We Got a 98 and I Am Still Mad About the Two: Kitchen Chef Tee

A health inspection score of 98 is excellent by any measure. The person responsible for that kitchen will still be able to tell you exactly what the two points were, months later, without being asked. Caring far too much is the job.

Outside the trade it reads as a school grade, a performance review or a customer satisfaction number. Ordinary perfectionism about a test, and the reader nods along in complete agreement. It is a shirt about caring too much, which is the thing a parent most wants to be able to say about their kid's work.

Filed as an INSPECTION RESULT plate with NO CRITICAL VIOLATIONS beneath, the numeral set largest and the two set smallest, so the size hierarchy carries the joke. The number is a premise written for a shirt rather than a result from anywhere.

What it is

• Unisex softstyle tee, 4.5 oz/yd² (153 g/m²)
• 100% ring-spun cotton in the solid colors. Sport Grey is a 90% cotton, 10% polyester blend, and Dark Heather is 65% polyester, 35% cotton
• Double stitched neckline and sleeves, side seamed, tear away label
• Sizes S through 3XL
• Fourteen colors. Seven light ones printed in near black ink, seven dark ones printed in cream

Where it comes from

Custom printed in the USA. Every shirt is printed here, one at a time, on a soft cotton blank woven overseas.

Nothing is printed until you order it, so nothing sits in a warehouse and nothing gets thrown away.

Getting it to you

Free US shipping on orders $45 and up. Under that it is a flat $8.00. We make it after you order it, which takes 2 to 5 business days, and it then takes 3 to 4 business days to reach you from a US facility. Most orders arrive in 5 to 9 business days. You get a tracking number by email as soon as the label is created.

Care

Machine wash cold, inside out, gentle cycle. Tumble dry low or hang dry. Do not iron the print.

The Natural colorway

Natural has small dark speckles through the fabric. That is the undyed cotton showing, and it is expected rather than a fault.