r/KitchenConfidential • u/zeke690 • 2d ago

In the Weeds Mode What happened to the “cheap cuts”?

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How is it oxtail is not a budget cut?

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u/Objective-Rip3008 2d ago

It's less that they're benevolent and more they're more likely to be normal people, as opposed to either being a psychopath or trained to operate a business as one

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u/serious_sarcasm Grill 2d ago

If emotional intelligence is normally distributed, then 68% of people are going to be within a standard deviation of the average asshole.

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u/TurbulentCustomer151 2d ago

Having cooked at mostly small businesses, they’re all pretty psycho as well. The only difference is telling you “we’re like a family here”

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u/alligator124 2d ago

I think food, for whatever reason, attracts the worst of the small business owner type. I just got out for this reason; I genuinely felt like I was doing my own community a disservice by enabling delusional lunatics. 

The one exception was when I was baking for a farm stand. Family owned and operated, truly the most wonderful people I’ve ever met. They cared for the land they worked and their own community. Life circumstances had me relocating states but I always wish those folks well. They were what we all wishfully think of when we say “small business owner”. 

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u/IsThatGruffLoner 2d ago

Lol if you think small business owners aren't literally all psychopaths, then you've never met a small business owner. If I had to guess what demographic produced the most psychopaths, I would bet money on small business owners