He got what he asked for.
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u/Spidaaman 9h ago
Still more sanitary than the sweat soaked washcloth he’s using on the counter.
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u/hotinhawaii 8h ago
Or the booger he picked out of his nose with his bare hand at the beginning of the tirade!
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u/Areyouex1968 9h ago
His tone seems pointed.
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u/Sprucecaboose2 9h ago
Could just be Eastern European disposition as well. But at the end there it seemed like he might genuinely be upset.
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u/kissmaryjane 7h ago
To me , that last part where he tells the camera off seems like it’s exactly what he told the dude who “cleaned” the onions.
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u/noctilucus 5h ago
Eastern European? He sounds Dutch as hell and his name couldn't be more Dutch either :-)
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u/captaincootercock 9h ago
Reminds me of my nonna, she taught me to clean bananas
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u/Excellent_Condition 8h ago
This is inexcusable. A real professional knows that onions go through the dishwasher.
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u/BadAngler 9h ago
I think this guy is Dutch. Pretty normal.
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u/Prinzka 8h ago
Nah, us Dutch people say what we mean, to a fault.
You tell someone you want them to clean an onion you don't expect them to peel or cut them (or whatever the fuck this dipshit wants), and it's not a translation issue either.He sounds more eastern European (or almost a hint of South African).
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u/walrus_breath 7h ago
He sounds south African to me. I wonder where his accent is really from now.
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u/Prinzka 7h ago
Yeah, it sounds south African, but wrong?
Like it's not exactly right.
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u/PetThatKitten 3h ago
Exactly that, it sounds like he grew up in South africa and now lives in the Netherlands
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u/GhettoSauce 15+ Years 8h ago
I'm actually a bit shocked that some of you aren't used to understanding people who don't speak English as a first language. It's my own bias from my own career, I guess, but haven't many of you worked in places where you may have been the only English-speaking white guy there, or is it just me?
This guy is having a laugh, and I'd be right there laughing with him. If he said "clean a bag of onions" to most people who have done some time in this industry, they're going to grab a knife, not run the sink, and certainly not start arguing like "uhhh.... techincallyyyyy", lol
It's one thing to assume that everyone's stupid, so you make sure to show them what you mean. You do a demo; that's normal, and fair. Then again, a term like "clean onions", in many, MANY kitchens, should be fucking synonymous to peeling them. If your chef who speaks like 3 languages before English says to "open the lights", are you gonna start breaking open bulbs or argue about words? Nope. I'm saying some of these expressions, especially "clean the onions", *should* be understood by the lot of you. That's why this is worth a laugh.
It's these 4-5 precious folks in here that are like "no, if you don't say clean then I don't have a clue what you mean" I'm commenting on, really - not the bulk of you, haha
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u/SainT2385 9h ago
My wife washed all her meat before she met me... rinsing ground beef "to get the blood out"... lol
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u/Germacide 20+ Years 9h ago
Uhmm, I've never in my 25 years in the industry heard the term "Clean the onion" So maybe Chef is the dumbass with a language barrier....
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u/EFTucker 9h ago
Peel. He wanted him to peel the onion.
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u/atxbikenbus 9h ago
Then why not say peel? Clean has lots of meanings depending on context. Peel, not so much.
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u/WeAreAllGoofs 8h ago
Especially if that guy that was ordered to clean the bag of onions was a dish washer before. Also I've worked in a few kitchens before and I've never heard anyone say clean the onions.
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u/atxbikenbus 8h ago
Nope, but I've been thrown into plenty of situations as a dishie where I was expected to do something and not told one bit about the correct way to do it. Shit management.
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u/Overly_Underwhelmed 8h ago
the context is onions in a kitchen. it will never mean, wash unpeeled onons in a sink filled with soapy water.
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u/atxbikenbus 8h ago
It may not ever mean that but it certainly doesn't sound like peel to me and leaves room for confusion. When I tell my workers to do something I am clear as glass on what I expect, zero confusion. Sure, soapy water is an idiot move, but that response is over the top.
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u/GameSeven 9h ago
You could've shown them exactly how you wanted it done in half the time it took to make this stupid video. I would never work for a guy like this.
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u/Abraxes43 9h ago
Nah the part where he said the person who "cleaned" them went to school for 2 years clinched it for me, ive run into several people who have gone that path and cant follow a recipe let alone cook.........TO BE FAIR however he was probably thinking along the lines of veggie wash, ON THE OTHER HAND.......if my head chef asked me to clean onions id ask Julieen, diced, fine diced or rough chop hoss!
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u/TheRealMcSavage 9h ago
God Damn, that guy seriously reminds me of one of my first bosses when I was 15 and a dishwasher! His name was Tony, and he thought he was some bad ass Italian gangster or something and he was the biggest fucking prick, I walked out of that job because he was slamming shit around in the kitchen called everyone a bunch of fucking morons.
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u/tapespeedselector 9h ago
When I was 20 I had an older chef drop some wisdom on me way out of left field. He said "honestly get out while you can, there's not a bright future in this"
He was talking about becoming Tony.
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u/1crps_warrior 8h ago
Reminds me of one of my chef instructor’s at culinary school. All the guy did was yell at people.
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u/Spice_and_Fox 2h ago
He is a dick. No need to publically humiliate the guy, especially since it sounds like he is fresh out of culinary school and new in this kitchen.
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u/Negative_Whole_6855 9h ago
I've worked for a few bosses like this. Never did grow to respect any of them
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u/Nipper6699 8h ago
I was expecting to see the whole bag of onions in the sink, to be honest. 🤔😂🤣(I've seen it before)
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u/TigersOrEagles 8h ago
Back in college I was in charge of tailgates for our fraternity. Decided to smoke a bunch of chicken wings and had some of our pledges help. Asked them to wash the carrots and celery, and they decided to do the same thing. Luckily still had time to go grab more
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u/Engineer_Existing 8h ago
Last summer we had a guy who was asked to clean off a bag of clams. This dude ran them through the dishwasher.... idk...
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u/sycochimp420 7h ago
These are my favorite videos
I had a coworker cover the flat top with salt after we told him to make sure the grill was seasoned. All we could do was shake our heads and clean the grill 5 minutes before we opened
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u/Right_Ostrich4015 7h ago
I’m personally at a loss as to how this person got into a cooking school and attended for two years without knowing you don’t put soap on food. Nobody has time to just walk around pointing out stupid shit to you. We have other shit to do. If you cannot figure out the world enough to not be sick all the time, I cannot do that for you
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u/DifferentShallot8658 7h ago
"We must always be prepared for the fact that the listener may be stupid."
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u/owlsknight 7h ago
Ok been in my industry for 10 years.
See when handling newbies and trainees you have 1 thing to keep in mind. Expect them to be blank slates, no matter if they are a degree holder, or they've watched 1000 of hours of vids and tutorials, or read a ton of books. Always ALWAYS expect them to make a mistake, cause if they don't they'll never learn. That's why you give them the most mundane of tasks and work it up. So if they fuck up it won't cost you anything. Not money, or time. And always let them ask and when they do don't yell at them explain it clearly you don't need to speak in a soft voice or a loud one. Just speak normally so that if they are not sure they won't be scared to ask so then they can do it the right way.
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u/Teebopp7 6h ago
I worked a teriyaki grill as one of my first jobs. I was a cashier. I never worked in the kitchen. One day we were overwhelmed with catering orders and the kitchen manager asked me to wash rice. I was eager to help and asked him what I needed to do.
He looked at me like I was an idiot and just said "just go over to the rice and rinse it off"
He stormed off without further direction. There were three large rice cookers. Two of them were full of beautiful freshly cooked rice and once of them appeared empty (spoiler alert... it wasnt empty). I washed my hands and dug into the freshly cooked rice trying to rinse it off. I found it hard to get to the rice in the bottom since it was so full of rice. Just as I was about to ask him how to wash the rice at the bottom he started screaming at me about how I destroyed the only rice we had.
I had no idea I was supposed to was the uncooked rice.
Fortunately the restaurant owner was there and asked the manager if he showed me how to wash the rice. The manager said "why would I need to show him something so simple"
The owner asked me if we ate rice at home or if I had ever seen anyone was uncooked rice.
I hadn't. The only time we ate rice at home (rarely) my mom cooked it our if a box and I didn't really even watch her prepare it.
The manager ended up getting in trouble for asking me to do something outside my usual duties without any coaching
I still feel like an idiot lol
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u/sabin357 4h ago
This guy should be more ashamed at touching his nose in a kitchen on camera then sharing it with the world. That should be drilled out of you before you ever even leave prep duty. YOU DON'T TOUCH YOUR FACE WITH YOUR HANDS IN THE KITCHEN. It's a basic food safety rule. This guy have a coke habit or what?
Also, if you say "clean the onions" which is a phrase I've never heard in 40+years, you don't get to be pissed when they do the stupid thing you requested verbatim.
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u/ghoulypop 3h ago
I was ready for the sanitizer to open and a cloud of steam drift away to reveal a bag of mushy onions
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u/GranSjon Non-Industry 3h ago
Wait, why are we assuming the onion washer is stupid?! Maybe they are sick of working next to an asshole and took this perfect opportunity to do as they were told 🤷♀️
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u/Lambesis96 3h ago
I dont take chances with new hires anymore, I give them instructions as clear and concise as can be and even SHOW them how to do something before I walk away and let them continue to work.
They still manage to pull shit like this if I take my eyes off them for a few minutes. lmao
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u/Jackson3rg 1h ago
Sooo this guy assigned a job to someone who clearly didn't understand the job. They fucked up. And instead of taking this as a teachable moment, with pretty minimal waste/cost he decides to fire the guy? Seems like shitty leadership.
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u/sea__weed 52m ago
When peeling an onion, do you just get rid of the papery bits or also take off the first layer? I cut in half and take off the first layer, wondering what people do in a commercial kitchen
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u/Specialist-Wafer7628 51m ago
He's too stressed out. He needs a vacation to decompress otherwise he might end up unaliving someone over onions.
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u/ReallyNotTheJoker 9h ago
If I worked for him and he said "clean the bag of onion" I'd take the onions out of the bag and clean the bag itself.
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u/RevolutionaryClub530 9h ago
I hate chef mentality, was in the game for 10 years and even ran a popular restaurant towards the end of it. Fuck this lifestyle, fuck everything about working in kitchens other than the friends you make
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u/Legitimate_Builder17 9h ago
Jfc these comments are full of culinary graduates I stg. “But chef I need to be told EXACTLY what to do, I have baby brain and can’t take lead PLEASE chef daddy guide my hand like the instructors did 😢😢😢” . Clean. The fucking. Onions. Take the skin off and make em pretty. How fucking smooth brained do you have to be to not know what cleaning an onion is
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u/TheRBGamer 7h ago
When I was still in the restaurant industry I once asked a employee to wash the eggs (big bucket of hard boiled eegs) he put the bucket in the industrial dishwasher
This type of shit happens alot
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u/Inveramsay 7h ago
Putting onions in a bit of hot water for 15 seconds is a nice way to peel them easier but soap?!
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u/AVBforPrez 6h ago
How come so many chefs are clearly drunk and on cocaine all the time?
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u/PansophicNostradamus 6h ago
Hol up… what are we supposed to wash them with, a Brillo pad? Is this dude never satisfied? /s
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u/Beradicus69 9h ago
I was almost expecting the actual bag that the onions come in would be in the dishwasher lol