TikTok user @Tequila.9 reeled off a list of ways servers and pot washers will keep things looking clean at surface level.
They include everything from scraping dishes with nails to changing the dates on food to make it appear as though they are in date.
And to make matters, worse, diners would never know about the techniques themselves.
Making the claims in a TikTok video, Tequila.9 said: “I promise the fork you’re eating with came out of the washer with spinach on it that just got rinsed off.
“I promise you that the table you’re eating off only got wiped down with a stank kitchen rag that was wet from dirty dishwater.
“I promise that whoever set your table was scraping crust off your plate with their nails immediately before you used it.”
She added: “And I’m willing to bet that if the health department showed up to the restaurant you’re eating at right now, everybody in the kitchen would be going crazy in the walk in fridge changing all the dates on the food.”
Viewers were quick to comment, with many other workers backing up the claims.
One person said: “I promise you that she’s telling the truth LMFAOOO.”
Another wrote: “It’s the same everywhere. It’s why I won’t work at my favorite places. I choose to be blissfully UNAWARE.”
Someone else added: “All these are 100% facts I’ve worked at numerous restaurants.”
Others, however, disagreed, with one person insisting: “This isn’t all restaurants.
“I’m a server at one place and bartender at another. Neither place is like that.”
Someone else said: “I can’t relate to this at all. The place I work at is the immaculate.”
A third wrote: “I’m so glad to work at a restaurant that don’t do this.
“This is the cleanest restaurant I’ve ever worked for and I love it.”