"Word." - sub for "Heard"
"Still suckin' it?" - question pertaining to a person working a double
"Total liquidation." - i.e. sell the board
"Rookie mistake." - used when a routine dish is screwed up during service or a ticket is read/sold wrong
"Man down!" - a call for help while in the weeds
"Your knife skills are excellent." - sarcastic comment made to someone that has terrible knife skills
"Balls.", "Nuts.", or "Legs." - opening a reach-in door below the belt on someone's station
"Right next to you." - self-explanatory
"I am so disappointed." - addressing a fellow employee when they do something stupid or sub-par
"Stragglers." or "C**********." - customers that order, or are seated, ten minutes before close
"You didn't want to leave... now you can't leave" - said to a cook that is night volume that ends up staying until close because they have too many tickets to properly break down their station
"Swing at him! He ain't real!" - catcall when two cooks get into an argument on the line
"More fire! More fire!" or "Light it up!" - turn up the grill or the flame
"Behind you... no ****." - funny take on "Behind you".
"This song is so passionate." - mocking the Top 40 playlist at work
"Hippies." - customers that order salads as their entrees and nothing else
"What?" - with a certain inflection, implies "Speak up!"
"I almost heard you." - making fun of a cook when they don't call for runners or the names of servers loud enough
"What the hell is that?" - jokingly, a dish that shows up on tickets frequently throughout a shift
"Welcome to CiCis!" - poor presentation on a dish
"Oh, I didn't know (insert name) was here today." - calling a good employee a bad employee's name if they fall behind in their prep or on the line
