AIO or are these restaurant kitcher practices terrible?
I just picked up takeout from a local long-standing restaurant that I've been to several times and loved. It's got a solid local reputation and 4.6 stars on google, but in the 10 minutes I was there I saw several questionable things and now I'm wondering if I should stop going here.
-Line cook dropped bread on the floor and then picked it back up and served it
-Dishwasher dropped a clean pan on the floor face-down and picked it up and put it back on the stack
-Cashier went from taking orders at a tablet to cutting strawberries and plating desserts to collecting dirty dishes to bringing out orders, all without washing hands (he wasn't wearing gloves but most of the others were)
-Another line cook dropped a knife on the floor and ran it into the back, but then came back with what seemed like the same knife and a towel 20 seconds later
I haven't worked in restaurants for 25 years, so maybe I'm being idealistic about cleanliness, but all of that seems kinda bad. Am I overreacting?