Line cook on my station quit mid-service last Friday and I got stuck with his prep list

Sage Moore · 2026-10-17T18:40:03.126212+00:00

We run a 90 seat place in Boise. Friday night, 6:40pm, tickets piling up, and this guy walks out the back door after a fight with the expo about a wrong order. No notice, nothing. I finish his station and mine both. His prep list was half done so I'm cutting onion at 11pm while the dishwasher runs. Chef said he'd "handle it" Monday. It's Monday. Nobody new is hired. How do you all keep a station moving when someone just disappears like that? Do you have a backup prep schedule or do you just eat the overtime like I did?

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