/ck/ - Food & Cooking

>>19660353
> scrape food into trash and wash dish * 10000
Stupid useless fuck

>>19660353
Dishwashing was the worst job I ever had. I recommend getting another job asap.

>>19660353
Make sure the dishes are clean

>>19660360
you ok, sport?

Bring a pair of gloves.

>>19660353
Have sex with another man.

>>19660353
>got any tips?
Make sure the dishes are clean.
Bitch.

>>19660353
Are you 14?

>>19660353
My first kitchen job was dishwasher. Now? I'm a head chef at Wendy's. Best tip I can give you is keep things organized. Try and group plates with plates, bowls with bowls, throw the silverware in a spare pitcher. That way if the waitstaff come in the back and ask for plates you can throw them in the washer. Use steel wool on dirty pots and pans to make it quick. Unironically bring a pad of steel wool in your back pocket just in case they don't have any. It can be hard work but you usually get a free meal every shift and it's an honest pay.

>>19660353
>>19660353
Get chummy with back of house. They might offer you drugs. Take them it'll help you get through your shift. Then do this>>19660361

>>19660417
20yo and probably a little bit retarded. its my first job outside the family business (mowing lawns). getting a job has been difficult because even the simplest jobs i feel as if im doing them wrong and disappointing my coworkers or boss.

>>19660421
thanks

>>19660389
will do

The job is really fucking easy so I wouldn't worry about it. Depending on the kitchen layout it can be pretty lonely and it can be bad for the skin on your hands but the main reason people act like it's a shit job is because you actually have to do it - you can't just be like "nah I'll wash those tomorrow" and go on 4chan instead.

>>19660353
Wear thick gloves and don't fall behind.
It's a pretty easy job if you're not a lazy retard.

>>19660353
Why do you have to save the stones and shells from the oysters?

Dont take orders from the cooks. You are not paid to prepare food because its going slow and you dont have dishes to wash.

>>19660353
Hot water with soap in one sink (burns in less than a second), nothing in the other. Dump anything with grease or that melts into the hot water, spray down quick; finish on time.

Other than that wear an apron, basically wear an apron to work somehow, try not to talk to too many morons.

>>19660353
Be the best dishwasher you can be and be nice to the managers. They'll give you a better job quick.
I went from dishwashing to bartending in under a week while the grouchy slow retard was always the dishwasher.

>>19660644
>the simplest jobs i feel as if im doing them wrong
Same, I feel so retarded. A family member used to work in a candle making factory (just pouring wax into molds) and it was something I was able to do when I tried it out. I was about to apply but the business announced it was shutting down.

why

>>19661198
They'll be used like cowry shells for barter and trade.

>>19661220
maybe it's what they pay the dishwashers

I had a trial shift as a dish washer one day when I was in my senior year of high school and looking for a second job. Idk why but I was really bad at it even though I was moving as fast as I possibly could.
At the end of the shift the guy said “alright I’ll call you later to let you know”. I was always taught to be straightforward about things so I respectfully told him
>I think, after this “practice” shift, I’ve learned that I’m not so good at this kind of work, so I think I’ll forfeit this position…
And his immediate response was “okay well I wasn’t gonna hire you anyway, so.”
His gf at my primary job told me his shitty restaurant went of business a fucking week later LOL

>>19660353
>got any tips?
Friday - Sunday are the worst days.

Tip: Work quickly.

>>19661244
Restaurants do the 'trial shift dish washer' thing for cheap, sometimes free, labor. The restaurant business is shit.

>>19661198
idk i just googled an image

Dishwashers low key get paid pretty good.

reporting back, it all went fine and i don't really know what i was even worrying about in the first place. i wasn't expecting the water to be so damn hot tho.

>>19661247
i think this may have been what happened here, I as supposed to talk with the manager after the shift was done but apparently he was busy so the other dishies that were there told me to just leave and that the manager will text me to sort stuff out. he hasn't texted me yet but service still wouldn't have ended yet tonight so i'll give him the benefit of the doubt and hope he'll text me tomorrow.

>>19661335
he won't ghost you man

>>19660353
>got any tips?
Dont fuck the young waitress, the hassle to not worth it.
Dont flirt with the boss's wife

Do get the handjob from the Indian girl in the storeroom - she's only there for a little while anyway
Do have sex with the single Milf Mom "who just needs the money"

I hope that helps.
also,
if they are assholes and you are gonna quit, put prawns in the AC

>>19661359
or shrimps

>>19661247
That’s not very nice. Still, I wouldn’t have cared either way if he wasn’t such an asshole about it. What comes around goes around.

>>19660353
Do not piss off the chefs. Do not. You'll make enemies for life. Chefs are complete fucking psychopaths and I'm glad I stopped becoming one after two short internships.

>>19661110
Nah doing prep is a nice change of pace.

>>19660644
Idk where you live, but I live in norcal, and I've been in the casino industry for 4 years and I'm making solid money (about 4500-5k a month)
There's casinos in a lot of places, you don't need education, and if you can make it to be a dealer, you make some solid dough. Start as a chip runner, try to make it to floor, or to a dealing position

>>19661220
>>19661235
kek

>>19661102
They probably put them back in the water. Oysters only spawn on other oysters.

>>19661623
>They probably put them back in the water. Oysters only spawn on other oysters.
this. it's like taking the avocado pit out of the fruit when you're done and planting it in a warm room in your house.

>>19660421
>and it's an honest pay
Holy bootlicker. It is shit pay and you are having your labor exploited. Sure people gotta pay the bills, but don't pretend kitchen staff aren't getting shafted.

>>19661623
Where did the first oysters come from

>>19661640
Depends on who you work for, honestly. If a place can't pay a dishwasher $16/hour then nobody is making more than $20. You only get shafted when they dangle a raise over your head to work the line.

>>19661650

Your mom!

Pbs eons probably has an answer for you though. The formation of any reef will answer your question.

>>19661640
>labor exploited
retarded fucking faggot. you're performing zero-skill work, a job literally anyone can do. the only way to keep your job is to show up and do it. of course the pay is bottom of the barrel. is the owner supposed to pay someone $100K a year for an essentially disposable role? dishies usually get promoted to the line if they work there long enough and actually ask if they can work the line.

>>19661658
>If a place can't pay a dishwasher $16/hour then nobody is making more than $20
Yes, so everyone is getting paid shit while the business prospers, creates capital to further leverage itself and expand, while workers still get paid the bare minimum.

>>19661682
It doesn't matter if anyone can do it, the point is that the position is indispensable to functioning of the business. So people should be paid a liveable wage with adequate financial security.

>>19660644
>getting a job has been difficult because even the simplest jobs i feel as if im doing them wrong and disappointing my coworkers or boss.
You get used to the feeling - with any new job you feel stupid at the start but every day more confident, just ask a lot of questions, write everything down, and realize that there’s a version of you in the future that is great at the job, and the only thing you have to do is travel the inevitable path to that future self.

GL bro!

>>19661688
I wouldn't pay these dumb fucks more either! Haha And you made a lot of assumptions there considering most places aren't "prospering and expanding". They're barely hanging on unless they're corporate. Food gets more expensive, rent goes up, people demand more money and do less. Get some scope dude. Would you own a business and not put yourself first? No. Would you pay Jamal fresh out of prison $24 to cook burgers? You shouldn't.

>>19661688
then make like a screen door and leave?

>>19660353
Be sure to change the dishwasher water on the schedule they tell you to. When I washed dishes and would come into an afternoon shift the dish water sometimes looked like thousand island dressing.
The bags in the dish room garbage cans get really heavy due to all the liquid in them so be careful when taking them out.
If you're wearing gloves be sure to remove them if you have to put your hands under water to unclog and drain the sink because they can fill with dish water and it's gross.
Be careful with hot surfaces, sometimes very hot dishes and pans end up in the dish room.
Follow the guidelines on what not to put in the garbage disposal.
Paint scrapers are very useful.

>>19661623
TIL, thanks senpai san sama

>>19661720
>considering most places aren't "prospering and expanding". They're barely hanging on unless they're corporate
Then they have bad business models, simple. Not the worker's fault if the boss to is too incompetent to run a business properly.

>>19661623
Huh, neat. Thanks anon.
>Baby oysters must attach to a hard surface to grow. In nature, this is often the shell of another oyster, which can eventually host 10 or more new oysters.
>[Virginia introduced] a new fund to keep oyster shells out of the trash by providing grants to businesses and people that recycle shells
>https://www.cbf.org/blogs/save-the-bay/2023/03/virginia-backs-oyster-shell-recycling-with-new-fund.html

>>19661102
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vau_CD8NmUY

>>19661247
They often do this to cover a shift.

>>19661743
>Be sure to change the dishwasher water on the schedule they tell you to.
I just changed the water when it got murky enough that I wouldn't be able to see if foh threw a cake knife in the sink while I wasn't there. No-one told me shit.

Good call on hot pans though. Sometimes they've been in the oven and the handles are really fucking hot. After I burned the shit out of my hand once I always grabbed them with a dry dishtowel.

I've washed dishes in a few different kitchens, one of them had usually 3 to 4 dishies on shift, a huge industrial dishwashing machine and a huge 3-sink in the back with a double wide wash compartment with water jets that would "tumble" the dishes inside. We had all the tools we needed to do the job, so that was good at least.
The issues came when they hired 8 Guatemalans from the same family, if I was scheduled with the 3 Guatemalans on dish, they'd just gossip and chat with each other while I tried to keep everything caught up. There would be times I was busting my ass and I'd see these assholes just yukking it up. Many times I just silently clocked out and left so that they would have to pick up my slack (and actually fucking work).

The last place I worked, I was set up to fail from the beginning. Brand new business, new everything. The dishwashing station was a 6x6ft space, tiny 3 sink, a "sanitizing machine" that fit 2 trays at a time, and a space at the end of the machine for 2 trays after they come out.
You couldn't wait for anything to be dry before putting it away or you'd fall behind. If hot water was being used in the dishwasher, you'd lose water pressure on the sprayer or 3-sink. I ended up having to use half cold and half hot water to spray or I'd lose water pressure every time the machine runs. Greasy metal pizza pans you have to wash by hand, because the "sanitizing machine" can't wash grease off of stuff. Huge dough trays that you had to handwash and then send through the machine 2 at a time. Literally every dish had to be spotless going into the machine, otherwise it comes out dirty/greasy. Miniature cast iron pans with burnt on cheese as a regular dish, and there were only a few of them so you couldn't even soak them for very long before they're running out. Not to mention, being solo the entire time I'm dealing with all this bullshit.
Fuck washing dishes lol

>>19661983
OH and not to mention, I would let management know about all of these issues and they'd just hand-wave me off and say they're "working on it".
Eventually they hired 4 additional dishwashers and scheduled me for 1 day, claiming they no longer had the hours for me.
Their solution to the problems I was pointing out was to just replace me with people who are too stupid to bring issues up.

>>19661623
they do. I did a bunch of research on this for a legal clinic. near impossible to get compliance...

>>19661552
Yeah if you are paid for it, otherwise its called exploitation.

>>19660353
They literally don't give a shit as long as you clean the dishes.
99% of the job of a dishwasher is just showing up and not leaving early.

>>19661198
They’re used to seed oyster reefs.

>>19662002
You should've left before they fired you

>>19660421
>That way if the waitstaff come in the back and ask
if anyone from foh OR boh have to come looking for anything, you suck on dish

>>19660353
Welcome to the first day of the rest of your life. Make sure Chef buys you a drink after your first full shift. Try to keep up, ask questions, and work like a motherfucker. Good luck, anon.

>>19660644
Listen Weed Pin by Drug Chruch

>>19660353
Stay on top of things and don't get behind. Some retards let things pile up because it's slow, but if you do that you WILL get behind. Have a little mantra in your head like "gotta clean the dishes, gotta clean the dishes", it helps to stay focused. If you have long nails cut them because they will get soft and feel weird. Using gloves is a pain in the ass so I didnt use them, but it does hurt your hands until they get tough. If you decide to go no gloves then make sure you have some lotion at home, or during lunch. Keep your head down and don't goof around with coworkers too much, that's how you get behind, remember the mantra. Lastly I will reiterate to stay on top of things, if there are only five dishes to clean, clean them as fast as if you had 100. When there are no dishes left, clean your area. Do these things and you will be better than 90% of dishwashers.

>>19660353
Wear tithe tightest pants you can and make sure you hunch over the sink so the cooks can stare at dat booty meat.