I worked in food for 5 years, trust me everything in the building can be cleaned way faster than most people would believe and often times is fully cleaned multiple times in the day.

The goal is to look busy most of the time.

We kept the place clean as an operating room between rushes, and then while waiting for the rush to start after cleaning was done we'd wipe down random stuff and throw stuff in the sink for the boss to find so he could have a designated thing to bitch about.

That's not what this is about at all. I think it's a huge reach to assume this meme was referring to not cleaning food prep areas. This is referring to shitty middle managers that do not care what work is being done so long as no body is allowed rest at any point in their shift.