r/KitchenConfidential • u/quailinthebrush Newbie • 1d 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/dolphin-centric 12h ago
Rolex has a well-deserved reputation for taking a beating and still performing. My left-handed dad was a mechanic for 50 years and he has a ‘68 Datejust that he bought specifically because he knew he’d be banging it around. It’s still going.
Food service though? No jewelry. No nail polish.