<story><title>Justice Stevens reads the fine print</title><url>https://matthewbutterick.com/chron/justice-stevens-reads-the-fine-print.html</url></story><parent_chain><item><author>krageon</author><text>&amp;gt; Cooks with experience in commercial kitchens never want to eat at a restaurant again.&lt;p&gt;Having done such work, this is absolutely untrue. I got a renewed appreciation for the hard work kitchen staff put in and the stringent requirements on cleanliness that kitchen staff has. I suppose this will change based on the country you are in, if you are in a country with bad sanitary checking you will have a bad time.</text></item><item><author>paxys</author><text>Related to the opening of this article – it is interesting to see how one can get completely soured on certain products or experiences because, by virtue of their profession, they see the dirty underbelly of how things in that industry actually work.&lt;p&gt;Someone who has read cruise contracts in detail will never want to go on one. Cooks with experience in commercial kitchens never want to eat at a restaurant again. Someone who is familiar with standards of bridge inspections in most towns hesitates every time they drive over one. A computer security expert keeps their most valuable information under lock and key in a physical safe rather than online.&lt;p&gt;My conclusion ultimately is – &lt;i&gt;everything&lt;/i&gt; is running on goodwill and duct tape, and ignorance is bliss.</text></item></parent_chain><comment><author>amalcon</author><text>It varies a lot.  Quite a long time ago, I worked at a pizza place in a regional chain.  &lt;i&gt;That&lt;/i&gt; location was kept quite clean, as were most of them.  However, sometimes they&amp;#x27;d give us the chance to pick up a shift at another location if they couldn&amp;#x27;t arrange one of their own employees on that day (usually because they called in sick).  One such location was absolutely &lt;i&gt;filthy&lt;/i&gt;.  That location was since closed (grapevine says the chain fired the GM and couldn&amp;#x27;t find anyone to replace them).&lt;p&gt;What helps is that there are signs of this sort of thing, if you know what to look for.  E.g you should prefer places where you can see into the kitchen (which is most of them these days), places where the customer service workers tuck in their shirts, and places that keep their bathrooms and parking lots clean.  Places where police and EMS folks eat &lt;i&gt;really&lt;/i&gt; tend to be good bets (they usually also get a discount, but lots of places offer such discounts).</text></comment>
<story><title>Justice Stevens reads the fine print</title><url>https://matthewbutterick.com/chron/justice-stevens-reads-the-fine-print.html</url></story><parent_chain><item><author>krageon</author><text>&amp;gt; Cooks with experience in commercial kitchens never want to eat at a restaurant again.&lt;p&gt;Having done such work, this is absolutely untrue. I got a renewed appreciation for the hard work kitchen staff put in and the stringent requirements on cleanliness that kitchen staff has. I suppose this will change based on the country you are in, if you are in a country with bad sanitary checking you will have a bad time.</text></item><item><author>paxys</author><text>Related to the opening of this article – it is interesting to see how one can get completely soured on certain products or experiences because, by virtue of their profession, they see the dirty underbelly of how things in that industry actually work.&lt;p&gt;Someone who has read cruise contracts in detail will never want to go on one. Cooks with experience in commercial kitchens never want to eat at a restaurant again. Someone who is familiar with standards of bridge inspections in most towns hesitates every time they drive over one. A computer security expert keeps their most valuable information under lock and key in a physical safe rather than online.&lt;p&gt;My conclusion ultimately is – &lt;i&gt;everything&lt;/i&gt; is running on goodwill and duct tape, and ignorance is bliss.</text></item></parent_chain><comment><author>sandos</author><text>Totally agree, though it seems differ quite a bit between different kinds of kitchens here in Sweden. Producing stuff sold in stores means super-stringent checks where for example you have to swap your clothes before entering and exiting the area where you prepare the foodstuff. Now school kitchens on the other hand... sure they are checked but not at all with the same strictness it seems.</text></comment>