How working in a restaurant kitchen is much more intense than expected

We often get very angry and upset when we order food and it is not delivered on time, don’t we? It’s a natural human tendency for us to feel irritated when the food is not served on time in restaurants. We feel because we are paying for it, the service should be quick and great, which is not wrong on our part. But, do we realize, the people who work in the restaurant kitchen work very hard to maintain the standard and reputation of the restaurant and serve their customers the best?

Working in a household kitchen is very different from working in a restaurant kitchen. Firstly, while working in home, your family or friends or whoever you are cooking from don’t pay you so they can’t really raise their voice when not served on time and also because they are family, they understand. But when it comes to a restaurant kitchen, because people are not your family, they are your customers and they are paying you they feel they have the right to question when food is not served on time or the quality is not up to the mark.

The people working in the restaurant kitchen go through immense pressure because the orders keep pouring in and to fulfil everyone’s expectation and delivering it on time is very difficult. It is exhausting working for people, serving people and delivering everything as per expectations can be quite a task and especially when the staff is less and the crowd is more.

It gets even more difficult during occasions and festivals. There are always a bunch of people lined up in the restaurants expecting good food and service. The staff does try and give what people expect and try to satisfy them but it doesn’t happen always. There are times when the food may not be as great and the service might be slow, but sometimes it is also important for us to understand their situation. No one does this on purpose. Everyone wants their restaurant to be the best that has a reputation of serving best to its customers and maintaining that can be tricky.

No work is small, every work and job has its own set of problems and respecting that is important. Just because we pay for something doesn’t mean we cross the boundaries. Understanding their work and their situation is very important and respecting the people that work for us is more important.