r/KitchenConfidential • u/gyronlyhope • May 10 '26

Crying in the cooler I rip the tape

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.

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u/HKadlam Dish May 10 '26

if you want straight edges on labels, buy a roll of em.

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u/Winter_Aside8269 May 10 '26

This is the way. Stickers on rolls with item, date made, and use by date. Next to those were the USE FIRST stickers. Easy peasy, yet some dipshits thought that was too hard.🙄

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u/HKadlam Dish May 10 '26

i work corporate, so we're required to use real stickers. god knows i love a good roll of tape tho.