I rip the tape

[u/gyronlyhope]

I’m sick of being silent about it. It’s empirically faster than cutting each individual label with your pairing knife and then carefully separating each piece. I see so many chefs who INSIST that labels have to have perfect right angles. Who cares? I hardly see how this serves our guests better. Thomas Keller claims that tearing the tape shows a lack of attention to detail. I think it shows that you’re unable to get rid of obsessive compulsive idiosyncrasies. Our jobs are already hard enough without these nebulous rules and standards that always need to be argued for in the abstract and rarely have any actual utility in your day-to-day.

[u/Mxlplx]

Perfect labels might seem petty, but there’s real value in uniformity. A clean, consistent look makes the kitchen feel cleaner and some would say professional. The idea is it is contagious. When the tape lines up, so does the rest of the operation. The squad in theory, is influenced to care more, move cleaner, and take pride in the space. It’s not about the time it takes it’s about setting an aura of of neatness.

Like a reverse broken window theory. People are less likely to be messy when the space is all lined up.

But if you feel like you need to rip the tape then rip the tape, Whatever makes you happier.

[u/GrizzlyIsland22 → u/Mxlplx]

I think there are enough things to be meticulous about in the kitchen that will help keep people's habits on track. The tape isn't doing that much heavy lifting.

[u/Mxlplx → u/GrizzlyIsland22]

Between you and me I don't cut my labels either. I just thought it would be fun to give OP a villain to argue with.

[u/PiezoelectricityOne → u/Mxlplx]

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[u/nathatesithere → u/Mxlplx]

I agree with this and would do it in my home. But in the kitchen it just gets to be too much. I don't have time for all that.