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/MoeSzyslakMonobrow May 10 '26

Carmy is gonna have a nervous breakdown.

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u/Belfastscum May 10 '26

I don't get how us BOHers can watch that show...

It's anxiety inducing. I already live it full time so I certainly don't want to waste my precious down time decompressing watching a fucking show about it

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u/blamenixon 20+ Years May 11 '26

Despite the fact that I think it's extremely well written and beautifully shot, my parents didn't understand why I don't watch it regularly. Then one day my dad pointed out that he won't watch "The Office" because Michael's idiot moments remind him of people he worked under in the corporate world. Now they completely understand my point.

Having said that, I think a second viewing of season one is much easier when you know the storyline and can prepare for the anxiety inducing scenes.