If you’ve ever worked as a waiter, line cook, or dishwasher, you know the food industry can be tough. Long hours of standing, grueling routines, and rude customers can leave employees feeling underpaid and exhausted. Truthfully, many employees survive rough restaurant shifts by cutting corners and keeping secrets. A food service worker asked colleagues on Reddit to share their best (or worst) restaurant secrets. Many people ended up sharing the gross things they encountered first-hand on the job. Others shared the one item they would never order off a menu, knowing what they know. Some may say ignorance is bliss, but you’ll be better off knowing these kitchen confessions and restaurant secrets. Trust us.
Unsung Hero
Unlike a lot of other confessions on the forum, this post was actually very encouraging. They reassured everyone that they take their job as a dishwasher very seriously. Even though they only get paid $9/hour, they take the time to clean every single item that is dropped into their sink.
Their sense of empathy is the reason they thoroughly clean all the dishes. They clean as if they were going to eat off each plate and use each utensil. Do they want to eat on a half-dirty plate with a crusty fork? Of course not! So they don’t want restaurant customers to, either. That’s a nice way of seeing things.