Working At Taco Bell Means You Have To Follow Some Weird Rules

In the world of fast food, there are no rules. Do you want to dunk your fries in your milkshake? Go ahead! Do you want to create a Frankenstein sandwich from multiple menu items? Why not! Hungry for six burritos? Go for it!

When it comes to Taco Bell, its menu tends to break the rules for you. Take the nacho fries, the quesarito, or the chicken sandwich taco, for example. Considering how often the chain is thinking “outside the bun,” you might imagine there’s quite a bit of flexibility behind the counter. Believe it or not, these are the bizarre rules Taco Bell employees are forced to follow.

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Lunch breaks | 0:00
Competitor lunches | 0:55
Strict weight policy | 1:32
Rolling burritos | 2:13
Not on shift | 2:54
Remaking orders | 3:20
Sauce packets | 3:53
Closing Time | 4:22
Hats | 4:59

[josephcunningham]

I currently work at Taco Bell and can honestly say that our store has never had to follow any of these rules. They are more worried about the drive thru time then how much a tacos weighs.

[mistyberrier]

I’ve worked at a few Taco Bell’s, and I’ve NEVER heard any of these rules. Except for the weight of the food items. The rest of the rules are bogus.

[dea]

I worked at Taco Bell for a time when I was young, and I am here to tell you their kitchen is absolutely spotless, and the food is fresh. I was extremely impressed.

[indiansfaninpa]

As a former Taco Bell employee, I find this list totally absurd, especially the repeated claim from a previous video that employees have to throw out perfectly good orders that are a tenth of an ounce over the official weight. The only rules that are believable are the common-sense rules: Don't wear your cap backwards, and don't bring in food from competitors.

[victoriamahon]

One sauce packet, the entire Internet laughs 😂😂😂

[brooklynpuckett]

I absolutely HATED working at taco bell the one I worked at was extremely filthy and gross and my boss was really rude and treated his employees like crap and he tried to force me to come into work sick which is a HUGE health violation

[thejanglezclan]

This is the 2nd video in like two weeks where you talk about Taco Bell throwing away items that aren't weighed correctly. For the love of GOD, this isn't happening.

[thomasfinnell]

I currently work there, 15 years ago at a location I no longer work at, we would trade with other restaurants. For example, we would send tacos, burritos, chalupas to Pizza Hut in exchange for pizza, wings, and desserts. We once traded food to L.A. Fitness for a 1 month pass. At my current location, we don't trade, but we sure do order out. The company in fact gives our GM Visa gift cards to purchase food once a month for the employees for an incentive. The company rules can be relaxed as long as employees follow the day to day policies. The company cares about appearance and proper hand washing. Other than that, have fun and don't burn the place down.

[agt_vendetta]

I'm a Taco Bell employee myself, and I feel obligated to mention, these rules may STRONGLY depend on how strict or lenient your particular franchise is. Some could be strict and actually hold, and ENFORCE these rules, mine however does not. We get food from competing fast food restaurants all the time when we aren't in the mood for the same food we usually eat for our breaks, we all roll our burritos in the so-called "undesirable" way and never receive complaints about it. And while we have scales in our kitchen to weigh items but those are honestly literally never used. When you are on a busy shift, the last thing anyone is worried about is if a taco or burrito is a smidge too heavy. And they don't mind if employees come by when they're off-shift. As for the sauce packets, one of my Managers DID tell me that I was supposed to put one packet per item, but when you're needing to get orders out quickly, you just grab a moderate handful and be done with it, when it's slow though I do try to be more careful of my sauce distribution.

I wouldn't say that this video is incorrect or anything, it simply just doesn't apply to the TB location I happen to be employed at, if you're trying to dabble in the fast food business and TB is in your sights, take these supposed "hidden rules" with a grain of salt...

[anthonyshepard]

All I have to say is thank you every Taco Bell employee who did wonderful jobs on every food item I've tried out in my life!

[racershotz]

I'm 16 been working for 6 months there the first 3 isn't true, scale thing is true, 4th is true, 5th is not true I can come in anytime to hang out, 6th is true, sauce packets is one sauce per item unless if ask for more we usually do 3 per item. Taco bell is the busiest after 10 pm somehow

[zacattack]

The verde sauce, it wasn't quite spicy enough but i liked it.

[AvenueD]

I fell in love with the cantina crunchy taco, they need to bring those back

[elchris]

I worked in a taco bell for a few years definitely not of this happened it was a fun experience though

[charlie.richardson]

i’ve always said that these Mashed videos must be practice grounds for announcers, because the information is rarely correct.

[itsjay]

As a Taco Bell worker myself most of these facts were inaccurate. Many Taco bells are franchises, at my Tacobell all employees eat for free up to a certain limit. We can come up to the store anytime we want off the clock.

[eal]

A cousin of mine works at a Taco Bell. They hardly get customers through the day. It's very slow, and ends up getting sent home early.

[SquishySenpai]

Rolling in the "I" shape works just fine if they would just roll in the right direction.Roll one way and everything is even. if you roll it the other way (basically changing direction by 90 degrees) you get bites of individual ingredients.

[davej]

There are two Taco Bell's near where I live. I've noticed that the portions very quite a bit. Just for fun I've weighed them when I get home and the same items in the same order very quite a bit. I'm sure that they're all over the minimum, and under the theoretical maximum, maybe. But I don't think they use a very good scale. I've also noticed that the contents of the items varies quite a bit. That maybe because of the problems getting raw materials. But the rules for working there don't seem too extreme I've worked under more strict rules for most of my work life. And their hats do look nice.

[TheEdgecrusha]

I just want them to bring back the damn double decker taco. What were they thinking...