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How common?

• CWuestefeld 16y ago
  In the kitchen, I'd say it's medium-rare.
• sophacles 16y ago
  Common enough that most long timers in the kitchen have seen a stabbing or serious cutting, and plenty of minor cuttings. At a different level, inflicting pain with knives and other sharp things was a common practical joke and an accepted pastime. For instance, at one place, we had to wear these stupid name-tag pins, and had a part of the kitchen visible to the dining area. So the game was to use the pin on the name tag to stab people standing where customers could see them. It had to be done in a subtle way that you couldn't be seen stabbing. The stabee was not supposed to react visibly as that would not be good for business. It got vicious sometimes, but we still played and had fun with it. It's totally the type of thing that lands people in jail for assult and harassment in most settings, but in the kitchen it was just normal.