The Collapse Of The Restaurant Industry Rant

People are leaving the service industry because it's nothing like what shows like The Bear or MasterChef make it out to be. Also, too many people have too much knowledge about food and remember when cash tipping was a thing?
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[@tuono2914]

Without girlfriends and wives 85% of fine dining restaurants would go out of business

[@jaycho6747]

But then again, a lot of people also don’t know how to cook 😂

[@alastairthegreat2887]

​@@jaycho6747 Ok, but why would you go to a fine dining restaurant instead of just getting some takeout?

[@JoshuaMartin992]

@@jaycho6747 has nothing to do with fine dining.

[@littlewigglemonster7691]

​@@jaycho6747aaand

[@Mr_Boifriend]

yea same for most venues “get the girls to come & the guys will follow”

[@karlstrauss2330]

“People used to come into a restaurant and get a steak and cheat on their wife. It was nice.” 😂😂

[@valkam9325]

Emphasis on “it was nice”

[@joshuapaul349]

Air BNB and door dash took away that.

[@bartlett2335]

I’ll have the steak Diane and the clams casino

[@damianzeate977]

"the customer is always right' - this statement single-handedly ruined the restaurant industry.

[@CJVS995]

Any industry. Look at gaming. We went from Laura Croft to Brokeback Bear humping in the span of a generation.

[@moralebooster8437]

Have you seen that old clip of Marco Pierre White talking about throwing people out of his restaurant because they were disrespectful? He says he wouldn't accept them into his home, and his restaurant is his home.

[@CJVS995]

@@moralebooster8437 thats how it should be. either shut up and serve the customer what they want or tell them to piss off & not come back.

[@Ascendsean35]

Anyone who says that statement in general is an idiot to me. Or "the customer comes first" That tells me that you'll take the side of some random stranger before you support an employee who's worked loyally for you for 10 years. Fuk outa here with that sheet

[@mikemorris3166]

That’s because that quote is misused. It’s not saying “the customer can do whatever they want” it means if someone is willing to spend money on something frivolous or “stupid” then they are correct. Example: pet rocks. Pet rocks are objectively dumb as hell but if people are willing to spend a crap ton of money on it then they are “right”. The manufacturers may think it’s dumb but “the customer is always right.”

[@miamihurricane865]

"Heating a Focaccia sandwich for a fat woman at a dental conference." ----- Tim Dillon, everyone's favorite Aunt, circa 2024.

[@Day-dreamer488]

Is a foccacia sandwich even a thing 😂

[@foruwantto3621]

I asked for NO MAYO!! How hard is your job!?

[@dylanhensley2867]

CAN WE GET THIS GOING!? 😂😂😂

[@jlshel42]

I imagine Dreams by Fleetwood Mac in the background

[@Lordsvoldemort]

Dental hygienist convention*

[@LesGrossman69]

No one gets treated and paid worse than the kitchen staff.

[@Shockguey]

California lifting restrictions on food vendors is the best thing that ever happened to me. All I do is cook and sell.

[@odo27epic-cage83]

Plus in some cases the waiting staff judges how much tips you get

[@LesGrossman69]

@@odo27epic-cage83 Never got a single tip working in the kitchen in over a decade, the rest of the staff were making thousands in tips alone every week.

[@joemickfunny]

Ummm bar backs???

[@EricSanchez-jq5sc]

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[@mbaron4311]

“Black pepper is too spicy” I heard that once. Wanted to tell the lady not to eat out.

[@drew_tube]

Happened to me too. Lady ordered black pepper on the salad then asked why her salad was so spicy!??

[@mustafabarzanji9280]

With some white people, God forbid they feel just a little bit of discomfort. Are they actually that hypersensitive or are they just babies?

[@citizenofcorona8783]

Was probably Jackie from DIS Unlimited

[@TonyMetzger]

Those people are losers

[@ProffesorChaosesFile]

We had a regular who would order the same soup every visit and say it was too spicy. At first we replaced it then I just started going over and telling her tough, guess you shouldn’t get it. It literally just had black pepper. She died of cancer shortly after.

[@slapshotbigmac822]

I got into cooking ,after reading Anthony Bourdaians -Kitchen Confidential- in my early adult life , I spent 18 years honing my craft and working in the best restaurants in my city, because I wanted to. Along the way something changed, it wasn’t fun anymore and I wasn’t getting anywhere. Just felt used and abused, I used the break during Covid to get the hell out of dodge . Changing careers was the best thing that ever happened to me , now I have holidays and weekends off to spend with my family, more money with a pension at the end , and a way better quality of life. Moral of the story, don’t be afraid to jump ship if it doesn’t suit you anymore.

[@thealternative9580]

I started growing weed at 30 and never looked back. My old roomate is doing fine dining serving 3-5 hundo a shift 3-4 days a week. But he also works at a nursery trying to learn the trade and wants out.

[@TheBinarySon]

What do you do now, if you don't mind me asking?

[@telluwide5553]

I left the USA 26 years ago. I don't miss the restaurant culture, the out of hand tipping culture, poor behavior on flights, the stroads and car necessities, paying $10 for a surupy concoction pretending to be coffee served to go in a paper/plastic cup. I don't miss any of that at all....

[@jasonsmith4404]

What did the happy people do for work after the switch?

[@bradpnw1897]

​@@thealternative9580I assume you mean growing legal weed? If you're still making enough money to survive growing illegal weed and not having to steal power or other shady things good for you.

[@Thegrassman284]

I always tip cash and stop doing business with places that don’t use cash.

[@NeighborhoodWatchMann]

You're doing way too much. If you're going that route, then you better start trying to abolish tipping all together

[@onephatdude]

Good luck attending a concert or pro sporting event. All the venues are pretty much cashless now.

[@TheeGlocktopus]

It's not the place, is the government. "Oh, you were tipped 5 dollars, we'd like our 1 dollar please." - Electronic ensures they get their cut.

[@alastairthegreat2887]

​@@onephatdudeWho wants to go to one of those ripoffs?

[@briandavey1139]

My man.

[@jessicapaul7538]

When I worked at Domino's as a delivery driver at 6.25/hr using my own car, they wanted to know my tips to tax me on them. If I got a cash tip, I kept my mouth shut. To be honest delivery drivers put their lives at risk and get paid like your working in a redemption center

[@Steve-ev6vx]

Hell I almost got shot in an armed robbery of a commercial kitchen while working the fry line. They hired a guy that the owners son was in prison with, and surprise, he robbed the place.

[@SecretMarsupial]

@@Steve-ev6vxsame except they pissed off an employee who has unscrupulous friends.

[@alexapexgod4643]

@@Steve-ev6vxthe owner son was in prison 😂 it’s still there son

[@Steve-ev6vx]

@@alexapexgod4643 But they didn't have to hire the gangbanger they where paying protection to while he was in the can did they?

[@wojciechgrodnicki6302]

Cash tips are a gift.

[@GayFrogsTho]

Working in a busy kitchen has got to be one of most punishing jobs. Sure you're not digging cobalt out of the ground with your bare hands in some African hell hole- but for most of us, toiling in a hot, stressful kitchen for 14 hours a day, being yelled at the whole time just sounds unthinkable. No wonder all the chefs I've ever met were psychotic.

[@Widderic]

I tended bar for 7 years and so I've spent time in kitchens. Those people are built different. I don't know how the hell they subject themselves to that level of stress, and that's saying a lot tending bar in a big city. You couldn't pay me 250k a year to work in a busy kitchen. Compliment the chefs as often as you can if you're ever out, they love to hear it.

[@nthedecent7717]

Those cobalt mines are mostly open-pit, so they also get frsh air 24/7 and probably a siesta when the sun is at its peak too 😂

[@extremelube8071]

Who needs restaurants when you have ozempig?

[@ExecutiveZombie]

Diarrhea, Cha Cha Cha….💩

[@angela_apple]

Now imagine being a private chef for a client who has health goals and bam, Zempies gets released. You go from having carte blanche to cook whatever you want for a happy client to, Having to create on the fly, the nouveau riche Zempies Diet where the goal is to minimize them shitting their pants, having constant nausea and still manage to get basic daily nutrients covered while the client now is absolutely disgusted by food

[@pauloconnor5850]

​@@angela_apple😂😂😂😂😂Yes!!😂😂

[@david-wildcard]

😂

[@ChickenSoupMusic]

Joke will definitely be on the drug users with all the side effects and loss of all their muscle

[@890luxor]

I don't even know we as chefs make menus anymore... Ppl come in and literally make their own dish, it's literally insane.

[@acurry722]

One of the many reasons I left the industry. People treat restaurants like their own personal chef/kitchen

[@890luxor]

@@acurry722 exactly, I work at a simple sandwich shop. We specifically just do sandwiches, yet ppl come in and ask for platters, different toppings, trying to combine two sandwiches in one. And the owner jumps through hoops for them. It's crazy 🤦🏻‍♂️

[@littlewigglemonster7691]

Yup. I would refuse constantly. I remember the last kitchen I was in there were people asking for vegan bolognese. I believe that was the breaking point for me.

[@Pleasemison]

Wtf thats so true

[@VaultRadio]

Yep main reason I left the industry. Last place I worked was a crunchy "locally sourced" sandwich/salad/soup shop, a relatively new small business with a very small kitchen. Staff shortages lead to underpaid and inexperienced employees taking on significant workload and long hours just for all of your slips to have a paragraph of red text about their allergies, preferences, hopes and dreams, etc. Before you know it nothing can be made in batches and the kitchen slows to a crawl. Nobody just orders food anymore they have to customize everything like it's a McDonalds kiosk. And your average weak-willed business owners give in immediately for fear of being Yelped poorly. You put up with these toddlers long enough and you understand why the industry is dying.

[@andrewbatts7678]

Tip pooling is illegal. The worst part of electronic tips is people don't get to leave most of their tips undeclared like they used to.

[@victorespino5650]

Taxes

[@drflkh16]

Tip pooling is very much legal federally. State laws may vary by it’s not illegal everywhere

[@krazykkarl]

That's why more customers need to know to leave cash

[@rossgray8935]

"Illegal" mattering at an independant resturant hell even a smaller chain makes you seem wildly out of touch with the reality.

[@ChristAliveForevermore]

And the cost is thus transferred onto the consumer by means of those iPads that ask for 25%, 35%, or 50% tips rather than a flat 15% to 20% if service is exceptional. Literally, the consumer is being taxed by the "grid," as Tim calls it, so that the business can profit, the government can profit, and the worker can still only get a pittance of what they once received when they could, as Tim said, claim the tip was undeclared. In essence, the system is draining everybody, consumers and workers of all our liquidity.

[@kinthirteen]

I worked at one of the most expensive top rated hotels / private estates in Austin and I can confirm it’s collapsing, it’s a nightmare

[@kinthirteen]

But that could be a good thing, to entrepreneurs out there I would like to encourage you to think of an evolution for the food in beverage world that involves barter, I have a friend who’s an incredible chef and she’s thrown these events where everyone is trading stuff rather than paying for it, cutting to the chase to to speak, the musicians wanna eat great food, the chefs wanna hear great music, the volunteer staff wants to enjoy both of those things in exchange for setting up / breaking down, I think this could be a better way to live if this style of living and trade were made common

[@dylanhensley2867]

@@kinthirteenAunt Tim is looking at you like you’re a pig right now.

[@thealternative9580]

People still aren’t going out because of inflation.

[@Steve-ev6vx]

​@@kinthirteenhow would you pay your bills? "Trade" a handjob for rent?

[@kinthirteen]

@@thealternative9580 that’s what I am saying, we should rework the model to benefit the most people toward good food / entertainment that can be accessed in exchange for helping with the event? That’s at least what my friend did and she said people seemed to dig it, I’m sure it could improved upon further

[@neomatrix6160]

“Coyote ugly, look at my titsssszzz.” Tim has one of the best deliveries in the game. Appreciate you brother. You’ll have me laughing when it’s ALL burning down. 🙏🏻

[@xthekingsguard1229]

🤣🤣🤣

[@Queendomcruz]

That had me dyin laughing cuz you have to be from that era for it to really hit the way it did 😄

[@MrImShadow]

“You’re working at red lobster!” 😂😂

[@felixthecat2786]

My dad used to be a banquet chef. He developed a cocaine addiction due to the long hours and an alcohol addiction to come down from the cocaine to sleep at night. It was already a brutal industry, now it's exacerbated by the customer base.

[@CouncilofPerseus]

Cool story bro but I’m going to call my buddy whose in expert in cool stories to verify

[@TheGeenat]

He was an addict who had a job and did drugs.

[@MK_ULTRA420]

@@CouncilofPerseus _Hey I'm Ted Davis, I'm a Licensed Verifier with the American Cool Story Association, and I'm here to check out a cool story today!_

[@RSI77]

I still tip cash. Don’t let them eliminate cash in our society.

[@Dannyexplosion]

I don’t complain when we go out but dude, restaurants suck now. The food everywhere is mostly a disappointment.

[@DoubleGaijin]

Years ago at the Italian Restaurant I used to work at we had Gluten Free Pasta as an optional substitute. It ALWAYS fucked the line because on busy nights when we were slinging easily 75-100 plates at a time, we'd have to cook it separately in a pot away from the pasta cooker where we were making normal orders. Main reason why it fucked us was that we only had 12 burners (This was a smallish - medium sized establishment that got buttfucked for dinner every night, worse on weekends) and so naturally the space fills up fast on the stove and we need every burner. Even though it was only a 10 minute cook time that space that was taken up was critical. 10 minutes is an eternity on a line during a dinner rush. Now I work in the cafeteria at the HQ of a large company. Benefits, pay and hours are way better but Tim spoke gospel to me on the allergies. In the last few years it feels like it's gotten out of hand. I'm starting to think when half the people say they're allergic it's customerspeak for "I don't like it. It's icky."

[@hawaiiansoulrebel]

Lol are you me? I also worked the pasta station at an Italian resturant in the Bay Area. We had a gluten free option and people always ordered it at the worst time possible. I don’t miss that. Left the industry for IT and never looked back. Now I get PTO and can sit in AC all day 😂

[@hawaiiansoulrebel]

On another note, we had a regular that would always remind the servers that she was allergic to raw onions but cooked onions were fine. Just say you don’t like raw onions lol

[@Steve-ev6vx]

Yeah, the allergy sht is out of control. 99 percent are lying.

[@thealternative9580]

Yup. I hate this time line of life hacks.

[@VEGAS-NERVE]

I worked in a 100% Gluten free eatery inside a high-end grocery store. It was hell. I couldn’t wash my uniform because if I brought it home it could “get gluten on it”. I put on and took off about 10 pairs of gloves and washed my hands each time in the span on 5 minutes. It seemed like everything I did was a potential hazard for gluten contamination.

[@gitoffmahlawn]

I'm tired of restaurants with the 8 hidden fees. The service change - not a tip! The health and wellness charge - not a tip!! The mandatory 20% tip and you don't know who it's going to (everyone including managers and back of house). They expect 20% when you go to the counter or get takeout. Absolutely insane.

[@youtubedrifter5594]

That’s crazy where do you live?

[@gitoffmahlawn]

@@youtubedrifter5594 In a city run by leftists with a high minimum wage that applies to everyone, including tipped employees. Every counter service business now does the tablet flip tip request. I'm not paying more for counter service or takeout and if I'm guilted, I won't be back. Just say no!

[@TonyMetzger]

Health and wellness lol what a grift 😂😂

[@tenorjosh]

Still working in the industry. He’s not wrong. 😂

[@BPF80MCar-vi1pg]

Get out man. What are you thinking, saidest

[@familylivesmatters]

I’m watching this while I wait until the last minute to head into the kitchen. It sucks

[@lordlemond1350]

This hit deep. I transitioned from service industry and it was like being in purgatory but needing to work for shit tips to afford basic needs while there.

[@jlshel42]

The next generation is already learning these bad habits. My 14 year old nephew quizzes the wait staff sometimes and requests 3-5 changes, and when I try to say “Just order something you know you’ll eat”, my sister tells me not to tell her child what to do.

[@CJVS995]

Your sister is part of the problem and is spoiling that brat into a neurotic monster. They do that anywhere else but America & the West and their butts are out of the restaurant/street.

[@JaredCosgrove-gg3xj]

Tell her I'm not a step Dad. Don't tell me what to do

[@jlshel42]

@@JaredCosgrove-gg3xj meanwhile, my brother in law takes a bathroom break before the check comes hoping me or my mom cover the bill…no wonder I push for dinners at home haha

[@VEGAS-NERVE]

Don’t worry your nephew will learn soon enough from the outside world that thank kind of behavior isn’t appreciated

[@Tea4Texas]

I would disown them and move on

[@TheOctoberSith]

As a 20 year restaurant person FOH, I can tell you he is nailing it. It's not worth it. Ive watched it all change. The entire waiter is there 9 minutes segway nails it. We know our entire section is going to shit, we cant stop it.

[@andrewgorra5026]

He's absolutely right I work in a restaurant where we have a five dollar burger special and people have the nerve to ask for substitutions on it.

[@cheechdubinsky6709]

Nerve. No wonder restaurants fail

[@jasonwomack4064]

If you mean they're gaming the system, making the deal burger into a higher priced burger, I completely understand. Substitutions is what killed the $1 Big n Tasty at McDonald's. People figured out they could sub it into a $3 QP with cheese, so they got rid of it prematurely.

[@thealternative9580]

@@cheechdubinsky6709 when you have no place left to eat in your shitville suburb you’ll get it.

[@somarvitor]

I was at a local bakery where they had a burger as a special. Some chick asked to replace the relish with avocado like it is the same price.

[@bucknasty69]

@@thealternative9580As if we can’t go cook at home lmao

[@Scrowlock12]

Working in a Restaurant is great if you want to get laid. I's a cesspool where everybody sleeps with everyone. A different experience where your hate of the job and the people you serve brings the workers together.

[@Steve-ev6vx]

You still need to be halfway decent looking, or at least not fat. 😂

[@filmbuff4]

@@Steve-ev6vx or short either. I'm 5'6 and tried getting a bar back job and everyone height shamed me.

[@Akronkangaroo]

Only white guys get away with doing stuff like that 😂😂

[@littlewigglemonster7691]

Waitresses do be thirsty as hell. They are also fucking insane.

[@novelaego2404]

thats why people work in the industry

[@SaintLaurentJohn]

I DM’d Tim a while back about this. How this country is tooo free sometimes, and gave chipotle as an example. The workers need to say “no! No extra shit, that’s all the chicken you get, NEXT PERSON!”

[@Shockguey]

The dining scene in Last Holiday perfectly exemplifies this. A bunch of execs complaining about fat and butter. In comes Queen Latifah and orders all the specials as they are. In the back the chef is yelling his nuts off about the order from the exec table and gets handed the other order and his mood completely changes.

[@Odd_Combo]

Such a cool comment

[@Davd-ik2hm]

that constantly elevated voice of tims is something you have to be in a zone to enjoy.

[@ultravioletiris6241]

Were you in the zone or no?

[@laurab972]

I could listen to him to go to sleep to.i love this legend of a man that much

[@Davd-ik2hm]

@@laurab972 you are probably from NY

[@redxixex679]

He's right about the customer owning the restaurant. When I was 12 I wanted like 3 different things off a red lobster menu but didn't want all 3 of the meals so the dude literally came out with a pencil and notepad and worked out a total price on 4/6 things I wanted as 1 meal. Bro I would of slapped myself back then today. Chef there had the patience of a saint.

[@xkben90]

I remember going to our local Benihanas (hibachi style restaurant) as a kid and the experience was amazing. You ate what the chef gave you. Went back a couple years ago, and nobody was watching the chef. There was a lady at the end of our table who had a headset talking to her friend the whole time. When the presentation was over and the chef gave a bow before trying to leave, the lady with the headset snapped her fingers at him and asked to recook her fried rice but with extra butter. The chef did as she asked. I never went back.

[@Natenarang]

It’s way funnier to imagine Tim doing this in a restaurant over something so trivial 😂😂

[@mattjelani]

In the movie “waiting…” they’re working at shenanigans lol

[@ficklepickle6290]

I used to work in high end restaurants in wine country. Napa. Yountville. St. Helena and you can make a great living doing that and after taxes you can make $80K+ a year in front of the house but the last few years really ruined it

[@brotherless]

As a food and beverage worker for the last 45 years I can testify with expert certainty that this is all true. Props. Respect. Keep telling these truths.

[@deplorablecovfefe9489]

about "95" seems it became impossible to stop at a fast food in 20 min. I haven't had the time for "fast food" since.

[@nickmattio3397]

“Got diabetes?! Take an insulin shot and order that mega chocolate volcano right after! Live on the edge a little!!”TD

[@johnsmitht11]

I remember in high school in the late 1980's some of the older-looking classmates had waiter/waitress jobs and they made bank on nights and weekends. A lot of them paid for everything they needed just from tips working Friday and Saturday nights. Society has really changed. Back in the 80's as kids were weren't even allowed to eat at Red Lobster, the rare time we went it was for someone's graduation or special event, and we had to wear a tie and jacket.

[@Cosmos_Mariner]

People used to dress up to fly too. Black culture has destroyed society.

[@runswithraptors]

Tim is correct I have met more than a couple of people who worked in restaurants because of their love for reality TV 😅

[@adamsnelson4689]

It's a nightmare

[@trusttheprocess5618]

Are you serious? I bet it wasn’t so nice once they started 🤣

[@daviddestin1990]

I was a line cook for 20 yrs, those cooking shows irritate me. Unwatchable. And you're right Tim it is HELL. The work is hard but at least you will get to live in grinding hopeless poverty.

[@christopherroy6310]

We all have witnessed the "Can we get this going?" lady... Tim nailed it as per usual. 🤣

[@starryeyedgalalways972]

Yes the substitutions of the dish! And the 9 min at the table! So damn truuuuuueeee 😅 Hell yeah Tim!

[@RonBurgundy412]

This motivated me to become a bartender. I didn’t think I had what it takes but Tim makes me feel like my mediocrity might be just enough to get the job

[@TonyMetzger]

It's not that hard

[@TonyMetzger]

If you find the right place it can be an awesome gig

[@andrewwitchell2708]

This could literally be stand-up material. He just riffs for hours

[@littlewigglemonster7691]

That's how he creates a lot of his comedy

[@urgamecshk]

His stand up literally is just lame podcast bits

[@matt_valentine]

This was comedic gold! I'm becoming a bigger and bigger fan as I binge-watch these clips. Hilarious.

[@chrisrivera3347]

Thank you Tim Dillon for speaking facts , as a bartender this is spot on

[@jerryb5631]

I've cooked in a few restaurants when i was in my 20s. Lots of drugs, alcoholics, and other sins.

[@Widderic]

Tended bar for 7 years and now I sell booze to bars and restaurants. Bidenomics and the price of food/drink is out of control. Getting wings used to be something I'd do on the way home, now it's something I do on my birthday to treat myself. I'll be out of a job soon enough and then I'm moving into the woods because this country is depressing the shit out of me. Vote Trump.

[@Solargarlicc]

Bidenomics lol are you delusional? Have fun in the woods you're doing society a favor

[@kiddchronic9014]

I wish I seen this 5 years ago this is spot on bro like it just hit me I would’ve never jumped in the game

[@Will..Davlin]

Dominos needs to add a oven bake burger patty , completionist menu

[@92Goose]

Thank you Tim. This is so on point.

[@shaneb4923]

This Was Absolutely Legendary Timmy Polo!!

[@keithbailey6843]

The online reviews have also ruined the restaurant industry.

[@proddreamatnight]

God dude bring me back to the porch days

[@mauchkimberly]

"You're not curating an experience anymore". This is the perfect response for so many things.

[@lauras2196]

2 decades in hospitality your so funny loved this

[@naysayer1238]

Good stuff, Tim.

[@JoeyRiz]

Tim is just so right about everything. Growing up on Long Island is an amazing education as long as you are an information sponge like he is. I’m the same age as him and I’m sure that we ended up at the same party/bar growing up lol

[@MathiasWarwick]

You were great in Port Chester @timdillon - thank you!!

[@agethauno6592]

Whether I spend 10 bucks on a meal or 80 bucks on a meal, they're fucking up something. I have no faith in any restaurant

[@darev6780]

It's true! It's like they forget what your order the second it leaves your mouth.

[@33moneyball]

Mr. 47 substitutions over here

[@agethauno6592]

@@33moneyball no, that's not it. Just the shit employees can't make simple meals consistently. The restaurant employee has it easy they just have terrible attitudes and get paid too much

[@jamesjones8357]

No one could have said it better hit the nail on the head😂 spot on Tim Dillon is the best 🥳

[@WestSideGorilla1980]

After Anthony Bourdain murked himself the whole thing crashed.

[@bloatedsodium7301]

For the last time, Timothy, please open a McDillon’s! Thank you, in advance!

[@mindingthegaps]

The staff could wish you well as you collect your order.

[@brogang1926]

Its good to see him talk about something he has expertise in

[@scottymacdewder5229]

I was making 2.75 an hour and a thousand dollars a week in the early oughts

[@gf4670]

Yup. And the sad thing you see nowadays are the older Millennials who had to keep their bartending job a lot longer because it was the only thing available after the recession that would pay the bills. There are a lot of 40 year old bottle service thots still on the hustle out there. And that's part of what you're seeing now too are these older career hospitality workers who got through the recession and then covid and are quitting to take an entry level sales job.

[@scottymacdewder5229]

@@gf4670 we called it "the Golden handcuffs"

[@scottymacdewder5229]

@@gf4670 I'm only out of the game because I got cancer and literally died.

[@thealternative9580]

@@gf4670all the xennials want out of the business that I know or into corporate. Like not mgmt corporate. Lol.

[@jeffbertjeffbertson4805]

Such a spot on rant.

[@lannybakerrealty5875]

Would love to hear Tim’s thoughts on the craft brewery explosion taking place in every major US market. Bars now feel like libraries.

[@adammarkowitz7944]

Tim has a unique and useful perspective.

[@lucasgosser2298]

I got into an argument with a fellow manager about exactly the point of transferring ownership once. I ended with " heres what we should do, lets put a big digital sign up on the front of the building and take our name down, snd then we can just run a scroll with all the customers names from the rez book that night, cuz thats whos running the show" there was way more than that but im getting upset now

[@kurtkapusuzoglu9825]

This man is a national treasure - God bless you sir

[@jefftass7684]

Spot on…nothing else need be said.

[@mallymall1350]

Spot on!! Add being a hotel bellman to this conversation also. No cash tips either. It’s dried up

[@flightrisk753]

I hate when waiters are too buddy with us it’s highly uncomfortable

[@josehernandez5865]

The Waiting is accurate AF Worked in the BOH for a decade .

[@littlewigglemonster7691]

Not being a chef was the best decision of my life.

[@andrewa3441]

Tagging it with asking for the cameo in BB5 was wicked work man 🔥🔥🔥

[@TYRDIN1]

over ten years of restaurant experience and i love this rant

[@hounddog3476]

EXCELLENT rant Tim D

[@gracejenson]

Love this one

[@arlenesg5180]

Had to keep replaying the parts I drowned out by my laughter. HILARIOUS truth. 😂❤🎉

[@wasy35]

My partner was a bartender in the 90's - made $300 a night in tips. Seattle. Rent was $400 - so made rent in practiacallly one night - the average was $300. Now same person is unemployed - and people think things are better now? Was a bartender for almost 20 yuears - 90's through 2000's.

[@joeking7404]

Ya, gay bars tip well, especially back then ;)

[@georgec5212]

I make 65 k a year working 25 hrs a week as a server

[@wasy35]

@@georgec5212 That's great. I've had good restaraunt jobs but I do think there are less of those good jobs now, in this industry.

[@katainz]

Tim is the King of the Rant❤

[@davidantonsavage6207]

Love this rant.

[@erikconrad5969]

My rist job at 16 was Taco Bell at a mall in CT (1997) during high school. And that was my last food industry job. Not the same as a restaurant but working in the food industry turned me off from that type of work. Bless the food industry workers.

[@robertkern9683]

Keep it up Tim

[@TakeNoteOfThat]

Bartending was the best job ever when I was 22.

[@At76812]

Bro same! It’s the greatest college job there is. But his point about cash tip is spot on. That would hurt today

[@coomr419]

The only job

[@Peter7966]

Drinking was even better then.

[@thealternative9580]

Bartending is pretty sweet as long as you advance to luxury hotels and fine dining. I couldn’t be my age (45) in a fucking Outback or Red Lobster.

[@user-xc3yb1vk2e]

Well yeah cause your probably like 50 or 60 😂 when people actually had disposable money

[@a504crusader]

Hell yeah Tim!!!

[@stalemateib3600]

HIGH ENERGY COSTS have the potential to ruin the restaurant industry

[@LaFrance503]

Corporate Steakhouse Rant served as the Magna Carta for me to get out of the service industry. Love You Tim! ❤ -Former Cook

[@mjohnson1741]

Corporate america and greed destroyed the restaurant industry. Tim is describing annoyances by customers in all industries.

[@Corndogg316]

It’s about saturation too. There’s just too many restaurants right now. The celebritiy chef culture got out of hand, a generation of young people thought they could be Gordon Ramsay or Tony Bordain. Mostly it’s just a grind, cooking the same dishes over and over, putting in long hours with no paid time off or benefits. Lots of depression and drug addiction in the industry. You get what you pay for so a lot of times restaurants are staffing with guys on work release and just not the most high quality people. Great rant Tim.

[@aaronjack3058]

Review sites killed it too. Everyone is a food critic.

[@ricksanchez9625]

I'm a chef I agree

[@OngoGablogian-og9cm]

I'm a Space🚔🚨Cop, I can confirm he is a chef and he does agree.

[@Joseph_Tacos]

@@OngoGablogian-og9cmyou’re not rich evans. I’m a sous, I know who’s rich evans…

[@OngoGablogian-og9cm]

@@Joseph_Tacos We are all Rich Evans

[@Joseph_Tacos]

@@OngoGablogian-og9cm I mean in the kitchen I’ve survived a few edged weapons myself…

[@roysmoothfinger]

I was told by my former head chef in 2015.... people always need to eat. It's an industry with a permanent need.

[@televisionsupervision]

Two of our band members serve at Capital grille. It’s a fun and rewarding job. You just need to know your stuff.

[@randytrevino7824]

Server here . Spot on. Thank you, Tim 👏👏👏👏👌

[@sheilamcclellan8693]

The definition of hell is going to a restaurant with someone who has to educate the server about their gluten allergy. Uggh

[@SleezaPleeza]

I made $34/hr the last two years bartending and I still don't regret leaving. Life in the Big City.

[@scubacw4192]

LOVE IT. Great job 🤣

[@Szaam]

"Whether you're a Russian oligarch or a mall steakhouse" is something that could only come out of Tim's mouth.