For real. I worked with a once-in-a-lifetime cook but he got in a shoot out with the cops in 1999. He went away for 17 years but got hired immediately upon release. Then he vanished again. He was probably Tony Montana’s best customer too.
The line is a place where students, convicts, parents, and all in between come through to make something beautiful happen whether we're silent or yelling at each other the whole time
Deadass I've had a few nights of us all screaming at each other only for us to come in the next day to ask who saw the game and laugh our asses of at refs
Years ago a friend was starting his 1st restaurant. He had a buddy who was a parole officer. Told him he had 2 guys who would be great. My friend was sceptical but hired them. Turns out to be the best thing he ever did. Ended up owning 3 restaurant with the original 2 cooks moving up with him. The 3 of them ended up hiring several cons who just wanted out of that life and a decent job to support themselves
Yeah we’re not all worthless people like society plays us out to be. I did 5 years in prison. Was out by 2005 and had a hell of a time finding a job. Now I work in a school for the last 7 years and everyone loves me here.
This is literally every line cook I've ever worked with. As a responsible bartender, I kept the energy drinks flowing. As well as the water & the "pitcher of beer for batter".
I remember our line cook Marcus. He had a neck tattoo and full sleeve, wore a huge flat brimmed cap, and worked a second job at the local pizza hut. One of the hardest working dudes I've ever seen. Called me Broseph. I'll miss the guy.
In his book Kitchen Confidential, Anthony Bourdain, himself a heroin user in the 1970s and 80s, said many people think of the kitchen of a gourmet restaurant as a refined atmosphere for sensitive culinary artists, when in fact it’s more like a Mexican chain gang.
@heirloomacres7445 and we sure did talk like it! Had a regular customer that would sit next to our open kitchen because we listened to better music than the dining hall played😂! And some of the humor.... we were the WORST!
My father has extensive culinary experience, and I can confirm, every restaurant he's worked in has had 3 things: a druggie on the line, a crazy white guy on either fryers or sauces (depends on which burns you worse), and the one person who's normal enough to speak with customers. Befriend the druggie, he's probably the manager. Avoid the fryer guy, he's usually not very nice. And don't make the normal guy mad.
What most people may not realize is how accurate this really is. Several decades ago I had worked my way up to line cook from dishwasher. There were 2 other day shift cooks. Of the 3 of us, 2 were on probation and we all smoked.
I always thought the cigarette and monster was an exaggerated aspect of the life of a line cook, but that has now become my favorite breakfast before I clock in for prep
I'm not saying you're wrong but I worked with a guy who was so close to this and he was not a good line cook. He could make good food and come up with some fun ideas but when it came to actual service, he sucked.
The first 6 years of my working life were back of house kitchen and when my grandfather said he wanted to open a restaurant, but not hire anyone on drugs I literally laughed at him. Even the servers I knew did lines in the bathroom between rushes. One of the chefs I knew had to do a double and the owner offered him Adderall. Best food I've ever had
Local diner had a line cook that fit this bill 100%. Diner got bought up by a bigger company and fired her because of the multiple assault charges. When they replaced her with a professional chef who actually went to a culinary school, the food quality dropped and they were losing a lot of business. The business they did get would get violent at times. Just because she had a record and wasnt classically trained doesnt mean she wasn't qualified. The person who wasnt qualified was the culinary professional who had no idea how to break up a fight like she could. Luckily she now runs her own diner across the street and helps other convicts get back on their feet.
This is why I give no effs about a background. I have a record so who am i to judge applicants? I hate society that hold a grudge against those who have gotten their lives together and are just trying to survive.
@@HeyThatsMe3 It says more about the penal system in general (and our knowledge _of_ the recidivism rate without an understanding of _why_ it's as bad as it is, which is due in large part to the job market lockout & the general lack of accessibility to jobs that provide a living wage... that & the poverty of drug treatment, mental health care & absence of bridges between incarceration care & at liberty care; plus the wide dearth of programs that will allow for training in trades and/or further education, plus...and...then there's...) than it does the individuals who've been caught in it for sure. Kitchen folk don't give the smallest fuck about any of that shit. Can you keep up in a rush? Do you show up for a shift? That's the shit that matters.
2 and a half weeks in being a new line cook at a new restaurant I asked them if they're doing a background check because it might come back with warrants. . . They said no we don't do any of that here I find out that my cook line manager is on probation for multiple grand theft charges. His excuse was he thought he really needed to be somewhere and didn't have a ride at the time.
The only place that would hire me while I was on probation was a local bistro , they hired me as a line cook. I am so grateful for these type of place , today i stand proud , i have my own organization that feed the homeless and I also manage weekly meal in an ospice! Also co workers were the nicest people i've met
"You'd have longer breaks if you didn't spend an hour in the sitter doing rails off the back of the toilet." -something I heard a hostess scream at the line cook she was no longer banging while I was doing prep.
The last time i worked a food service job the line cooks were a combination of all these qualities. Nicest coworkers ive ever had, one of them made me a cake on my birthday and i didn't even ask.
Maybe a couple strips of bacon from the breakfast guy.Unless you are the breakfast guy, then definitely a little bit of bacon. I got a cigarette monster.Yeah it seems about right@@fancyelk2373
Same thing with people that throw truck. Been working retail for Almost 8 years on the inbound side, single throwing 2 trucks a day throughout a Christmas season by Your Self will change you LOL.
20 years in restaurants. Too much truth here. I never had the ankle jewelry, or the tats, but the fuck it attitude, Monsters, smokes, and the 1am meet ups at the local bar is too true!!!
When I worked prep at a BBQ joint a regular brought us 2 cases of monster because he saw us pouring monster into our cups on a break and wanted to make sure we had the fuel to keep making his favorite food everyday. That guy was a cool guy.
Line cooks work 300% harder than anyone else in the restaurant in a hot, chaotic environment, get paid less than servers, and often have to do the "man" stuff the waitstaff can't or won't. While we listen to the servers brag about their tips. You won't pay a quality line cook more than a cashier. The restaurant industry is dying for this reason.
Bruh I was a line cook from 15-17 those guys taught me so much about life, they’d always tell me to stay in school and reach for my goals, because if I don’t I’d be stuck on the line my whole life. It’s a strange wisdom that no one else in my life could give me
Too many people act like it's the worst possible job a person can do but yet everyone wants to demand absolute perfection, speed, and quality, when they hit the drive through 5 mins till closing.
Its motivation bro. Gotta learn from others mistakes. Its what happened to me, I was watching myself become a permanent fixture of the restaurant like everyone else and got tf out of there to get my life together. Most of them are still there
@@justinemot2282i looked it up and apparently it has to do with gangs, but I couldn’t find a definitive answer atm though. Most likely a symbol of their partner they keep after being imprisoned for probably gang related crimes, though also found people claim it means they committed murder, or that cartels require them so people on the street know that the members sell drugs without being too obvious. But yeah it most likely just means he was a gang member in that short.
Everybody is so shook when i say i was a line cook cuz im a little blonde ball of sunshine. But it was awesome. Everybody else in back of house was so sweet and i got all the hugs i could ever want ❤ i loved my kitchen family. They were the coolest coworkers ive ever had
I was the polar opposite 😅I’m tall blonde and if you are late to the line with your plate I’m yelling at your ass to hurry up 😂I was the only female on the line at many male dominated fast paced restaurants all of them told me I wouldn’t last. Joke was on them I held the place together when the men got in fights with one another and left whenever they would come to me to ask me to be a manager. 😂 having my job be on the line for grown adults that can’t keep it together, no thank you 🙏
Lol working at restaurants and warehouses got u makin friends in all walks of life. I remember inviting my normie friends bar hopping with my kitchen friends and thinking the contrast between goofy college kids and crusty kitchen dudes was hilarious. Just a buncha nerds and ex-cons hanging out having a good old time.
My grill line had a fruitcake trans dude, a hardcore Christian from Utah, and the most intimidating big ass ex con talking about anime and singing songs from Tenacious D and Ninja Sex Party. I miss my team
I thought he was telling him to look to the side cuz his nose is big 😂 I was like…well, yea it’s a shnoz for sure but hey that’s grade A line cook material 😂❤
I started at a restaurant as a doorman/barback. The line cooks would hardly give me the time of day. One night, I took a basket of bottles out to the bins. I noticed a Jaeger bottle had half a shot left, so I sucked it down. Unbeknownst to me, two of the line guys were quietly having a smoke close by. The next time I went through the kitchen, I was mercilessly heckled as degenerate low life 😆. After that, we were all friends. They were a great and hilarious bunch. It’s been almost 30 years, when I think of that place, it’s mostly that kitchen crew.
I've only been a manager for a couple of years, so I've only had one experience with anyone from a halfway house. He got high on some of his lunch breaks. Sent him home the first couple of times and eventually had to let him go. He was a danger to himself and the other employees and the customers.
It should be illegal for something to be so accurate! 🤣🤣🤣🤣 Our veteran line cook remixed “Free Fallin” at max volume by changing the song to “Freebasing!” He then followed it up by saying “Man I loved the 80s!”
Ran a military kitchen, our best cook was this guy but black. Saw him come in half drunk once, still was better than half my staff. I wasn’t about to let the boss mess with the team’s efficiency 😂😂😂😂😂
Wait I missed the memo on having to be on probation and have a neck tattoo. Also what is this “lunch break” thing? We just drink our monsters while we work
I knew a man we called 4 lips that was a line cook/pizza man. His wife had a prescription for perks and was high all the time. He had 3 lips tattooed on his neck. The 4 lip was his own. He was a terrible employee.
Most the line cooks I’ve known while bussing for several different restaurants were some of the batshit craziest but also the coolest people I’ve ever met. Shoutout to you Mark!
This gave me flashbacks to working at dennys. The night cook was nice and the only one who smoked the kind of cigs I did so he would give me cigs and I’d offer him one if we were out. he had an ankle monitor and lived off cotton candy BANG! energy.
The line cooks honestly cook some bangin ass food when you ask and then for them. It's literally the cig and monster like bro, you're a whole chef, feed yourself homie
I was a line cook in college. I was one of the few who was under 30. Only one that had a license and my own car, one of the few who didn't have a criminal record.
@@tonytwonukes7272 you think life's easy when people are released from prison? Depending on the term and their personal situation, all their IDs are expired, no money, no transportation, but they still choose to work instead of be a deadbeat. All those things take time and resources to get access to, and they need food and shelter like anyone else. If you think they're losers because a criminal record and the job they work, you need to check your ego. Pathetic.
Thinking about it too, but like the other guy said. Take some time to think about it. I’ve been cooking a few years and still debating culinary school. In our profession it isn’t necessary. But it helps.
Being able to make lots of great food is a wonderful thing but a terrible way to pay your bills, rent, mortgage, groceries, gas, car, etc... Find something else you love to do and make a living that way.
Our best line cook got thrown back in jail and we were all so sad when it happened I hope you’re doing okay Roger 😭
rip my nigga roger fr dawg
Free Roger!
For real. I worked with a once-in-a-lifetime cook but he got in a shoot out with the cops in 1999. He went away for 17 years but got hired immediately upon release. Then he vanished again. He was probably Tony Montana’s best customer too.
Whats that insta baby
Are you hiring ?
The line is a place where students, convicts, parents, and all in between come through to make something beautiful happen whether we're silent or yelling at each other the whole time
Amen, met more interesting characters in kitchens than everywhere else in my life combined
That's so true though. And sometimes a person is all of those things 😂
Deadass I've had a few nights of us all screaming at each other only for us to come in the next day to ask who saw the game and laugh our asses of at refs
Nice this is me
Can't forget the illegals.
"Is your plug reliable and can he meet you by the dumpsters if you're working a long shift because the new prep fought the dishy mid shift?"
😂❤
Fuck if that ain't the realist thing 😂
Only a true restaurant employee could write a comment like that.
Speaking from the soul lmao
That or “are you a plug who will go out and meet people by the dumpsters?”
Years ago a friend was starting his 1st restaurant. He had a buddy who was a parole officer. Told him he had 2 guys who would be great. My friend was sceptical but hired them. Turns out to be the best thing he ever did. Ended up owning 3 restaurant with the original 2 cooks moving up with him. The 3 of them ended up hiring several cons who just wanted out of that life and a decent job to support themselves
When a man has genuinely gotten tired of running the streets, he is the most reliable motherfucker you will ever meet.
That is so good to know. It xheered me up actually. Tha k you friend :) i hope everyone is doing alright.
Yeah we’re not all worthless people like society plays us out to be. I did 5 years in prison. Was out by 2005 and had a hell of a time finding a job. Now I work in a school for the last 7 years and everyone loves me here.
My dream is to own my own restaurant and i wanna be able to give chances to ex cons and people who never got the chance.
This is literally every line cook I've ever worked with. As a responsible bartender, I kept the energy drinks flowing. As well as the water & the "pitcher of beer for batter".
Damn you’re slowly killing a man lowkey fucked Lmao
😂😂🤙🤙🤿 "Yeah, I need another pitcher... I accidentally dumped it"
Caffeine and nicotine. It won't keep me alive but it'll keep me employed, and that's more important.
God bless America
That's what happens to me actually 😅😅 I'm also a chef lol
I will be quoting this 😂😂
Amen!
Dam the facts!
I remember our line cook Marcus. He had a neck tattoo and full sleeve, wore a huge flat brimmed cap, and worked a second job at the local pizza hut. One of the hardest working dudes I've ever seen. Called me Broseph. I'll miss the guy.
I’ve never met a bad person that calls people broseph, that man is a treasure
What did he do
I read this in Ryan Reynolds voice. Lol
@@JimmyHooves😂
Did you hear about Marcus?
Our Marcus?
Yea, our Marcus…
In his book Kitchen Confidential, Anthony Bourdain, himself a heroin user in the 1970s and 80s, said many people think of the kitchen of a gourmet restaurant as a refined atmosphere for sensitive culinary artists, when in fact it’s more like a Mexican chain gang.
Or a pirate crew
@heirloomacres7445 and we sure did talk like it! Had a regular customer that would sit next to our open kitchen because we listened to better music than the dining hall played😂! And some of the humor.... we were the WORST!
My father has extensive culinary experience, and I can confirm, every restaurant he's worked in has had 3 things: a druggie on the line, a crazy white guy on either fryers or sauces (depends on which burns you worse), and the one person who's normal enough to speak with customers.
Befriend the druggie, he's probably the manager. Avoid the fryer guy, he's usually not very nice. And don't make the normal guy mad.
@@hunterbeach8941 Holy shit, I’m all 3 😭
He was a cocaine fueled culinary king
He may be late, but he gone be there and the whole crew need him!
What most people may not realize is how accurate this really is. Several decades ago I had worked my way up to line cook from dishwasher. There were 2 other day shift cooks. Of the 3 of us, 2 were on probation and we all smoked.
I always thought the cigarette and monster was an exaggerated aspect of the life of a line cook, but that has now become my favorite breakfast before I clock in for prep
Also works for many a rural mail carrier…
Shit, I work at lockheed martin and still start my day off with a cigarette and a monster.
Excellent.
More social security benefits for the rest of us.
Cigar was backwards I think
Skip the cigarette but yes
Can confirm- restaurants love someone who is on probation because they know they’re going to show up
🤫
Not necessarily
@@joeyjones1271it takes a few weeks to find the ones that really don't want to go back.
Our Bea cook was on house arrest! We knew he would show because he literally had nowhere else to be but home 😂
Until he went back to jail 😢
@@davidsiska5363 yep - loyal until…
You know that line cook gonna make the greatest meal you've ever eaten
Dude will pull a double and somehow still only have cigs and monsters.
EVER😂❤
Yeah but also the least hygienic.
@@ahmedhayek4585got news for you. There’s at least two of these guys in every restaurant. How often do you get food poisoning?
@@ahmedhayek4585 way to ruin the fun ahmed.
The best thing about being a line cook is that you'll never ever have a boring conversation while working.
dude the last one is so real even for servers bc the actual last thing you wanna do on your break when you're around food all day is eat 😭
Our best line cook got deported. I was so sad.
#BringBackJuan ✊🏾
@@Me-eb3wv#BringBackJuan
#BringBackJaun
#FreeJuan
Good. Other line cooks make less money because of that.
I guarantee you he’ll be perhaps one of the best line cooks you’ll ever meet
Perchance!
I'm not saying you're wrong but I worked with a guy who was so close to this and he was not a good line cook. He could make good food and come up with some fun ideas but when it came to actual service, he sucked.
@@Minecraftrok999you can’t just say perchance
@@jarjargod5127am i missing on something
@@jarjargod5127 perchance can I say it
Last question: "Can I see the money in your pocket? Just take it out and show me."
**pulls out a powdery, rolled up $20 bill**
"Perfection."
That’s only at the nicer restaurants in my experience.
@@skuddingomcwinters6119unless the powder is speed
Your guys use 20s? This mfer pulled out a one and said he was broke
@@appelmelk5664 true, but then they don’t use money and they just use the free straws from the front.
@@skuddingomcwinters6119 always better anyways, money is fucking dirty.
The first 6 years of my working life were back of house kitchen and when my grandfather said he wanted to open a restaurant, but not hire anyone on drugs I literally laughed at him.
Even the servers I knew did lines in the bathroom between rushes. One of the chefs I knew had to do a double and the owner offered him Adderall. Best food I've ever had
The diabolical laugh. He *knows* that money is comin'. 😂
Buddy just found himself a 5+ year employee
Local diner had a line cook that fit this bill 100%.
Diner got bought up by a bigger company and fired her because of the multiple assault charges.
When they replaced her with a professional chef who actually went to a culinary school, the food quality dropped and they were losing a lot of business. The business they did get would get violent at times.
Just because she had a record and wasnt classically trained doesnt mean she wasn't qualified. The person who wasnt qualified was the culinary professional who had no idea how to break up a fight like she could.
Luckily she now runs her own diner across the street and helps other convicts get back on their feet.
That is a bad ass bad-to-good story. We don't hear enough of them. I'd love to patronize such a place.
This is why I give no effs about a background. I have a record so who am i to judge applicants? I hate society that hold a grudge against those who have gotten their lives together and are just trying to survive.
@@HeyThatsMe3 It says more about the penal system in general (and our knowledge _of_ the recidivism rate without an understanding of _why_ it's as bad as it is, which is due in large part to the job market lockout & the general lack of accessibility to jobs that provide a living wage... that & the poverty of drug treatment, mental health care & absence of bridges between incarceration care & at liberty care; plus the wide dearth of programs that will allow for training in trades and/or further education, plus...and...then there's...) than it does the individuals who've been caught in it for sure.
Kitchen folk don't give the smallest fuck about any of that shit. Can you keep up in a rush? Do you show up for a shift? That's the shit that matters.
Yeah? Did everyone clap?
Bullshit
It's the pulling up the pant leg to reveal the perfectly visible ankle monitor. And "exactly." I'm crying
"Exactly" had me almost peeing my pants 😂😂😂
He didn’t even say exactly he said perfect??
@@reeganprice-gj9dihe did say exactly????They’re talking about separate instances in the video????
2 and a half weeks in being a new line cook at a new restaurant I asked them if they're doing a background check because it might come back with warrants. . . They said no we don't do any of that here I find out that my cook line manager is on probation for multiple grand theft charges. His excuse was he thought he really needed to be somewhere and didn't have a ride at the time.
Nah homie needs to go to an open mic night that funny as hell; New Kam type beat
Hope he made his appointment on time. Wouldn’t want to make a bad impression
He THOUGHT he had to be somewhere 😅
The laugh caught me off guard and took me out simultaneously 💀
The only place that would hire me while I was on probation was a local bistro , they hired me as a line cook. I am so grateful for these type of place , today i stand proud , i have my own organization that feed the homeless and I also manage weekly meal in an ospice!
Also co workers were the nicest people i've met
Look when you only get a 8-10 minute break you learn to smoke and drink at the same time
And if you’re a master, you’ll squeeze in a meal into all of that too. That’s how I survived nursing school 😂
you guys got breaks?
"You'd have longer breaks if you didn't spend an hour in the sitter doing rails off the back of the toilet." -something I heard a hostess scream at the line cook she was no longer banging while I was doing prep.
Reminds me of Kramer.
@@mambojambo4870no I just took em, I run this whole line you ain't finna fire me
The last time i worked a food service job the line cooks were a combination of all these qualities.
Nicest coworkers ive ever had, one of them made me a cake on my birthday and i didn't even ask.
He wanted some cheeks💀😭
You know the food will slap when you see him at the grill
Facts because dude reminds me of the kitchen manager at my job and when he cooking everything is fire as fuck
And he smokes while he’s cooking 😂
The longer they’re on probation, the more fire the food will be 😂
Lol, lunch break 😂
That was the best joke in here
Said it's gonna be a monster and a cig and was not disappointed lmao. Kitchens are a wild place
That’s something the military and food service industry got in common I guess lol
Come on a jobsite, ever wonder how all those beers wind up behind your walls?
Either a monster or a beer, no other choice
Maybe a couple strips of bacon from the breakfast guy.Unless you are the breakfast guy, then definitely a little bit of bacon. I got a cigarette monster.Yeah it seems about right@@fancyelk2373
Same thing with people that throw truck. Been working retail for Almost 8 years on the inbound side, single throwing 2 trucks a day throughout a Christmas season by Your Self will change you LOL.
I've been a line cook forever and this is just... _literal chef's kiss_ I am sharing this with everyone.
My other Forevercook buddy says "Where's the lie?"
I love the approval 🎉❤
The best dishwasher I've ever known.... DEFINITELY did meth. Beautiful man, hope he's doing well.
So many interviews have went this way for me. As a line cook of 27 years thr only question that wasn't asked is do you smoke bud and did you bring any
20 years in restaurants. Too much truth here.
I never had the ankle jewelry, or the tats, but the fuck it attitude, Monsters, smokes, and the 1am meet ups at the local bar is too true!!!
I love the laugh at the end. I felt that on the supervisor level.
It totally caught me off guard 😂
Scrolling through the comments wondering if anyone was going to mention this and I found you
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@@fr5229its the best feeling, isn't it?
When I worked prep at a BBQ joint a regular brought us 2 cases of monster because he saw us pouring monster into our cups on a break and wanted to make sure we had the fuel to keep making his favorite food everyday. That guy was a cool guy.
Line cooks work 300% harder than anyone else in the restaurant in a hot, chaotic environment, get paid less than servers, and often have to do the "man" stuff the waitstaff can't or won't. While we listen to the servers brag about their tips. You won't pay a quality line cook more than a cashier. The restaurant industry is dying for this reason.
Bruh I was a line cook from 15-17 those guys taught me so much about life, they’d always tell me to stay in school and reach for my goals, because if I don’t I’d be stuck on the line my whole life. It’s a strange wisdom that no one else in my life could give me
Good for them 😀
Nothing wrong with being on the line ❤
Too many people act like it's the worst possible job a person can do but yet everyone wants to demand absolute perfection, speed, and quality, when they hit the drive through 5 mins till closing.
Its motivation bro. Gotta learn from others mistakes. Its what happened to me, I was watching myself become a permanent fixture of the restaurant like everyone else and got tf out of there to get my life together. Most of them are still there
They arent wrong
thought the lipstick mark was supposed to be a big hickey at first but this interview is for line cooks not the servers 😂
Ha ha ha facts!! 😂
Norte!
I didn't get this joke though. What is that supposed to mean?
@@justinemot2282i looked it up and apparently it has to do with gangs, but I couldn’t find a definitive answer atm though. Most likely a symbol of their partner they keep after being imprisoned for probably gang related crimes, though also found people claim it means they committed murder, or that cartels require them so people on the street know that the members sell drugs without being too obvious. But yeah it most likely just means he was a gang member in that short.
It's supposed to be a bad tattoo
And if you're lucky 1 out of every 10 will be a meth head and you'll get a 2 for 1 deal in terms of work.
But that’s canceled out by the guy nodding off while working the fryer.
but, then you lose all the extra value in productivity from all the shit they steal.
The monster and cigarette is so accurate it's not even funny
I worked with an amazing line cook years ago...served 20 years for killing his wifes dad. No bs! Best freaking line cook though. 🤷♀️
When the damn system breaks you down till you're plum out of fucks, a wise fella learns the wisdom in makin some good damn food.
Learning to make bomb ass food will make you friends, jobs, and impress dates. Bet I'm going to his BBQ
as someone who works in a kitchen this is surprising accurate
I know it’s kinda crazy
I've only worked in one restaurant, but I've been working here 5 years. It's crazy how many of these employees I've seen.
Everybody is so shook when i say i was a line cook cuz im a little blonde ball of sunshine. But it was awesome. Everybody else in back of house was so sweet and i got all the hugs i could ever want ❤ i loved my kitchen family. They were the coolest coworkers ive ever had
I was the polar opposite 😅I’m tall blonde and if you are late to the line with your plate I’m yelling at your ass to hurry up 😂I was the only female on the line at many male dominated fast paced restaurants all of them told me I wouldn’t last. Joke was on them I held the place together when the men got in fights with one another and left whenever they would come to me to ask me to be a manager. 😂 having my job be on the line for grown adults that can’t keep it together, no thank you 🙏
@@skypope9110You should yell more.
If that line cook was being honest he would have pulled out a six pack as well with the energy drink and cigarette. Lol
I'M A LINE COOK AND THIS SHXT GOT ME WEAAAKKK!! 😂😂😂
This is the most accurate description I have ever seen for a line cook
Lol working at restaurants and warehouses got u makin friends in all walks of life. I remember inviting my normie friends bar hopping with my kitchen friends and thinking the contrast between goofy college kids and crusty kitchen dudes was hilarious. Just a buncha nerds and ex-cons hanging out having a good old time.
I prefer working in restaurants to a wharehouse; any day !
My grill line had a fruitcake trans dude, a hardcore Christian from Utah, and the most intimidating big ass ex con talking about anime and singing songs from Tenacious D and Ninja Sex Party. I miss my team
@@DrJazzyBonespHd They're all in hell, might as well make the best of it :)
Was a bartender at restaurants for years. This is 100% spot on
I thought he was telling him to look to the side cuz his nose is big 😂 I was like…well, yea it’s a shnoz for sure but hey that’s grade A line cook material 😂❤
I started at a restaurant as a doorman/barback. The line cooks would hardly give me the time of day. One night, I took a basket of bottles out to the bins. I noticed a Jaeger bottle had half a shot left, so I sucked it down. Unbeknownst to me, two of the line guys were quietly having a smoke close by. The next time I went through the kitchen, I was mercilessly heckled as degenerate low life 😆. After that, we were all friends. They were a great and hilarious bunch. It’s been almost 30 years, when I think of that place, it’s mostly that kitchen crew.
Whenever there’s a problem in the restaurant, get the cooks. They know how to handle a problem. 😂
Damn.. my place 8 or ten years ago basically just told the half way house to send anyone that could leave the facility 😂
Lmao this was me at a flooring job after prison at like 19.5 back in 2006
I've only been a manager for a couple of years, so I've only had one experience with anyone from a halfway house. He got high on some of his lunch breaks. Sent him home the first couple of times and eventually had to let him go. He was a danger to himself and the other employees and the customers.
It should be illegal for something to be so accurate! 🤣🤣🤣🤣 Our veteran line cook remixed “Free Fallin” at max volume by changing the song to “Freebasing!” He then followed it up by saying “Man I loved the 80s!”
I was going to say thats inaccurate but i was in fact drinking monster and smoking while watching during my lunch break, soooo....
Next question..are you a weed dealer? Yes? Ah shit we already have two of those…could you switch to pills in the next 30 days?
Not me just getting a cook job with an ankle monitor on 🤣
Ran a military kitchen, our best cook was this guy but black. Saw him come in half drunk once, still was better than half my staff. I wasn’t about to let the boss mess with the team’s efficiency 😂😂😂😂😂
“Are you on probation”
Yes, why else do you think this interview is inside of a house?
Wait I missed the memo on having to be on probation and have a neck tattoo. Also what is this “lunch break” thing? We just drink our monsters while we work
I knew a man we called 4 lips that was a line cook/pizza man. His wife had a prescription for perks and was high all the time. He had 3 lips tattooed on his neck. The 4 lip was his own. He was a terrible employee.
"Have you ever suckerpunched a cop?"
"Yes."
"You're hired."
The non slip shoes 🤣🤣🤣the lunch break🤣🤣🤣💯💯💯💯the accuracy
My partner has that same pair of shoes LOL
Those shoes will smell like grease for the rest of time.
I was thinking the same thing. I appreciate the attention to detail 🤣🤣🤣
Most the line cooks I’ve known while bussing for several different restaurants were some of the batshit craziest but also the coolest people I’ve ever met. Shoutout to you Mark!
It's always a fucking Mark! Lol how many Marks have I worked with now?
dude atleast 10 marks ive worked with... and dont forget alex..@@charitym1277
Did the coolest motherfuckers you'll ever meet as long as you stay on their good side.
@@charitym1277ehh you too
@@abrafo1891 lol thanks? I think 🤷
Yep. I’ve been a chef for 20 years and that’s totally accurate, and they are some of the best employees I’ve ever worked with.
They legit asked me if i smoke. Bcus the best ones are soo stress and overwork that they either smoke alcoholic do drugs or all of the above.
No bag of skittles for lunch? Boys gonna crash
Yeah, line cooks don’t need to eat on their lunch break cuz they are already full. Pro Tip: servers, be nice to your cooks and you will eat very well.
Too well. I now have diabetes.
The unhinged laughter at the end is what got me. 😂
The cigarette and monster for lunch was the cherry on top. Had me howling!
Omg. The monster and cigarette for "lunch" just brought back so many memories.
As soon as he said lunch break i knew the energy drink was coming. This is perfection.
The energy drink and cigarette is so accurate. Only degenerates can handle the pressures of a restaurant.
kitchen staff only act like degens to keep the tight assed managers out.
😭 that was my first and third job
degenerates is harsh
Nah, we just handle bullsh*t a lot better🎉
@@AnonYmous-hu7jo we cope better than others
This gave me flashbacks to working at dennys. The night cook was nice and the only one who smoked the kind of cigs I did so he would give me cigs and I’d offer him one if we were out. he had an ankle monitor and lived off cotton candy BANG! energy.
I'm a cook. We get guys from the prison on work release.
Wow the job sounds great for me. I'm a pretty fat girl with borderline personality disorder and criminal history. I'm unstable and I like to cook lol
@@alexandramn6734no women on the line sorry
He's got the non slips bro's ready to save the day 😂
if he was drinking a beer this could be my pal rudy
The line cooks honestly cook some bangin ass food when you ask and then for them. It's literally the cig and monster like bro, you're a whole chef, feed yourself homie
When you cook all day the last thing you want is something you’ve made 300 of my dude
Almost had it. But cooks drink alcohol on their breaks😂
Fact
And do coke to keep up with the long shifts. It's called a line cook after all.😅
Facts I know I did 😂😂😂 came back dancing in front of that hott ass grill
And inbetween breaks😂!
We just got high and the bartender would bring us shots
I was a line cook in college. I was one of the few who was under 30. Only one that had a license and my own car, one of the few who didn't have a criminal record.
You were not a good line cook.
@@GusMortis If being a good line cook means being a loser, absolutely I was a terrible one
@@tonytwonukes7272 you think life's easy when people are released from prison? Depending on the term and their personal situation, all their IDs are expired, no money, no transportation, but they still choose to work instead of be a deadbeat. All those things take time and resources to get access to, and they need food and shelter like anyone else. If you think they're losers because a criminal record and the job they work, you need to check your ego. Pathetic.
You technically qualify to be the 1% in that scenario
@tonytwonukes7272 that's exactly what I meant. You are chef material.
I once knew a line cook who does a line of coke every time he gets frustrated
My old sous chef literally fled the country.
As a kitchen worker I can tell you this is dead on accurate.
Lmao just started thinking about culinary school and these are all me except the probation and cigarette part. Guess it’s meant to be
Go entry level somewhere b4 spending money on school to c if it’s for you
Thinking about it too, but like the other guy said. Take some time to think about it. I’ve been cooking a few years and still debating culinary school. In our profession it isn’t necessary. But it helps.
So true! I worked in a few kitchens over the years and you know who has to come to work every day and their good/not so good habits! 😂
This was my father 😂 raised a dishwasher and busser
And you already know the food slaps
It’s all fun and games until your right arm or chest starts hurting. Cooks really need to take care of themselves.
No
It's your left arm.
Almost had it, I had a blunt instead
One of our guys, his lunch was cocaine but he got a lot of work done 😂
I quit smoking years ago and can’t stand the taste or smell anymore and yet I see someone with a cig in their mouth and I’m like “I want one 😢” lol 😂
Plain and literal addiction. Well done overcoming
Also the cocaine and percocet addiction
im starting as a line cook in a couple weeks. in honored to be seen like this to the internet
I hope it's a good time congratulations on your new job 🎉
Being able to make lots of great food is a wonderful thing but a terrible way to pay your bills, rent, mortgage, groceries, gas, car, etc...
Find something else you love to do and make a living that way.
Not a word spoken but told him all he needed to hear
I love the fact he pulled up his pants even tho the ankle bracelet was fully visible already 😂
This so accurate😂
For the lunch break you forgot the white powder all over the nose
The laugh at the end of each of these is cracking me up
Lunch break? 🤣🤣🤣 Good one!
Waffle house 🧇
Why is this the exact same for mechanics 😭
Any mechanic, trade worker, construction worker, any "blue collar job"
This is so true it's scary...😳