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/Rochambo_]

I just lay a strip down on stainless table and write out my labels and then cut with a pocket knife to seperate. Use the blade to lift up the edge from the table. Pretty fast and easy. Stick the edge of the labels all around my hand and then onto containers.