Restaurant terms I didn't know

A chef instructor once asked me, "Could you get me a Lexan?"

I gave him a blank look.

"One of those," he said, pointing to a plastic tub in the walk-in refrigerator.

"Oh," I said. "Yeah."

I went down to the dishwashing station. I got a large container and wondered why he didn't just say, "Get me a large plastic tub."

***

At my internship, I noticed a cook was running low on supplies.

"Do you want me to get you some paper towels?" I asked.

"Oh. Could you get me some C-folds?" she said. "That's what we call them."

***

I've learned these restaurant terms since I started going to culinary school. I guess single-use paper towels are called "C-folds" because they have folds that form the letter. But they're the same paper towels found in any bathroom. Lexan is the registered trademark for the plastic material that is used to make storage containers.

I told my husband we used "fish containers" to hold vegetables and fruit; basically, to organize the walk-in refrigerator.

"So, they hold everything but fish?" he asked. "What do they put the fish in?"

I chose to ignore him.