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minus-squareStrongHorseWeakNeigh@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up39arrow-down1·22 days agoYeah 86 doesn’t really mean to get rid of something. At least in my time in the restaurant industry I never heard it used that way. It just means that we were out of something.
minus-squareCarrolade@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up22·22 days agoThat was my experience as well. Though we would also refer to a banned customer as “86’d.”
minus-squareCascadianGiraffe@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·22 days agoSame meaning in my experience. The patron is kicked out. 86’d is the past tense. ‘they have been 86’d’ You no longer have any of that product, ingredient, or in this case customer.
minus-squareCaptain Aggravated@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7·22 days agoIn a workshop environment I’ve heard “86 it” to mean “get rid of it.” synonymous with “shitcan it.”
minus-squareHomerianSymphony@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·edit-222 days agoAnd that’s the joke behind Agent 86’s number on Get Smart. He’s a bad agent, and someone should have gotten rid of him.
minus-squareCaptain Aggravated@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·21 days agoThere’s a timely reference. Get Smart: In Color.
Yeah 86 doesn’t really mean to get rid of something. At least in my time in the restaurant industry I never heard it used that way. It just means that we were out of something.
That was my experience as well. Though we would also refer to a banned customer as “86’d.”
Same meaning in my experience. The patron is kicked out. 86’d is the past tense. ‘they have been 86’d’
You no longer have any of that product, ingredient, or in this case customer.
In a workshop environment I’ve heard “86 it” to mean “get rid of it.” synonymous with “shitcan it.”
And that’s the joke behind Agent 86’s number on Get Smart. He’s a bad agent, and someone should have gotten rid of him.
There’s a timely reference. Get Smart: In Color.