r/KitchenConfidential • u/tapthisbong • Jul 12 '25

In the Weeds Mode Well this is gonna be interesting

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u/R3353Fr4nkl1n Jul 12 '25

When I was a teen working at Canes, I vividly remember management asking a guy to come in on his day off at 8am(mind you, employees normally got there around 930 or so to open) just so they could fire him. He had worked the night before and was looking rough but always eager to pick up an extra shift. All for $6/hr back then. Hope he’s doing well.

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u/NoStructure7083 Jul 12 '25

Ngl if I were him I’d have probably been leaving in handcuffs

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u/saturnspritr Jul 12 '25

I’m not saying arson is a solution. But when this kind of stuff happens. . .

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u/Zen_Hobo Jul 12 '25

Of course, it's not a solution. Burning stuff usually leads to aerosols.

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u/QueensPetOH Jul 12 '25

You are officially the smartest redditor 😆

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u/Zen_Hobo Jul 12 '25

It's the same with people saying "alcohol is no solution". Duh. Destillate is the word.

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u/QueensPetOH Jul 12 '25

Not to be the spelling nazi but it's distillate haha

Now we're equally smart redditorzzzz

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u/Zen_Hobo Jul 12 '25

Funny, how English and my native language are just one letter off each other for words like that. Almost, as if someone conquered Europe a while ago and forgot to take their dictionary home. Bloody Romans...

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u/frobscottler Jul 12 '25

What have the Romans ever done for us?!

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u/Zen_Hobo Jul 13 '25

Apart from the plumbing? Not much.

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u/HealthyDirection659 Ex-Food Service Jul 13 '25

And where are the Romans now?

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u/i_was_axiom Jul 12 '25

I'm not condoning anything, but you'd be shocked how quickly an extra large cup of ice can get into every deep fryer at the hands of a determined recently-fired-employee.

Theoretically.

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u/Famous-Upstairs998 Jul 12 '25

Wouldn't that be super dangerous? For everyone?

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u/Slumunistmanifisto Jul 12 '25

Yea but that might just be a favor...many a failing restaurant has burned to the owners insurance benefit.

Plumbing is the one people get fucked on

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u/saturnspritr Jul 12 '25

Noted, for creative writing purposes.

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u/ForGrateJustice Jul 12 '25

Seconded, for fictional account only purposes.

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u/Positive_Parking_954 Jul 12 '25

Thirded, for crime

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u/Famous-Upstairs998 Jul 12 '25

Is that really true or just something you saw on tv?

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u/Slumunistmanifisto Jul 12 '25

Its something I learned plumbing 

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u/FuzziestSloth Jul 12 '25

I mean, it is a solution.

It's not a particularly well thought out or constructive one, but technically, it is a solution.

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u/saturnspritr Jul 12 '25

I left for a week and came back to like a shit ton of awesome new servers. A few hot messes. I asked “these guys are great! Where did they all come from?” Apparently a beloved regular died and they all asked off for the funeral. No one was given off, told since it wasn’t family this was a bullshit excuse to party or something. They all walked out and went to the funeral, all got fired. We got them and it changed our restaurant for the better for years after.

But I really thought Outback Steakhouse was gonna burn down mysteriously. I mean, it was an open discussion and I thought was gonna have to pretend to have heard none of it in an official statement.

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u/ArcadianBlueRogue Jul 12 '25

Electrical fire and...oh uh

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u/MoSqueezin Jul 12 '25

Ice in the fryer

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u/BRAX7ON Jul 12 '25 edited Jul 12 '25

Naw. Petty vandalism trumps one time outbursts.

I would fuck with her over the course of the next few years whether it was her car, the store windows, orders. Whatever job she worked, and I would find a way.