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[–] StrongHorseWeakNeigh@lemmy.world 54 points 18 hours ago (3 children)

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.

[–] Carrolade@lemmy.world 31 points 17 hours ago (1 children)

That was my experience as well. Though we would also refer to a banned customer as "86'd."

[–] CascadianGiraffe@lemmy.world 1 points 4 hours ago

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.

[–] subignition@fedia.io 24 points 17 hours ago (2 children)

"86 the chef special" == get rid of it [from the menu]

[–] CascadianGiraffe@lemmy.world 3 points 4 hours ago

No, "86 the chef special" means 'kitchen is out of chef special.

Yes, your task is to remove it from the menu.

But you aren't 86ing it.

You're marking it as 86'd because the quantity is below minimum threshold (usually zero).

str 86;

str itmTo86;

86='get rid of';

info(strFmt('%1 %2',86,itmTo86));

(This won't actually work, since you can't assign ints as variables, but whatever. It was fun)

[–] captain_aggravated@sh.itjust.works 10 points 15 hours ago (1 children)

In a workshop environment I've heard "86 it" to mean "get rid of it." synonymous with "shitcan it."

[–] HomerianSymphony@lemmy.world 4 points 7 hours ago* (last edited 7 hours ago)

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.