You...what? Well, maybe she meant...er...I have no idea.

That one actually left me speechless.

I'm guessing she was looking for a drain stopper/flip switch for the sink so she could create soap-bath for the pans to soak in. It doesn't seem so odd to me. I guess she could have phrased it better.

She probably couldn't find the drain stop, but the wording made coffee come out my nose!

I'm with spacemom and choyoyo. it was probably just bad phrasing but darn if it wasn't funny!

how the heck does she take a bath?

Tonja: Well, my bath has a drain setup radically different from my sink.

I've never used a restaurant sink, but I don;t imagine they work like my tub either.

Come on now...don't be a hater Food Whore.
Not everyone grew up in commercial kitchens and
instinctively know where to look for the drain lever thingie underneath, or have been in those that you have to jam a bar mop in drain to stop the water from draining.
She was probably looking for one of those ooky Rubber Maid plugs with or without the chain.

Just so you know I am not a complete beast - there are 3 large white rubber stoppers hanging on a hook right above the faucet.

She did not know how to plug any sink, not just mine.

Well now FW, that's a different story.
Deets deets deets!

hmmm, that sounds like the interns we've had, I think cluelessness is a requirement

You put an upside down plate over the drain, isn't that how everybody (that doesn't have the working lever closure) do it?

O. M. G. I guess that is going to be a bigger favor than you realized!