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FakeNoose

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1. It's been over 40 years since I worked in a restaurant, but back then

Reply to pat_k (Original post)

Tue Apr 28, 2026, 10:06 PM

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...86 was what the server said to the kitchen to cancel the order. As in, the customer cancelled, so stop making this order. But rather than say it out loud, the server used the code word "86" and the kitchen employees knew what it meant.

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"If anyone asks you where the term 86 originated, tell them what I tell people: I don't really know, but there are ... [View all] pat_k Tuesday OP

It's been over 40 years since I worked in a restaurant, but back then FakeNoose Tuesday #1

Using for both/either "cancel order X" and "don't take orders for X" makes sense to me. pat_k Tuesday #3

At the restaurant I worked in Freddie Tuesday #5

Yes, that was true when I worked in restaurants Easterncedar Tuesday #6

When Green Day signed with a major record label back in the early 90s, they were RockRaven Tuesday #2

Great song! "...Don't let the door kick you in the ass There's no return from 86..." pat_k Tuesday #4

86 percent of us already know all that shit... Wounded Bear Tuesday #7

You can't fix stupid. pat_k Wednesday #8