Pet Peeves

What really disgust me is when I see people coming out the bathroom with their apron still on.   I really hate seeing people walking the halls with disposable gloves on.  Their disposable, throw them out when you leave the kitchen.  Then I don't have to worry that you put new gloves when you get back to your station.

I don't work in surgery or on the floors but why would go outside to the curb to smoke in full dress (ie. mask, shoe covers, gown, etc.)  Isn't that equipment supposed to reduce contamination which now have smoke all over it.

Respect - I find it disrespectful to food to overcook it or mishandle food.  I think one of the cornerstones of cooking should be respect for the ingredients.  A perfect example would be were a cook instead of shocking pasta correctly just threw some ice on it a put in the cooler.  That is wrong on so many levels, from sanitation to extremely water logging the pasta.  How long would it have taken to rinse the pasta under cold water, it's this laziness which gives hospital food its reputation.

I don't know why people don't like to measure ingredients. If you measure everything every time you don't have to worry about having inconsistent product.  For example our mashed potatoes at work one box mashed potatoes to 2 gallons of water.  The cooks you just pour water in a bowl and have to spend time adding mix and then repeatedly until the get the right consistency.  If you measured the water their would be no guess work involved.

It's funny the same people who never have time to help are the same people I catch chatting all the time.

Storage order-  What is so difficult about raw products below cooked that is so difficult to remember.  It is a little more complex than that but they can't even remember that.

Not really a pet peeve, but definitely words to live by.

• He said, when you’re screwing up and nobody’s saying anything to you anymore, that means they gave up. And that’s a lesson that stuck with me my whole life. Is that when you see yourself doing something badly and nobody’s bothering to tell you anymore, that’s a very bad place to be. Your critics are your ones telling you they still love you and care.
  • When Pausch spoke of "when you’re screwing up and nobody’s saying anything to you anymore, that means they gaveup." he was quoting an assistant coach of football coach James Graham