20+ Food service employees who had interesting days at work: 'Less than 10 minutes after opening, 30 clowns walked in'

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Remy Millisky • Writer and Editor
Jul 30, 2025 5:00 PM EDT

What's the most exciting thing you did at your job today? Did you get to cut open a massive wheel of Parmesan cheese? Did you serve meals to 30 clowns? Did you witness 5 cheesecakes that were baked for 3 days straight (by accident)? If you answered "no" to all 3 questions, that's just too bad, because these back-of-house restaurant workers had more intriguing days at work than you did. 

Check out a bunch of people who had interesting days at work, both good and bad. Then, read about some folks who are having a rough day, like one person who "bumped into this guy who was holding 15 milkshakes." 

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  • 01
    Got called in for a double. Less than ten minutes after opening thirty clowns walked in.
    via u/Iatemydoggo

    This person didn't get the best photo, but there really were 30 clowns who stayed for 2 and a half hours! "Didn't even get a balloon animal," this worker joked. 

  • 02

    Every job should have a freezer you can cry in

    No running either No WALKING IN THE CRY-IN -BARTENDERS
    via u/tapthisb*ng

    There's just something extra refreshing and rejuvenating about a chilly sob session. Also, you can often scream in these and the sound is pretty muffled. Get all those frustrations out! 

  • 03

    I'd give anything to squish it

    All hail the CUBE!
    via u/Chefbigandtall
  • 04

    One Krabby patty, coming right up!

    This sh is NOT like SpongeBob
    via u/regular-memer

    This person added in the comments that although they're super hot in this weather, they're "having a great time" at the job. 

  • 05

    This is a great prank

    Got bored and froze chefs apron
    via u/Human_Efficiency8360
  • 06

    The result:

    Cheezburger Image 10536186880
    via u/Human_Efficiency8360
  • 07
    Melissa Stetten @melissastetten.bsky.social The Tesla diner is unfortunately in my neighborhood so I took a little peek to see boxes of milk and frozen foods out in the heat. Good luck to everyone's stomachs. ZO KEEP FROZEN
    via u/mac2-87
  • 08

    This is very impressive

    My boss gives me the extra stromboli dough to make creatures :)
    via u/brighteyes_bushyhair
  • 09

    They drew on this one with Sharpie marker because no one was going to eat it

    Cheezburger Image 10536187392
    via u/brighteyes_bushyhair
  • 10
    Real doers, not thinkers. er Hills Our ice machine went down for a couple days, so our maintenance guys delivered us a couple hundred pounds of ice. Turns out they aren't the sharpest knife in the kitchen and put all of it right in front of the walk-in freezer door, leaving a new body of water not yet charted, on my reefer floor. Be Exec., they said, it will be fun, they said.
    via u/onthetubs
  • 11

    This is so cool

    I get to do this today!!! First time!!
    via u/linecook88
  • 12

    Here's what it looked like when they cracked this bad boy open

    Cheezburger Image 10536188672
    via u/linecook88

    I hope they also get to swirl pasta around in it! 

  • 13

    Ever wondered what cheesecake would look like after 3 days in the oven?

    Someone really messed up. These were left in the oven, overnight, more like almost 72 hours. Saturday afternoon until now. (Sun/Mon are my off days every week)
    via u/Coffee13lack
  • 14
    No one uses these ovens so no one checked them. A pastry cook clearly forgot about them and the ovens have been on low. They don't smell like burning products so no one noticed, until the other pastry cook went looking for cheesecakes. I'm dumbfounded, I've seen people leave things in ovens over night before, but for 3 nights?????
    via u/Coffee13lack

    One commenter suggested that these might taste like ashes and have the texture of astronaut ice cream, and I agree. These look like they're just vaporized cheesecakes at this point. 

  • 15

    M i l k ?

    Still my favorite thing I found in my kitchen(threw it away instantly) ITEM: MIK? DATE: 1-24 EMP: USE BY: 10-30 MT WTH F Found in SA SU cncco.com Microwave
    via u/oldbob12

    It also appears to be roughly 10 months out of date, and after being "found in the microwave," I can't even imagine what kind of taste and smell this abomination would have. 

  • 16
    Please watch your step. We had a spill in the kitchen tonight.
    via u/dunne15
  • 17

    If management won't learn the easy way, they'll certainly learn the hard way

    This is an insane safety hazard, right? I'm not crazy? Hanging between the dishwashing pit and prep station
    via u/Big-Economist-7026

    Let's just hope they moved this before someone got hurt! 

  • 18

    This worker reports that that's a salt and pepper mix

    Now that's how you properly season a tomato 4/29
    via u/ImTooHigh

    I didn't know restaurants made a mix of the 2 ingredients, but it makes sense. You learn something new every day. 

  • 19

    One of those days

    Going through old recipe books and I guess I was having a bad day when I wrote this one down. 100 ONION POWDER HASH BROWN DRY SPICE To co 400 650G RICE FLOUR Gea 650G CORN STARCH Gea 200G NON-FAT DRY MILK POWDER 120G GARLIC POWDER COG ICOSHER SALT -WHISK IN FARCE MIXING BOWL BURN DOWN THE WHOLE PLACE ON DRY STORAGE SHELF TRAISED PORK SUMUDED lam PLACE
    via u/Practical_Fix_5350
  • 20

    Hello, OSHA?

    Summers in this kitchen will be the death of me ThermoPro 1989 Ow 7.6 66 all bine bighs 16 DRY COMFONT WET F 780 %
    via u/LivingLavishLe
  • 21
    Slow night on the pizza line To laits
    via u/Gonji89
  • 22
    In case anyone ever wondered This is what 35 gallons of macaroni and cheese looks like
    via u/i_ata_starfish-twice
  • 23

    E-lemon-phant

    A friend in the walk-in M Show me your produce pals. F
    via u/shanimus_rex
  • 24

    Wow

    Macaroni³ We still doing cubes? This was my macaroni today before I made Mac and cheese
    via u/Apprehensive_View930
  • 25

    Putting touch screens on a deep fryer? Come on, man

    Only $60,000 worth of touchscreens messed up this time!! Frymaster
    via u/Boogedyinjax

    This person reports that after just 2 months of use, these things are fried, pun intended. They're now stuck with broken fryers they can't drain. What a headache for the entire kitchen staff. 

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