how is this guy not 86'd?

so, last wednesday, we were in the middle of party hour (.25 cent wings...and it's actually two hours), and this friggin douchebag comes back into the kitchen and throws his wing basket at us and declares "these are bullshit"

the reason we can sell the wings so cheap is that we aren't guaranteed how big or small they will be, nor what breakdown of wings/legs we get.  and we actually pay 30 cents a piece for them, so we lose money on every single wing we sell.  we hope to get it back in beer sales, and i think we do, but still...  that day they were kinda small.  i admit that.  but we usually toss a couple extra in the basket when we feel they're too small.  if you order 20, you'll probably get 23 or 24.

anyway, those of us in the kitchen really wanted to 86 the guy, and be outside when he got kicked out, and give him a gentle lesson on the cost of dental work and the difficulty of walking home with a broken kneecap.  he came back into our space, and yelled at us in a very aggressive manner.  this does not go over well.  the worst part is that apparently he's an ex-employee (i never worked with him), and by all rights should fucking know better.  actually, the real worst part was that all the servers were passing it off like it was no big deal, like "ah, you just don't know him.  it's okay."  they kept apologizing for his behavior but still acted like it was perfectly acceptable to come into the back and fling his fucking wings at us.  we actually confronted him in the dining room and basically his whole issue was that the wings were small.  he knew full well that we in the kitchen had absolutely no control over how big the wings were...i cook the product that's there for me to cook.  i don't order it, nor do we pick through the wings to make sure they're all big and pretty.

they're a fucking quarter.  deal with it.  they're not going to be huge all the time.  it's still a killer deal, and regardless of how big the wings are, they're good.  anyway, this guy came in on saturday for brunch, and our bar manager let him know that his doucheball antics were not welcome.  however, i don't think he got 86'd.  i'm not sure why not (possibly because ex-employees seem to be treated like royalty at my place, but i digress), and none of us cooks are happy about it.  i don't show up where he works and knock the cock out of his mouth just because it's small, ya know?

ahh...the lowly life of a scrub cook...how it fascinates and frustrates me...