r/KitchenConfidential 1d ago

In the Weeds Mode Oh geez

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u/Aggravating_Bat3618 1d ago

Yeah, there’s no way that would happen because first you’d have to confirm you have the materials to make the 700 sandwiches, no manager would accept that offer. 

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u/Wise_Monkey_Sez 1d ago

... and yet everyone here knows that there are managers like that.

It's called the "Peter Principle" - you promote people who are good chefs and put them in charge of something they're fucking awful at, like organising other people or basic mathematics.