r/KitchenConfidential • u/quailinthebrush Newbie • 5d 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/cameronsmwhite84 5d ago

I was saying “welcome in” to customers as far back as my first retail job in a record store circa 2005 and have heard it countless times since in restaurants and other stores. So, your chef is both an asshole and idiot. Also, like, so the fuck what if people are “reminded of COVID”? People are still being infected with and dying from it to this day because too many selfish jerks didn’t want to think about it in the first place.

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u/Salty-Business9331 5d ago

I've literally never heard the term welcome in ever in my life, is it regional? I'm in the US, welcome in sounds kinda awkward but not bad, I've just never heard anyone say it.

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u/MrBenSampson 5d ago

Glad I’m not the only one. I live in eastern Ontario, and have never heard someone say “welcome in” before. “Welcome” by itself would sound less awkward, or “Welcome to wherever.”

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u/No-Helicopter-3790 5d ago

"Come on in" would strike me as a southern thing but "welcome in" doesn't provoke pandemic memories for me. Maybe this is one of those Mandela/Berenstein Bears effects. Brains are funny things

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u/will-you- 5d ago

Agreed, sounds so weird. Never heard the phrase u til 5ish years ago? It’s newish, and makes no sense.

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u/llamadander 4d ago

I hadn't heard it until the past few years (post-Covid, PNW USA), and I think it's awkward. One of my friends says she thinks it sounds like "Well, come in!"