A line cook at my old spot in Denver kept saying 'we're not saving lives' every time someone sent back a steak, and now 40% of our walk-in gets tossed every week

William Schmidt · 2026-09-29T08:05:03.66965+00:00

Heard him say it again at a bar last month and it finally clicked that the phrase is why nobody on that line ever temped anything, so if you've got a cook who shrugs off mistakes like that, what actually gets through to them?

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A line cook at my old spot in Denver kept saying 'we're not saving lives' every time someone sent back a steak, and now 40% of our walk-in gets tossed every week | Chefs - Rigidtalk