(#5) A Deep-Fried Scouring Pad
From Redditor /u/QuidProQuo_Clarice:
"Not in my food, but at a restaurant I worked at:
This was one of those fried chicken fast-food places. A customer came up to me with her food tray in hand looking distressed and physically ill. I asked if I could help her with something, and she showed me the remains of her 'chicken' sandwich. The filet was oddly flat and green between the breading. Turns out one of the green industrial scouring pads (used? Who knows) had been breaded, deep-fried, and served in a sandwich. I'm still convinced that was intentional (because let's be real, how could it not be?) but the culprit was never found.
Other notable incidents:
-Someone put coleslaw dressing in the soft-serve ice cream machine, and this poor kid got a coleslaw cone and cried.
-A customer asked for 'half and half coke,' which my co-worker took to mean coke mixed with half-and-half creamer
Edit: I just recalled another incident. This was another restaurant nearby where a new guy sweetened the iced tea with some sort of cleaning powder that apparently resembled sugar. The woman was hospitalized. It made local news and our restaurant owner sent an email to everyone stressing the importance of not killing our patrons."
(#2) Rat Poison
From Redditor /u/Pizzadude:
"Rat poison.
Actually, my girlfriend is a health inspector, so it was a tough choice for the worst, but when she found people handling a rodent issue by putting D-Con on the food, it was probably the most dangerous.
She has also found earwigs in a bottle of rum, tons of fruit flies in assorted bottles of alcohol (screened pour spouts people!), cockroaches on and in pretty much everything possible, and more mouse and rat sh*t in and around food than you would ever want to know.
While not working, she found a used band-aid in some McDonalds fries. Hint: if you let something like that get into a health inspector's food, you're about to have a very bad day."
(#13) A Dirty Bandage
From Redditor /u/FunGal_in_SoCal:
"A dirty bandage in my spanish rice at a mexican fast food place. DISGUSTING!!!!! I nearly threw up, tossed the food out, and tried hard to forget about it....till today. Thanks."
(#8) Glass Shards
From Redditor /u/WasabiBomb:
"At a cajun restaurant in Austin, TX, about 12 years ago, on a muffaletta sandwich:
Shards of glass.
No kidding. The manager had no idea how the glass could've gotten there, since the olive paste they used came in a metal can.
He asked me if I wanted another one - I declined."
(#14) Roach Innards
From Redditor /u/badassmthrfkr:
"I went to a scrappy Chinese carry-out and ordered lo mein with some meatballs on the side. When I cut into a meatball, I squished the roach inside and white stuff goozed out. I almost gagged and I brought my tray to the Chinese lady on the counter. She spoke no English so my complaint was useless but she clearly saw what the problem was. She took my plate to the trashcan, pushed just that meatball into the garbage, and scooped on another meatball onto the same plate and gave it back to me."
(#22) A Staple And A Live Grub
From Redditor /u/RideReddy:
"A packing staple. The waiter looked at me like I was a d*ck for mentioning it. I guess I was supposed to just remove it and keep eating. I never went back there.
Also, I found a fat, inch-long grub in my broccoli at a Chinese buffet once. Right as I found it the waitress was checking on us. She asked, 'How is everything?' I replied, 'I'm doing fine, but this little guy is having a bad day,' as I held the plate up for her to see.
She apologized sincerely and gave me my meal for free."
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The safety and sanitation of foods are the most basic standards. Once flies, hair, insects, and other nastiest objects appear in the dishes, their reputation will usually be severely affected. The level of trust people in restaurants is always surprising. We enjoy our meal in a completely unknown situation, we just choose to believe that the food on the plate has nothing wrong with it. Anyone who has worked in a restaurant may never want to eat in a restaurant without an open kitchen.
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