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Chocoholic · 08-09-2004, 02:35 PM

I am usually not the obsessive-compulsive germophobic type. I don't freak out over a little dirt and I certainly could care less if my books and CD's and stuff aren't properly categorized. I don't have a major freak-out if stuff is a little askew or if a person near me sneezes or coughs or something. However, put me in a place involving meal preparation and I become a completely different person. If the place where the food is being prepared isn't sparkling clean or I see the person preparing the food isn't wearing a hairnet and gloves or is coughing and sneezing and touching their face and hair, I can't eat there. I can't eat at a table that hasn't been cleared and wiped off. I see dirt and grease on the counter and I lose my appetite. I've often said something, only to receive weird looks and rude comments from the employees. One thing I don't miss about college is the school cafeteria. That place was the worst!

Does this sort of thing happen to anyone else?

ThirteenInchEscape · 08-09-2004, 02:50 PM

it happened to Jerry in an episode of Seinfeld

phoebe7165 · 08-09-2004, 03:15 PM

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Originally posted by ThirteenInchEscape
it happened to Jerry in an episode of Seinfeld

You mean the one where he saw that Poppy didn't wash his hands after using the bathroom, then was making his pizza?!!

Hey Kristen!! I can't say that I'm that bad when it comes to restaurants, but being a former fast-food manager, I'm much more aware of the way things are done in restaurants--fast food & sit-down. Even something as simple as scratching your face if you're preparing food is not allowed.

You want to hear something gross? I had an employee who was a great employee otherwise but she had a really bad habit of when she was making the sandwiches, and she would get ketchup or mayo or whatever on her fingers, she would lick her fingers. Ugh!!

Our local newspaper prints recent restaurant inspections from local restaurants. There was a cajun place I loved going to. They got an absolutely horrible inspection a few years ago. I haven't gone back since. I don't care if they fixed the violations, it only took that one time.

ThirteenInchEscape · 08-09-2004, 03:38 PM

I play with my dog while cooking sometimes, so you know, whatever.

Boiling/baking kills germs anyway

Penny Lane · 08-09-2004, 03:55 PM

Once I found a fly in my baked potato. The potato was wrapped in foil and the fly was between the foil and the potato.

Janet McFarland · 08-09-2004, 04:02 PM

I hate when you go into a restaurant and find HAIR in your food! It just grosses me out ... why can't people wear hairnets?!

Chelsea · 08-09-2004, 04:15 PM

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Originally posted by Penny Lane
Once I found a fly in my baked potato. The potato was wrapped in foil and the fly was between the foil and the potato.

Chambers · 08-09-2004, 04:36 PM

I was once served a ghostly white boiled chicken with f-ing FEATHERS at a pub in England. That's English cuisine for you.

I am Him · 08-09-2004, 04:39 PM

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Originally posted by Chambers
I was once served a ghostly white boiled chicken with f-ing FEATHERS at a pub in England. That's English cuisine for you.

I can go on and on about English food.

In England I had a
crunchy baked potatoe,
Crunchy peas
Cajon chicken that wasn't the least bit spicy
A Frosted donut that wasn't sweet

Do the English not have taste buds or something? Do they not care what stuff taste like?

Its sad when you have to go to McDonalds for a decent meal

PZelda · 08-09-2004, 04:55 PM

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Originally posted by I am Him
I can go on and on about English food.

In England I had a
crunchy baked potatoe,
Crunchy peas
Cajon chicken that wasn't the least bit spicy
A Frosted donut that wasn't sweet

Do the English not have taste buds or something? Do they not care what stuff taste like?

Its sad when you have to go to McDonalds for a decent meal

They even put BLUE cheese on their pizzas.

Yeah...Victoria Station is the only place offhand that I can think of that has halfway decent foods.

Rhiannon · 08-09-2004, 05:03 PM

the dump I work in is a horrible enough experience every time I go

Hollow · 08-09-2004, 05:39 PM

that's how i am.

dawsongirl · 08-09-2004, 09:55 PM

I'm not really like that. But one time there were ants crawling on the wall of the booth we were in. That was seriously nasty.

Cashodeen · 08-09-2004, 10:01 PM

If I think about the unsanitary conditions that may go on in the kitchen of restaurants, I would get pretty sick. I try not to think about it because I am squeamish that way. And oh yes, the tables must be very clean when I sit down. If they don't do it right, I don't care... I'll just say, "Missed a spot!"

Hey, Mary... remember when there was that hair in my french fries?

PZelda · 08-09-2004, 10:19 PM

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Originally posted by Cashodeen
If I think about the unsanitary conditions that may go on in the kitchen of restaurants, I would get pretty sick. I try not to think about it because I am squeamish that way. And oh yes, the tables must be very clean when I sit down. If they don't do it right, I don't care... I'll just say, "Missed a spot!"

Hey, Mary... remember when there was that hair in my french fries?

That reminds me of the first couple hours I was in England. The hotels are really weird over there - when you first check in, you can't check in til 1pm...so they have a luggage room.

Anyhoo, after all that was done and said, we went to Victoria Station and ate at the deep pan pizza restaurant there...meangya there was this LOOOONNNNNGGGGGG strand of hair in my soda. I was all "

" when I saw that and asked for a new cup.

08-09-2004, 02:35 PM	#1
Chocoholic Member Forum Star Join Date: Dec 01, 2000 Location: Between a rock and a hard place. Posts: 11,235	Horrible Restaurant / Eatery experiences I am usually not the obsessive-compulsive germophobic type. I don't freak out over a little dirt and I certainly could care less if my books and CD's and stuff aren't properly categorized. I don't have a major freak-out if stuff is a little askew or if a person near me sneezes or coughs or something. However, put me in a place involving meal preparation and I become a completely different person. If the place where the food is being prepared isn't sparkling clean or I see the person preparing the food isn't wearing a hairnet and gloves or is coughing and sneezing and touching their face and hair, I can't eat there. I can't eat at a table that hasn't been cleared and wiped off. I see dirt and grease on the counter and I lose my appetite. I've often said something, only to receive weird looks and rude comments from the employees. One thing I don't miss about college is the school cafeteria. That place was the worst! Does this sort of thing happen to anyone else?

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08-09-2004, 03:38 PM	#4
ThirteenInchEscape Member Senior Member Join Date: Jul 21, 2004 Location: Palouse, Washington Posts: 1,218	I play with my dog while cooking sometimes, so you know, whatever. Boiling/baking kills germs anyway

08-09-2004, 04:02 PM	#6
Janet McFarland Member Forum 4000 Club Member Join Date: Mar 09, 2004 Posts: 4,344	I hate when you go into a restaurant and find HAIR in your food! It just grosses me out ... why can't people wear hairnets?!

08-09-2004, 05:39 PM	#12
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08-09-2004, 09:55 PM	#13
dawsongirl Member Forum Icon Join Date: Jan 04, 2001 Posts: 53,134	I'm not really like that. But one time there were ants crawling on the wall of the booth we were in. That was seriously nasty.

08-09-2004, 10:01 PM	#14
Cashodeen Hi. Forum Star Join Date: Aug 30, 2001 Posts: 11,363	If I think about the unsanitary conditions that may go on in the kitchen of restaurants, I would get pretty sick. I try not to think about it because I am squeamish that way. And oh yes, the tables must be very clean when I sit down. If they don't do it right, I don't care... I'll just say, "Missed a spot!" Hey, Mary... remember when there was that hair in my french fries?