What's the most disgusting thing you've seen working in a restaurant?

[Telekinetic-Potato]

I think there's tiers to this because my first job was working at a chain fast food place and they took the burger meat, threw it into a spaghetti strainer that was sitting in the sink you were supposed to wash your hands in and as the day went on anything that sat under the hot lamp for longer than say 5 minutes would get thrown into the Chilli stock. 😂

But then I used to have a job where I got to see a lot of wedding catering halls. And I'm talking about $150/plate or more kinds of places.

Mold in the ice boxes, silverware being pushed through dishwasher machines set on rinse but not sanatize. Like what? 😂

The single worst thing I saw was when I worked at a sportsbar and this order was taking forever. The people sitting at the table were kinda jerks and the kitchen was so stressed out that night they dropped this guys entire full rack of ribs on the floor.

And when I say this was a busy night, I mean it was pandemonium. The floor at this point was damp and gross 😂.

So he picks up the ribs, walks to the dish washing station. Hits it with water until the grit from the floor got washed off and threw them in a deep frier for a couple minutes.

I'm not gonna lie... They looked really good and I wanted them.

[Ez-Bri-Z_v2]

My very first job was McDonald's and I remember clearly we were extremely busy that day and only had me and this guy in the back cooking and preparing sandwiches. I was cooking patties, nuggets and fries while he was prepping the sandwiches. Once patties are cooked, they are put into those warmer to keep them hot when they are ready to be served.

Well, this guy pulls out one of the trays from the warmer and accidentally drops the patties all over the floor. I grumble but quickly start a new set of patties. This guy just picks them up and starts putting them on the prepped Big Mac buns and tries to start boxing them. I immediately grabbed his tray and threw it in the trash and told him there is no way we are serving food off the floor and he had the nerve to get mad at me and start yelling.

Besides that, I've seen roaches crawling on the buns in the back pallets (the buns were sealed in a plastic wrap so they weren't making direct contact or I would have thrown those away too) but im not sure if they ever called for an exterminator as I quit soon after. I didn't eat at a McDonalds for a long time after that. (Plus I was sick of eating the food anyway)

[Telekinetic-Potato]

Ohhhh, I forget about roaches! That's absolutely crazy that guy, makes you wonder what else he's gotten away with.

People act like bugs are a given at food places... No they're not. Thank God they had someone like you 😂

[KostasKouvalis]

My mom worked at a restaurant in Austria and something similar happened. Some food fell on the floor and my mom threw it away. The owner yelled at her and she took it out of the trash and served it to the customer

[Ez-Bri-Z_v2]

Yeah, i know managers like that and I just can't work for people like that. I would report it and then move on

[FunkyMonkee]

Some fat, smelly, disgusting pig and picks their nose before they serve the food.
In all the restaurant work I've ever done, I guess the most disgusting thing was that they weren't all that concerned with how well the food containers were cleaned, per se. I mean, I tried to get them completely grease-free but they wanted them before I was done washing them so, even though they were washed at least twice, they wanted them before I was completely done with them.
what I've SEN and HEARD OF in restaurant work is another story!! I went to a diner one day, a place where I ate a lot, at that point, and, while I was eating, a waitress dropped a stick oof butter on the floor near me and then just scraped it back up and put it back into play! I never ate there again, after that!!
And, when I was working in a bank, I went to a McDonald's across the street for lunch and a girl I was working with told me that she NEVER special orders food at McD's (like, asking them to hold the onions from something that comes with onions) because her boyfriend works at a McD's and, if people ask for special, the servers spit on the food!! No idea if that's true but, if it is, I HOPE they get caught and fired!!
And, I've recently seen video where their "ice cream" machine goes MONTHS without getting cleaned and, when it does, some of the most disgusting scum comes out of it!

[Purpleronnie]

I seen an employee masturbating into the ice machine early one morning.


Many years ago I used to go out after an early shift , stay out pretty then instead of going home I would let myself into the bar restaurant , go to the back office lounge area , re-set the alarm , lock the door and sleep.


On one such morning , having slept no more than 4 hours I was on my way out the lounge to the showers / toilets to get ready for my shift and there he was , pants 👖 around his ankles , bashing the bishop on his tip toes.


The area is covered by security camera so reporting to police and HR wasn’t an issue , needless to say that was the last I say of him.

[Bárbara1402]

I once saw the cooking taking boogers of the nose and cleaning it to the apron while she was frying some french fries. No biggie 😂

[Paige2006]

gross

[Telekinetic-Potato]

Nooooo!

[Hagar88]

When I was a bartender I worked in bar/restaurant the owner used to leave out the potato salad and other stuff. They used to reheat yesterday's fries and store sauces that didn't get used in a bucket. The kitchen was grimey and there was rotten food in the fridge. If you ever watched kitchen nightmares you'd know what I mean.

[Telekinetic-Potato]

I recognize the mentality at least. Reminds me of a bar that's known for refilling liquor bottles with cheaper stuff

[Hagar88]

One club/bar i worked used to water all the booze down in the club. Customers were drinking 10-20% water with their booze. The owner said that it saved money but the bigger thing was it made a difference with fights, assaukts on staff, damages to club property, people falling over, vomiting, women getting sexually assaulted and less lawsuits.

[LC75LC71]

Listen to the video in your own convenience, I speak on disgusting practices and how not to treat employees. Starts at about an hour and 23 mins in..

https://www.youtube.com/embed/ryWz_p6Ob2w

[fivebyfour]

On a mothering Sunday, we ran out of vegetables, they were served in separate bowls by the way,,,

So when tables were cleared, we gathered up leftover veg, made up new bowls, microwaved them and sent them out to customers,,,

[exitseven]

I never worked in a restaurant but I knew guys that worked at the Pancake House and they used to spit and blow boogers into the batter.

[Telekinetic-Potato]

This is a good exam0le of when slapping someone shouldn't be assault

[queenofcardio]

Never worked in a restaurant. That's so gross.

[Agape93]

Guy choked on a sandwich and threw everything up when he managed to wash it down.

[NathanDavis]

I've never worked at a restaurant

[abc3643]

Republicans.

[1949baddie]

Ham mixed with mayo