(!-kinda)Dirty Jobs - T1B-Style(!-kinda)

indyfrisco · Post by **indyfrisco** » Tue Oct 06, 2009 2:54 am

The Chick-Fil-A thread from 88 got me talking about a job I had in high school. I was burger guy at Wendy's. Entry level at Wendy's is flipping burgers over the griddle (note: not GRILL).

Anyhow, I mentioned one thing to NEVER order is the chili. Actually, there are a few things to never order. Chili and ANYTHING cooked on the griddle. Burgers, grilled chicken, etc.. I will get into that more in a bit.

So what is wrong with the chili? Roach wants to know so I started this thread. A little background first. I turned 16 and my parents got me a truck. Gave me a gas card, but I had to pay my car insurance. I was working at the country club after golf practice during the week but needed a weekend job for some extra income aside from the hardware store I was working at part time. Yes, at 16 I had 3 jobs. Amazing all these welfare fucks at 30 with 6 kids can't find one job. But I digress...

So, I worked for Wendy's for only 2 weeks. Reason was they promides I would not have to close on school nights. After a couple weeks, I closed at 2 AM 3 times. That was enough. My parents made me quit that job. Anyhow, back to the chili...working the griddle, Wendy's keeps fresh cooking patties on the griddle at all times. They do not cook them up and put them in a warmer. They are cooking at all times. Once the meat is overcooked, dry and burned that meat is discarded into a 5 gallon bucket under the griddle.

So...what happens to that meat? As it sits there from 10:30 AM to 2 AM, it coagulates. The flies feed off it allday. It becomes a bucket of yuck. So do we chunk it? Hell no. That is the meat that becomes chili at Wendy's. So fucking sick.

The other thing, and it may have been regional, but as the burger flipper, I was required to clean the griddle once we closed. The manager told me the best way to get stuff off the griddle that was really stuck on was to spit on it. And damned if that didn't work to a tee. So as I cleaned, I constantly spit on it and went to Scotch Brite pad. Money...except for the patrons.

So buyer beware. After leaving Wendy's staff, I came to the conclusion that the only thing that is ok to eat off the menu is Spicy Chicken sando or Chicken Filet. Anything else fried is ok. Then again, I have another story to refute the french fries at our location as a never eat. Will post on that later.

Anyone got some Dirty Jobs to describe???

H4ever · Post by **H4ever** » Tue Oct 06, 2009 2:59 am

fuck...me!!! One would think they would have to put the meat in a COVERED container that was REFRIGERATED. Don't eat the chili, but I USED to eat their burgers occasionally.

Dr_Phibes · Post by **Dr_Phibes** » Tue Oct 06, 2009 3:21 am

IndyFrisco wrote:So do we chunk it? Hell no. That is the meat that becomes chili at Wendy's. So fucking sick.

I do not believe this story. Surely the chili arrives prepared in giant buckets on a transport and is heated. I can't see Wendy's having staff grinding up meat and adding herbs and beans themselves.

Why do you hate Dave Thomas?

H4ever · Post by **H4ever** » Tue Oct 06, 2009 3:24 am

Dr_Phibes wrote:
IndyFrisco wrote:So do we chunk it? Hell no. That is the meat that becomes chili at Wendy's. So fucking sick.

I do not believe this story. Surely the chili arrives prepared in giant buckets on a transport and is heated. I can't see Wendy's having staff grinding up meat and adding herbs and beans themselves.

Why do you hate Dave Thomas?

Maybe Dave Thomas was a genius knowing that aged, fly-shit covered beef would enhance the flavor?

indyfrisco · Post by **indyfrisco** » Tue Oct 06, 2009 12:39 pm

Dr_Phibes wrote:
IndyFrisco wrote:So do we chunk it? Hell no. That is the meat that becomes chili at Wendy's. So fucking sick.

I do not believe this story. Surely the chili arrives prepared in giant buckets on a transport and is heated. I can't see Wendy's having staff grinding up meat and adding herbs and beans themselves.

Why do you hate Dave Thomas?

Why the hell would I lie about working at Wendy's?

As for the chili, everything but the meat comes to the store already prepared in a plastic bag, as you say. It is simply heated. However, the meat for the chili does come from the burnt burgers. Feel free to ask anyone at the store. In fact, the Wendy's here actually has a sign over the bucket of burnt burgers. It can be seen from the drive thru. Says "Chili Meat".

indyfrisco · Post by **indyfrisco** » Tue Oct 06, 2009 12:50 pm

Dr_Phibes wrote:I do not believe this story. Surely the chili arrives prepared in giant buckets on a transport and is heated. I can't see Wendy's having staff grinding up meat and adding herbs and beans themselves.

First hit on google. Last post on bottom of the page. This poster says they kept their leftovers on the grill. May or may not be true depending on the store. Our grill was not that big and no way could be kept there. It was in a bucket on the floor where fat and flies amassed. I have seen at other stores the same.

http://forum.lowcarber.org/archive/inde ... 60407.html

Hi there!! Newbie here who used to work at Wendy's in high school. Let me clarify something about the meat in the chili and tell you right off the bat that it is totally ok!

Every day wendy's is slapping fresh beef patties on the grill in anticipation of a "rush". Sometimes they don't sell all the freshly grilled patties in a timely fashion. Those that are not sold are put in a metal cambro that sits on the grill (to keep them warm until the container is full). The container is then covered and moved to the walkin refridgerator. The night shift then makes the chili with the day's FRESH meat and YES! they boil the meat. Which is nice, b/c it strips down any of the fat that was left. I believe the only reason they boil the meat is to tenderize it.

Just wanted to clarify since I have an inside perspective and LOVE Wendy's Chili and will eat it until the day I die!
Viva La Wendys! LOL!

And another find that confirms exactly what I was saying.

http://blogcritics.org/tastes/article/f ... at-wendys/#

8 - mike hollihan
Apr 18, 2005 at 12:41 pm
As a one-time former employee of Wendy's I can say that either one of the store's employees is pranking someone or Ms. Ayala is trying to scam the company.

Wendy's chili meat is unsold hamburger meat from the grill. The restaurant always keeps a few burgers on the grill, ready to serve to customers. If the meat gets overcooked and unsold, it is placed in a bucket under the grill.

At the end of the day, the bucket is placed in the cooler overnight. The next morning, the opening manager places a large pot on the back grill, fills its with seasoning and water and sets it to boiling. The leftover meat from the previous day is put into a pan with water and boiled.

The manager then drains the water and hand chops the meat, using the spatulas from the grill up front. It's a very vigorous process to chop up the meat into bits. If any finger was in there, you'd know it, believe me. Or it wouldn't look much like a finger any more.

This was more than a decade ago, though, so I don't know if Wendy's has changed procedures since I worked there. But when I first heard this story, my immediate thought was "Scam!"

Tell ya what, sport. And this goes for anyone here. Feel free to call chronic liars, liars. Those of us who have been here for 10 years and not known to flat out lie may actually be just telling the truth.

M Club · Post by **M Club** » Tue Oct 06, 2009 1:14 pm

psssst.... "midwesterner"....

he's a troll.

indyfrisco · Post by **indyfrisco** » Tue Oct 06, 2009 1:14 pm

My second summer in college I worked at Jason's Deli for a few months. I can honestly say that place ran a first class operation. I was potato chef there which is equivalent to flipping burgers at a burger joint. One thing I got from it was the BBQ Baked Potato. I'll load up pulled pork or chicken into the potato twice baked style. Add scream, butter, cheddar and a healthy amount of BBQ Sauce. Slap it back in the skin and top with a little more cheddar and rebake another 20 minutes. Kickass potato.

Wolfman · Post by **Wolfman** » Tue Oct 06, 2009 2:33 pm

Jason's Deli rocks. One place I will take MrsO for lunch when needed.

Bobby42 · Post by **Bobby42** » Tue Oct 06, 2009 3:05 pm

While in high school, I worked at a place called Jax Roast Beef, later renamed Rax. They had several in the Columbus, Ohio area. We would cook a hunk of beef and place in the slicer. Careful with your fingers. Hated that thing. Also hated dumping the hot gease from the fryer at night. I would then drag the container into the cooler where in the morning the opening crew would pour/scoop it back in. We would use the old gease for an entire week before dumping it for a new block.

Good: Lunch time crowd and the place was packed with honeys from the nearby campus.
Bad: half-hour before closing when a tour bus pulls into the parking lot.

indyfrisco · Post by **indyfrisco** » Tue Oct 06, 2009 6:24 pm

Hmm...we alway pick up our pizzas but never tip. My wife goes to Noble Romans damn near every day for the breadsticks and a salad. Never tip. But they don't deliver, either. Yet there's a spot for a tip on the receipt.

Katy · Post by **Katy** » Tue Oct 06, 2009 11:00 pm

The worst job I ever had was when I was 18. I worked at a quick mart called Super Quik. I was hired as a cashier/clerk but one of my jobs was cleaning the bathrooms. They mainly had me on midnight shifts at that job. The lunatics and the crazy rednecks always came out at night.

I always assumed the men's bathrooms would be far more disgusting than the women's bathrooms. I was wrong. Aside from the time I had to pick up a used condom out of the men's bathroom, that was nothing compared to the filth and disgusting shit in the women's bathrooms. I would describe it, but I won't subject you to it. It still turns my stomach thinking about it.

There were several instances of toothless rednecks that would argue with me about lottery tickets, etc. I had an old man throw a lit cigarette at me once because I asked him to put it because he was smoking in the store. :?

I worked there until the place was robbed and my parents made me quit. The police station is right next door to this place and this place gets robbed on average 3 times a year.

Mikey · Post by **Mikey** » Tue Oct 06, 2009 11:21 pm

IndyFrisco wrote:Hmm...we alway pick up our pizzas but never tip. My wife goes to Noble Romans damn near every day for the breadsticks and a salad. Never tip. But they don't deliver, either. Yet there's a spot for a tip on the receipt.

I pick up dinner to go every Tuesday night at a local Mexican dive called Rosa's. Have been damn near every week for about 5 years after my son's Boy Scout meetings. This place is reasonably cheap and has the best Mexican food and homemade salsas anywhere around. I always leave at least 15%, usually more like 20%, because the food is great, the service is great, and they're always friendly. They usually know that it's me because I phone it in at almost the same time every week and the order doesn't vary too much. Depending on who is working they usually throw in an extra tub of red salsa and bag of chips, or some of those marinated carrots, onions and jalapenos. I'm pretty sure the cook doesn't spit in our food either. I take care of them, they take care of us.

Bobby42 · Post by **Bobby42** » Tue Oct 06, 2009 11:29 pm

Papa Willie wrote:
88 wrote:And, of course there was plenty of "spitting" in pizzas, using utensils that fell on the floor, etc. The fast food industry is very gross.
Which is EXACTLY why you'd better tip your pizza delivery folks. I worked at Domino's a little back in the 80's and saw that happen (No - I didn't do it).... When some of them would recognize an address of non-tippers - "splat".....

Take care of the people who serve your food. I always tip Donatos extra. The food arrives hot, quick and the delivery guy already knows me. Same when you go a restaurant. Tip them extra, treat them right and they'll always take care of you.

I went to a restaurant with a friend and she gave the waiter a hard time about how the meal was prepared. Actually, she was bitch about it. No doubt when her meal was finally served it was loaded with plenty of DNA.

Mikey · Post by **Mikey** » Tue Oct 06, 2009 11:43 pm

Bobby42 wrote:Take care of the people who serve your food. I always tip Donatos extra. The food arrives hot, quick and the delivery guy already knows me. Same when you go a restaurant. Tip them extra, treat them right and they'll always take care of you.

Exactly. What difference does a couple of bucks make? It probably means more to them than it does to me, and if it makes the server happy and I get good food and good service, then I'm in.

MgoBlue-LightSpecial · Wed Oct 07, 2009 2:08 am

Katy wrote:I was hired as a cashier/clerk but one of my jobs was cleaning the bathrooms.

I don't give a fuck if you clean shitters for a living, as long as you're riding my dick at the end of the night.

-Get Fucked

Katy · Post by **Katy** » Wed Oct 07, 2009 2:13 am

I'll miss Get Fucked at .net. He's one of the best posters at .net aside from DMike, YT, and a few others.

That place is extremely unreadable now. It's on Stucknut's level now which was the angle they were going for, I guess.

Katy · Post by **Katy** » Wed Oct 07, 2009 3:27 am

I wish I could check it out. I am banned from .net.

Get Fucked should post here. :D

Bizzarofelice · Post by **Bizzarofelice** » Wed Oct 07, 2009 3:40 am

when I was 16 I worked at Maaco; a car painting place. I was the low man on the totem pole because I was somewhat educated.

sanded down the old paint. detailed. anything that didn't involve putting the new paint on... I did. Often came home, blowed my nose and the snot would be the color of the cars I worked on.

WolverineSteve · Post by **WolverineSteve** » Wed Oct 07, 2009 4:39 am

IndyFrisco wrote:Hmm...we alway pick up our pizzas but never tip. My wife goes to Noble Romans damn near every day for the breadsticks and a salad. Never tip. But they don't deliver, either. Yet there's a spot for a tip on the receipt.

This is embarrassing, you make a good living why not toss the kids a couple bucks. It makes their day and won't affect your wallet. If the take out person is in charge of taking and entering your order, sacking it up and cashing you out....tip. Hell thats a glass of water away from doing as much as a server. WTF?

Who do you tip?
Sandwich artists?
DQ girls?
Barber?
Cab Drivers?
Bell Hop?
Valets?
Doormen?

BSmack · Post by **BSmack** » Wed Oct 07, 2009 5:16 am

WolverineSteve wrote:
IndyFrisco wrote:Hmm...we alway pick up our pizzas but never tip. My wife goes to Noble Romans damn near every day for the breadsticks and a salad. Never tip. But they don't deliver, either. Yet there's a spot for a tip on the receipt.
This is embarrassing, you make a good living why not toss the kids a couple bucks. It makes their day and won't affect your wallet. If the take out person is in charge of taking and entering your order, sacking it up and cashing you out....tip. Hell thats a glass of water away from doing as much as a server. WTF?

The difference is that servers get paid less than minimum wage. The kid working the counter does. Did anybody tip me when I was knee deep in toner during Xerox's summer plant cleanup making 4.50 an hour working for a contract house? Fuck no. Did I get any tips when I was working 8 hours a day with a de-greasing vat that spewed enough ether on me to render wasted for the entire two weeks I worked there? Hell no. All I got were some weird looks from my parents when I sat in my room for hours at a time after work listening to "Master of Reality" over and over again. As far as I'm concerned, if you don't bring food to me or cut my hair, you don't get a tip.

MgoBlue-LightSpecial · Wed Oct 07, 2009 11:34 am

Btheft is anti-tipping?

:SHOCKER:

indyfrisco · Post by **indyfrisco** » Wed Oct 07, 2009 1:54 pm

WolverineSteve wrote:Who do you tip?
Sandwich artists?
NO
DQ girls?
NO
Barber?
$15 cut and I tip $5.
Cab Drivers?
Tip about 10% and hate every dime of it because it should not cost $12 to get a 2 mile ride
Bell Hop?
Always $5
Valets?
Always $5
Doormen?
$2

Just got back from the Caymans and the guy at the front desk at the Westin upgraded our room to the best in the hotel. they were at 10% capacity. I didn't even ask for it. I gave him $50. The room we had booked was $350/night. The room we got was $600/night. Least I could do was drop him a fiddy.

The pizza joint I referred to is practically a fast food joint. You walk in for lunch, order your personal pan pizza, breadsticks, salad or combination of the three. You have your food in 2 minutes or less and you are out the door or you can dine in. No one waits on you. You make your own salad from the salad bar. You get your own drinks. Do you tip at McDonald's? If McDonald's had a spot for a tip on the credit card receipt, would you tip? If not, then STFU.

I don't tip the faggot who pours my wife's $5 coffee either. You gonna say that is embarrassing too?

indyfrisco · Post by **indyfrisco** » Wed Oct 07, 2009 3:27 pm

Screw_Michigan wrote:
IndyFrisco wrote:I don't tip the faggot who pours my wife's $5 coffee either.
If your wife is buying $5 coffees, I can see why you don't want to tip.

Exactly. I drink just a plain black coffee and I don't buy the Starbucks shit. But she gets those damn mochas and after tax and all it is around $4.75 for a large. Ridiculous racket they got running.

ucantdoitdoggieSTyle2 · Wed Oct 07, 2009 3:59 pm

IndyFrisco wrote:I drink just a plain black coffee and I don't buy the Starbucks shit. But she gets those damn mochas and after tax and all it is around $4.75 for a large. Ridiculous racket they got running.

The wife likes Starbucks as well. Occasionally, I will indulge. I always make sure I look right into the snooty barista's eyes as I say "large"... daring them to question me with the "you mean, grande?" bullshit. No, you little coffeewench. I mean a fucking large.

smackaholic · Post by **smackaholic** » Wed Oct 07, 2009 4:25 pm

In high school I worked at friendlys. Worst fukking chore there, by far was cleaning out the grease trap. I still remember that horrific smell. Fortunately it was only done every few weeks or monthly. I forget which. Gawd was that horrible.

WolverineSteve · Post by **WolverineSteve** » Wed Oct 07, 2009 5:24 pm

IndyFrisco wrote:
WolverineSteve wrote:Who do you tip?
Sandwich artists?
NO
DQ girls?
NO
Barber?
$15 cut and I tip $5.
Cab Drivers?
Tip about 10% and hate every dime of it because it should not cost $12 to get a 2 mile ride
Bell Hop?
Always $5
Valets?
Always $5
Doormen?
$2
Just got back from the Caymans and the guy at the front desk at the Westin upgraded our room to the best in the hotel. they were at 10% capacity. I didn't even ask for it. I gave him $50. The room we had booked was $350/night. The room we got was $600/night. Least I could do was drop him a fiddy.

The pizza joint I referred to is practically a fast food joint. You walk in for lunch, order your personal pan pizza, breadsticks, salad or combination of the three. You have your food in 2 minutes or less and you are out the door or you can dine in. No one waits on you. You make your own salad from the salad bar. You get your own drinks. Do you tip at McDonald's? If McDonald's had a spot for a tip on the credit card receipt, would you tip? If not, then STFU.

I don't tip the faggot who pours my wife's $5 coffee either. You gonna say that is embarrassing too?

Good to know that tipping isn't a foreign concept to you. Nice work stroking the front desk dude, free upgrades are a beautiful thing.

However, I don't eat McDonalds and I certainly never use a credit card at fast food joints, not sure if there is a line for a tip on there. But there is a clear difference. If you order carryout from a sit down joint, you should tip. May not be the case at your pizza place. Even if there is someone dedicated to only carryouts, who cares what they make, throw them a bone. Hope this helps Indy. I doubt the ten extra bucks per week will hinder your lavish vacations.

L45B · Post by **L45B** » Wed Oct 07, 2009 5:27 pm

IndyFrisco wrote:Do you tip at McDonald's? If McDonald's had a spot for a tip on the credit card receipt, would you tip? If not, then STFU.

You know what this is? It's the world's smallest violin, playing just for the waitresses.

Regards,
Mr. Pink

indyfrisco · Post by **indyfrisco** » Wed Oct 07, 2009 5:31 pm

ucantdoitdoggieSTyle2 wrote:
IndyFrisco wrote:I drink just a plain black coffee and I don't buy the Starbucks shit. But she gets those damn mochas and after tax and all it is around $4.75 for a large. Ridiculous racket they got running.
The wife likes Starbucks as well. Occasionally, I will indulge. I always make sure I look right into the snooty barista's eyes as I say "large"... daring them to question me with the "you mean, grande?" bullshit. No, you little coffeewench. I mean a fucking large.

Yeah, I always pick up the coffees. I say large mocha with skim milk and no whip cream. They fire off my order "Venti Non-Fat No Whip Mocha" and prance around as I give them "I want you dead" stare like this

Mikey · Post by **Mikey** » Wed Oct 07, 2009 6:34 pm

L45B wrote:
IndyFrisco wrote:Do you tip at McDonald's? If McDonald's had a spot for a tip on the credit card receipt, would you tip? If not, then STFU.
You know what this is? It's the world's smallest violin, playing just for the waitresses.

Regards,
Mr. Pink

...and look how he ended up.

Mikey · Post by **Mikey** » Wed Oct 07, 2009 9:58 pm

Roach wrote: I swear it must have been some badge of glory to hang a used rubber on the speaker.

You didn't know...?

Katy · Post by **Katy** » Wed Oct 07, 2009 11:30 pm

Mikey wrote:
Roach wrote: I swear it must have been some badge of glory to hang a used rubber on the speaker.
You didn't know...?

Try going to the movies with your children and finding used condoms on the floor at your feet. People are fucking pigs.

Van · Post by **Van** » Wed Oct 07, 2009 11:57 pm

Well, c'mon, if they're fucking pigs, wouldn't you at least want them to use condoms?

We really don't need to see the freakish spawn of a Walmart Shopper mating with a walking, grunting set of baby back ribs.

Katy · Post by **Katy** » Thu Oct 08, 2009 12:17 am

Van wrote:Well, c'mon, if they're fucking pigs, wouldn't you at least want them to use condoms?

We really don't need to see the freakish spawn of a Walmart Shopper mating with a walking, grunting set of baby back ribs.

Excellent point.

TheJON · Post by **TheJON** » Thu Oct 08, 2009 12:29 am

Why the hell would I lie about working at Wendy's?

Because it's a better job than most people on this board will ever have.

As for me, I never really worked a dirty job. Sure, I did some nasty things to some grub when I waited tables if my customers were fucking pricks. The one I most remember was this asshole Nebraska fan in 1999 when I waited tables at a Village Inn in Iowa City the day before Iowa played Nebraska. Husker fan was annoying the shit outta me, so I scratched my balls, stuck my hand in my asscrack and wiped it on his burger. I know, sick right? Fucker had it coming. Moral of this story...... Don't piss off your waiter if he happens to be a punk college kid that hates the team you root for.

War Wagon · Post by **War Wagon** » Thu Oct 08, 2009 1:21 am

TheJON wrote:
Why the hell would I lie about working at Wendy's?
Because it's a better job than most people on this board will ever have.

Probably not.

ucantdoitdoggieSTyle2 · Thu Oct 08, 2009 2:09 am

Katy wrote:Try going to the movies with your children and finding used condoms on the floor at your feet.

Thanks for clarifying. I would have guessed your knees.

Katy · Post by **Katy** » Thu Oct 08, 2009 7:09 am

ucantdoitdoggieSTyle2 wrote:
Katy wrote:Try going to the movies with your children and finding used condoms on the floor at your feet.
Thanks for clarifying. I would have guessed your knees.

You're Welcome. :wink:

L45B · Post by **L45B** » Thu Oct 08, 2009 1:38 pm

TheJON wrote:As for me, I never really worked a dirty job. Sure, I did some nasty things to some grub when I waited tables if my customers were fucking pricks. The one I most remember was this asshole Nebraska fan in 1999 when I waited tables at a Village Inn in Iowa City the day before Iowa played Nebraska. Husker fan was annoying the shit outta me, so I scratched my balls, stuck my hand in my asscrack and wiped it on his burger. I know, sick right? Fucker had it coming. Moral of this story...... Don't piss off your waiter if he happens to be a punk college kid that hates the team you root for.

Wow Jon, had no idea you wrote the movie script for Waiting. Nice job.

As for me, I never worked a day in the food industry growing up thankfully. I worked summers at a public golf course (golf range pickerupper guy) and taught tennis to kids at a local country club. Worked winters closing the indoor tennis clubs I belonged to. And by no means was I the benefactor of growing up in an upper class family.

In fact, the only shit job I can remember working is the one I'm currently in. Mindlessly, routinely, re-shuffling the corporate dogshit that politically justifies the importance of some scumbag figurehead.

indyfrisco · Post by **indyfrisco** » Thu Oct 08, 2009 1:49 pm

R-Jack,

That looks like something I make called a Fatty. I've begun smoking them low and slow. Then baste in BBQ like I did my Atomic Buffalo Turds.