Employees spill the beans: this is what really goes on with your food
Actually, you probably don’t want to know: what happens behind the scenes at coffee bars, in restaurants and factories where food is made? You were already afraid of it: employees aren’t always as careful with your food as you’d like them to be.
Those latex gloves are nonsense
It looks neat, employees in the kitchen wearing latex gloves. But of course, it’s nonsense. Those gloves get just as dirty as your own hands if you don’t work hygienically. In fact, it’s probably even dirtier, because employees wearing those gloves don’t wash their hands between different tasks. A kitchen employee says: ‘I’d rather see a chef who regularly washes their hands than a chef wearing latex gloves.’
Store brand and name brand: exactly the same
Kellogs Frosted Flakes and the supermarket’s own-brand version are simply the same cornflakes. How do we know? From this employee. ‘I worked in the factory where they were packaged, and I simply had to put out different boxes.’
Wine isn’t vegan
Most wine isn’t vegan, or even vegetarian. Huh, what? Aren’t there only grapes in it? Yes, but during the fining and filtering of wine, substances made from proteins or fish are used. You can’t taste it, but it does make your wine beautifully clear. So sorry, vegans. Cheese was already off the menu for you, and now most wine too.
Separating waste neatly: uh… never mind
Starbucks has separate bins in its stores for cups, paper and other waste. But, says this employee, the waste is usually collected and simply thrown into the same large container because it isn’t collected separately. Readers: is this true?!?
Prepared with love and passion – NOT
That delicious dish on your plate wasn’t prepared with love and care, but was probably thrown together under immense pressure by someone who was being yelled at, or who was yelling at someone else. That’s how high the pressure can sometimes be in professional kitchens…
Popcorn at the cinema is a cash cow
That enormous tub of popcorn at the cinema, which costs you around five euros, costs the cinema only a few cents, says a cinema employee. ‘And those few cents include popping the popcorn, the flavorings, the packaging and my colleague scooping it into the tub for you.’
Free stuff
Coffee bar employee: ‘Our official complaints procedure is: give people free stuff until they stop complaining.’
Also read:
- Complaining elevated to an art form: those spareribs are way too spicy, I want my money back
- 9 orders that drive chefs completely crazy
- Chefs’ pet peeves: Hawaiian toastie without pineapple causes quite a stir
Source: Bored Panda
