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so at applebees there was a time where corporate had the bright idea to change five items on the menu every week for a while. the idea being that it was all made out of pre-existing ingredients, but would offer variety for people to return weekly. kinda like the mcrib FOMO.
but in practice it meant the chefs would have to re-lean all the timing and routines and shit for the line every week when the recipes changed, on top of still doing regular shit. Everything slowed down, service went to shit cuz of longer ticket times. people were yelling at each other. cooks quit.
Feb 5, 2026 08:35even the stock room got fucked cuz we had to order more of each thing and didn't have the space worked out to put it away neatly. shit was just stacked up on the floor, so it took longer to grab shit during a rush.
It was fucking incredible. the ultimate example of numbers guys looking at a spreadsheet without knowing shit about working the floor. They really thought "it shouldn't be much different cuz it doesn't need new ingredients." I wish I could remember what dumb gimmick name they gave it.
also "swole line cook" is an amazing backyard or e-fed gimmick.
