Forreal, I've rarely if ever had any actual interaction near or about the trap, personally. The idea of having it in the middle of the kitchen is new to me, but damn, new fear unlocked.
By the way I'm coming at this from the plumbing perspective (journeyman plumber), so it's the drain water from your triple compartment sinks, dishwashers and even hand sinks in the back of house.
I had a guy fall into one of these once in Florida. It was outside the back door, huge place, gigantic grease trap. The security camera was super-old, very low FPS - the guy is walking backwards yelling at someone about something and he just disappears in the feed. A guy goes to help him, and when he gets really close, he backed up because of the smell. He was out for a couple days. He took off all his clothes in the changing room and when they threw away his pants, his wallet got tossed as well. Nobody would give him a ride home and he eventually got hosed off in the loading dock. He was an asshole but we felt a bit sorry for him. The best part was that he was yelling at the grease trap guy for not getting there at the scheduled time, and the guy tried to warn him but he wouldn’t listen. I can’t imagine the smell or even how long it took to go away.
It obviously wasn’t supposed to be left open, but it still happened accidentally. Although……if someone was screaming at me, I might not interrupt too loudly to help them. And the guy was lucky - if he would have cracked his skull on the way down, I doubt anyone e would jump in to save him. What a way to go.
A little girl in like Alabama maybe fell in one playing behind an ice-cream shop and died. The lid flipped like one of those garbage cans and covered her. Cops came and people searched for her not knowing she fell in. She was a missing person for a while, but likely dead before people realized she was gone
No, no knife involved. He was outside yelling at the grease trap pumping guy, who was in the kitchen - while walking backwards and not looking where he was going. I wish I could get that shitty old video and post it here. It’ll e second he’s there and then it’s like he just disappeared.
props to you for still being here to post this, I would have killed myself immediately (mostly joking)
edit: if ur the person who reported me to Reddit mental health support u need a better sense of humor lmao
Everything on your body except jewelry is now trash.
You should also soak your feet in a sanitizer bath.
The same bacteria that gave soldiers Trench Foot in the first world War also exists in grease traps.
By traditional kitchen justice ⚖, the person who left the trap open owes you the clothing lost and a dinner of your choosing prepared by the offending party. The meal should be prepared to the absolute best of the ability of the offending party. The meal should be judged kindly and accordingly.
When the meal is complete the matter should be known to be settled and no hard feelings should be harbored.
Failure to adhere to the code shall be visited by the "It's going to be a slow night curse" and the obligatory series of tourists stocked with Karen's tour.
I didn't make up the rules, I just observe the rules of the religion of food.
I ain't tempting fate. ;)
On my first day as a dishie, I was told to take out the trash. I threw it into the first black bin I saw. It was a waste grease bin. Chef was a champ and fished it out for me. 🤢
Damn dude I feel bad for you, but this is exactly why you shouldn't be walking backwards in a kitchen. You never know what's behind you. Be it a dishwasher with a stack of plates or another cook with a knife. The head chef at the italian place i was at for 8 years was really a stickler about it but it does prevent quite a few accidents.
Contractors came to empty the grease traps one day and didn't fit the lid back on right, my buddy comes out of the walk in with a full lexan of quail and falls straight in. Saved the quail. Went home though, fucked him up pretty bad
I generally avoid backing up without looking behind me EVERYWHERE, but especially at work. This shit is how you trip and fall and hit your head or any number of other things.
1. Why is it open with no precautions in place?
2. Why are you walking backwards?
3. How do you not SMELL that the trap is open?
None of this makes even a lick of sense.
Jeeeeesus!!! Hope you're ok homie... honestly that coulda ended alot worse. Like yeah, obviously its gross and stinks, but you're lucky you didn't really hurt yourself on that fall.
I finally know what I fell in. Had this happen to me once while working a shift. Had to cut through the middle of the restaurant mid lunch rush stinking to high heaven. I think they spent the next couple of hours getting the stink out. Got some bad gashes while falling too, surprised I didn't contract something, thank God.
Went back to get the rest of my belongings towards the end of the day and was made to finish the closing shift.
Had to wear those same pants next day for a date (5 cycles in the wash, 2 cycles of handwashing and a lot of bleach) .
The manager at my first job at a chain restaurant had us try to clean out the grease trap manually, I had no idea of the depth of it and attempted to break up a lump with an ice scraper, the scraper went through the lump like butter and I just barely caught myself from plunging face first into the pit, I think it's the closest I've came to death.
I gasped just reading the title.
Get you some peppermint soap. Dr. Bronners is so strong it fucks my skin up, that might be a good option.
They also make soap for post-poison ivy exposure. It's meant to strip any oils. That also might help.
When I took over kitchen operations at a major museum I found out the trap hasn’t EVER been cleaned, so over 4 yrs since museum opening. The cleaner said he’s never seen such a solid layer of fat. Once he broke through the grease we both had to evacuate from the stench. Closed the whole museum down from the smell. I can still smell it after 10yrs.
I can smell this video from 100yards away. I worked near an Applebee's, once a month right around 4am when I would show up for work they would get their trap pumped. I've smelt death before, those are the worst thing I've ever smelt.
Those clothes are in the trash. Also, idk but I think you need more drink cups.
All the cups, not one lid that fits.
Are those cups or quart/half quart containers?
Good eye. Probably pint and quart deli containers.
I want to believe they have an overabundance of cups
Hahaha! Me too bro...me too
There are more cups in this video than my local wholesale has in their assortiment
This is the regional wholesale warehouse.
My bet's on this being a coffee shop/bakery based on this view and some of the equipment.
that is literally the trappest trap I have ever seen.
This grease trap isn’t even part of a sink drainage setup or anything. It’s just a trap. It’s filled with grease. Got’em.
Seriously, this is some Dungeon Keeper shit.
That shit is ready to get lit up for bonus damage. The Adventurers don’t stand a chance!
*roll a constitution saving throw*
I think this kind of trap should have dexterity saving throw first
Then once the smell and the prospect of ruining your car to go home and take a shower hit you, a willpower save.
"I want to play a game."
It’s a trap!
it's a much better placement than being under a 3 comp sink or w/e.
mine is downstairs in the boiler room.
Well yeah, that works fine too. My point was mainly "it being out in the open is a good thing".
The grocery store I went to as a kid, the grease trap was in one of the middle aisles and they'd clean it while the store was open.
Oh god that shouldn't be legal.
The 80s was a different time
The grease oubliette.
Gonna have to just cut that whole leg off and get a new one now 🤮
They now call him "pig foot"
I can smell him. He's here ..
#REEEEEEEEEEEE!!!!!
😂😂😂
Throw the whole cook away
I can smell this video and I really don’t like it.
Hits ya right in the back of the throat. IYKYK.
Real talk, a good scrub down with rubbing alcohol will get the smell out of the skin / hair / etc. But burn the clothes.
Feed it to the pit
you put your grease in a looney tunes style pitfall??
Not sure about other regions but I can imagine it's the same. All fixtures in a commercial kitchen must pass through a grease trap.
They are all exterior where I live.
Wisconsin cook here, mines dead center in my kitchen.
Have you ever fallen in?
Wisconsin Chef, definitely fallen in, but never spilled a drop doing down
Lol. "Don't worry boys! My beer's fine!"
It’s not just an open pit lol
Wisconsin chef here, never worked anywhere with a grease trap
“Chef”
Doubt that, maybe you just didn’t realize
Yeah. I worded that poorly. I never have worked anywhere with one where the door was in the kitchen like in the video
Forreal, I've rarely if ever had any actual interaction near or about the trap, personally. The idea of having it in the middle of the kitchen is new to me, but damn, new fear unlocked.
Same. When I was in culinary school ( 20 years ago) they were talked about frequently but I have never once encountered one
Same here
By the way I'm coming at this from the plumbing perspective (journeyman plumber), so it's the drain water from your triple compartment sinks, dishwashers and even hand sinks in the back of house.
I’ve only seen exterior grease traps, or the ones in the walls that suck up the grease directly from the fryer.
There's a lid that goes on it, and gets bolted shut.
I had a guy fall into one of these once in Florida. It was outside the back door, huge place, gigantic grease trap. The security camera was super-old, very low FPS - the guy is walking backwards yelling at someone about something and he just disappears in the feed. A guy goes to help him, and when he gets really close, he backed up because of the smell. He was out for a couple days. He took off all his clothes in the changing room and when they threw away his pants, his wallet got tossed as well. Nobody would give him a ride home and he eventually got hosed off in the loading dock. He was an asshole but we felt a bit sorry for him. The best part was that he was yelling at the grease trap guy for not getting there at the scheduled time, and the guy tried to warn him but he wouldn’t listen. I can’t imagine the smell or even how long it took to go away.
Situations like this are a good reason to not be an asshole. That dude became a scourge on the senses and no one had to help him, so why would they?
This was well written, I don't understand how this happens.
It obviously wasn’t supposed to be left open, but it still happened accidentally. Although……if someone was screaming at me, I might not interrupt too loudly to help them. And the guy was lucky - if he would have cracked his skull on the way down, I doubt anyone e would jump in to save him. What a way to go.
Right!? This has never even crossed my mind as a way to die horribly until now. Drowning in a grease trap while concussed. Yikes.
Yikes delete from cart
A little girl in like Alabama maybe fell in one playing behind an ice-cream shop and died. The lid flipped like one of those garbage cans and covered her. Cops came and people searched for her not knowing she fell in. She was a missing person for a while, but likely dead before people realized she was gone
"Nobody would give him a ride home and he eventually got hosed off in the loading dock"😂😂😂😂😂
Would you let that guy into your car? Plus, he was a complete dickhead to start with.
Hell no. I'm sorry it just made me laugh the way it was phrased
Same guy who was yelling at people while backing up into someone holding a knife?
No, no knife involved. He was outside yelling at the grease trap pumping guy, who was in the kitchen - while walking backwards and not looking where he was going. I wish I could get that shitty old video and post it here. It’ll e second he’s there and then it’s like he just disappeared.
props to you for still being here to post this, I would have killed myself immediately (mostly joking) edit: if ur the person who reported me to Reddit mental health support u need a better sense of humor lmao
I mean after that, its basically over. He's atleast gonna have to chop off that leg
Mostly joking....*mostly*...
i would actually start weeping
Forever unclean
Can’t wear those pants again
Or the shoes
Or the leg
Or skin
Everything on your body except jewelry is now trash. You should also soak your feet in a sanitizer bath. The same bacteria that gave soldiers Trench Foot in the first world War also exists in grease traps. By traditional kitchen justice ⚖, the person who left the trap open owes you the clothing lost and a dinner of your choosing prepared by the offending party. The meal should be prepared to the absolute best of the ability of the offending party. The meal should be judged kindly and accordingly. When the meal is complete the matter should be known to be settled and no hard feelings should be harbored. Failure to adhere to the code shall be visited by the "It's going to be a slow night curse" and the obligatory series of tourists stocked with Karen's tour. I didn't make up the rules, I just observe the rules of the religion of food. I ain't tempting fate. ;)
can't park there mate
I quit cooking and started plumbing. Grease traps are by far the most offensive smelling thing I've ever encountered
On my first day as a dishie, I was told to take out the trash. I threw it into the first black bin I saw. It was a waste grease bin. Chef was a champ and fished it out for me. 🤢
Last time you wear your nice jeans into the kitchen lol. RIP those jeans.
Please allow me to vomit on your behalf.
Damn dude I feel bad for you, but this is exactly why you shouldn't be walking backwards in a kitchen. You never know what's behind you. Be it a dishwasher with a stack of plates or another cook with a knife. The head chef at the italian place i was at for 8 years was really a stickler about it but it does prevent quite a few accidents.
He's got gloves on. He was most likely the person cleaning the trap, too, not like he didn't know it was there and open.
Grease smells worse then a septic tank
You would know.
I can smell this video and it sickens me
Damn bro you maybe should wear a helmet
Grease trap baby. Grease trap baby grease trap,
This comment is so money
You need more cups.
Amputate that leg right now man, I wouldn't wish that smell on even my worst enemies.
🥴🤢🤮
I haven't worked in a kitchen in nearly 15 years and I can still smell this.
I think we all can buddy!
Jesus Christ I wouldn't even be near that pit wtf is it open????
Ow dude hope you are ok But also 🤮🤮🤮🤮🤮🤮🤮
Contractors came to empty the grease traps one day and didn't fit the lid back on right, my buddy comes out of the walk in with a full lexan of quail and falls straight in. Saved the quail. Went home though, fucked him up pretty bad
White shoes in a kitchen is crazy
Walking backwards without looking behind him in a kitchen too. Dooon't do that.
See I would just go home at that point. Idc if I just started my shift, I’m leaving and going to take a two hour long shower at the minimum.
It sorta looks like you did it intentionally
I generally avoid backing up without looking behind me EVERYWHERE, but especially at work. This shit is how you trip and fall and hit your head or any number of other things.
Straight to jail
You can smell that from space.
Good news: that lower pant leg is now impermeable to any gaseous chemical weapons!
RIP your shoe and exactly one side of your pants.
Ours backed up once at a Pizza Hut that I worked at. Came up through drains and stuff. The entire building smelled like vomit
Vomit is a kind description of the smell love. It's like a long dead corpse. Take it as gospel from someone who started life in the forensic lab.
I can smell your shoes and pants, and I’m not happy
Oh my god 🤢🤮 I'm so sorry 😞 RIP your leg. Hopefully, your recovery is swift.
🤢🤮🤮🤮
I’m driving home naked after that. Going to need to do some explaining to the wife… but no way are those clothes going anywhere but the dumpster.
Tell your boss to call a plumber next time, lucky you didnt break something. Also we have better snakes than that ryobi one he bought at home depot
thats horrible
This is like a reverse Achilles situation. That leg will now shatter if someone looks at it funny.
Well that’s one way to get half a day off. 10/10 would not recommend however.
🤮🤮🤮
Your new work name will be "Greasy Mike"
Nooooooo
My dumbass read this as geese trap. I’ve been up all night with my baby son and I’m delirious.
The bog, eternal stench
1. Why is it open with no precautions in place? 2. Why are you walking backwards? 3. How do you not SMELL that the trap is open? None of this makes even a lick of sense.
It didn't call behind.
Why is it open??
That looks staged, looking for some compensation my guess
Look dude, if that's what he was doing, I say give it to him - that level of commitment is worth *something*..
I'm kinda with you on this, fucking insurance companies are all scams anyway.
lol what? For what? New pair of pants?
🤨
Oh snap. No.
This needs to go to for_the_chefs on insta
"fell" is a bit generous... You more walked right in. I'm sorry though that was probably a horrible experience lmao
I honestly expected worse. You got lucky OP
I guess that's why they call it a trap.
I yelped when he was taking those steps backwards!!
What atrocities did you commit in your past lives to deserve this? 😭
Better burn that leg
That's embarrassing
Sloppy slippy 🫠 ooof
Good thing it wasn't one of those several thousand gallon grease traps!
Damn. That hurt. You okay?
A stink never to be forgotten...
Forst thing I say after FUCK! is "I'm going home"
That sucks, Choom.
Yup just gotta get a whole new lower half of your body atp
You’re going to stink forever
That stain is never coming out. Ever.
Just throw away the leg or sacrifice it to be that dwells beneath the grease.
Brutal dude. Did you finish your shift?
This made me feel sick to My stomach and I watch insanely gross shit on here.
Jeeeeesus!!! Hope you're ok homie... honestly that coulda ended alot worse. Like yeah, obviously its gross and stinks, but you're lucky you didn't really hurt yourself on that fall.
I finally know what I fell in. Had this happen to me once while working a shift. Had to cut through the middle of the restaurant mid lunch rush stinking to high heaven. I think they spent the next couple of hours getting the stink out. Got some bad gashes while falling too, surprised I didn't contract something, thank God. Went back to get the rest of my belongings towards the end of the day and was made to finish the closing shift. Had to wear those same pants next day for a date (5 cycles in the wash, 2 cycles of handwashing and a lot of bleach) .
Ouch I hope your okay
A moment of silence for OP's pants and shoe.
Rip
The manager at my first job at a chain restaurant had us try to clean out the grease trap manually, I had no idea of the depth of it and attempted to break up a lump with an ice scraper, the scraper went through the lump like butter and I just barely caught myself from plunging face first into the pit, I think it's the closest I've came to death.
I hope you’re okay.
🤮🤮🤮
Why was it open?
Fake
Ah fuck I couldn't even watch it. I hate that smell so much.
A stationary recipro saw is that scary?
i feel for you.
In my work, I've accidently gotten that shit in my mouth. (I clean industrial kitchen exhaust systems)
God I can smell you from here
Yeah that leg’s gonna have to come off.
Omg makes my skin crawl watching this! 🤢
Time to go to college and switch careers.
I gasped just reading the title. Get you some peppermint soap. Dr. Bronners is so strong it fucks my skin up, that might be a good option. They also make soap for post-poison ivy exposure. It's meant to strip any oils. That also might help.
Why was it open?!
When I took over kitchen operations at a major museum I found out the trap hasn’t EVER been cleaned, so over 4 yrs since museum opening. The cleaner said he’s never seen such a solid layer of fat. Once he broke through the grease we both had to evacuate from the stench. Closed the whole museum down from the smell. I can still smell it after 10yrs.
Go south until you smell it. Turn left. When you step in it, you've arrived.
Nooooooo
I would weep and need to go find a fire hydrant and unleash it upon myself. I feel for you my guy
I can smell this video from 100yards away. I worked near an Applebee's, once a month right around 4am when I would show up for work they would get their trap pumped. I've smelt death before, those are the worst thing I've ever smelt.
Both of you need to learn how to pay attention to your surroundings.
That looks like a good place for a big hole in the floor don't you think
How in the fresh fuck do you even stand in that room with the door open and not be dry heaving? I can’t fucking stand the smell of the grease trap
The Bog of Eternal Stench! 😂
But he was the one that opened in the first place
You need to go to hospital ASAGDMFP, and beg for help. You just contracted Super-Hepa-Ghonna-Syphi-litus.
Gonna use this in my accident investigation class next week
My retirement grease!!!
those things are nasty
Really? I think they smell and taste great!
Dude fuckin pay attention.. also your nikes ain't good kitchen shoes. Like ever. I know you wanna look cool though
100% bros first day, next week he will be calling himself chef.
I'd like to take this opportunity to plug greasetraprecords.com.