/ck/ - Food & Cooking

what kind of shithole do you work at where the spaghetti is that short?

>>5269710
the recession hit us all hard

>>5269708

what kind of barbarian wraps noodles around a fork?

>>5269720
upper class people

>>5269721

China has more millionaires than any other country and it is proper to slurp noodles whole with their little gabby sticks.

>>5269720
you misspelled "patrician"

>>5269744

Being a millionaire doesn't make you upper class.

>>5269744
asians have no souls

>>5269708
I lost it at "the way god intended"

>>5269708

Spaghetti have to be long

>>5269744
the us has more billionaires than any other country COMBINED and we eat spaghetti with knife and fork

>>5269783
It's just a saying.

>>5269813

b.b.but what is the knife for?

>>5269831
cutting the spaghetti so it's easier to eat them

>>5269833

why don't you fggts just buy smaller pasta then?

What kind of savages eat spagetti?

>>5269813
Where in the US do you eat your spaghetti with a knife and fork? No one does that here. You must be in flyover land where no one does anything right.

am i the only guy who eats spaghetti with a fork and doesnt need to twirl it

its not that messy guys cmon

>spaghetti
>noodles

what

>>5269875

Yeah, well I'd like to see a pic of you after doing that with alfredo sauce

i just fork a bunch of it and use a pair of culinary scissors to cut the overflow

>>5269896

They are noodles. Just because Anglo-Saxons think they're fancy shmancy for saying "pasta" doesn't mean "noodles" isn't a right term for them, too

>>5269944
yeah actually the italians are the ones who call it pasta...

>>5269949

Yes.

>>5269944
why are there 2 separate wikipedia articles for pasta and noodles then?

Cutting the spaghetti or broken spaghetti makes the dish have an awful texture. Like spaghetti soup.

>>5269962
because wikipedia entries can be made and edited by anyone. It should never be used as a citable source.

Weird workplace complaints thread?

>Customer somehow gets our HR number and calls complaining there aren't enough spaces in the parking lot
>We explain that because we share a parking lot with four other stores in the strip mall there isn't much we can do
>Customer demands our employees walk/take public transportation to work so he can have a parking spot
>Comments that the service was excellent

Different job but equally weird
>Customer leaves a complaint that there was no one to help her find a product
>We offer her a coupon for the next time she comes in and explain she can always ask the cashier to page someone
>Comes in a week later and I meet her at the door asking if she needs help finding anything
>"No, I'm fine"
>Five minutes later she interrupts me helping a kid and his mother who had a lot of questions
>"Where is item X?"
>"I'll be happy to show you, they're in kind of an odd pl-"
>"NO, JUST POINT WHAT DIRECTION THEY'RE IN"
>Later leaves a complaint that no one helped her find an item and I was very rude

>customer demands
Fun thing you will notice about these fucks who "demand" this and that. They are always the buttmonkey when they are back at their own job or are housewives who have little influence over their own families.

The worse the customer, the more of a buttmonkey they are in their real life.

>>5269990
everyone shopuld do a retail/service job at some point, its a real eye opener

>>5270010

agreed.

You don't realize just how shitty people are until you are on the side of the counter that has to wear a uniform.

>>5269990

aw man.
my old job someone would complain at least once a day that there weren't enough parking spaces.
so the company asked us to park across the street and walk over. no one did.

>>5269997

i don'r know how i would notice that as i don't follow the personal lives of our customers, but i suppose it makes sense.

There are some people who just like to complain about anything.

>once gave a customer a milkshake with ice cream on top
>served with a spoon so that she can eat the ice cream
>complains spoon is dirty
>gave her a new spoon
>"no I want a refund"
>she'd already drained the whole drink but complained about it anyway
>alright w/e give her refund so she'll shut up and leave
>"no I deserve more than this i want you to make me happy"
>she demands a $20 voucher as compensation for a $7 drink
>wtf

>>5269972
Pasta is a set of varieties of noodles. This is analogous to how a square is a sort of rectangle, but not every rectangle is a square.

Moroever, Wikipedia has actually come a fairly long way from its disreputable past. Many wikipedia pages are of a much higher quality than one could locate in proper encyclopedias.

I still wouldn't use it as a citation. But the nice thing about it is that it can point me towards useful citations.

For that matter, it is typically unprofessional to cite from encyclopedias for official documents. For example, encyclopedias would be inadequate citations for legal documents to be put before a judge. But the fact is that these encyclopedias cannot be modified by just everyone, and that is not the reason why they often make poor sources for citations.

>>5270136

this. give them an inch and they try to take a mile

Honesty is a shitty thing to possess. If i was honest with any of the customers trying to screw me i'd be fired 10001203120 times over for calling them out on their bullshit.

>>5270136
Yeah, I know a couple of piece of shit people who purposely try to get their meals comp'ed all the time by complaining. I only made the mistake of going out to eat with them once. I was so fucking embarrassed, I ended up apologizing for them to the server and the manager and then chewed their asses in the parking lot. I refuse to be in the company of people who behave like that. It's pure trash.

You've never known pure misery and job anxiety until you've had to call the police on your kitchen staff because a female customer caught them spying on her in the toilet. I almost quit after that night....

>>5270010

that's for goddamn sure

nothing will redpill you faster on the nature of people than working retail

>>5270196
>redpill
Where do you work now?

this is an image board, people.

I've always struggled to wrap spaghetti around a fork until someone taught me how to do it correctly...

You eat spaghetti with a fork, and a spoon.... You wrap it on the fork using the spoon as a little holder.

of course, if you're American, you don't need to do that because you have several of these lying around the gun room.

>>5270208
Is there any people on the earth that doesn't eat spaghetti like the pic you posted?
Seriously?
I learned that when I was like 10.

>>5269962
Pasta is a kind of noodle but not completely synonymous with noodle.

>>5270208
i have never understood people who require an extra utensil to wrap pasta around a fork.

it's not that fucking difficult. stop needlessly making extra dishes.

>>5270213
Are you some butthurt eurofag offended and jealous that we in the USA have a constitution and as a right can have guns?

Your socialism has failed, get over it and get back to eating your made in moscow cabbage rolls.

>>5270218
Well, I don't know. How do these fuckers eat?:

>>5269720
>>5269744
>>5269864
>>5269875
>>5269904

ldirested scholarship

>>5270218
Yes me. Simply because I fucking hate spaghetti

>>5270228
It matters if out with people and wearing a nice suit and a white shirt. Using a spoon not only reduces the chances of some drop of sauce hitting the shirt but the amount spun up on the fork can the controlled easier as well.

Don't be daft.

>>5270239
you shouldn't be wearing a suit if you're a big enough slob to be splashing fucking pasta sauce on yourself by wrapping the pasta around a fork.

jesus christ i can never understand how people are so sloppy.

i worked at a verizon store for 2 years.

I never really take shit from people so... I never had a problem. My manager always backed me up too.

> crazy bitch comes in, already livid with psycopathy and high on anti-psychotic drugs
> shaking with insanity
> I need a phone!
> what kind of phone?
> I DONT KNOW! YOURE THE ONE WORKING HERE!
> okay, do you... do any work on your phone, emails, etc (this was way back when Motorola RazR was the phone everyone had)
> I DONT KNOW LET ME SPEAK TO YOUR MANAGER!
> go to back room "yo, Raul, this psycho bitch is being a psycho bitch, can you help chase her away?"
> "yeah, but then were going to in-n-out."
> fuck yeah.

> manager comes out "What is the problem, wonderful crazy lady? What seems to be the issue here?"
> OH THIS LITTLE PUNK IS BEING A LITTLE PUNK! YOU SHOULD FIRE IT AND REPLACE IT!
> "Oh my, I'm so sorry you didn't receive good service. How can I make it up to you?"
> GIMME FREE SHIT
> "Okay, how about I give you $50 off any phone in this store."
> FUCK YEAH, GIMME THAT ONE! IS IT PREPAID?
> i end up selling her a line of service, gaining commission, and the $50 dollar discount she got is something we offer to almost anyone... if they seem a little broke, you know. We were in a poor neighborhood.

> bitch walks out thinking she got me in trouble and saved 50 bucks when in fact she just gave us something to laugh about at In-N-Out and an extra $40 bucks on my paycheck. (on top of the hourly)

>>5270251
You sound like a little bitch.

>>5270247
Accidents happen and sometimes it's work related so have to wear a suit and tie. Using a spoon to help spin up pasta on a fork is wise at best.

Maybe you've never worked at anything other than some minimum wage shift worker position.

>>5270262

lol dont be jell cause you cant get a real job

>>5270272
>real job
>cell phone retail

>>5270281

> 55k a year (before....)
> free vacations to hawaii
> full dental, medical, vision
> tuition assistance
> u jelly

>>5270267
>Maybe you've never worked at anything other than some minimum wage shift worker position.
i have, that's why i learned not to eat like a slob.

in all my years of eating out at restaurants, an "accident" of this nature has never once happened. all it takes is a little effort.

>>5270284
You can stop self aggrandizing at any time.

>>5270284
Not the same anon but no.
I get 75k base, not including the forced overtime. That brings it to near 100k per year
I am up to my 5th week of paid vacation out of the 8 I can get, this does not include my floating option week, or my floating paid holidays. I get 250 sick hours per year, full health benefits that would make anyone jealous. I just had a left dorsal ganglion removed total cost 5$.
Full tuition reimbursement 401k match pension paid into by the hour though it doesn't match my current pay rate. Free legal services.
There is a draw back of course, my body is rapidly aging before its time, well my joints are anyhow.

>>5270303
they don't let us sit, so my back is being destroyed too. But.... I don't see why you replied. The other anon was jell that he can't get a decent job. You seem to have a more-than-decent job, and that's great. But 55k is fine for me.

the base was 28k, the rest was all commission. I made twice as much on comission as the 18/hour i was paid.

>>5270293
jell?

>>5270312
That sucks bro.

>>5270314

yeah making 55k as an independent 19 year old. my life is horrible.

>>5270333
Stop posting about yourself like you have something to prove. The only person who cares about yourself here is you.

>>5270347

lol apparently not since anon keeps replying to me, saying "this cant be true! im so jell!"

All I said was I enjoyed my job in retail, and jellanon had to attack me. I'm on the defense here, buddy.

why is anon so jell?

>>5270351

>jell

Wtf...

>>5270010
>everyone shopuld do a retail/service job at some point, its a real eye opener

No. Some of us are worth more than unskilled labor

>>5270169
my job related pure misery moment was when this old guy who was a regular customer shat himself and started crying. I had to sort him out and spend my own money getting him a taxi home. pretty depressing.

>>5270239
>not just ordering the best noodle of all; penne

>>5270369
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oSBiH-AQtWs

>>5270370
and what you haven't learned from working at retail is - NO youre not. Not even at all.
> also implying it doesn't take skills to sell shit... dumbass.

>>5269708
>NOT MUH SPAGHETTI!
>But it tasted good.

>>5270388
>and what you haven't learned from working at retail is - NO youre not. Not even at all.

if that were true I would have had to work in retail

ITT:
Dickwagging about pay and making fun of and complaining about those who make your job possible
way to stay classy /ck/

>>5270394
> if that were true I would have had to work in retail

not at all. You can work in whatever field you want, but if you have the opinion that retail people are dumb labor... then.. walk a mile in their shoes, dumbass.

>>5269720
>>5269749

Wait a minute, people actually cut up spaghetti? You're kidding, right?

Either I have lived a sheltered life or almost everybody fork-wraps. I mean, if you're eating cold leftover spaghetti, that's a different story. I still don't do it then but in that case it seems more reasonable.

>>5270399
>but if you have the opinion that retail people are dumb labor... then.. walk a mile in their shoes, dumbass.

why would I do that? explain how working as an unskilled laborer would make me realize that it isn't unskilled labor?

>>5270403
god damn it why do i always get stuck talking to retarded kids.

dont do it man. just 420 blaze it fagg0t

>>5270410
>just 420 blaze it fagg0t
sorry m8, my life isn't so bad I need to self medicate

>>5270398
Sometimes though, you make your own job possible and paid more for the people that you work for. That's called contractual agreements.

I often make more than my managers. Depends on the company, I'm talent, they're just managers.

>>5270370
2 years school and 2 years apprenticeship to become a waiter or cook and even then you're still not fully trained.

>unskilled

>>5270439
what sort of ass backwards, third world shithole do you live in that considers waiting tables "skilled labor" ?

>>5270439
3/10 is the best I can give you

>>5270412
Getting blazed isn't always about medication, that's an exuse. Sometimes is simply about getting blazed. I don't need an excuse to get blazed and I don't need to explain myself to some government wankers.

I don't steal and don't commit crimes to make money for buds, government types can piss off with their vested interests. It shouldn't be illegal in the first place. There was no crime associated with weed before it became illegal in the early 1900s.

Cops have much better things to do than chase down a person smoking some buds.

>>5270451
>Cops have much better things to do than chase down a person smoking some buds.
if you're in a place where it's still an arrestable offense, then oh no they do not.

>>5270444
there's a lot of etiquette involved in high end dining

I'm going to guess >>5270439 is not from the US because waiters and the vast majority of cooks get treated like shit in the US. he's probably from a country where people don't think it's ok to pay waiters a subhuman wage and, on top of that, expect them to perform perfectly. like a country where being a waiter is recognized as a skilled job you can make 20,000-30,000/year doing

>>5270444
>>5270445
>>5270473
I'm from Norway. Most places expect anyone, but you need experience and/or culinary school to get a job at fine dining.

>>5270493
Accept anyone, that is.

>>5270451
Well said.

>>5270473
Depends on where you work in the US.

If you work at a small mid-low priced tier restaurant or chain (applebee's, chili's, etc) you will be paid poorly. If you work at a fine restaurant you will be paid and tipped well. I do hate the tipping system in the US, but it does compensate staff at higher end restaurants more because the menu items are priced higher.

Do they really require staff to have culinary training if they are a line cook at a falafel shop that mainly servers drunks at late hours of the night?

>>5270398
>Just smile as they spit on you, after all they pay for a service you offer

No one here is complaining about people with human decency.

>>5270451
People can get absolutely wrecked from marijuana. Leaving kids in cars, passing out. Leaving a pot of oil on the stove, passing out. I've personally seen both.
I'm all for legalization, since prohibition is shit, but I'm also for people taking responsibility for their idiocy.
I lost damned near everything that could be damaged by smoke due to a kid getting stoned, getting the munchies, putting oil on for french fries, then passing out. I had to jump out of a second story window into a tree, as well as my mother who happened to be visiting, who also had the misfortune of having a branch penetrating and breaking her heel. Entire apartment building had to be gutted. This was in Seattle, and when I mentioned to my neighbors that I was considering suing to help cover my costs, they all acted as though that would make me scum.
If people want to take the risk of ingesting drugs, they should deal with the results. If it's a contributing factor to a detrimental situation, particularly involving others, the legal consequences ought to take it more into account. Given the attitudes of the majority of asshats in places that at the forefront of legalization, it's no wonder why the stigma persists.
/rant
sage for off /ck/ and thread topic (shitty thread anyway)

>>5270556
>Do they really require staff to have culinary training if they are a line cook at a falafel shop that mainly servers drunks at late hours of the night?
you need to have a few years of experience or be the owners friend probably.
I was talking more about customers who buy food at such places and then get mad when it's not fine cuisine served with a smile and a handjob.

>>5270498
is that really necessary though? you don't need that much training unless your head/sous chef

>>5270370
it still teaches you human nature

>>5270646
That's way outlier shit, those douchebags would get wrecked from anything. They're usually crackheads, meth addicts or pill heads and start fights after drinking one beer.

Some people are naturally stupid, they don't mean to fuck up, they just do.

eugh i hate customers sometimes

>>5269831
It's for stabbing people who try to take our fucking spaghetti.

>>5270156
>encyclopedias would be inadequate citations for legal documents to be put before a judge
I'll remember that next time someone cites an encyclopedia against me in a Markman hearing (claims construction for patents). It happens every time. Every. Fucking. Time. And the judges usually say, "yep, if it's good enough for Brittanica, it's good enough for me."

>>5271453
This, entirely. The customers I see in retail stores that treat the workers like meat-filled Google/emotional ragdolls are the ones who've never worked any service job before. They have no conception of how to treat people who they don't perceive as their peers or better.

>>5271517
>eugh i hate customers all the time
Fixed and the reason I do what I do to people's food.

>>5270646
Hopefully you did sue the bastard, reguardless of your neighbours opinion?

>>5271965
they may be dicks but don't do anything to their food, that makes you a worse person

>>5272007
that's like, uncool man, people shouldn't have to take responsibilities for their actions bro, especially when I have to like, pay for it

>>5272030
I don't give a shit anymore.

well thats not exactly good

even if you don't care, it's just wrong

>>5270010
>>5270024
>>5270196

I understand how you feel.

I used to work in the seafood section of a supermarket, and while it wasn't as bad as some others have it, all the "Can I have this piece? No, wait, that one. No, wait, can you cut a little off this piece?" could drain a person of energy after a while.

It's why, whenever I go shopping for my folks, I always apologize when I have to make special requests like center cuts of things. I know they're better for cooking but there are times it can be a hassle to get them.

the first.... maybe 30 posts in this thread were GOAT.


then faglords started to actually legitimately discuss this topic.


4chan is dead.

I just recently realized I could look up reviews of the place I work at, and actually find shit about things I know I made.

It turns out the restaurant is about as mediocre as I thought. I did get some good reviews on things that I'd most likely made, however.

>>5273097
>autistic spaghetti argument is GOAT

no, anon, it is not.

>>5269744
You need a soul to be able to into manners

>>5270402
My working class did always did that, and my mum occasionally cut it up for my little brother.

>>5272041

> working at food lion
> man comes up to customer service desk very upset
> ask him what the problem is
> says the price of this cheese is wrong on the shelf
> no problem sir, I will refund you the difference
> he says you don;t understand
> tells me to come look at the dairy section
> walk back with him
> do you see this? the price is higher on the shelf than what I paid
> sir, it seems you got lucky today
> he insists that this is very bad
> sir, how can I help you exactly
> he is screaming about the price difference
> insists that he pays full price for the cheese
> sir, that was our mistake, you can have the lower price
> NO! I WANT TO PAY FULL PRICE
> sir, are you sure?
> take him to customer service desk and ring up correct price
> he hands me the 11 cents difference
> he is smiling as happy as he leaves the store

>>5273851
>food lion

Is that the place that used to be called food dog?