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Disgusting things you've found in food
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OMG SO DELICIOUSmac said:And then I saw a commercial for Chili's Smokehouse Bacon Burger with extra thick uncut bacon that escapes the bounds of the burger. God forbid your bacon be contained within your meal.
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I found a grasshopper in a salad when I ate at a nice restaurant in Reno. It was covered in salad dressing and struggling to escape.
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About a year and a half ago, I opened up a Clif bar, took a bite, and noticed some white fuzz on the bar. I thought I had touched it on my shirt or something and got lint on it, but as I looked closer, the Clif Bar had "tracks" thru it like an ant farm. Then I noticed this little worm on top, right next to where I had taken a bite, sitting up and worming it's "head" back and forth.
The guy at the Clif Bar customer service number said it was an Indian Meal Moth worm, and the eggs can penetrate the package of the bar. He said it was harmless, but that I should throw away any other Clif Bars I had purchased from the retailer. They sent me a free box of Clif bars, but I didn't really feel like eating them once they arrived. Especially after I did a Google image search for indian meal moth worm.
The guy at the Clif Bar customer service number said it was an Indian Meal Moth worm, and the eggs can penetrate the package of the bar. He said it was harmless, but that I should throw away any other Clif Bars I had purchased from the retailer. They sent me a free box of Clif bars, but I didn't really feel like eating them once they arrived. Especially after I did a Google image search for indian meal moth worm.
Back in the 70s, my father got a late night job working with his cousin at a McDonalds in Far Rockaway NYC. He ended up quitting and calling the cops--telling them how this other guy would jerk off on the grill and cook the burgers in the burnt semen. Police take down his report and apparently also arrested my dad's cousin which fueled a lifelong hatred that they mutually have for each other. He's still got a copy of the police report.tokkun said:
I hate to break it to you, but some food service people (not everyone, mind you) should never handle others' food, yet still do.
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where the hell do you people live that your food standards are so bad?
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are you all living in California or something?
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are you all living in California or something?
I have never found any thing disgusting in my food, basically just a few hairs that is all. Although I have heard some disgusting stories before, like for example: I remember hearing about a taco bell employee that gets mad at his boss and decides to take it out on the customer by shitting in his taco.
I once opened a glass jar of salsa and when I dipped my chip in it, I hit something hard. After digging a bit with a fork, I discovered large, sharp chunks of a second glass jar inside the salsa. I contacted the company. They apologized and said they would investigate. Litigation crossed my mind, but I wasn't hurt by it. So when their shipping stuff arrived, I tossed the jar into it and mailed it out to them. They sent me a ton of coupons for free chips and dips. I used them without any further problems.
That was about 12 years ago. A couple of months ago, I picked up a bagel with cream cheese a local bagel place on my way to a doctor's appointment. When i opened the bagel, it had a large clump of hair hanging from it: the kind you might find collected at the drain of your bathtub. I didn't eat any of the bagel, but it made me dry-heave. Hours later, I drove back to the bagel shop to return the thing and complain. I was really pissed, but the guy there was really apologetic and offered me another one. I refused and asked for my money back.
That was about 12 years ago. A couple of months ago, I picked up a bagel with cream cheese a local bagel place on my way to a doctor's appointment. When i opened the bagel, it had a large clump of hair hanging from it: the kind you might find collected at the drain of your bathtub. I didn't eat any of the bagel, but it made me dry-heave. Hours later, I drove back to the bagel shop to return the thing and complain. I was really pissed, but the guy there was really apologetic and offered me another one. I refused and asked for my money back.
i worked at a pizza place where nobody gave a shit about health safety or any of that fucking shit.
drop pizza on the floor? if nobody saw it, it's still good.
roach infestation in the soda dispenser? fuck it, nobody can see inside.
roaches/other creatures of the night underneath every cabinet and crevice? out of sight, out of mind, baby. serve that fucking food up.
that place was fucking vile. i'm sure whatever diseases/viruses infested in the raw ingredients cooked away in the 600 degree oven, but the roach family inside the soda dispenser almost drove me to the edge. I mean, that shit is just fucking gross. There was a problem with the pressure system, so I lifted up the metal top to take a look inside and was greeted with 100's of roaches swarming all over each other. I paused, blinked a few times, put the metal top back on, and walked the fuck away.
Just thinking about it is almost too much. Dropping food on the floor where our dirty fucking feet walked all over it all day, then drenched in nausea-inducing bleach...
My thing is this. Unless it's a high class restaurant, there's no way in hell I'm eating out. Because as far as I'm concerned, if the facility is staffed by mostly 16 and 17 year olds, the food could likely give you dysentery.
drop pizza on the floor? if nobody saw it, it's still good.
roach infestation in the soda dispenser? fuck it, nobody can see inside.
roaches/other creatures of the night underneath every cabinet and crevice? out of sight, out of mind, baby. serve that fucking food up.
that place was fucking vile. i'm sure whatever diseases/viruses infested in the raw ingredients cooked away in the 600 degree oven, but the roach family inside the soda dispenser almost drove me to the edge. I mean, that shit is just fucking gross. There was a problem with the pressure system, so I lifted up the metal top to take a look inside and was greeted with 100's of roaches swarming all over each other. I paused, blinked a few times, put the metal top back on, and walked the fuck away.
Just thinking about it is almost too much. Dropping food on the floor where our dirty fucking feet walked all over it all day, then drenched in nausea-inducing bleach...
My thing is this. Unless it's a high class restaurant, there's no way in hell I'm eating out. Because as far as I'm concerned, if the facility is staffed by mostly 16 and 17 year olds, the food could likely give you dysentery.
wiping down. hah, you reminded me of something else about that job.
"wiping down" was actually a fucking joke. you see, we did wipe down using rags at the end of every night, but there were several problems with that
1- there was never any use of soap and or sanitizer. so basically we ran the rags underneath a filthy, rusty faucet not fit for a sewer rat, then wiped down shit.
2- the rags were fucking filthy. yes, even before we wiped down. we had this i guess garbage bag laying on the floor of the back room which we used to store the rags, none of which had ever been washed i assume because they smelled of raw ass and looked even worse. we would then use the dirty rags to wipe down the dirty tables. essentially, instead of removing the filth, we were smearing it.
im lucky i didn't catch jungle fever or some shit just breathing in the air there.
"wiping down" was actually a fucking joke. you see, we did wipe down using rags at the end of every night, but there were several problems with that
1- there was never any use of soap and or sanitizer. so basically we ran the rags underneath a filthy, rusty faucet not fit for a sewer rat, then wiped down shit.
2- the rags were fucking filthy. yes, even before we wiped down. we had this i guess garbage bag laying on the floor of the back room which we used to store the rags, none of which had ever been washed i assume because they smelled of raw ass and looked even worse. we would then use the dirty rags to wipe down the dirty tables. essentially, instead of removing the filth, we were smearing it.
im lucky i didn't catch jungle fever or some shit just breathing in the air there.
Back in high school, a few of us saw a cafeteria lady drop a slice of pizza on the floor, and noticed that she just set it aside on the counter instead of throwing it out. We all figured that it was going to get sold next lunch period. -_-
I've found hair in my food before but I haven't found anything really horrible. Though this thread is going to make me really freaking paranoid about anything I eat from now on.
I've found hair in my food before but I haven't found anything really horrible. Though this thread is going to make me really freaking paranoid about anything I eat from now on.
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Dozens of fairly long hairs baked into a ham/cheese croissant. It was fucking disgusting and obviously done on purpose. I really should have gone back to the store, but I'm a lot more pissed off about it now than I was back then.
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kozmo7 said:
Lordy, thanks for that...
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I was eating oatmeal once and I found a bear in it. Thankfully he wasn't at the bottom otherwise I would have eaten the whole thing. Craziest shit ever.
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1. Metal shards from the blender made its way into my smoothie from Jamba Juice once. I noticed after I cut my mouth while drinking it. All they did was offer to make me a new drink. I told them to fuck off.
2. At my wedding reception, one of our guests found a large roach in her salad. The hotel gave my wife and I a free 2 night stay within the next year and free meals in their nice steak house.
3. When I was 15 I worked in one of those horror pizza places. They would drop stuff on the floor and just pick it right back up. When things like the dough of sausage would go bad, they would just pick out the pieces that looked the worst and use the rest. I quit after my 2nd shift.
2. At my wedding reception, one of our guests found a large roach in her salad. The hotel gave my wife and I a free 2 night stay within the next year and free meals in their nice steak house.
3. When I was 15 I worked in one of those horror pizza places. They would drop stuff on the floor and just pick it right back up. When things like the dough of sausage would go bad, they would just pick out the pieces that looked the worst and use the rest. I quit after my 2nd shift.
Docpan said:
That sounds like Cici's Pizza. See and people wonder why I'm so paranoid about eating out. I literally watch them prepare my meal at fastfoods and order everything well done at restaraunts in hopes that the heat will kill off all the sick things they do in the back. Employees hate their jobs and life so they do shit like this because they thinks its funny.
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My wife found a LIVE worm in her salad at Olive Garden a few years ago. Picked up a fork-full and it was MOVING!!! Showed the waiter, and he freaked out. Brought the manager over, and she freaked out. About 3 other people around our table left feeling like puking. Got a free meal for the 4 of us in our party, free bottle of wine and free desserts to go. Made out like bandits!
We still go to the OG, but search VERY carefully through our salads before divng in anywhere now.
We still go to the OG, but search VERY carefully through our salads before divng in anywhere now.
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you basically hit the nail on the head. nobody wants to work at mcdonald's or whatever, so basically none of them give a fuck. sure, they'll do what they're supposed to when people are watching... but when they aren't ? do you really think they give a shit about making sure your food is clean ?
people who constantly send food back to the kitchen are just asking for it. im the type that if they fuck it up to the point of giving me the completely wrong dish, i'll likely still eat it. because i sure as fuck don't want the chef to get pissed off and stick his cock in my potatoes.
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