Foodservice Workers Are Sharing What It’s Actually Like Working In A Kitchen (49 Pics)

Working in a restaurant is a grind. There’s no greater bond than the one between your coworkers, especially in the kitchen. From chefs to short-order cooks and bartenders, the Kitchen Confidential subreddit is a place for everyone who has ever worked in a kitchen to share memes, pics, and relatable tweets about the foodservice industry. If you’ve ever worked in a kitchen, these will hit home…or bring back some memories.

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2. “Saw This”

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3. “The Exact Moment I Realized This Is My Kitchen And My Menu! After Years Of Being Told To, I Pulled The Trigger And Dove All In”

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4. “She’s Been With Me Ten Years, Through Four Head Chefs. Today, She Clicked Her Last Clack”

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5. “I Feel This”

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6. “Was Handed This Allergy List By A Customer. Things Went Downhill From There”

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7. “Day 1 Of Our New Dishie, Bless His Innocent Soul”

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8. “One Of My Employees Keeps This So Clean, He Did This After A 26k Saturday Night. Show My Guy Darian Some Love He Deserves It And Doesn’t Get Enough”

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9. “Head Chef Cutting Bread On The Same Spot. Finally Getting Through The Board”

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10. “The Drain At My Job Has Been Clogged For A Week And We’ve Been Using The Bars Tiny Sink Plus Filling The Sink With Water And Then Emptying It To The Toilet With Buckets,for Full Freaking Week”

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11. “Nfckff”

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13. “I Have Gone From Being Drunk In Kitchens, To Recovering Through Them. It’s Been A Wild Journey But I’m Extremely Proud Of Myself. To Anyone Struggling With Addiction, Just Know There Is Hope”

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14. “You Know When The Burger Will Be Way Too Expensive”

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15. “Not As Good As Some I’ve Seen, But It’s Mine And I’m Proud”

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16. “This One Stung A Little”

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17. “Taco Bell™ Manager: Serve Spoiled Food Or Be Fired”

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18. “Cook Expensive Meals For 10-11 Hours A Day, Come Home And Eat Dino Nuggies”

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19. “May This Person Find Their Special Pickle”

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21. “I’m On My Last Few Days At The Industrial Bakery I Manage. Our 160qt Mixer, Pete, Broke Down So We Won’t Be Able To Use It. I Did The One Thing I’ve Been Dying To Do For Years Since He Arrived”

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22. “Found On Instagram. I Love This Note Though And Thought You All Would Appreciate”

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24. “Talk About A Trial By Fire”

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25. “Good Work, Tyler!”

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26. “20 Minutes Past Morning Arrival. Only Cook In The Building. Same 3 Have Called Out The Entire Week. Still Gonna Make Killer Food”

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27. “I’ve Had This Saved For Over A Year. Finally A Sub That Will Appreciate It”

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28. “From Dishie, To “Prep B**ch” And Now I’m Officially On The Line! Can I Get A Heard For The New Promotion?”

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29. “Important Notice From My Friends Restaurant”

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30. “Our Sous Just Walked In”

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31. “So Many Orders, So Few Tips”

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32. “I Don’t Want That Ham If It’s Been Processed, I’m Trying To Eat Healthier”

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34. “Line Cooks – This Is Probably Old But It’s New To Me. A Friend Just Sent This My Way”

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35. “Accurate”

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36. “Found On The Facebook”

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37. “I Need Cut Gloves Made Of Tomato Skin”

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38. “Please Tell Us In Your Own Words”

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39. “$16/Hr”

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40. “Who Else?”

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41. “They’re Not Wrong”

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42. “Story Of The Year…Every Year”

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43. “A Local Bar In A Small Beach Tourist Town I Live At Made Merch Out Of Some Bad Reviews”

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45. “Just A Friendly Reminder That It’s Ok To Quit Your Job”

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48. “Does My Supplier Hate Me? We Ordered 150 Lbs Of Halibut For The Weekend, We Got One 152lb. Fish. I Wanted A Few Collars Man!”

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49. “Makes Me Sick”

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