I’m a Waffle House worker – there’s a secret lingo we use to talk about diners & what’s on your plate reveals the truth
A WAFFLE House staffer has opened up on the secret lingo that cooks use while preparing food.
Katie Pearson, who worked at an eatery in South Carolina, revealed that kitchen staff uses a code to ensure orders go out to diners correctly.
Pearson told the Associated Press that servers read out orders, prompting cooks to start arranging plates.
Cooks use condiments, cutlery, and food to relay the order to their team.
She revealed that a jelly cup on the front of the plate means scrambled eggs.
While, a jelly cup alongside a slice of cheese equates to scrambled eggs with cheese.
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Butter cups refer to waffles, while a sachet of mustard that is lying face-up is code for a pork chop.
The restaurant uses secret lingo so they can get orders out as quickly as possible to customers.
Pearson admitted that she found her experience working on the grill frustrating at first.
She said: “I cooked at home and stuff, and I had seen them (other Waffle House employees) cook, but I had never cooked for Waffle House before. I didn’t handle it well.”
But, as she gained more experience she said it can “be fun” trying to keep up with the orders that flood in.
Pearson said the two skills that are most important while working at Waffle House are “multitasking and communication”.
She said: “I’m usually very good at multitasking, but when I first started here, I didn’t know how to prioritize.”
But, the worker revealed that she learned to get “priorities in order”.
Over time, she admitted that it becomes “easier" to prioritize tasks.
Waffle House is not the only company that uses secret language.
The U.S. Sun has told how Target employees may use strange words and phrases when communicating with each other.
Many Target employees or "team members" hate doing a "clopen," Mental Floss reported.
This refers to an annoying situation where employees have a closing shift and then open the store the next morning.
"I'd (like to) get rid of the clopen shifts" former Target employee Adam told Mental Floss.
The Target "race track" is the main pathway that circles the store.
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"One main aisle circles the store, with additional aisles running through the center and the perimeters, allowing for more space to display product," the store's website says.
And, a “reshop” refers to merchandise that’s out of place and needs to be returned to its original location.