It’s been too long since we reported on a severed human finger found in fast food. Such stories are just so exciting! Yes, invariably they are scams. But for a brief moment, your soul heaves in exhilaration, and you begin weaving wonderful fantasies about that poor, shriveling digit. Was it a back kitchen knife fight? Does the manager require Yakuza-like atonement from his wayward staff?

This time, it’s not Wendy’s serving a finger in a chili cup. It’s Subway. A woman claims to have found a half-inch piece of finger in her sandwich. It’s not going to be a finger: the manager claims it just looks like “a big piece of fat,” which is gross but not criminal.

We would love to find a bit of finger in a Subway sub. At least it’s real meat.

Officials probe finger-in-sandwich claim [Yahoo! News]

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