Every day at work I cook burgers in a fucking oven and I hate it. I'm not flipping them like McDonalds, I am told to literally just shove them on a tray, and leave them there for 10 minutes.
They're bland, tasteless and just fucking shit. I shove them into a hot drawer and leave them for up to two hours incase anyone orders, because they want us to be fast. It's so demoralising. Even worse I charge up to £14 for these, depending on if anyone wants bacon, or cheese added. In the case of cheese I put on a slice of cheddar and microwave both of them for like 20 seconds.
I'd be prouder serving a Mcdonalds burger. I've tried this shit and it has nothing going for it but that it can make me ashamed to cook. I asked my managers, I can't even add salt or pepper, nevermind a little bit of the cumin, paprika, garlic or onions I see the kitchen staff using.
I'm a man that loves burgers but these practices kill me.
David Brown
What is the name of the restaurant you work at?
Liam Taylor
So get a job at another restaurant. Jesus.
Josiah Allen
James Martin Kitchen. A place that a famous Chef here is literally being paid to have his name on the door. To dupe people into thinking they're getting quality. It's less of a restaurant, more of a cafe with pretense. And it's disgusting. More than half the people have no training or education in food other than a half hour health and safety course taken online. Me included.
It's a place that requires a security pass to work at. If I leave outside of staying a year they'll fine me for their effort in recommending me.
Dylan Perez
Do you want to
A: earn a wage cooking food for someome else
or
B: make gourmet burgers that are your recipe to your standards
You cant have it both ways unless you work at a mom and pop restaurant and have been there long enough for the owners to trust you. Its like working at Target and complaining that the clothes are made cheap
Carson Richardson
>flipping them like McDonalds >McDonalds >flipping burgers stopped reading there.
Camden Diaz
considering its in an airport, call in an anonymous bomb threat, and then request to quit on the basis of ptsd. probably won't work because they don't have any workers rights in the uk, in that case call in a real bomb threat.
Jack Rivera
they got robots or some shit to flip 'em now?
Ethan Collins
I at least want to season the fuckers. I can get them for half price, or free if nobody is looking, and even then I'd never eat them.
Tbh I've never been behind the scenes in Mcdonalds, I was saying that in the metaphorical sense. But at least they have a grill of sorts. More flavour too, at a cheaper price.
Aiden Lopez
But again its up to whoever signs your paycheck. Service industry mang. Serve the food.
James Fisher
i didn't know that. if thats true i apologize. all i could find was some shitty advertising for "flippy" though.
Chase Allen
no need to apologize, I was just asking
Oliver Nelson
ok
Brandon Smith
they have a grill with roof part that comes down to cook the top and bottom at the same time.
Jonathan Campbell
this
also are people still buying and enjoying them? (no doubt yes)
so why get your panties in a bunch
just fucking make the food and serve it, it's what you're paid to do
Nicholas Hill
you really shouldn't sell out your beliefs to be a wageslaves, and if you believe you should, you are a slave to more than wages.
Liam Cox
McDonald's doesn't flip their burgers, they cook them in an automatic clamshell. Like a giant Forman grill.
Chase White
I followed this advice and now I'm broke
Blake Powell
I've heard of a thing like that and I'm genuinely considering trying it. Maybe if I oil the bottom of a clean tray and use it to the same effect at the top of a burger. I can at least get some of the frying effect and heat needed to make a burger taste like it should.
People enjoy them, but at the same time my place gets terrible reviews and it embarrasses me. Either we need to change the prices, or the way we cook them. I asked about at least putting salt and pepper on the pre-prepared patties and got told no.
Isaac Wood
well, its not for everyone.
Robert Morris
solution:don't get a job at a shit place making shit food to begin with if you really believe that
go broke and end up on the street clutching to your morals
Mason Jackson
THANKS FOR TELLING ME NOW
Nathaniel Wood
Don't, just cook your burgers on a regular grill. The only reason McDonald's uses that system is so that they don't actually have to train their employees to actually cook.
William Moore
We don't have a grill, though. I'd love a grill. We have a convection oven and that's it. The burgers come in packs of 10, we can fit 8 of them on a metal tray without them touching too much to the point where they combine.
Luis Bell
Sucks to be you, then.
Liam Stewart
Christ on a crutch, it gets even worse. Not only are the burgers cooked in an oven, and not seasoned, but they are fucking premade too?
Blake Carter
That's why I'm so annoyed. We have to prep every night for the morning shift, which involves about 30 of these trays of back bacon. 16 trays of steaky bacon. I'd at least not care about making the 8 trays of burgers if they gave me a spec, and I could make so many trays with seasoned ground beef. Instead of just opening a pack of terrible premade patties and just laying them down.
Dylan Hughes
>the fate of spongebob after crusty krab closed down
Nathaniel Lopez
Easy fix find his email or his twitter and tell him whats going on and that you work there tell him the food is shit and its getting complaints
Thomas Hernandez
>sell out your beliefs
No dummy. OP wants to get paid but he doesnt want to do what his boss wants him to. This isnt an ethics issue. And just wondering, what do you do for work? And is there not one SINGLE thing that you would like to change that is out of your control
Dylan Hernandez
Here's what you need to do, OP. Stop taking your work home. Don't get emotionally invested in a bullshit job you won't have a year from now. Yeah, the way they make their burgers sucks, but that's their problem, it's their system and it's not a reflection on you. Find something else in life that satisfies you, do your time at this shitty job and dump it for something better when you get the chance. It's just a fucking job.
Luis Campbell
Well he came in the other day and ordered a burger. He did it very clandestine and didn't tell us. Then later posted about it on twitter.
I want to work harder, that's what. I want to create food that people are happy to eat. I want them to enjoy what I give them. I didn't even mention that the burgers don't even come with fries. We're talking £9.50 for a single burger, $12.50. No fries, nothing. Just lettuce, mayo (with added sriracha), tomato, and a """relish""" which is just heinz ketchup with chopped gherkins.
Parker Allen
"My sandwiches are as fresh as you like..." "Proper British Food..."
>kek
Owen Sanders
That's how I cooked them at the homeless shelter to feed 250+, I at least put salt, pepper, and Gallic powder on them (homeless people are very picky eaters).
Sebastian Gonzalez
Right man but if youre that passionate about it you gotta choose between getting cut a paycheck and doing something youre passionate about.
I fucking hate my job at the moment. But, I have a 5-10 year plan that is going to allow me to do what I want eventually. So for the time being I do whatever my employer wants me to do. It isnt food related but the same idea applies.
In short, I feel your pain about doing something every single day that could be done better with only a couple minor tweaks. But at the same time if youre going to cash the checks that your employer writes you SHUT THE FUCK UP or go out and become an entrepreneur
Blake Bennett
Oven burgers is a joke that has gone way too far.
Bentley Edwards
Youre the reason service industry wages are so low
Juan Long
Yeah, it's all part of my evil plot.
Jose Thomas
Well I do hope in the future this experience will allow me to open my own business. The kicker is that I applied to make coffee. The job I applied to said Starbucks. I wanted to work there. But it's a franchise that owns many companies. So I found out at the end I'd be cooking burgers and chicken breast sandwiches.
Landon Richardson
Its the attitude.
>ill just be a shit employee for six months till i find a job that pays 25 cent more an hour and just repeat the process because my manager is a dick (and its definitely not the fact that im a giant faggot who cant hold a job)
Caleb Garcia
Everybody does their time in the trenches, user. If you've got even a hint of talent and drive you'll move on to something better.
Joseph Ortiz
I have no idea what you just said. Can you explain a little better?
Jaxon Sanders
No, it really is part of my plot. I'm an evil communist agent.
Ryan Ward
Not him, but the food places in most airports are franchises owned by one company that has a contract with the airport. You may apply to one place specifically, but you're an employee of the larger company and they can move you around at will.
Camden Harris
So hes a cook at an airport and bitching about food quality. Wonderful
Mason Martin
>Then later posted about it on twitter.
looks fine
get the fuck over it or leave your job
also: >nevermind a little bit of the cumin, paprika, garlic or onions I see the kitchen staff using.
you don't even work in the kitchen?
you sound like such an insufferable whiny little bitch
Cooper Hall
It tastes worse than it looks.
And the kitchen don't cook. They make cold foods like salads and sandwiches. It's a backwards system.