From somebody who worked a difficult station at the cheesecake factory, you absolutely have my respect and jealousy as I wish I had the balls that you did when you made this video. Good for you bro, I hope you learned on your feet and you're doing fantastic

You somehow managed to articulate exactly how I feel about my last job. Only they fired me after I told them all this before I could quit

I have great respect for this man.

Been in the culinary industry my whole life, been a worker in it for the last 12 years. This shit is so standard across the board, it's upsetting. A lot of restaurants treat us like completely disposable assets, then wonder why their business tanks when the good staff leave.

A man's gotta feed his dog.

i feel you dawg. i’ve been working my shitty job and they’ve fucked me out of hours and the management is some of the most inept i’ve ever seen. i’ve been there for 2 years. i’m ready to quit.

This is why I won't ever work in food again. I switched my life right up after working some shit food jobs.

damn right brotha I quit my previous job to for shyt like that as well

I've worked in kitchens before, and even just listening to you lay out the things your boss expected you to do - such as open in 30 mins or clean your dishes (WTF??!), I could already understand that you must have a strong resolve to put up with it for so long. Well done.

"Fuck with me" i have no better way to end this master peice more power to ya man

Stay strong brother. Don't let the industry break you down too much. Glad you did this for yourself. Don't listen to the haters. No body matters more to you than yourself and you gotta take care of yourself. Good luck.

I lost it when he said tickets are piling up and everything is made from scratch lol 😂

Respect. Get treated like you're expendable, you become expendable. Kitchens get shat upon regularly, y'all don't know what's real.

Imagine if you just ordered and you are waiting for your food and you're starving! Boss better get back there and start cooking! He'll think twice before he treats the next person like shit.

You said fuck around and find out 🤷‍♀️. Much respect for this. To many employers like to 💩 on their backbone workers and force the hand. My question is, did they get your check right?

This guy for presdent

This is why I will never work at a restaurant, I'll do just about anything else, except food.

Started up the sausage on the grill real good and THEN decided to quit. 😂

classic food industry. sometimes i want to go back in, but i don't think i'll make it out again.

I would definitely gave this hardworking man a job at my restaurant 👍

respect for not taking anymore crap. 👏👏

I work as a baker and started as a kitchen porter/dishwasher role and got promoted into a baking position, turns out I had to clean/do the KP role on top of the baking position for the same fucking salary. It made by blood boil, but everyone in this place was being taken advantage of by this bitch of a boss who liked to squeeze water out of stone. If I ever open a culinary business I vow to pay my workers for the hours they work and treat them with respect, fuck shitty bosses. Money makes people lose sight of the fundamentals, especially in this shitty industry. My advice to anyone in this position is to rise above the situation, don't rage quit and leave in a bad way. Be the best worker you can be and when you leave, make it difficult to replace you. The satisfaction of a boss begging you to stay or come back for shifts is more satisfying than burning bridges.

I hope you find a good job that meets your needs love!

Hope you have a better job and a better environment now. Good days to you!

this needs to be done way more often.

If he had other interests than cooking and working in restaurants, and I started my own business, I would give him a job at my place.

Do not name them, but make sure you file unemployment. You were forced to quit to maintain your sanity due to harsh, unfair working conditions. Good luck!

Holy crap. That boss man is fooked.

"Fuck with Me." Hope this dude finds a job that deserves him.

Sorry for you mate. God bless. I know you gonna get better job than this. Hope you already got it.

I just did this two days ago. I live in New England and it’s about that time to be in busy season and we can’t find anyone that wants to work due to being able to collect till September and I work two jobs. I’ve threatened the chef multiple times if things don’t change I’m out the door. Well they didn’t change so DUECES ✌️. I can still live off one job anyways.

Man I've been so sick of culinary just quit a cooking job because they hired me for full time but I barely got 25, ive got experience in the trades so I found a labor gig and walked the fuck out. Kitchens can be fun or absolute hell but at this point in my life I just want a easy job where I punch in out and get my 40.

Aww, man! I thought I was going to get to see the boss' reaction. Follow up report, please.

welcome to the food industry. LOL bad days are bad days. Walked out after 6 month promise to a new title got it, gave me 1 dollar raise. Walked out next day. Never will be a production baker again.

Respect my friend ✊🏿

Did you get another job? Got a lot of respect for you that you put up with it for two weeks.

I feel you man!

Legends is that no one fucks with this man anymore 😆😆😆

So... does this mean my bacon wont be done?

I've had some shitty jobs myself so I know the feeling and I don't blame you for quitting especially if your the only one in the kitchen doing everything

WISH YOU LUCK, DUDE

some say i’m still waiting for my meal to this day

"Fuck with me" . . . . Ha! That was awesome

For a second, that looked like my old restaurant. Except they have staff and the dishers could prep like mad. We'd do 400 covers on Sunday breakfast and it was usually pretty smooth.

I recently quit my kitchen job at a retirement home. When I started as a prep cook in a different place, if I was more than 10 minutes late, I'd get stuck with dish detail. In exchange I wouldn't be written up or disciplined. Fair enough right? New place I was a prep cook was a retirement community. They mistreated their dishwashers so bad. In August of 2021 when I started, they had 6. By October, they had 2. They asked me to help, as I usually did help the dishwashers at the end of the night for OT. They promised they'd keep me 3 days prep, 2 dish. Come November, I was FT dish. My temp agency didn't get me or send me as a dishwasher. On Jan 21, 2022 they added more floor details including moping the dish room twice daily. Sick and tired, I fucking quit the next day. Managers and chefs didn't have the balls to answer the phone. My temp agency BEGGED me to return or do at least 3 days notice. I naturally told them that place broke contract with me so I broke contract with them.

Amen!

So many places are like that. Sorry this is happening. Just know alot of us are feeling it to.

dude I understand it was the same with the cheesecake factory I quit that bs.. but I do think instead of a video said this stuff on the phone with him. that would of been priceless

While it may not be the smartest thing to do. Respect.

this is the first step to freedom.

good luck with it, dude

This is how it is in Crystal River. I'd never step foot in a restaurant for a job there.

This is hilarious..

So how did it work out for you? Staying afloat these days?

i wish it would go viral. you're a fuckin badass

Fucking badass! All the respect!

This is how I feel

my jobs getting that way i'm pretty much the only person that does anything at my job and they treat me unfairly.and they say work comes 1st and family comes 2nd

I hope he uploads an update video.

I hope his boss has seen this video already, people need to get their food!!! - BOSS MANNNNNNNN.......

Damn near sounds like the same reason I quit my last job cooking walked out of that place with at lest 50 tickets hanging leaving them with no cooks cause I was 1 of 2 cooks they had i don’t know if they was able to get him in early if not they had to close until his shift started cause no one else knew how to cook only take orders or work the cash register the other cook quit two days after me

Excellent

I'm in that situation. Overworked, under paid, mistreated. The restaurant industry sucks. You can have everyone's responsibilities without a leadership title. The abuse and hour fuckery is horrible. I'm making the change to get out of this position.

Do we have an update on this? Did he ever find a new job?

Respect

Loving that shirt bud.. go lions

Good job man

Hey good for you man my dad used to work at a restaurant and he used to tell me how the boss man always screws people over especially the employees... used to piss me off because they would short him on the pay.. so good luck hope everything worked out for you.. SAVAGE 👍👍👍👍

This is hilarious

That's called a Dad at the end of his rope. "Fuck with me"

Mucho respecto.

Thats the problem with alot of jobs these days, when they come across great employees they dont appreciate them, they exploit them and use them and then expect them to pick up everybody elses slack and take on the tasks of 4+ workers all by themselves and have the nerve if they finally had enough and walk tf out

I did a job like that before period the work is all day left every dish from the whole day. They did nothing they were supposed to do on the 1st shift. I got stuck with all the dishes from Both shifts. I would have to work 4 hours overtime. Everyday. Because nobody did their work. I didn't get paid for overtime but was expected to do the work. Even though it wasn't my shift's work.I want night decided to leave them with my shifts work. I was just gonna walk off the job. So I worked that night. Only I didn't clean up anything either. They had a problem with that but they didn't realize I was not coming back. It's too bad because I liked all the people. But I am not doing 2 or 3 shifts at a time all by myself. For some reason most jobs I was always stuck with all the work and do an extra hours for no pay. Another job I would leave at 3:00 in the morning get to work stop 3 hours early leave 3 to 4 hours late and I only got paid for the regular hours. It'll be surprised how many jobs take advantage of people. And when you don't do it they harass you and bully you and abuse you. And then I've also seen people who go to work and never work but somehow they expect the elder people to take over all the jobs because these kids won't freaking work when they're there..

Someone hire this guy!!! With a really great paycheck every week!!

My man!

good for you brother

Make sure you make yourself 2 huge fountain drinks before you walk out the door!

Amazing. America is changing

I know im late to the party here, but good on ya!

👏👏👏👍👍

We need a update lol

Straight Gangsta!!

I feel his pain

I see your a Detroit Lions fan do you remember a linebacker named Dennis Gibson he played in the Detroit Lions from 1987-1993 he wore #98

At least he remember to say his dog

Great respect you for doing the right thing 👌

Idk every single problem in the kitchen is happening to this guy, he could take proactive steps to amend a few of these problems!

Badass

go off king

Chef life!

I can imagine, after this guy left place, few boss's tails came arround boss and talk shit behind this guy.

Some of you are nice thzankyou

This is how many times I watched the video over and over again ⬇️

Dude I feel your pain got repetitive strain injury busting ass in a kitchen

I need a follow up.. How is this guy?

been a while since i seen a white guy get that hood! Fukk with me 😆

He ended up making the orders and became the manager

What was the name of the restraunt

You tell him boss. Let him get to cooking.

the real question did the ppl get there food?