'I'll make the quesadillas exactly as ordered, but you pay the dry cleaners': Cheap manager changes restaurant recipes, gets covered in molten cheese in front of his corporate bosses

Remy Millisky • Writer and Editor

Nov 6, 2023 5:00 PM EST

A restaurant manager decided he wanted to cut costs on quesadillas, starting by using crepes instead of tortillas. That's probably because he had basically no real-world experience running a restaurant. Instead, he'd just taken a cooking course, then decided to cut costs at the restaurant in the quickest and easiest way he knew how: by making the food taste worst.

Whether you're at a five star restaurant or a hole in the wall food shack, the quality of the food matters above all else. If your highly rated restaurant has food that's just okay, people will remember that for next time. Quite often, the cheap food trucks or tiny takeout spots have delectable food that's made with love, and the amazing quality makes for lots of repeat customers. That's apparently what this manager didn't realize. Does he think people just show up to a food spot for the atmosphere, and just disregard their own tastebuds the whole time?

The entire story is included below, and it's a great read. Commenters also loved how the story played out between the waitstaff and this terrible manager. After that, one employee was so excited to quit their job and start a new one, but when they told the new job they needed to give 60 days notice, the new place hesitated…