The expo line guy who yelled "slow down" and actually saved my whole ticket flow

Last Saturday during a packed dinner service, I had this new kid on expo who kept screaming "slow down" at me every time I fired a ticket. I was so annoyed because I thought I was in a rhythm, but then I noticed my grill station had 4 tickets stacking up while my sauté guy was just standing there. The kid was right, I was firing too fast for the actual cook times, and my pass was turning into a mess of cold plates and rewrites. I slowed my fire pace by like 15 seconds per ticket and suddenly everything started landing hot and together. Now I actually ask my expo to call out pace instead of just confirming items, and it's cut my waste on remakes by a lot. Anyone else let a rookie tell them something obvious that they'd been missing for months?

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wren2172mo ago

My cousin's dog barks at the microwave every single time, total game changer for our snack game.

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leep332mo ago

Read somewhere that dogs hear frequencies way higher than we do, so the microwave might be making a noise that sounds like a tiny alarm to them. Makes sense why they'd get weirded out every time it starts up. Your cousin's pup probably just thinks they're protecting the house from a plastic bowl invasion lol.

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