20+ Food service employees who made giant mistakes at work: 'Closed the restaurant for 9 days and the plumbing bill alone was $89,000'

I bet you've made big mistakes, but you've never spilled 22 quarts of syrup during a restaurant's breakfast rush! 

Everything's bigger in a restaurant kitchen: when you're cooking for dozens or hundreds of customers every day, you're going to need a giant fridge and plenty of hands on deck. Though many chefs enjoy their work, it's a notoriously stressful business model. These workers are rushing constantly while also working around hot stoves, oil fryers, and sharp tools. It can be a recipe for disaster if they're not careful! 

These kitchen workers made some awfully big mistakes, like one person who dropped 30 ham and cheese croissants in front of a gasping audience. Others had their mistakes happen in the back of house away from customers' eyes, like one person who left a ton of meat in a cooker for a week. The head chefs of these kitchens must have an incredible amount of patience to avoid getting upset at their employees for ruining hundreds of dollars worth of food. 

Up next, read about a parent of a 16-year-old coffee shop worker who encouraged the teens to get back at their boss: "The parents of the other high school kids aren't OK with this."

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