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Anne Whateley
Feb 11, 2007
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Discendo Vox posted:

Well, it’s dumb. Especially the presentation argument. I see tails on my shrimp in, e.g. a pasta, I’m not impressed, I’m repressing the urge to curse. Shrimp aren’t soft shell crab, unless they’re in a cocktail they’re usually mixed into something, and now i’m Stuck removing and de-tailing them and either eating them separately, or trying to mix them back into my dish.
Agreed. If it's something like shrimp cocktail, leave the half-tails on for a handle. If it's a shrimp boil, leave on all the heads and legs and everything, I don't care. But if it's in pasta, gently caress that, I don't want to reach into my pasta and get sauce all over my hands every two minutes.

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Anne Whateley
Feb 11, 2007
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Discendo Vox posted:

This whole thing was prompted by shrimp in a pasta dish, in a relatively fine dining setting.
Yes, that's why I'm agreeing with you.

Anne Whateley
Feb 11, 2007
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MAKE NO BABBYS posted:

Nah; people deserve an itemized bill, the same way that they deserve one for what they ordered.
People would lose their minds over itemized bills. Can you imagine giving a bill that said "wings 50¢, sauce 5¢, rent $5, insurance $2.50, wages $5, exterminator $1"? Why is health insurance the only thing to break out?

Anne Whateley
Feb 11, 2007
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What is the competition for? Does everyone want to eat at 5:30, or does everyone want to sit at the special table? Whatever you can do to do a better job of meeting that demand will go a lot farther toward making everyone happy. And you can still try to make a bunch of seniors go online at midnight or whatever.

Anne Whateley
Feb 11, 2007
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That's not discrimination based on criminal history, that's discrimination based on race, which duh is mega illegal

Recent state law is more restrictive in terms of what you can ask, when, and what decisions you can base on criminal history. Definitely check that out if you're hiring.

Anne Whateley
Feb 11, 2007
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You know what I really like is soft ice. My grandma's fridge made soft ice crescents -- in retrospect there was probably a pinhole in her water supply line or something -- but it was so good. Fully frozen but heavily aerated, it broke apart easily and into interesting soft, not jagged, pieces. So satisfying to chew. Make that the next hipster thing please

Anne Whateley
Feb 11, 2007
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Yeah, but Sonic ice is tiny to start with. This is big, like normal freezer crescents, and then you crunch it small, an excellent bonus step.

Anne Whateley
Feb 11, 2007
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infiniteguest posted:

I’m not arguing about anything on this issue, I was discussing work culture not rate of pay.

I currently pay everyone basically the max I can afford with current top line and bottom line revenue. Here’s how that breaks down:

Dishwashers : 13/hr, 45-55 hours a week
Prep cooks : 16/hour, 34-40 hours a week
Cooks: 16-18/hr, 45-55 hours a week

This is what people get paid. They take home good paychecks. They can afford one bedroom apartments for less than 30% income if they don’t mind living in very remote neighborhoods of queens and Brooklyn.
How far out in Queens or Brooklyn do you have to go to get a 1br for $760? I live in Queens, I'm not seeing anything remotely like that. Is that what the people you work with actually do? Or do they do the normal thing of having 3+ roommates and living within 2 hours of work?

Anne Whateley
Feb 11, 2007
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Shooting Blanks posted:

If management treats them with respect, and is willing to bounce patrons that cross the line, then what's the problem?

Shooting Blanks posted:

The management at those particular establishments are absolute scum
That's it. In a utopian society, sure whatever. In this society, it's pretty bad.

Anne Whateley
Feb 11, 2007
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What about if you see a guy drop a pill into his date's drink? I mean it could be alka-seltzer. You don't want to be a white knight drama queen or hurt your tips. Maybe she forgot her medication and he's taking care of her

Anne Whateley
Feb 11, 2007
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An allergy to beef, pork, and lamb is a legit possibility https://www.npr.org/sections/thesalt/2018/06/25/621080751/red-meat-allergies-caused-by-tick-bites-are-on-the-rise

Anne Whateley
Feb 11, 2007
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Does the college gig include a break on tuition or anything like that? If so, no question

Anne Whateley
Feb 11, 2007
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Guys, it says "will not impact our regular timely delivery for all other orders."

It doesn't say it won't affect other orders at all. It's just saying other orders will still be delivered in whatever window they consider timely.

Anne Whateley
Feb 11, 2007
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Tl;dr explanation https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Native_American_gaming

Anne Whateley
Feb 11, 2007
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FFT posted:

All of the top 10 largest casinos in the USA are probably the only casinos in their area
Not at all. #2 and #3 are literally less than 10 miles apart

Anne Whateley
Feb 11, 2007
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Discendo Vox posted:

Tails on shrimp in tossed, heavily sauced pasta. Surgery with knife and fork, wasted protein and a pile of shell fragments.

I don't understand. I don't understand.
That post is from 2017. I am honored

Anne Whateley
Feb 11, 2007
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Takeout places are considered essential, at least under SF's shelter-in-place order https://www.kqed.org/news/11806988/sheltering-in-place-what-you-need-to-know

Anne Whateley
Feb 11, 2007
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In NYC and while most delivery places are still going, every single Chinese place in my neighborhood has been closed since really early on

Anne Whateley
Feb 11, 2007
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Just don't be surprised if it's no. Most places are running a dramatically reduced menu and not buying the ingredients for everything on their regular menu. Can't hurt to ask, though

Anne Whateley
Feb 11, 2007
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What if, and I know this sounds crazy, a chalkboard

Anne Whateley
Feb 11, 2007
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ughhhh posted:

Anyone work in NYC could tell me how it is atm? I got let go at the beginning of the quarentine and now my boss is asking me to come back. I have a bad feeling about it and would rather spend my time doing better things (like yelling at cops in protest).
I'm an office worker in NYC, and I'm not going back for months -- lots of companies aren't even talking about returning until 2021. Restaurants are reopening, but that doesn't mean it's a good idea, it just means customers want to go and restaurants don't care that much about their employees. If you have the finances to sit it out, do it. Feel free to ask questions if you want; I live in Queens and I'm happy to share whatever would help.

Anne Whateley
Feb 11, 2007
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Currently restaurants are only serving outside. Theoretically they're supposed to distance customers, but that's not happening at all. As of July 6, restaurants can go back to indoor service at 50% capacity. I believe that's 50% of fire marshal max capacity, which is really jammed, plus they'll continue outdoor service. There are a number of precautions they should take at that point, but precautions are being ignored outside so I wouldn't expect them to actually happen inside either.

The only good news is that FOH I've seen is wearing masks. That's a very small bit of good news. I definitely haven't heard anything about the city covering medical bills or anything like that.

There are a lot of smaller questions that go into the decision, like are you generally healthy, does anyone on your team have asthma or high blood pressure (and can they even get checkups so they'd know if they did), would you have to commute on public transit, if you wind up in the hospital but you survive is your boss going to kick in $10k towards medical bills, etc.

Working in way worse conditions plus getting paid less than you used to doesn't seem like a good combination to me if you have other options.

Anne Whateley
Feb 11, 2007
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You can either leave the scales on, cook it, and remove the whole skin, or else take the scales off and serve it with the skin.

For my taste,

ughhhh posted:

You always descale salmon because the best part is the crispy skin when you pan sear them.

Anne Whateley
Feb 11, 2007
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People who are actively spreading the plague to their customers and coworkers do.

Anne Whateley fucked around with this message at 03:51 on Sep 18, 2020

Anne Whateley
Feb 11, 2007
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Anecdotally there are a ton of people in my neighborhood facebook groups selling cakes, different kinds of treats, tamales, various ethnicities of dumpling, etc., all done out of their home kitchens with no oversight. This was not a thing pre-pandemic at all.

Anne Whateley
Feb 11, 2007
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Gnocchi, orecchiette, anything that's super labor-intensive like that (more than fettuccine/etc.) Any ethnicity of dumpling.

If you have things that need smaller amounts of labor, you can request that people sign up in advance, say 3-5 per shift, and show up at 7/10/5 or whatever your timing is. That way you won't be trying to direct a whole workforce if you just need some potatoes peeled

Anne Whateley fucked around with this message at 06:11 on Jun 8, 2021

Anne Whateley
Feb 11, 2007
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Ask in the healthcare worker megathread how they're handling it during covid (but it'll probably be positive if it comes through a restaurant/caterer)

Anne Whateley
Feb 11, 2007
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How fast does your phone battery die if you're recording and uploading audio 24/7?

How fast does your phone battery die when you're using it normally?

Anne Whateley
Feb 11, 2007
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Okay, if you're concerned about your laptop then you can simply check whether it's uploading gigs of data to facebook every day

Anne Whateley
Feb 11, 2007
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If you're on your lunch break, he shouldn't be able to control what you do. What if you wanted to go eat at McDonald's?

Anne Whateley
Feb 11, 2007
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Isn't Los Félix Mexican?

Anne Whateley
Feb 11, 2007
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I seriously hate the ending, it is so incredibly dumb in terms of drama and also in terms of the 50 IQ every character must have had to think it was their money

Anne Whateley
Feb 11, 2007
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Recently there was Sweetbitter, based on that memoir

Anne Whateley
Feb 11, 2007
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This is the robot: https://www.bearrobotics.ai/specification

It's heavy enough with a low enough center of gravity I don't think it would be hosed up by someone accidentally backing into it. If someone beat the poo poo out of it on purpose, idk it seems like you would handle it the same way as if someone beat the poo poo out of a chair/window/bar taps/etc. on purpose.

It has a touchscreen that can probably handle simple stuff or summon a human if necessary.

There's definitely stuff it can't do, but it seems like it would be really good as a busser or a secondary food runner. Combine it with tablet ordering and FOH would look super different for sure.

Anne Whateley
Feb 11, 2007
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I mean bussing in between courses, not before turning the table. Pres butan, summon robot, and let it disappear with empty plates and glasses

Anne Whateley
Feb 11, 2007
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Soonmot posted:

It can't grab stuff, the customers would have to load that up on the robot which they wont.won't.

https://open.spotify.com/episode/4Q2L23qrRrk37Nyr4eHdqG?si=oLqyxoKfRy69Bdoq09g9AA&utm_source=copy-link

Just did an episode about upcoming tech stuff and specifically mention restaurant robots.
Ymmv, in my experience customers love stacking plates and things even when you don't want them to. I think putting the stack on the robot would be nbd and preferable to a table covered with empty glasses, dirty plates, etc. Again the robot definitely can't do everything, but imo there are a couple of tasks it should be able to do well.

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Anne Whateley
Feb 11, 2007
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I wouldn’t be too concerned about it, but if you are, I think a way to avoid it might be to have them do the shopping and cutting at their place, then ideally (if you look up the rules) you’re just buying a bag of cut squash instead of hiring a contractor. They would be on the hook for not having a cottage food license and all kinds of poo poo.

But this is pretty theoretical, I wouldn’t worry. A lot of casual stuff like this is under the table and it’s nbd unless someone ends up in the hospital

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