Cady S. (@cady_s__) shared a hilarious TikTok video that perfectly captured the chaos of running a small-town café in Nebraska. The video begins with Cady receiving a large order over the phone: 25 cheeseburgers and 10 orders of fries. As soon as Cady confirms the order, her mom, who’s busy in the kitchen, freaks out in a panic, running around trying to get a head start on the order before Cady even hangs up.
Cady laughs at her mom’s frantic energy as she scrambles to gather ingredients, asking questions like whether the burgers should have mayonnaise (which they don’t normally use) and if the order wants “everything” on the burgers. Her mom, caught in a whirlwind of panic, races around asking, “Mayonnaise? Do they want mayonnaise?” and “Extra pickles on all of them?”—which only escalates the frenzy.
The kitchen chaos and her mom’s speedy reactions had viewers in stitches. Some likened her behavior to a Scooby-Doo scene or described her as being in “fight or flight mode.” A few cooks and chefs commented, agreeing that her response was the “correct” one when facing such a high-pressure situation.
Despite the panic, the orders were completed in just 19 minutes—just one minute shy of the 20-minute estimate Cady had given the customer. She explained in the comments that their grill could handle 25 patties at once and the fryer could manage eight orders of fries at a time. While Cady filmed the video, she mentioned that she helped her mom after the clip ended.
This wasn’t the first time her mom had been in this type of kitchen stress. She had run the café from 2005 to 2010 before Cady took over. The order was real and came from a farmer who needed to feed his workers, which explains the large volume. Cady purposely didn’t tell her mom ahead of time to capture her authentic reaction to the big order. In the end, they managed to pull off the high-speed cooking feat, serving the complete order in record time. Hats off to Cady and her mom for their teamwork under pressure!