PX This.

It’s A much crazier world out in the BOH. The stories will blow you away. I think the article makes the harassed cook look stupid. As if she was over reacting. No one knows the true details as of yet. It was more a mechanism of classic journalism to instigate a opinion from the other side. For all its worth they can dish up and stop doing stupid shit that cost them money. Run their company the way its supposed to be run. I think its asking a blind man to see. However, it will be quite interesting how this turns out.

@DyFlux

Oh, we would believe the crazy BOH stories here! :D

I don’t think that the article made the cook look stupid, just because I know that’s the way The Post writes. True, we shouldn’t judge until we know all the details, but her naming JG himself in the case if he didn’t actually do anything wrong isn’t fair either. But “Waiter” is right, it’s hard to feel sorry for them, especially after they didn’t want to admit to any wrongdoing stealing the employee tips after getting sued more than once.

But like Virgo says, they don’t need our pity anyway, because they have $100M!! :D :D

I thought the blog was funny myself. Well when your a radical your hated and then loved by more than hated. To a cook that read the post article it seems to them that the things the cook retaliated were ridiculous. Im very sure knowing the BOH that it was much serious than that. I also know the chef d’ cuisine as well. I hope that this fat fuck chokes on a sausage. For letting this happen to a young female. Hatin’ yeah. I hate when things like this has to go down for a female. BOH they say is no place for a woman.

@ Dishwasher
It’s good and bad. It could ruin the reputation of the cook. The publicity. The cook also has to lose as well. I am pretty sure it’s going to ruin the chances of the cook to work again at a high caliber restaurant. Who knows the skill of this woman? It is a career path rather than someone working in the industry to pay bills. I could imagine the crap this woman is going through. Hey I hope she wins because this is a step to the right direction to women in the BOH. Someone finally said something. And didn’t quit, or suck dick to make it easier for them for shit like this not to happen to them. Women are a minority group in the BOH. The one’s on the top are often talentless. Pussy is a very strong collateral. And those that are talented and actually worked for it, had to deal with a lot of nonsense to get there. and those are the ones you need to look up to. She already set the path to awareness.

@DyFlux

We must have been posting at the same time, I didn’t see your last comment.

Don’t get me wrong, I do feel bad for her. Like I said, she’s probably stuck between a rock and a hard place, because lawyers don’t take on cases unless they think they have a good chance at getting paid well.

But it’s her suing JG and not just the chef de cuisine that’s going to make it tough for her in the industry from now on. It’s the big bosses (owners, investors, etc) that do all the hiring ultimately, and no one is going to want to take the chance of being named in a lawsuit and blindsided just for being unaware. It’s a bad catch-22 for her.

@Dick

I get and understand you very well. However, JG must have known what was going on whether he was physically present or not. The article explained that she complained to the chef d cuisine. He retaliated which the article says he was abusive as well. A situation at this caliber had to be brought to JG’s attention. Unless, the Chef d cuisine was even more irresponsible and not letting him know truthfully what was going on. To me it seems JG didn’t give a fuck and or didn’t think the situation was to escalate to this point. Underestimated most likely. He should establish a good hr department for these situations to protect his employees rights as well as his money. Since his empire is expanding it’s only appropriate to establish something along those lines. Of course they are “very intelligent”, and “very business savvy” that they don’t have a hr department. It’s not the lawyer we are talking about. Of course they go in for the money. We are talking about the cook herself. I don’t think she would put her career on the line to go through this. A real cook has better priorities than money and that is the passion for the food itself. That is why the pay is so shitty for a cook. They used corny examples of retaliation. I think it was a journalist mechanism to infiltrate a response from the cook to make story head line. Again, I am only going by the facts of the article. No one knows yet exactly what happened. So pretty much it is all theory, until fact are proven.

@ DJ: Speaking of which, I like how B’eater covered the story with kid gloves, too. Where’s the big “All is Not Well in the World of Jean-Georges” headline?

Exactly. They are really pieces of shit.

After what I have seen with Abbs and the press I would never trust them. Don’t even get me started with the things I experienced myself when I worked in PR.

It could be good if the female cook told her story but she would pretty much have to do it here. That way at least the industry could hear her side to help with her livelihood but she would be protected from the biased JG-loving press. Even if they picked up the story and spun it around it’s not those readers that would be making the decisions to employ her anyway. It wouldn’t matter what that kind of public thinks because those are all low-lifes anyway.

Easy for you to say. I’m speaking as a female cook myself. According to law. There is a process to a sexual harassment grievance if you look it up in a government website. It has to go through not just the chef but people higher than him. If they ignore it the person has a right to take legal action. I didn’t say that the chef was told by JG to abuse her. The kitchen world is way different than the FOH. Where FOH has deal with the catty side of the industry and we have to work like mules and get shit for it when we do a slight mistake in 130 degree weather. That is her prerogative if she doesn’t want to talk to the press. The point is that it is settled in court with the real facts. With out no media or stupid people saying shit that have no clue what’s going on and I include myself. It is worth it I think. She’s standing up for what she believes in and if your challenged as a female and your sex. OF course its worth it. Its like being racists and getting abusive treatment because your whatever race. Then you have to act or do something against your will because of your race so A) they could leave you alone B) keep on because your whatever race. same shit different title. For all I know she could be in for the money. However I know as a Female cook for seven years, if your a meat cook chef d’ partie has been in the industry for a while. real cooks dont care so much for money. we get shitty pay for hard long work hours. if you stay then you like it or you have no other skills besides cooking. I think he was told and probably advised to try to make the cook quit. get rid of the problem. (thats where the abuse comes in) Females tend to be docile and settle. I don’t think he expected that the cook would have the balls to stand up for herself. Even if it meant that her career was down the toilet. priorities my dear friend. life is full of tough decisions that you have to make. if she made it this far. She’s going for home run. Damage is done already. ANd I think she should go all the way. Especially when she has proof.

And I agree, I certainly wouldn’t trust the media. I mean, they can write whatever they want, but they won’t allow comments mentioning the title of a book that’s very relevant to the subject at hand?

I would go back and say something about it in the comments again, but then they’d probably just erase them all. Shady, indeed.

IF Lois is the Director of Operations, then JG would know. Its like an oreo cookie, the two sides are together because of the white stuff, but really its one dam cookie. Unless of course, the DO was irresponsible him/herself and didn’t tell him. (Very unlikely at such a high caliber). Just like I stated with the chef d’cuisine in my previous blog. Sexual harassment cases are very expensive to a defendant. Unless the DO was that incredibly stupid not to warn JG what was going on. I don’t believe it. He knew. AS I stated before, squash it with intimidation like nothing ever happened. Then the world of JG would live happily ever after, the end. But who knew the bitch was ballzy. If it is for the right reasons, I am sure and hope so. She’s fucked as career goes, damage is done for her too besides the other shit. My advice is GO ALL THE WAY DEAR! GO ALL THE FUCKIN WAY!!!!!!

internet flaw there still there

@DyFlux

You say “ballzy” I say “crazy,” tomayto tomahto….

:D