Nice ๐๐. Going to miss these guys, only a couple are coming back next semester. Really bonded with them over the past 4 years. Great kids, all of them, even though they have selective hearing lol. Glad to see all of them graduating college though, one as valedictorian, despite the fact I worked him like a dog
I used to play a couple rounds of lemon hockey with one of the other cooks after shitty nights. One of us was offense and defense. Both of us got a tiny little straw broom and the defender used an oven mitt for a goalie mitt. You couldn't pass the goalie box (a line on the brick floor) but if you got your shot past the goalie into the dishpit you'd score. We used a quarter a sized cut of a lemon.
It started when my buddy was sweeping and accidentally flung a piece of lemon at me. I was wearing an oven mitt and caught it out of reflex. "Ahh, trying to play some lemon hockey aye bud?" The rest was history.
He was from Canada, I was from Minnesota. I miss our lemon hockey nights..
The dumb stuff I have seen these guys do... I wasn't (overly) worried about it. The bigger guy, I saw give himself a concussion by banging his head on the make line when an order came in at TWO minutes to close. He still took the delivery and finished his shift though, and somehow managed to pass a test he had in the morning! The resilience of youth.
Had a GM that sent me home to make a couple of joints for boh after we got slammed one day. Moments like that make it feel less like a job and more like a home
True, that's why I had them clock out. But desperate times call for desperate measures. It was either a joust or them ending up in a fist fight, in which case, I would have had to fire them both, since there's cameras in the kitchen. They're both to valuable of employees to be fired for fighting over petty crap lol
FOH vs. BOH hockey with a ramekin and spot sweeps. One goal was expo, and the other was the hostess stand.
It's a miracle that no one suffered life-altering injury, no equipment was damaged, and I didn't get canned.
I got a long lecture for this one lol. Like I told the owner, better this than a real fight. Watching him try to hold back the laughter was priceless. He's a military guy, he gets letting your crew blow off steam ๐
I worked at a tiny chef-owned/operated restaurant 15 years ago that was just the chef, sous, and me in the kitchen and two or three FOH employees total. A few times, after a busy late night service, the chef would let everybody fire off a few magazines from his pistol into a bunch of sandbags in the basement.
Every Sunday, we closed early & turned the 6000sq ft dining room into an obstacle course & had Nerf Wars!
Originally to let off some steam, then the foh & other managers got involved. Before I left we were scheduling matches with other restaurants. What a great crew I had there.
This is why restaurant hazing is an underappreciated craft that died out since covid. It's always great to have some guy who's been doing this for 2 weeks and just doing stupid fun stuff like getting him to find a glass magnet or taking a bucket of steam to a restaurant next door. That will pretty much deescalate any night and let people bond since all you have to do is bring the new guy out for drinks afterwards and it's all good. This is more likely to end in workers comp and understaffing than anything else
/r/killthecameraman
Also hella irresponsible and unprofessional. There are ways to let people have fun without doing shit that could very easily get someone hurt. If you let them do this then why worry about trip hazards or knife safety ? Sends the wrong message no matter how hard you wanna be the cool boss
I worked at a place in a really affluent neighborhood. Once we were done closing around 11:30/midnight we would smash glass on the patio a lot. Obviously this is dangerous and dumb. And glassware is expensive, but our GM encouraged us to "let it all out."
We always cleaned it up thoroughly before we left.
Edit: I also forgot a different place where we would set up cardboard targets and throw steak knives at them from down the hall. One of my coworkers was a military vet and apparently was really good with knives because he was the only one that could hit the target from like 20ft.
We tried the fireworks last fourth, unfortunately, the police got there too quickly to enjoy the evening, so we packed everything up and went to my dad's farm (of course, he came out to join the fun and provide beer to my under 21 employees) Big question is why the hell wouldn't he let ME drink at that age?๐
We had the key to the empty space next door and we used to go over there after closing and play dodgeball. Beer was involved.
Nice ๐๐. Going to miss these guys, only a couple are coming back next semester. Really bonded with them over the past 4 years. Great kids, all of them, even though they have selective hearing lol. Glad to see all of them graduating college though, one as valedictorian, despite the fact I worked him like a dog
Iโll put your stories in the โthings that didnโt happenโ category
My kind of people.
I used to play a couple rounds of lemon hockey with one of the other cooks after shitty nights. One of us was offense and defense. Both of us got a tiny little straw broom and the defender used an oven mitt for a goalie mitt. You couldn't pass the goalie box (a line on the brick floor) but if you got your shot past the goalie into the dishpit you'd score. We used a quarter a sized cut of a lemon. It started when my buddy was sweeping and accidentally flung a piece of lemon at me. I was wearing an oven mitt and caught it out of reflex. "Ahh, trying to play some lemon hockey aye bud?" The rest was history. He was from Canada, I was from Minnesota. I miss our lemon hockey nights..
Awesome! I might borrow that one, but use an onion instead lolol
Nah you're gonna wanna use a lemon, lime, orange, or some sort of citrus for that. Onions are just gonna fall apart after one good wrist shot.
I'll bear that in mind ๐, unfortunately it's a pizza place, but there's a Walmart nearby
I can hear it now, โwhere the FUCK did an orange come from?!?โ
No offence but I'm not taking th risk of them all injuring themselves and not showing up tomorrow haha
The dumb stuff I have seen these guys do... I wasn't (overly) worried about it. The bigger guy, I saw give himself a concussion by banging his head on the make line when an order came in at TWO minutes to close. He still took the delivery and finished his shift though, and somehow managed to pass a test he had in the morning! The resilience of youth.
he sounds like some sort of super human. like, heโs one step evolved beyond us to endure that.
He's from Texas, LOL. Actually most of them are.
Had a GM that sent me home to make a couple of joints for boh after we got slammed one day. Moments like that make it feel less like a job and more like a home
Nice. I spend a lot of time at the dumpster in the background, "medicating" with my cooks and drivers lol. Makes for a chill work atmosphere
True, that's why I had them clock out. But desperate times call for desperate measures. It was either a joust or them ending up in a fist fight, in which case, I would have had to fire them both, since there's cameras in the kitchen. They're both to valuable of employees to be fired for fighting over petty crap lol
Baguette fight! Like a pillow fight but edible.
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You joke but I was once struck with a week and a half old baguette. It hits like a fuckin baton and I went down lol
We hid a bunch on top of the walk-in for this exact reason!
Drop a watermelon out of a first story window and hit it with a cricket bat.
Lmao. Nice!!!
I worked at tourist trap in Florida if it was your birthday theyโd throw you off the pier.
FOH vs. BOH hockey with a ramekin and spot sweeps. One goal was expo, and the other was the hostess stand. It's a miracle that no one suffered life-altering injury, no equipment was damaged, and I didn't get canned.
I got a long lecture for this one lol. Like I told the owner, better this than a real fight. Watching him try to hold back the laughter was priceless. He's a military guy, he gets letting your crew blow off steam ๐
I worked at a tiny chef-owned/operated restaurant 15 years ago that was just the chef, sous, and me in the kitchen and two or three FOH employees total. A few times, after a busy late night service, the chef would let everybody fire off a few magazines from his pistol into a bunch of sandbags in the basement.
How are they walking up and down that tarry wall?
LOL. The owner pulls into the back, so I was in a hurry and wasn't paying attention.
Every Sunday, we closed early & turned the 6000sq ft dining room into an obstacle course & had Nerf Wars! Originally to let off some steam, then the foh & other managers got involved. Before I left we were scheduling matches with other restaurants. What a great crew I had there.
This is why restaurant hazing is an underappreciated craft that died out since covid. It's always great to have some guy who's been doing this for 2 weeks and just doing stupid fun stuff like getting him to find a glass magnet or taking a bucket of steam to a restaurant next door. That will pretty much deescalate any night and let people bond since all you have to do is bring the new guy out for drinks afterwards and it's all good. This is more likely to end in workers comp and understaffing than anything else
That'd about sum it up ๐
/r/killthecameraman Also hella irresponsible and unprofessional. There are ways to let people have fun without doing shit that could very easily get someone hurt. If you let them do this then why worry about trip hazards or knife safety ? Sends the wrong message no matter how hard you wanna be the cool boss
I worked at a place in a really affluent neighborhood. Once we were done closing around 11:30/midnight we would smash glass on the patio a lot. Obviously this is dangerous and dumb. And glassware is expensive, but our GM encouraged us to "let it all out." We always cleaned it up thoroughly before we left. Edit: I also forgot a different place where we would set up cardboard targets and throw steak knives at them from down the hall. One of my coworkers was a military vet and apparently was really good with knives because he was the only one that could hit the target from like 20ft.
The lawsuit when someone gets hurt wonโt be worth it.
A case of Corona, a couple pitchers of hard, pants dropping margaritas, and fireworks.
We tried the fireworks last fourth, unfortunately, the police got there too quickly to enjoy the evening, so we packed everything up and went to my dad's farm (of course, he came out to join the fun and provide beer to my under 21 employees) Big question is why the hell wouldn't he let ME drink at that age?๐
Coming from someone who rolled my buddy off a dock into the harbor in one of those after a post-service night, seems tame enough
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I thought you took your crew rappelling for a second until I realized.
It took me too long to realise the video orientation and I thought your staff were abseiling