I set a timer on one dish and hit 5,000 tickets without a single send-back
Turns out a $12 kitchen timer next to the printer was what got my average from 14 minutes to 9 on a full rail in Wichita, and every old-timer on the line said timing tickets was amateur hour, so what's the one cheap thing you were told to quit using that actually worked?
Funny how the guy who calls you amateur is usually the same guy who's been on the same rail for 20 years and still can't beat 12 minutes. I had a supervisor tell me the exact same thing about writing down my scan times on a post-it, said real pros just feel the pace. Two weeks later I'm the one training the new hires while he's still blaming the belt speed for his numbers. A $12 timer beats 20 years of bad habits every time.