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Appreciation post: the line cook who asked me why I plate so fast changed how I run my whole station
Last Thursday a new hire on my station at the diner in Boise asked me why I move so fast during the dinner rush, and I gave him the usual answer about tickets piling up. He just nodded and said he used to work at a place where the chef told him speed only matters if the plate still comes out right, so he slows down on purpose for the last 10 seconds. That stuck with me, because I have been rushing my final wipe and garnish for 8 years and blaming the servers when food goes out looking rough. So I tried his little pause during Friday service and sent back 3 fewer plates than usual. Anyone else got a small habit from a rookie that fixed something you had wrong for a long time?
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black.pat28d ago
Wait, "3 fewer plates sent back" just from pausing for 10 seconds at the end? That's wild, I would've bet money that slowing down during a rush gets you buried. Eight years of blaming the servers and it was the last wipe the whole time, kinda funny how that works.
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