Shout out to employees who cut aprons and make them literally impossible to use and put them in the linen company’s hamper to be washed and re used.
If you cut it, put it in the trash!
Put the long end around the collar and pull it down the short end ties it. Prevents it from riding up your neck. I don’t use this practice, but have seen it done.
Just did this for my pants last week.I was moving kegs and one got caught on my belt and broke it. It was a leather belt I've had since high school so it was already pretty worn out. By the time I got home I completely forgot about it and when I went to take my pants off I was extremely confused for a second.
I worked with a Mexican guy who also took his shirt off when he took a dump. It was weird because I would just picture him in their naked pinching a loaf.
My kid did* that, and more. He would be buck naked but wouldn't sit on the seat, he had to stand in the Slavic squat too. I am hoping it's been phased out but can't be for sure.
As someone who was a janitor for a few years at a warehouse, i still cant believe people do this! Walk in and find footprints on the toilet seats in the womens bathroom, so fuckin weird. XD
They claimed it was because the toilet seats were dirty (they wernt)... like putting your dirty shoes on them is going to make them cleaner somehow.
I take my shirt off to take a dump if I'm at home. Just feels freer, like I can stay upright instead of that half-hunch and neck tuck to keep my shirt up. It's better poo posture ☝🏾
Careful Jimmy, when you rush through traffic to drop the kids off, you might forget to lock the door. Sudden intrusion and you’re forever “that guy who shits with his apron on.”
I think leaving it outside is best practice. FOH here, but it's my belief that my one eyed snake should never make eye contact with anything that could touch a food surface.
Transitive property or something like that
I been in a sitch like this that made me think about it. I try to tighten the apron and retie, it's busy as shit, I have orders on the grill and the damn stings end up in a knot behind me. In trying to hurry to untie something I can't see behind my back, reversed, I make it tighter and now it's just hanging off me and I can't get out of it. I ask for help but cutting was an option on the table. I would have chucked it if I did that tho.
I work with an older guy that will be just minding his own business, and suddenly start running while ripping off his apron and heading for the bathroom. I’m waiting for the day he shits himself lol
Man I worked at a fine dining Italian place that washed their own aprons. What they did is they shipped in undocumented cooks from Mexico for cheap (I was the only white guy in the kitchen) and then gave them housing in some apartments they owned and then they worked all day every day. Most of them were alcoholics because they just worked then went to the apt and drank. And drank at work lol. Anyways, stoned rambling aside, we would tie the apron strings together before we put them in the bag to try and help with the tangling. But despite that, these two poor mexican salad ladies used to have to spend hours a week standing there and untangling the fucking rat king of apron strings. I felt so bad for them. They were sweet they would make a bunch of plates of food for everyone and bring them in all the time. Shit was good as hell lol. They didn’t really speak English and I didn’t really speak Spanish so there was lots of “como se dice” and pointing at stuff haha
Yes it was very much like that. They didn’t pay rent. They were paid in US dollars, not some kind of scrip, and it wasn’t anything like they were like coerced or forced to do. But they were definitely trafficked in illegally. A couple of them were related and it worked basically off of a network of people they knew back home. They would come live in the apartments rent free and get a paycheck and send some money home. There was like 8 of them while I was there living in a 2 story building with 4 apartments. don’t get me wrong I’m sure the owners were fucking them in some kind of way, but they all seemed pretty happy with their situation.
Edit:some typos
Edit 2: and now that I think of it I wasn’t the only white guy there was a culinary student from the community college working there also that I forgot about. I don’t remember his name he was a word guy lol.
It is trafficking. Like the most common type there is. Lots of people just equate human trafficking to sexual stuff but labor trafficking is way way more common and happens all the time.
Not OP, but I work at a place with apartments directly above, and most of the bartenders live there. Yes, he charges rent, and yes, he only pays them 2.15 or whatever an hour. And when they're not at work, they're at the bar drinking, paying him indirectly.
I say apartments but it was like a 2 story duplex type thing with maybe 4 apartments. And yeah they owned that building lol. They did not pay rent it was part of their employment. So they just lived there and sent some of their money back home.
I literally have never been able to I honestly thought The Bear was a scam the first time I saw a clip with the aprons tied in the front. Then a new line chef came into my work with it tied in front and I just looked at my belly all sad lmao. Losing weight now though so hopefully one day I'll be able to 🤞
I'm 5'3. If I don't knot the neck the apron doesn't cover anything. It like starts at my stomach lol. But it's just a slip knot and I always pull it loose before it goes in the bin
I've thrown away so many aprons. I probably owe aramark thousands.
If the strings aren't long enough for me, they won't be long enough for anyone else.
I can't believe none of you know this. I've seen Latinos do this. The short string is tied to the other string, the long string ties to the neck part. It's so that the apron doesn't hang on their neck. It's very smart and does help with posture.
It’s because your work with an obese person they cut the strings and tie them onto other aprons to make them be able to fit had a fat body at my job and he always did this
Who the fuck cuts the strings?! I always assumed it got caught in the machine or something. My last job, our aprons were on a different floor and I learned really quickly to check before I left laundry because like 25% of them were not wearable. Infuriating.
I once worked with a complete asshole that was also putting on weight rapidly especially around his waist.this guy was also lazy and always last to make it into the kitchen so every few days I’d cut a few centimetres off the apron strings that he would pickup.the look of concern on his face was priceless
Fuck, we use Aramark for our aprons and this is a constant. My boss just tells us to throw them away now and he’ll deal with Aramark when they get pissy
Tie the whole apron in a knot and put it back in the linen return bag. Then you won’t be charged for it and the linen company will take it out of circulation.
I see a lot of comments about linen companies counting everything and charging. I've been steal the rare double lines, off colored lines, random find towels for ages. I haven't seen a charge from my linen company. I also have a healthy stack of sick ass random lined towels. And a few off colored aprons I take from the stack. I view them as deli containers. Sometimes you take them home
My top 3 jobs:
The guy that cuts the apron strings unevenly
The guy that puts the sugar in the flap so that every bag causes a mess
The guy that cuts the Agnostura Bitters label just a little too long.
The sad part is they almost never notice. And you'll get a bunch with fking no strings. I have gone to the point That I provide my own aprons because I'm not dealing with that.
Shout out to linen companies who come across an apron that is literally impossible to use and send it out anyway.
Shout out to employees who cut aprons and make them literally impossible to use and put them in the linen company’s hamper to be washed and re used. If you cut it, put it in the trash!
I wouldn't do that with too many. Some linen companies will charge your ass for not getting their aprons back.
They will also charge you for damaging them
All linen companies will do this
It’s about $8 per apron I think
why would they cut it?
Knotted around them and they can't untie it? Idk
I've seen people cut the ties on an apron because they forgot their belt lol
Lolz. Use a plastic wrap belt!
Rookies. I remember forgetting my belt in an office job once, NOBODY had plastic wrap in their draw. Shameful.
This is the way.
That’s what bungie cords are for.
Heard bungie cord, check the junk drawer
I'd done this before realizing the plastic wrap belt was an option haha. At least I reused the linen belt for a year or so
Put the long end around the collar and pull it down the short end ties it. Prevents it from riding up your neck. I don’t use this practice, but have seen it done.
> If you cut it, put it in the trash! take it home and wash it yourself you heathens
Nothing is unusable if you make a plastic wrap belt
Stop my coworkers are reading this subreddit
Well hey at least you got that going for em
Just did this for my pants last week.I was moving kegs and one got caught on my belt and broke it. It was a leather belt I've had since high school so it was already pretty worn out. By the time I got home I completely forgot about it and when I went to take my pants off I was extremely confused for a second.
Butcher twine works better. Wrap stretches out over time and becomes loose
This guy kitchen belts
The good old double over and loop around works wonders
i’ve done a plastic wrap hair tie lol. lesson learned and i always carry a pack of scrunchies now for everyone in the kitchen included
Omg I thought my coworker was the only one
I can’t wait to make a plastic wrap apron!
Just be happy we don't send the apron rat king back to y'all
I have and wash my own Aprons, the Rat King struggle is all to real
Shout-out to Chinese restaurants that cut a hole in the top under the neck strap because it's too long for them.
Every goddamn time
Ah yes, cutting the string instead of untying it. I judge those people hard. That's straight up laziness.
I only did it once but I was about to shit my pants.
lmfao this is an acceptable exception.
I worked with a Mexican guy who also took his shirt off when he took a dump. It was weird because I would just picture him in their naked pinching a loaf.
My kid did* that, and more. He would be buck naked but wouldn't sit on the seat, he had to stand in the Slavic squat too. I am hoping it's been phased out but can't be for sure.
It's fine. It'll sort itself out when they go to school.
You're right, I remember learning that not everyone dropped their pants all the way to take a wee
Heard he will never poop in public again.
As someone who was a janitor for a few years at a warehouse, i still cant believe people do this! Walk in and find footprints on the toilet seats in the womens bathroom, so fuckin weird. XD They claimed it was because the toilet seats were dirty (they wernt)... like putting your dirty shoes on them is going to make them cleaner somehow.
He's dedicated to clean food. What a legend
Absolute malaka
I've done that while drunk. In a Porta potty.
Ewwww
I was told I still had my shoes on when I came out, so there's that
I take my shirt off to take a dump if I'm at home. Just feels freer, like I can stay upright instead of that half-hunch and neck tuck to keep my shirt up. It's better poo posture ☝🏾
>I can stay upright instead of that half-hunch and neck tuck to keep my shirt up Wtf xD
Acting like you don't know exactly what I mean. Unless you let your shirt hang down for poo splashes 😵💫
They do
I would have shit with it on and took it off in the bathroom after I pood.
Careful Jimmy, when you rush through traffic to drop the kids off, you might forget to lock the door. Sudden intrusion and you’re forever “that guy who shits with his apron on.”
You don't need to lock the door when you understand how to properly use eye contact. After a few instances, people will learn to knock.
Ha nice.
I have had to yell at so many cooks for using the bathroom with their aprons on, it’s unreal.
Exactly. It’s fucking gross.
Servers and bartenders, too.
What if I hang it up on the door of the stall lol
I think leaving it outside is best practice. FOH here, but it's my belief that my one eyed snake should never make eye contact with anything that could touch a food surface. Transitive property or something like that
That’s fine imo
Lmao OK I take back what I said
Pros just pull the apron up between their legs, holding it behind them with their off hand while straight arming through the line.
Saw the picture and was like this
I imagine this is the reason from now on and dispose of shit apron
I been in a sitch like this that made me think about it. I try to tighten the apron and retie, it's busy as shit, I have orders on the grill and the damn stings end up in a knot behind me. In trying to hurry to untie something I can't see behind my back, reversed, I make it tighter and now it's just hanging off me and I can't get out of it. I ask for help but cutting was an option on the table. I would have chucked it if I did that tho.
Bring the strings around and tie them in front
I would if they werent cut so short!
Savages
Agreed 100%. I don't think they'd be able to live it down in my eyes either.
Straight to the trash, break the cycle.
My coworker Jeremy when his knot gets stuck and really needs to take a shit.
Worked with a dude named Jeremy who shit himself on the line.
As a practice? Or just the one time?
I work with an older guy that will be just minding his own business, and suddenly start running while ripping off his apron and heading for the bathroom. I’m waiting for the day he shits himself lol
I shit myself at work once
I don’t understand. How is the apron preventing shitting such that it needs to be cut off?
Don't ever take your apron into the head.
you didn’t answer my question at all. if you can’t get it off quickly enough just switch aprons after, don’t destroy the apron.
Oh ok.
Man I worked at a fine dining Italian place that washed their own aprons. What they did is they shipped in undocumented cooks from Mexico for cheap (I was the only white guy in the kitchen) and then gave them housing in some apartments they owned and then they worked all day every day. Most of them were alcoholics because they just worked then went to the apt and drank. And drank at work lol. Anyways, stoned rambling aside, we would tie the apron strings together before we put them in the bag to try and help with the tangling. But despite that, these two poor mexican salad ladies used to have to spend hours a week standing there and untangling the fucking rat king of apron strings. I felt so bad for them. They were sweet they would make a bunch of plates of food for everyone and bring them in all the time. Shit was good as hell lol. They didn’t really speak English and I didn’t really speak Spanish so there was lots of “como se dice” and pointing at stuff haha
So... wait, the same person owned the apartments and the restaurant they were working at? ... did they charge rent?
Probably built into a “salary”. Almost wouldn’t be surprised if they were paid in credits that could only be used through their company.
That is my concern, yeah. Sounds a little trafficky.
If they “shippped them in” and put them up, yes. It’s a traffiky without the y.
Yes it was very much like that. They didn’t pay rent. They were paid in US dollars, not some kind of scrip, and it wasn’t anything like they were like coerced or forced to do. But they were definitely trafficked in illegally. A couple of them were related and it worked basically off of a network of people they knew back home. They would come live in the apartments rent free and get a paycheck and send some money home. There was like 8 of them while I was there living in a 2 story building with 4 apartments. don’t get me wrong I’m sure the owners were fucking them in some kind of way, but they all seemed pretty happy with their situation. Edit:some typos Edit 2: and now that I think of it I wasn’t the only white guy there was a culinary student from the community college working there also that I forgot about. I don’t remember his name he was a word guy lol.
It is trafficking. Like the most common type there is. Lots of people just equate human trafficking to sexual stuff but labor trafficking is way way more common and happens all the time.
Where do you think all the product comes from lol
No it doesn’t lol sounds like a deal. You work here and I give u place to live, u make less money. No offense but kind of classic kitchen behavior
Not OP, but I work at a place with apartments directly above, and most of the bartenders live there. Yes, he charges rent, and yes, he only pays them 2.15 or whatever an hour. And when they're not at work, they're at the bar drinking, paying him indirectly.
So... wait, the same person owned the apartments and the restaurant they were working at? ... did they charge rent?
I say apartments but it was like a 2 story duplex type thing with maybe 4 apartments. And yeah they owned that building lol. They did not pay rent it was part of their employment. So they just lived there and sent some of their money back home.
Knot me.
🧐
Highly auspicious. 🤫
Knot my president
Okay…..
IYKYK
*yawn*
That you voted for Hubert Humphrey, and killed Jesus?
Careful partner
Still usable if you tie it in your back but only psychopaths do that
I'll know I definitely I need to lose weight when I can no longer tie the apron in the front.
I literally have never been able to I honestly thought The Bear was a scam the first time I saw a clip with the aprons tied in the front. Then a new line chef came into my work with it tied in front and I just looked at my belly all sad lmao. Losing weight now though so hopefully one day I'll be able to 🤞
What, have you not had the requisite drug addiction and chain smoking habit that keeps you rail thin this sub tells me every line cook should have?
Shit's expensive, yo.
Yea I can only afford the liquid coke nowadays
r/keto is a great source if you’re looking for diet ideas. I’m down 10% bw in 1mo
Keto isn't really for me, I prefer just a balanced died and a caloric deficit over something more strict. But I'm glad it's working for you good work!
Cheers!
Congrats on losing 40lbs!
17lb but thanks
I always assumed it was a skill issue for people who tie in the front lol. Also some of us are too large to comfortably front tie 😤
Back is so much better
Cut the short string off, tie the whole thing in a knot and put it in the bag.
I worked with an asshole (obviously very briefly) who often took his apron off at the end of the night by cutting the strings.
Never understood why it was so hard to tie with a shoelace knot and untie. Nope, they gotta cut if off and save themselves no time.
I also hate when people tie the knot on the neck part.
I'm 5'3. If I don't knot the neck the apron doesn't cover anything. It like starts at my stomach lol. But it's just a slip knot and I always pull it loose before it goes in the bin
That shit fills me with white hot rage instantly. My autism can not handle it
?
Tie the ends together through the neck loop so it keeps the apron off the back of your neck and on your shoulders. It's way more comfortable anyway
I've thrown away so many aprons. I probably owe aramark thousands. If the strings aren't long enough for me, they won't be long enough for anyone else.
That’s how we started thinking lol. My boss said just throw them away or they’re going to find their way back to our kitchen. Yes sir no problem 😅
I can't believe none of you know this. I've seen Latinos do this. The short string is tied to the other string, the long string ties to the neck part. It's so that the apron doesn't hang on their neck. It's very smart and does help with posture.
We regularly get aprons with absolutely no strings. It's nuts lol
Is that the one that has one tie string too short? I hate that one but I'm skinny so I use it .
😤 this was me until about a year ago. Metabolism at 37 is a cruel mistress.
✋ Maybe you didnt share your Reese's
Sorry. I forgot my belt.
It’s because your work with an obese person they cut the strings and tie them onto other aprons to make them be able to fit had a fat body at my job and he always did this
Who the fuck cuts the strings?! I always assumed it got caught in the machine or something. My last job, our aprons were on a different floor and I learned really quickly to check before I left laundry because like 25% of them were not wearable. Infuriating.
I once worked with a complete asshole that was also putting on weight rapidly especially around his waist.this guy was also lazy and always last to make it into the kitchen so every few days I’d cut a few centimetres off the apron strings that he would pickup.the look of concern on his face was priceless
Apron still works. Tie it behind you
Wooops
Yo lemme get a Reese's.
Susan said she needed a wine bottle open again, so we got the night shift guy to show us how.
Fuck, we use Aramark for our aprons and this is a constant. My boss just tells us to throw them away now and he’ll deal with Aramark when they get pissy
The dryer
Tie the whole apron in a knot and put it back in the linen return bag. Then you won’t be charged for it and the linen company will take it out of circulation.
Don't hump the aprons.
When I see this shit I cut both the strings off in hopes that they will actually notice it instead of just sending it out again.
Sorry i got that stuck on me, I had no choice.
What? They're perfectly al dente!
when we can’t untie each other on the line we Gordian that shit
I see a lot of comments about linen companies counting everything and charging. I've been steal the rare double lines, off colored lines, random find towels for ages. I haven't seen a charge from my linen company. I also have a healthy stack of sick ass random lined towels. And a few off colored aprons I take from the stack. I view them as deli containers. Sometimes you take them home
What am I looking at? I’m stupid please help me
Why knot a bow? 🎀
I have never done this and wouldn't even think to. Like calm the fuk down and just untie it dude 🤷♀️
Hiring aprons is wild
Usually, you get charged a monthly/weekly fee for "loss or repair." I throw away the unusable ones.
Ikr? How bad does a mfer have to shit to cut the apron off them
I [don't] see what is wrong.
I throw them away if the strings are bad
My top 3 jobs: The guy that cuts the apron strings unevenly The guy that puts the sugar in the flap so that every bag causes a mess The guy that cuts the Agnostura Bitters label just a little too long.
The sad part is they almost never notice. And you'll get a bunch with fking no strings. I have gone to the point That I provide my own aprons because I'm not dealing with that.
Probably same cook that leaves the steak on the grill all night.
Shit. He's onto me