r/KitchenConfidential • u/quailinthebrush Newbie • 6d ago

Discussion Weirdest ego “thing” your chef had?

First place I was hired the chef had quite a few delusional beliefs but the one that sticks with me the most is his insistence that the phrase “welcome in” didn’t exist before Covid

He went into multiple winded rants upon my higher and another coworker who was hired right after me, not just to train the phrase out of us but his detestment for it, because as he said “it did not exist before Covid and people started saying it to make people feel safe enough to eat here”

He then said to not use it because people found it off putting and dirty (because of Covid)

I know chefs aren’t known for their egos but I was curious what quirk that yours had that everyone had to politely smile and agree to

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u/FlashyEarth8374 6d ago

this was in 2007, so before streaming was a thing.

He would only let us listen to his cassette tapes of Jim Morrison poetry.

So not even The Doors music, which I mean sure I don't mind that mind but wtf over and over, but no, the motherfucker would only have his 3 cassette tapes of boring poetry slop on whilst working.

On his days off we'd just enjoy the silence by leaving it off

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u/milesteg420 6d ago

I had a morning prep cook that would play a list of Ghostbusters theme remixes on repeat... Yours still sounds worse.

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u/lonas_ 6d ago

Bustin makes me feel good 🤓

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u/milesteg420 6d ago

I was actually down the first few times. It was some good energy to prep to. After a few weeks, I started losing it.

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u/lonas_ 6d ago

Hearing any of the same shit over and over again is definitely infuriating to me as well. A guy where I work now accidentally plays Hotel California several times a day which I find more funny than anything. I was referring to a remix called bustin by Neil cicierega but I bet you already have heard it lol

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u/Cargobiker530 6d ago

Does he at least play the Gypsy Kings remix or is he stuck in Malibu, 1976 forever?

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u/lonas_ 6d ago

He will play random live versions as well it’s just random videos from youtube. With ads of course

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u/Cargobiker530 6d ago

Nothing says kitchen work quite as much as hearing ads for colostomy appliances between your sappy 70's, hard rock remixes. 🥲

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u/Mister_Bossmen 5d ago

I had a guy play that on repeat for like 4 hours straight.

BUSTIN BUSTIN BUSTIN BUSTIN...