| | jazzy | You've heard me mention my first 'real' restaurant job in Hartford. Back then I was far less jaded, and eager to be one of the guys, and a great chef in my own right. The cooks I was working with knew this, and wasted no time taking advantage of my naieve, ambitousness.
One night, one of the cooks, doing his best frantic act, said that we were running low on Salmon, and told me to go to all of the nearby restaurants, track down, and ask to borrow their "Salmon Stretcher". I thought it sounded a bit "fishy", (sorry about the pun). However, this chef was very convincing, and as stated, I was eager to prove myself.
This was not the first time the crew at this restaurant had pulled this one, and all of the nearby restaurants were 'in on it', as well. I would got to one, and they would send me to another, and so on, and so on.
Two hours later, about ten restaurants, and five miles of me searching for the elusive salmon stratcher, I returned defeated, only to find my coworkers doubled over with laughter. I had been had.
Since then I have gone on to be the one executing the practical jokes on poor unsuspecting, fresh out of culinary school, eager to please, young chefs.
Ah, the circle of life.
-Posted on Jul 07, 2008 |
| User: Bookman99 | | 5 | | Back when I was USAF, I heard tell of a FNG who got sent down to the runway in a duece (The only vehicle available, I guess), for ten yards of flight line. Little did the prankster know that they were replacing a section that day... -Posted on Apr 11, 2009 | | User: phoenyxashe | | 5 | Yes, a late poster as I wander the archives.
In the Air Force, on the flight lines, it was the bucket of Prop Wash... -Posted on Apr 08, 2009 | | User: Tiger_Black | | | | Oh my god classic. I still like the bag of steam, they do that one in the army too, according to an ex. -Posted on Jan 04, 2009 | | User: way_past_bedtime | | | | Another prank I've heard of was this poor gullible girl who were just fresh out of chef school, and she'd got the task of whisking water for the ice cubes. She sat in the walk-in freezer for 25 minutes stirring a bucket of water. Worst thing was that she didn't even realise she'd been had. -Posted on Oct 29, 2008 | | User: harryq | | 5 | -Posted on Jul 17, 2008 | | User: Croi Dhubh | | 5 | | That's awesome. We used to do things like this to the FNGs in the Army. We would ask for them to get us chemlight batteries, a box of T-R-double E's and that FNG meant "Forward Nuclear Guard" (they'd be in full mop on a roof for 24 hours holding an alarm connected to nothing) -Posted on Jul 13, 2008 | Only registered members may vote. Sign up here! | |
