freepistol

@Carl Everett's Fossil Collection: Don't forget. You can survive by eating all the cash you've won from all the OMG SUEING you've done.

vatica40

I used to work in many fast food places while I was a student.

I can give an example of two McDonald's I was in.
The first store, was in Hicksville, NY. I was one of the shift managers. We had fun there. Half the crew is made up of fourteen year old kids. Something that is very important to remember. It's not just a job, but life training for them. Everything there was clean. No one messed with any of the food ever. The kids did a great job. As soon as corporate watch dogs were out of the store, I would organize little events for the crew, such as pirate night. Or I would bring in the guitar hero for a contest. Dealing with school and work, stress gets very bad on these kids. Adding some fun and creating a relaxed workplace allows them to not only treat the customer better, but that becomes their goal.

Soon a new owner came in. When they started kicking out customers who weren't classy enough, (the old man who lives next door to me was kicked out for coming in with cans.) I decided it was time to leave. I went to the Mcdonald's in Syosset, NY. Horrible. One manager in particular was the problem. I was in training to join their management staff. They continually disciplined me for not showing up for shifts that they scheduled during my classes. Which is why I eventually quit. While I was there, I saw things that make me never want to eat there. First they used cooking untensils meant for food prep to clean crud off of counters and whatnot and then continued making the food. They would leave full garbages over night to attract bugs. I have seen the grill people not wash their hands and then not use gloves. That bothers me. They were also terrible to their crew. One person left a class early to cover a shift as a favor to the manager. He came five minutes late to the shift, and she punished everyone else on the shift.

When it comes to food services, when you treat your employees like crap, they are likely to crap in the food.

sysak

dink23

arcticJKL

joellevand

Not that it has much bearing on this case, but I grew up near there. It's not someplace I'd stop for a slushee, that's for sure.

CaliforniaCajun

How about "Louisiana Department of Public Health" ?

I see a pair of handcuffs for all those involved.

Corporate-Shill

That's the first thing that came to mind. That this girl knew the other girls who were serving her that drink. Teenage girls are just absolutely evil towards other girls they dont like.

forgottenpassword

We'll just have to worry about poorly paid employees doing things to the food at the factory. (damn. The porcuswine burger factory is also a meth lab!)

sodden

boxjockey68

Seriously, can we stop saying "well I'm never going there again!" whenever these types of stories come up? At this rate, half of Consumerist's readers should be living in total seclusion in order to actually be able to boycott as many businesses as they claim to.

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amyschiff

Angryrider

statnut

Bourque77

I know I had to stop eating at a Sonic for a while because one of the workers there probably would have spit in my food since I was the investigator who turned her in for some major policy violations at her last job, and she was subsequently fired.

theblackdog

Unprovoked spit surprises me.

I worked at a BR as a teenager. A new employee was having a hard time making a strawberry shake thick enough for the bitchy customer. After the third shake (the first one WAS thin, two and three were fine) and the woman positively shrieking at this poor girl (she was so socially awkward), I took over and chipped the rest of my red nail polish into her (thick enough) milkshake.

Not my most mature moment... hilariously, my first semester of college, the grateful employee that I saved's mom was one of my professors. She remembered me for helping out her daughter and I got a couple of nice extensions on assignments.

Youthier

It's safe to assume the more fast food joints your frequent, the greater chance you are eventually going to be exposed to some rather nasty additions to your food, weather you realize it or not. Shit in the refried beans, semen in the cottage cheese, urine in the salad dressing...

I'd rather not risk it.

uberbucket

Another one refused to sell me a 32 oz Hi-C Fruit Punch because it "Costs too much for that much fruit juice in one cup so no one wants to buy that size." I was like um... it is a fountain drink!!! (I went to Wendys and got my drink instead.)

That all being said, I can't get my wife to stop buying drinks there. lol

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mountaindew

However, out of sight, out of mind, generally keeps me from going crazy about it. If someone wants to spit in your drink, they'll do it and get away with it.

Scuba Steve

outinthedark

How much am i supposed to tip when I only get two Cherry Limeade Slushs?

mws

Finally, I get to use the word decimate in its historically accurate meaning.

JDAC

And that justifies acting like a complete asshole, placing ones employer in legal jeopardy, not to mention placing oneself in a criminally liable (not to mention career-limiting) position. It's no wonder there's no work ethic left in America, no sense of honor, and no pride in hard work.

I'm starting to wonder if summary executions would solve a shitload of problems in this country.

PHX602

My sister's best friend's boyfriend in high school got fired from Wendy's, and before he left, he pooped in the frosty machine. She ratted him out.

katekate is squared

flipx

JoseRZ

I worked at a pizza place when I was in high school where it was easier to count the food that was not "messed with". That's what you get when you staff your restaurant with grumpy, underpaid, overworked, easily offended teenagers.

"I guess we should feel some sort of guilt, but she broke the cardinal rule; never fuck with people who handle your food."
-Waiting

uberbucket

Balisong

they are GOOOOOD though, and I love their breakfast toaster sandwiches.

JDAC

@ruffedges: I worked at Wendys when I was a teenager (back when they had a Super Bar). I eat at fast food places, but I frequent the same fast food places that have good service and decent food. I do try to keep fast food to a minimum though.

thelushie

I will never see Sonic the same way again.

Yuck.

Snarkysnake

Michifernication

ruffedges

catnapped

LatherRinseRepeat

Halloway

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The Name's Ash78, Housewares

I also can't stand places that use the pellet ice, fill the cup and then add the 2oz of soda to fill the cup.

Starfury

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BuddyGuyMontag

LetMeGetTheManager

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