Foodservice Professionals Get Real About What It’s Like Working In A Kitchen (25 Pics)

Working in a kitchen is a grind, and some days it might feel like it’s just not worth it. At times, restaurant workers have to put up with some of the worst customers, working conditions, and coworkers.

After seeing some of the posts in r/KitchenConfidential I’m even more grateful for the food service professionals out there. If it weren’t for them I’d be eating Lunchables three times a day.


1. “About to work the grill in 100°F+ weather with no A/C. It was nice knowing y’all.”

2. “He should probably start preparing his own food.”

3. “Me: your gonna fuck up that knife chipping at the ice in the freezer Coworker: It’s just ice bruh.”

4. “I wonder what the meeting is about.”

5. “Sliced tomatoes for burgers as prepared by my colleagues”

6. “For $9.50 an hour, they can be thankful I’m wearing pants.”

7. “Prep guy left a spoon in the fish batter. Figured he was saving it to eat later so we plated it for him.”

8. “Sub high for drunk”

9. “Hey chef I’m gonna toss this beef, it’s no good. Chef “It’s still fine for Meat Sauce””

10. “Common sense has left the chat.”

11. “People have been asking why chefs hate brunch…”

12. “Why do you hate brunch?”

13. “it’s cool i dont need those fridges”

14. “Never thought I’d have to make this sign.”

15. “reviews/owner responses like this make me unbelievably happy on the inside.”

16. “Am I in the wrong here? I called off yesterday after talking with a nurse, my manager told me to come in today, this is the third time theyve asked me to come in while sick, once when i had covid.”

17. “nuff said”

18. “Just experienced the worst ass kicking I’ve ever had. Happy Father’s Day everyone!”

19. “They don’t want me to scrape or clean it.”

20. “Im POSITIVE this has been on here before but I couldn’t help sharing again”

21. “The color of the water that drips out of the ceiling in our walk in.”

22. “Stole this off facebook, sounds like they’ve had a few chats about this lol”

23. “So my dishwasher was sent home beyond drunk when he was caught sleeping in the customer bathroom, guess who has to clean this up. happy 4th of July everyone”

24. “I know cubes are in the past but…. SQUID CUBE!”

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Nate Armbruster

Nate Armbruster is a stand-up comedian and writer based in Chicago who is likely writing a joke as you read this. Find him online at natecomedy.com.