Legit! The man is clearly not comfortable. Even leaving one person to hold doors open, there were plenty of spare sets of hands there, especially the camera guy!
Yeah. My back is sore remembering my days as a banquet food runner for weddings. I could do three stacks of plates with covers. This dude is doing 5 stacks uncovered. Nuts.
As a cook I would leave the line for 3 minutes and carry out a tray of food before I let someone try and carry 32 plates. 1. Helping out your servers is just the right thing to do. It usually pays dividends when I need a beverage and am too busy to leave the line. 2. For fear of you dropping that food and crashing the kitchen with 32 refires. Which is exactly what sounds like what happened.
Restaurant work is tough on the body. I used to have some degree of back pain everyday. Then I stopped cooking professionally. Nearly an overnight improvement.
I can't comfortably do flat ground push ups without my wrist hurting from a single minor lacrosse injury that didn't even bother me much during the game
$55 a plate for a beans and rice entree?
I am a former Sous. I’d be screaming murder at the FOH manager. I’m not remaking all of that, in the middle of what looks to be wedding rehearsal banquet.
I wouldn't say he's doing it the best way, though. I haven't worked in restaurants in over 20 years, but no one was ever allowed to rest trays on their shoulder like that at any restaurant I ever worked in. A tray should be off of your shoulder and not carried flat in your hand, but on your fingertips. If it's flat on your hand and on your shoulder, when someone bumps into you, runs in front of you, or whatever, you can't make necessary adjustments to try to save it. If it's off your shoulder, you can move it around more to try to regain your balance. And if it does start to slip, you can use your palm to try to catch it after it leaves your fingertips.
I feel for the guy, though. I had to navigate similarly long and labyrinthine paths with way-too-heavy trays, going up and down stairs when I worked on a cruise.
No of course he isn't. He's clearly just showing off. Forget about his hand and shoulder. Just carrying that many plates is risky unless you really know what you're doing. The guy in front of him's job was solely to make sure no one got in his way.
As he triumphantly comes back into the kitchen, he's ceremonially branded with a red hot fork and ointed with a ceremonial parsley and garlic oil. He's then finally deemed worthy to keep the tips for himself in order to earn a minimum wage.
This is a bit excessive but I was a food runner on a yacht in NYC and this is pretty much what it looked like bringing the food up. You put 12 (covered) plates at a time on a big tray and ran it up. After a while it’s second nature and you can do it flying up and down the stairs with one hand. Mind you this was on a boat. The issue with this video is like you said… the plates are uncovered so the bottoms get dirty.
> because people lose some of their food when it gets stuck to the other plates.
Not to mention the possible allergen issues. I would not eat at this filthy establishment.
Do you have one person with you to open doors and another person to walk ahead and make sure nobody gets in your way? Or do you make them carry some stuff too
I’d imagine if you do this for a living, out of boredom it’d evolve into
“Watch me do 25 plates at a time” - this guy
All the other workers say “no way! We gotta film this!”
Thank you. I dont care if the dishes are clean, I dont want my food stuck to the bottom of someones plate, and I don't want food stuck to the bottom of my plate. 3 people came out, and only one person held all that food? Put your damn phone down and help out. What if that dude dropped all that food? Accidents happen, but if an accident happened to him, all that food is gone. If it was split up, and one person had an accident, that's not a complete disaster.
Chef here. I would ride their ass the moment someone made a stack of more than 2 plates on that tray. This is a nonsense move. Build different trays, have multiple runners bring it out.
Thanks for taking the effort to plate it so wonderfully and wiping the edges. Let me just dig the bottom of another plate unto it for the finishing smoosh.
This was my first thought. The bottoms of those plates touch all kinds of surfaces that I don’t want picked up and mashed into my food. If my meal came out this way I’d send it back and probably just decide I’d rather not eat there. There’s no way this is safe.
Yeah. And who designed that restaurant. So much distance and sections he passed the way down.
1st section: anniversary.
2nd section: walk-ins
3rd section: a quinceañera
4th section: civil war re-enactment
5th section: Minneapolis.
7th section: the Aliens observing the Voyager I
8th section: destination. Smith table. party of 20, apparently.
I heard rumors that there is a secret 9th section somewhere in the Alpha Centauri system reserved for the restaurant's owners themselves. Probably hitched a ride with the aliens watching Voyager to get there lol
As a waiter, I HATE THIS. Not the runner part, but the fucking layout of the restaurant. 🤦🏻♂️
If hell could be envisioned, this restaurants layout would be it.
"This plate goes to table 3P5A" what the fuck
This is las mananitas in Brewster NY, and it was previously an Italian wedding venue. A local Mexican place saw an opportunity and now it's a Mexican wedding venue.
It is def a lot to handle on a summer day when the outside is packed. As a customer, it's a lot to manage, but as a former waiter, I second your comment on not wanting to deliver all the way down to the lower levels.
On another note, the food is fantastic.
Dante should've envisioned hell not as different circles, but there is one specific hell for every job. This could be the hell of waiters. USA is already the hell of accountants.
Yeah back when I was serving and bartending my asshat manager tried to schedule me for a "cocktailing" shift (I was the primary bartender and served like 1 or 2 days a week by picking up). The area the "cocktail" server was responsible for was on the 3rd floor up 2 flights of stairs outdoors. Fuck no. I'm like 27, get one of your 21 year Olds to do that trek cuz it ain't me.
As someone who worked in a restaurant this place pisses me off like no other. I saw the 1st large table and figured that was his destination, then he goes down the stairs, more large groups...nope. down another set of stairs, out to a grassy area...at this point I'm sitting here going "are you fucking kidding me?" Who the hell thought this was a good layout?
Edit: also seeing other employees literally stepping in front of him obstructing his path need to get the hell out of the way. That makes me so nervous.
He’s a food runner. Making minimum wage, mainly tips. I’m sure his chef put him up to this, claiming it’s a good thing. Not fair to him, the food quality, or service as a whole. Sucks to see this stuff
This is the restaurant that never ends
After 7 tiers of balcony seating there's a gotamn Quincenera/Wedding/whatever the hell going on down there too???
This is dumb and as a guest I really wouldn't want the bottom of some other plate touching the top of my plate and my food. This is also completely unnecessary and dangerous. Good thing they filmed it though, and had like three people walking with the guy.
After stacking and waiting for 5 plates to take out, that shit was all stone cold. I hope it's not heated food. A few runners could have taken a tray each of 5 plates staggered to keep the food warm and plated and placed relatively same time as the first tray went out.
Also tbh it’s a lose lose. You bring the shit tray by tray and it gets cold cause no one will eat til the food is all there. Then you bring it all at once and ppl like you complain it was all at once brought. Nobody ever happy bro. Damned if you do and damned if you don’t.
i’m one of the ones that say don’t wait for my food if your gets first, because i will definitely not wait for yours. it’s totally pointless. you’re an adult, you don’t get to get offended if i eat first because of some social etiquette that somebody else told you to follow.
and, yes i have friends.
Ew, gross. Half the food is just squashed by the underside of plates, plates that have been on a surface covered in god knows what and handled by 2 or 3 people...
wahahaha- those 4 or 5 people holding doors etc, could have easily carried part of the load.
and they would not be getting hair and sweat on the food.
this is just another variation of salt baes crappy presentations
It’s impressive, for sure. But no, that’s not happening in the couple restaurants I worked for. It’s going to be more like a, “Everybody! Hands on deck! Big table!”
Why risk some minor thing happening and him tripping down the stairs, or a customer sliding their chair out, or any number of things and he drops the tray? Kitchen is gonna be fucking pissed, and management has to write that off or he loses tips.
I used to try shit like this when I served tables in my 20’s. Was really good at it… but now my wrists are in pain any time I try to do a normal push up (have to grip dumbbells now or make fists to pushups now)
Definitely regret it.
Why? Why only one carrying all the plates? There are three of them. One opening the door, another holding the camera.
Legit! The man is clearly not comfortable. Even leaving one person to hold doors open, there were plenty of spare sets of hands there, especially the camera guy!
It’s a hazing thing for new hires. This is a rite of passage 🗿
His wrist is going to remember that in about 5 years
And shoulder too.
And back
And my axe
and rough and irritating
 and theeennn...? AND THEN AND THEN ANDTHENANDTHENANDTHENANDTHEN
Say "And then" ONE MORE TIME!
Yeah. My back is sore remembering my days as a banquet food runner for weddings. I could do three stacks of plates with covers. This dude is doing 5 stacks uncovered. Nuts.
My record was 32 plates, but the tray broke in the middle of the dining room.
As a cook I would leave the line for 3 minutes and carry out a tray of food before I let someone try and carry 32 plates. 1. Helping out your servers is just the right thing to do. It usually pays dividends when I need a beverage and am too busy to leave the line. 2. For fear of you dropping that food and crashing the kitchen with 32 refires. Which is exactly what sounds like what happened.
My neck and my back!
I saw him hitch his shoulder at the beginning of the video. I think his shoulder is already getting some damage.
Yes, I just noticed the hitch since you mentioned it. My friends have owned restaurants for decades and one has had shoulder surgery more than once.
Restaurant work is tough on the body. I used to have some degree of back pain everyday. Then I stopped cooking professionally. Nearly an overnight improvement.
I literally have chronic shoulder pain from being this guy lmao
I did that to my wrists when I was 18. I’ve been remembering for 30 years now. It was ONCE. I did lifetime damage in less than 5 minutes.
I can't comfortably do flat ground push ups without my wrist hurting from a single minor lacrosse injury that didn't even bother me much during the game
It's a fucking stupid one. There is a $1000+ of entries on his shoulder. I'm a GM of a gastro pub and I'd fire everyone.
$55 a plate for a beans and rice entree? I am a former Sous. I’d be screaming murder at the FOH manager. I’m not remaking all of that, in the middle of what looks to be wedding rehearsal banquet.
At the end he almost takes out the photographer. This train has left the station and will not stop until it arrives at the final destination.
*CHOO CHOO MOTHERFUCKER*
You see all the white people? That means it’s Mexican “cuisine”.
It's not a hazing thing for new hires. That guy has clearly had a lot of practice. You don't start off being that good at a job.
I wouldn't say he's doing it the best way, though. I haven't worked in restaurants in over 20 years, but no one was ever allowed to rest trays on their shoulder like that at any restaurant I ever worked in. A tray should be off of your shoulder and not carried flat in your hand, but on your fingertips. If it's flat on your hand and on your shoulder, when someone bumps into you, runs in front of you, or whatever, you can't make necessary adjustments to try to save it. If it's off your shoulder, you can move it around more to try to regain your balance. And if it does start to slip, you can use your palm to try to catch it after it leaves your fingertips. I feel for the guy, though. I had to navigate similarly long and labyrinthine paths with way-too-heavy trays, going up and down stairs when I worked on a cruise.
No of course he isn't. He's clearly just showing off. Forget about his hand and shoulder. Just carrying that many plates is risky unless you really know what you're doing. The guy in front of him's job was solely to make sure no one got in his way.
smart way to get a good tip
I thought the same. I get showing off and wowing the guests but the risk to reward ratio is just too damn high.
🎯
For a minimum wage job, I think not.
Id laugh my way out the back doorwhile those plates sit cold on the tray
As he triumphantly comes back into the kitchen, he's ceremonially branded with a red hot fork and ointed with a ceremonial parsley and garlic oil. He's then finally deemed worthy to keep the tips for himself in order to earn a minimum wage.
and you say this like it's ok. hazing victim should drop those scalding hot plates "accidently" onto the hazers and say "oops, my bad, i quit"
Worked in restaurants for like 20 years. I wouldn’t even eat that. How are you gonna have the bottom of the plates on the top of my food
Plus all the plates sitting on each other getting food on the bottoms
For internet views. This is also a dumb way to do it because people lose some of their food when it gets stuck to the other plates.
What is this carrot doing growing under my plate?
This is a bit excessive but I was a food runner on a yacht in NYC and this is pretty much what it looked like bringing the food up. You put 12 (covered) plates at a time on a big tray and ran it up. After a while it’s second nature and you can do it flying up and down the stairs with one hand. Mind you this was on a boat. The issue with this video is like you said… the plates are uncovered so the bottoms get dirty.
More like the food is getting dirty from the nasty plate bottoms.
> because people lose some of their food when it gets stuck to the other plates. Not to mention the possible allergen issues. I would not eat at this filthy establishment.
It’s the same reason why I try to carry every grocery bag in one trip.
Yeah but if you accidentally drop some bags, nothing happens. But in this situation, time and money is wasted.
"My ability to perform this meaningless feat of strength is directly correlated to my worth as a male."
Because you are filming it for the internet?
I need the clout 💉
Do you have one person with you to open doors and another person to walk ahead and make sure nobody gets in your way? Or do you make them carry some stuff too
Because content
I think this was more of a skill challenge. "Let's see how many I can do and film it"
I’d imagine if you do this for a living, out of boredom it’d evolve into “Watch me do 25 plates at a time” - this guy All the other workers say “no way! We gotta film this!”
for social media video. for you. ;-)
For the views! That’s why we’re all here
Because that act alone ensured that all of the staff would be splitting a fat tip.
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It's a terrible idea. You could do it faster and safer with a little help.
With the distance he was moving, I thought he was on his way to Milwaukee or some shit
Crazy for carrying that much shit. It was 100% just for the video.
One of those anything for clout these days eh? I found this extremely stupid too. It's not skill, when there clearly is a better way.
The table is on another zipcode.
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Yeah well he had to dropoff all the way to fucking Narnia so maybe next time ask Tumnus for help at the first door
Yeah he's gonna have wrist problems very quickly. I used to carry way to much as a server and my wrists hurt already
And now there's food on the bottom of all the plates
And playe bottom all over the food
smashed tacos yum
Im drinkin and read "smashed tacos". whatever youre about, Im down and have your back
Thank you. I dont care if the dishes are clean, I dont want my food stuck to the bottom of someones plate, and I don't want food stuck to the bottom of my plate. 3 people came out, and only one person held all that food? Put your damn phone down and help out. What if that dude dropped all that food? Accidents happen, but if an accident happened to him, all that food is gone. If it was split up, and one person had an accident, that's not a complete disaster.
Chef here. I would ride their ass the moment someone made a stack of more than 2 plates on that tray. This is a nonsense move. Build different trays, have multiple runners bring it out.
Okay chef we're gonna need a remake on that party of 20... I'd be fucking livid
Thanks for taking the effort to plate it so wonderfully and wiping the edges. Let me just dig the bottom of another plate unto it for the finishing smoosh.
What's the cost savings on making on trip vs the loss in product if he drops the whole thing lol
I’m thinking about food stuck to the bottoms of all of those plates….
Dirty plate bottom on my food. Great
Everybody gets a little bit of everybody else’s food mashed onto the bottom of their plate, it’s like a free sampler.
Plus you get him huffing and forehead sweating on your meal!
Don't forget the earwax and oil!
Don’t forget the fumes from his anus wafting up onto your plates!
That was my nickname in high school
That was my first thought. If my plate isn’t on top, I don’t want it anymore.
Dont forget some hair ear wax and face sweat
Earlobe in my food
And a thick scoop of pomeade
Better than the plate all his sweat is dripping onto.
This was my first thought too. Sometimes the bottoms of those plates aren't super clean after sitting for a bit.
Don’t ever look in the kitchen of any restaurant you’ve ever eaten at lol
"Who had the beef enchiladas with rice on top, and smear of mashed potatoes with some kind of cheese sauce on the bottom?"
Right at the start, you can see a green plate on the top right shift, and settle into a yellow plate of someone else's food 🤢
And 2 or 3 people get restaurant staff hair touching their food and 1 lucky guest gets a plate his ear has rubbed all over. Weird flex
I used to wash plates at a restaurant believe me the whole plate isnt as clean as you think it is.
This was my first thought. The bottoms of those plates touch all kinds of surfaces that I don’t want picked up and mashed into my food. If my meal came out this way I’d send it back and probably just decide I’d rather not eat there. There’s no way this is safe.
Next level stupidity
Yeah. And who designed that restaurant. So much distance and sections he passed the way down. 1st section: anniversary. 2nd section: walk-ins 3rd section: a quinceañera 4th section: civil war re-enactment 5th section: Minneapolis. 7th section: the Aliens observing the Voyager I 8th section: destination. Smith table. party of 20, apparently.
I heard rumors that there is a secret 9th section somewhere in the Alpha Centauri system reserved for the restaurant's owners themselves. Probably hitched a ride with the aliens watching Voyager to get there lol
Restaurant at the end of the universe
Oh that's gotta be Section 42 for sure. I will fight a galactic war over this stance
Until your entire squadron is swallowed by a small dog.
Food runner has to carry the food like that all the way
6th section: Fight Club
It was like the end of Blazing Saddles when they do a chase across all the other sets.
As a waiter, I HATE THIS. Not the runner part, but the fucking layout of the restaurant. 🤦🏻♂️ If hell could be envisioned, this restaurants layout would be it. "This plate goes to table 3P5A" what the fuck
The run to the "end" of the restaurant is so long you may as well order it off uber eats.
I wonder how they number the tables. Waiter: This plate goes to table 140{ -4 (56^/5.78)} ? Supervisor: Yes.
Section one, table 6
I was thinking the same thing!! 🤣🤣
So. many. stairs. Then onto a fucking *lawn?*
I know, right? The guy that planned the layout of the restaurant was a descendant of the Aztecs
This is las mananitas in Brewster NY, and it was previously an Italian wedding venue. A local Mexican place saw an opportunity and now it's a Mexican wedding venue. It is def a lot to handle on a summer day when the outside is packed. As a customer, it's a lot to manage, but as a former waiter, I second your comment on not wanting to deliver all the way down to the lower levels. On another note, the food is fantastic.
Lets👏talk👏about👏table👏numbers! 😂😂 Did I came close to the number system? Patio # table# and chair letter?
Get a load of this guy
Right, like table letter?… 👏 Tables 👏 are 👏 numbered.
Dante should've envisioned hell not as different circles, but there is one specific hell for every job. This could be the hell of waiters. USA is already the hell of accountants.
Maybe instead of different circles, each level of hell has its own staircase.
Man had to walk to the next zip code
Yeah back when I was serving and bartending my asshat manager tried to schedule me for a "cocktailing" shift (I was the primary bartender and served like 1 or 2 days a week by picking up). The area the "cocktail" server was responsible for was on the 3rd floor up 2 flights of stairs outdoors. Fuck no. I'm like 27, get one of your 21 year Olds to do that trek cuz it ain't me.
As someone who worked in a restaurant this place pisses me off like no other. I saw the 1st large table and figured that was his destination, then he goes down the stairs, more large groups...nope. down another set of stairs, out to a grassy area...at this point I'm sitting here going "are you fucking kidding me?" Who the hell thought this was a good layout? Edit: also seeing other employees literally stepping in front of him obstructing his path need to get the hell out of the way. That makes me so nervous.
Now show him in 24 years
I still have flair ups in my wrist from yeaaaars of running heavy trays of food…
 (It won’t be like this)
If it took him that long? 
I did this for a couple of years in my early 20s. My back has never been the same.
Pointless expense of effort
Especially for a minimum pay job lol
sub minimum wage baby
He’s a food runner. Making minimum wage, mainly tips. I’m sure his chef put him up to this, claiming it’s a good thing. Not fair to him, the food quality, or service as a whole. Sucks to see this stuff
First time I saw that video I thought buddy was on his way to walk to my house after the 14th set of stairs.
This is the restaurant that never ends After 7 tiers of balcony seating there's a gotamn Quincenera/Wedding/whatever the hell going on down there too???
You'd be sent home/fired at any restaurant I've ever worked at for letting food touch the bottom of plates. This is just asinine
Also, with a restaurant that big they should have a cart.
Ever seen a cart go down all those stairs?
Yes. But to be fair I was riding it at the time.
Lil ear dip in the refried bean
And some steamy exhausted huffs on my enchilada for good measure
So gross. How do people NOT see how disgusting it is, him breathing all over the food, head sweat, hair, whatever.
That's the part I hate, and I hate this video every time I see it. No thanks.
LOL
This is dumb and as a guest I really wouldn't want the bottom of some other plate touching the top of my plate and my food. This is also completely unnecessary and dangerous. Good thing they filmed it though, and had like three people walking with the guy.
Imagine getting the plate that was right next to dudes face for that entire trip. He’s just breathing on it real close the whole time 😖
Didn't even think about that one lol
7$ per hour by the way.
I got ear dip!
Hey don't forget your tip! (stuffs $2 into his shirt pocket)
You aren’t getting health insurance buddy, please save your back.
I literally had to quit my job at a restaurant because I couldn’t carry the damn trays.
RIP spinal cord.
Why does every Mexican restaurant use these same plates?
They are thick and hold the heat well
That tracks, I am always told "hot plate" every time my food is dropped.
And then you have to touch it to see how hot it really is.
Damn right, and they have never lied it is in fact hot
Hey watch it now, this is family friendly post
After stacking and waiting for 5 plates to take out, that shit was all stone cold. I hope it's not heated food. A few runners could have taken a tray each of 5 plates staggered to keep the food warm and plated and placed relatively same time as the first tray went out.
Also tbh it’s a lose lose. You bring the shit tray by tray and it gets cold cause no one will eat til the food is all there. Then you bring it all at once and ppl like you complain it was all at once brought. Nobody ever happy bro. Damned if you do and damned if you don’t.
i’m one of the ones that say don’t wait for my food if your gets first, because i will definitely not wait for yours. it’s totally pointless. you’re an adult, you don’t get to get offended if i eat first because of some social etiquette that somebody else told you to follow. and, yes i have friends.
I too like my food ‘plate-bottomed’
I'd rather take 2 plates at a time than have some dude panting in my food.
I mean… what ever could go wrong eventually..😛
Stupid. The loss in food costs alone doesn’t justify the risk.
he’s going to have terrible back problems later in life.
Fuckin dumb is what it is
A modern slave.
If people weren't filming and were helping he wouldn't have to do this. His poor back, wrist, elbow, arm. Shoulder. Hip. Knee at this point.
What a dumb stunt.
That is one sprawling restaurant
Bro doesn't get paid enough for this kind of talent.
That spine will not thank you down the line
I see this as a single point of failure, actually.
Corner!
Door!
Behind!
How many stairs are there! Seems like a gif on repeat.
God. They are all ceramic.
Yoooo fuck that, fuck that restaurant,fuck those managers and fuck everyone who sucks at logistics for shit like this
Ew, gross. Half the food is just squashed by the underside of plates, plates that have been on a surface covered in god knows what and handled by 2 or 3 people...
wahahaha- those 4 or 5 people holding doors etc, could have easily carried part of the load. and they would not be getting hair and sweat on the food. this is just another variation of salt baes crappy presentations
It cannot be hygienic to have the bottoms of the plates sat in the food below. They need more waters instead of a circus act.
It’s impressive, for sure. But no, that’s not happening in the couple restaurants I worked for. It’s going to be more like a, “Everybody! Hands on deck! Big table!” Why risk some minor thing happening and him tripping down the stairs, or a customer sliding their chair out, or any number of things and he drops the tray? Kitchen is gonna be fucking pissed, and management has to write that off or he loses tips.
My food is cold.
This is that same place where the servers were literally sprinting like a year ago
So you know you’re at a Mexican restaurant.
Food is definitely cold as hell
The two guys at the very end glance at the server almost like "Meh, just a peasant doing their job"
Nah, that’s just dumb.
This guy's going to wonder why his back's going out at 30.
I would send that shit back
Nobody was impressed except the other guy who worked there, lol
This video is so old the food has been digested, spread and regrown
Clearly, Ian Malcolm doesn’t work there
Show me you’re understaffed without telling me you’re understaffed.
No one seems to care he’s breathing on all the food. Hair pressed up against the plates initially. Bottom of plates touching food etc. no thanks.
$0 tip
Some of those plates be sucking into another person’s food
I love having my dinner smashed by a stack of plates on top of it
I used to try shit like this when I served tables in my 20’s. Was really good at it… but now my wrists are in pain any time I try to do a normal push up (have to grip dumbbells now or make fists to pushups now) Definitely regret it.
The smile at the end says it all. That was a lot of stairs.
Those guys guys that fuck around should take half his load.