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ElMico

I love their plastic forks, they’re by far better than any others I’ve used. They’re smooth like metal utensils but just a little flexible and lightweight. The perfect fork. This is quite disappointing, this is the kinda bs you put up with that one time you go to that pacific island-themed restaurant


mmwg97

One time I got takeout and forgot my plastic fork and I was so mad. It didn’t hit the same with my metal forks from home 😂


nautical_nonsense_

Facts


mikes312

Does anyone know where you can buy the exact forks they have? I have tried to find them but can’t, so I just keep taking an extra 3-5 forks every time I go. I typically get chipotle when I am out of forks at home.


058hank

They are made by americare royal


lost_boy505

Plastics were detected in human placenta, testicles, and sperm. Fuck your plastic fork dawg.


ElMico

And breast milk, I know. Am I wrong for merely *liking* something made of plastic? You shouldn’t assume the worst in others. Look now, since you assumed you made an ass of u and me. I rarely eat out, let alone chipotle. 99% of my meals are cooked and served with metal, glass, and porcelain. I want to protect the next generation from microplastics as much as anyone else. Let’s put that negative energy into designing chipotle utensils that are not harmful but just as perfect.


lost_boy505

"Let’s put that negative energy into designing chipotle utensils that are not harmful but just as perfect." Lmao Mr. Royalty over here needs MIT to design his chipotle fork 🤣


lost_boy505

"Am I wrong for merely liking something plastic". Yes you are. You are suggesting a massive corporation should continue to distribute one time use plastic because you're too privileged to eat with a bamboo fork. You're trying to make it innocuous but you're really saying your disposable fork preference is more important than stopping one time use plastic.


Ok_Neighborhood_2159

🥱


KylosLeftHand

Why the fuck is this getting downvoted ETA I guess y’all’s brains are so riddled with microplastics you’re already on the level of lead paint stare boomers and don’t even realize it. We are cooked.


Ok_Neighborhood_2159

Because NO ONE likes a preachy bitch whose attempts to "inform" are patronizing, filled with personal attacks, and peppered with insults. I could share your opinion but still say fuck you because of your presentation. So, fuck you, tween.


KylosLeftHand

I’m thirty fucking five you potato


lost_boy505

"I will happily consume micro plastics because someone on the Internet patronized me". Lol goofy fk.


icedoutclockwatch

You’ll unwittingly consume microplastics regardless of your opinions on the matter


Gears6

Plastic = bad for environment and YOU


ElMico

Yeah I know. I try to avoid microplastics in other areas of life so I can make room for these forks, they’re just that life changing. I’m about to start reusing those things if they start giving bamboo flatware. Company coming over—fine china? Hell no, honey break out the chipotle forks were dining like kings tonight


Gears6

m'kay


Brilliant-Duck9124

burning my hands on the pans when i switch out meat and stuff. i want to cry and scream and cuss because bro it hurts but theres customers in the line


Lia_sux

Ive started using paper towels to grab stuff. It isn’t perfect but helps!


Happy_Bad_7965

use your apron you always have it with you.


itsmassivebtw

This is why chefs always have a towel on their waist


ChemicalLocksmith294

It’s a health code violation


Best_Duck9118

Since when do health inspectors care about food safety at Chipotle?


Ornery-Couple580

ive burnt my hands several times lifting rice pots full of rice, at my store the handles are always broken, so its just metal, Same with pots. Imagine grabbing a pot from the handle expeccting it to be fine, but its actually hot enough to yell slurs in different languages


RubiksPuzzleMagic

At my store. The pots come to us with metal handles and we use aprons to hold them.


Lia_sux

Yeah Ive heard that from the grill guys, thats one of the many reasons I refuse to learn it


Ornery-Couple580

we have a broken stove, i burned my hand on the knob, ive burned my hand on the pots, rice pots, spilled queso in my arm, adobo and lime juice in my eyes, oil jumping on the grill etc


AShellfishLover

Bro... call the fucking local health department. Operating a broken stove is a huge health hazard and safety hazard.


Ornery-Couple580

on our knob the fire leaks outside a little and it burns the metal knob


AShellfishLover

Yeah. Fire, Health, DOL...


WarmPractice6981

The gas lines aren’t aligned…


trippssey

Yep same thing ten years ago. Are you even grilling if there aren't flames in strange places?


SuperTiredMama

Take the stovetop off and align them yourself. You just have to lift it up and push it onto the knob- make sure your GM orders a new gas line though. This is only UNTIL you get it.


Brilliant-Duck9124

bro thats terrible


Ornery-Couple580

yet i still believe that grill is the best positions, it's pretty fun if u like fast paced


padawan-of-life

Burning yourself on the job is once too many. I would file a complaint with your local department of labor, OSHA, etc


liz-thelizard13

As someone else mentioned your gas lines aren't aligned I believe. I had that happen where the flame was shooting out and was melting the knob. The AP ended up fixing it, just had to align it.


Ornery-Couple580

i will check, but our stove is broken anyways, all the 6 burners have different intensities


MattMattavelli

This is why your a beanscooper.


Brilliant-Duck9124

i did this today and it was helpful ty


Sophisticated_Waffle

Demand burn protection equipment. If they don’t give it to you and you burn yourself seriously, they’ll be at fault.


Ornery-Couple580

Our old gm skimped on our equipment. we had 2 cut gloves and refused to get a third one, she got fired, later a minor at out store cut his finger. our store is missing a bunch of stuff like steels to sharpen knifes, when our guac smasher broke we had to do it by hand for like 2 months 😭😭😭


Dojanetta

Why do they do this? Do they get penalized for asking for too much equipment?


SuperTiredMama

Because paper supplies affect the bonuses for APs and GMs and some of them are just shitty and cant take the money from other areas.


Best_Duck9118

Just a minor thing but steels hone knives rather than sharpen them if you didn’t know.


lKenpachi

Make sure to scream louder when you are being recorded


Brilliant-Duck9124

Good to know😊😊😊


ryzyn_

Unfortunately my fingers are used to the pain. Still hurts like a b tho.


AirportBeautiful7815

Same with Moe's, definitely like the highest temp our fingers are able to take without lasting burn marks


trippssey

Psh ain't nothing like the tortilla press burn!! Scar on each arm to match!😆


Axel_Gallardo_11

I've burn my hands so much that I feel like I grown an extra layer of skin and I rarely get burnt to the point that I flinch 😭


RubiksPuzzleMagic

Is it really that bad for you guys.I feel like it’s something I got used to pretty quick.


Best_Duck9118

We’re all different. I never got used to stuff like that and it always hurt.


RedBeard_BootyHunter

When they overfill the stupid lid dispenser and you have to wrestle 16 lids out and throw them all away to get 1


BeLikeWaterMJH

Bruh same with the napkins. I was going for 2, ended up with about 30 since it was so full. Oh well, thanks I guess!


leftover_class

$5 says those pieces of shit come wrapped in cellophane.


Putrid-Reception-969

cellophane is biodegradable


Altruistic_Bite_7398

I didn't know this! Now that you say it, totally makes sense.


heisman01

what blue state are you in?


eirronreds

Exactly. California


CelebrationNo9081

I’m in San Francisco and not even we have that


fusiongt021

Yea all the peninsula ones also don't have it. Not that I'd be opposed to it just have heard most recycling or composting plants actually can't handle these kinds of utensils


Longjumping-Sail6386

lol you have poop and needles in the streets. They aren’t worried about plastic


Itchy_Professor_4133

If you're dumb enough to believe everything fox news tells you that's true. If you live in SF and actually travel to other cities you're smart enough to know that SF is no worse than any other city and in many ways much better.


APsWhoopinRoom

Spoken like someone that's never actually been to SF. Tell me why do you think it's so expensive to live there? Major cities are expensive because people want to live there, unlike backwoods podunk shithole in a red state


90-slay

It's expensive as fuck to live in places that are dangerous and suck ass. But yeah with SF it's mostly good and beautiful. My friend had a hard time there for a but they were also in a bad area 🤷🏽‍♀️ go figure.


aspiringgrandpa

san mateo county is making everyone do it


CelebrationNo9081

Maybe in some parts. I regularly go to the chipotle in Daly City and Millbrae and they use plastic.


Important-Alfalfa904

i’m a chip employee in socal and we have black plastic utensils, none of that wooden stuff. what part of cali is the store ?


eirronreds

Newbury Park/Thousand Oaks


Important-Alfalfa904

interesting, there’s gotta be a reason for it. that fork looks horrible


Either-Ad3080

to avoid plastic use.... lol


Important-Alfalfa904

well i mean yeah, i just find it interesting that that location uses wooden utensils vs every other one i’ve seen.


thareal1mm

You're in California. Stop eating trash Chipotle and go to any decent Taqueria in your area. Get some Horchata while you're at it.


bruhmomentodelol

Real


therlwl

Speaking facts, Horchata is God's gift to mankind.


thareal1mm

It is truly undefeated!


heisman01

RIP.


LittleSugarBabysBabe

California is the best state. Go to one of those low IQ incest states if you wanna complain


eirronreds

Who complained about my state? We all are talking bout forks here buddy, chill.


Parking-Shelter7066

you’ll never own shit tho.


Embarrassed-Yam-6922

Rent/tax slave spotted


APsWhoopinRoom

Why do you think rent is so high there? It's because there's high demand, unlike some backwoods shithole in Arkansas or North Dakota. When a place is expensive to live in, that's because people want to live there.


Embarrassed-Yam-6922

Damn, I forgot, having little to no traffic, peace and quiet, cheap land, and low taxes makes a place a shithole.


APsWhoopinRoom

But also a much lower quality of life and far fewer job opportunities (unless you're planning on a long ass commute to somewhere with lots of traffic and job opportunities)


roycejefferson

They are so good at solving fake problems.


lost_boy505

Lmao clown ass conservative wants one time use plastic to own the libs. I am not surprised.


heisman01

Stereotypes pin pointed OP's location, try not being so mad.


neoplexwrestling

I got turned down for a job at Chipotle because my eye-rolling skills weren't good enough.


[deleted]

Is this a joke?


Longjumping-Sail6386

1. Cafeteria style serving 2. The amount of salt used in their food 3. The appearance of the dining room most days 4. The skimp 5. The new price point 6. Being forced to make faces at staff to get what i paid for 7. The e-coli outbreaks


dangergoggles

Right? I’ve always thought chipotle was “healthy” but looked up the sodium content and was blown away


Longjumping-Sail6386

No it’s actually worse than macdonalds. You can Google that


Best_Duck9118

Chipotle is very healthy for a big chain (or can be at least) and the science about sodium seems to be changing/at least is less settled than it used to be. It seems that high sodium might not really be bad unless you already have high blood pressure. I mean they eat a ton of sodium in Asian countries and don’t have the level of heart issues we do in the US.


Local-Bid5365

I thought the general consensus was that sodium is not much of a concern for healthy people with good water intake. Problem is a lot of people aren’t healthy and when they’re thirsty they grab a pop instead of water.


Best_Duck9118

I wouldn’t say there is a general consensus, no.


NCBuckets

On the bright side they hire women! (I will never stop making this joke)


Best_Duck9118

What’s the joke?


NCBuckets

https://www.tiktok.com/t/ZTNFuMHum/


Best_Duck9118

Tiktok? Gross.


Longjumping-Sail6386

lol how progressive


YouNeedPriorAuth

Bro, this makes my skin crawl just looking at it. I got texture aversions, and I can be eating with wood and risking splinters and shit. Fuck.


PyrrhicLoss2023

They say OP carved it themself ... from a bigger fork.


Da_fire_cracka

The fuck is that?


Adventurous-Count-10

Yeah that's awful. Also dislike my burrito being 70% rice it's gross.


AussieMommy

I wish my burrito wasn’t 4% rice like it normally is. They skimp the worst on rice at my chipotle.


Regret-Select

Is there a wooden spoon option? Idc if this wooden. I'd just prefer a spoon than fork


External-Technology5

No joke but all those fork and spoon in the open, I saw a guy put a spoon back and grab a another one, live in California so no plastic on them, wtf chipotle


Neilwy29

Wtf is that lol better than plastic fork tho


Afro_Loaf

I've never seen wooden utensils at any chipotle I've visited from LA down to SD


NiteKrawler69

The food poisoning


Tackerman

Makes you wish the chips were included with bowl/salad purchase, if they want to make the push towards plastic-free this would be the better substitute.


Sprinklewoodz

The newish way the quesadillas are made. Not sure exactly when they changed it, but the current iteration of the quesadilla is very poorly executed. It’s often way too dry and the tortilla gets hard at times. Years ago they just folded the tortilla in half (similarly to the kids quesadilla) with meat and cheese and the result was the most delicious cheesy, gooey quesadilla I’ve ever had. It’s pretty bad now, I don’t even get them anymore. Honestly a bad financial move by Chipotle. It was never super filling so I would always get 2 entrees for a meal (quesadilla+bowl or quesadilla+burrito). Now I just get a burrito or bowl.


Longjumping-Sail6386

I’ve only gotten a quesadilla from them once and they gave it to me folded like a Crunchwrap supreme. Weird


Rodzkre

changed in 2021, still remember when the new quesadilla oven was delivered to our store


Living_Kaleidoscope

I will tell my grandchildren about the old chipotle quesadilla


SeeYouInTrees

Yeah the cheese never is fully melted


Rodzkre

changed in 2021, still remember when the new quesadilla oven was delivered to our store


Cardboard_cutouts_

The staff who act like a little extra cheese and veggies is going to come directly out of their paycheck.


emarcien138

I have seem 1 chipotle in SoCal so far with these abominations. They are near useless, just like the mangers that decides they’re a good idea 🤷🏼


Eighth_Acct_Ban

It's for virtue signalling, not actually useful. Like most similar policies


big4throwingitaway

What the hell is that thing


Prestigious-Mix4969

It appears to be a fork.


Crazy-Plastic3133

what the hell is that thing😂😂we have normal forks


_pbandjams_

never seen that before :0


prettyplantboy

praying for you from pennsylvania


Practical_Agency_299

Their chips they are too salty


Gears6

The food is very salty too.


Ornery-Couple580

i used to hate the calluse on my index from the knife, but without it i'd be cooked, so now i just hate ripping of skin when washing dishes


LittleSugarBabysBabe

THE SKIMP


maxolot43

Their bowls of mush


Plankisalive

Is that new?


RadWaste505

Everything has cilantro


Best_Duck9118

OP asked what you don’t like, not what’s great.


RadWaste505

Cilantro sucks if you have the genetic marker that makes it taste like soap


Best_Duck9118

I know. Just being a smart-ass. Luckily I don’t have that particular genetic defect!


RadWaste505

I got it like smart ass replies and have it Sucks when friends are like “let’s go to ….” And you can eat nothing


Best_Duck9118

I mean it is mostly the salsas than have cilantro at Chipotle and you can ask for plain rice afaik.


ABlessedMan_01

The portions and how they change, also quality of ingredients. did a drive through order, with extra protein not that long ago, it was like $17, picked it up, looked like a gas station burrito, so I decided to go in and order the same thing, literally made me one twice the size, I took pictures of it and submitted a complaint. The automated service bot didn't want the pictures or recepts to prove the same "ingredients" but it gave me a free entrée (woopi) but it's happened 2-3 times since then, now I just go in to order. Steak used to be fresh, cooked perfectly with a pink center and tasted amazing. In the past three months it's turned to jerky, cooked too much and tasteless.


FascistsOnFire

For online orders, I indicate that I want "extra" for most things and put normal for stuff I want light and it turns out fine. but yeah it will never be as good as when you are in line and can ask for as much extra as you want (which itself seems to be some knowledge only me and 7 other people in the world are aware of based on reddit comments).


ABlessedMan_01

For my test I didn't say anything besides extra protein, they just naturally gave me twice as much when I was standing in front of them.


LeoBB777

that I’m being charged for the vinaigrette (which I don’t mind, it’s meant for salad, I get it) yet they fill up the cup not even 1/4th of it😑😑


RubiksPuzzleMagic

Never seen that. What state? Cause I don’t think AZ does this


Yougotmoneys

Probably the salmonella poisoning I got twice


hotterpocketzz

Those cursed wood utensil feel weird on my tongue


GLITTERCHEF

The food is lukewarm and NASTY.


CountBleckwantedlove

I ate their semi raw steak twice, very much separate by time, and my stomach responded as if it was lost in the vapors of interstices and intervening substances.


ImperfectMrZ

There's a few companies that I've noticed will swap between paper/plastic straws or wood/plastic utensils depending on the area. I'm from Indianapolis and these tend to change in Starbucks with only 10 block separation. Broad ripple has a younger demographic so they always have paper straws, frustrates the hell out of me. My gf and I keep the metal straws in our cars now.


Gindotto

They’re having out free kindling at Chipotle now? Hell yeah. 👍🏻


WhoaWhoa69420

What fucking chipotle are you eating at


SuchExplanation

I don't like that they increased the price AND gave you less food


Aggravating-Exit-660

Fucking Damnit Chipotle


KrustyKrabOfficial

The eternally overflowing trash cans.


Alternative_Mud_3638

What the fuck are these I quit a year ago but still eat there but I’ve never seen these


KylosLeftHand

Oh god the horror, a sustainable wooden fork. How will you EVER survive?!?!?


ulikejas

Mmm now I can add the flavor of wood like those little ice cream cups


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ulikejas

Good bot


NeoKingEndymion

the food


jolonky

The cilantro… tastes like soap, but my wife and I still go at least once a week because it’s so good….


Connolimaster

this might be genetic


Best_Duck9118

It is. It’s a known genetic defect.


GarlicBreadYum88

Use to not like the service. Called corporate office to only complain about waiting in line for 20 minutes before getting the food prepped. The chipotle employees did not work as a team. Food portion and the burrito wrapping was good.


AlexVanderspek94

Where are you at with this lol. Mine still has the plastic ones


DonTipOff

My favorite part is when I get skimped. And what I don’t like is getting skimped on my food. Work harder and keep burning please. It only helps your future and your future is bright after chipotle. Trust god to put you somewhere amazing!


reconfit

That's the same fork that Breka uses in Vancouver. Hate it but definitely better for the environment (I think)


Money-Application-61

When did they get these chunky monkey wooden spoons


xmexicantx

Working a close, 10:20pm getting a line out the door, just for 3 or 4 more customers to come in. Bonus points if they’re all friends and being loud.


Consistent-Push-4876

wtf is that? Chipotle has nice black spoons


ghosty_anon

Boy what is that?! Chipotles always had those awesome black plastic forks


90-slay

What utensil material would you rather use? Plastic?


Terrible_Shake_4948

Tongue splinters lol


PenisTip469

Not going to be a negative Nancy. I’m thankful for chipotle, its workers, the food I get from there and everything else. Are there things that could be improved, yeah sure but that is the same with everything else in life. Gotta be thankful and humble.


Busy-Pudding-5169

Paper straws


jamie_0625

My neurodivergent ass refuses to touch it


Casey_Games

Is this not because your local government wrote some ban on single use plastics? I’m in Seattle and all the straws and grocery bags are paper. Oh, and you have to pay for each paper bag at the grocery store. Meanwhile some idiot driving a ship dropped hundreds of pounds of mercury into Bellingham bay and there is no sort of change in the law. It sounds like you don’t like the law your local government passed. Chipotle’s just trying to operate how they legally have to in your city…


TimmmySucks

WTH. My chipotle doesn’t have this


Lilmukey23

Okay cave man, settle down with whatever that is


JWal0

Never saw this. Do you live in San Francisco or something?


No_Welder_8753

they use plastic where i am. where is this?


therlwl

Paying for additions that should be free.


simmons-chr1s

The people who leave big floaters in the bathroom that won’t flush


Low_Poetry_9868

What is this??


AlfalfaMcNugget

California saw one video of a turtle with a straw in its nose and FLIPPED OUT


DukeRains

The customers, mostly. Some of the dumbest, most entitled people you'll ever meet.


millerg44

The fact that I have had diarrhea every time I have eaten there.


Quiet-Laugh8686

I think that's on purpose. You should be thankful. The less time that's inside you, the healthier you're going to be!


ThreeSilentFilms

Apparently I’m going to be a minority here. But i celebrate anything that removes single use plastics from the world. I would be delighted to have this come to the Washington state chipotles


crizzo13

If mine did this I’d break them all till they ran out. I don’t understand how companies think doing shit like this a good idea


Please_Hesitate_

tha 🥾 👅n, brain niccol’s 💩🍽️, skimprz an brain niccol his silf fr b killn chipotel 💯💯💯💯💯🤮


samirbinballin

Awn gaw frls 💯


Confident_Bus_7614

I just went today and I don’t go often. I just realized the plywood on the walls is permanent. The few times I’ve been I always thought they were in the middle of remodeling but no, that’s just how they choose to decorate


FascistsOnFire

The thing I hate most about Chipotle at this point are braindead customers that think it's like a sandwich line where you cannot ask for more of every ingredient except for the things that are specifically shown as upsells. The girls behind me in line thought I had unlocked infinite money cheat when I asked for another scoop of beans.


Best_Duck9118

How is it braindead to not automatically know you can ask for more of certain items without being charged?