How Clean is That Buffet?
I love to eat at buffets but I do have second thoughts about how clean they are. Once when we were in Las Vegas we went to a buffet at one of the nicer casinos, I think the name of it was The Mint--it was downtown, not on the Strip.The food there was really good and the price was fantastic. That was about ten or eleven years ago. I am sure the prices are much higher now. Back then if you ate before four o'clock in the afternoon it was around $2.99 for your dinner. After that it was still only about $4.99.
We had filled our plates with our food and were sitting near one of the salad bars eating. A lady--I use that word loosely--was filling her plate from the bar very near us. I saw this with my own eyes--she took a hot pepper and stuck it to her tongue to see if it was hot. It was hot so she put it right back in the salad bowl with the other peppers! Can you believe that? I should have reported it to the manager but I didn't! I am sure that not many people would do a thing like that but there are some PIGS around us.
So any time I eat at a buffet I think of that incident and I wonder how many tongues or fingers have touched the food I am putting on my plate. I try to eat and not think about how clean the place is or how clean the patrons are!
Another thing that happened once in a restaurant we were eating in was one of the waitresses was cleaning off tables and filling salt shakers. She was wiping off a salt shaker with a dish cloth and she was working on a spot vigorously and then suddenly she stuck her tongue out and wet her finger and rubbed on the spot then polished it off with her cloth! I couldn't believe my eyes! That also should have been reported but again I failed to do the right thing. However, we did not go there again to eat. Incidents like that do more to ruin a business than any other thing.
I know that a manager can't possibly see everything his workers, and patrons, do and things like that happen but the stupid people like me should report what we see to them!
posted by kyra lafain @ 5/24/2008 12:30:00 PM
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We were at a church social one night, and I saw a woman dip her finger in a bowl of banana pudding and lick it. She was really looking over the other desserts as well, so I passed on dessert that night.
I ordered a sundae at a McDonald's one time, and the boy who fixed it didn't see a spoon in the container of crushed nuts, so he just picked up a handful and sprinkled them on it. I refused to take it.
I've also seen clerks in fast food places who aren't clear on the concept of wearing the gloves. They don't remove their gloves when they take money, then go right back to serving food.
We were at Subway one day, waiting in line. In front of us was a young couple with a baby. I was already disgusted that the baby was standing on the serving line. Although there is a glass between you and the people preparing the food, there is about a two inch gap at the bottom and that baby's feet were at that gap. As if that wasn't bad enough, about half-way through the line the baby spits up all over the glass! Did the restaurant disinfect the glass? No they grab a towel, swiped it and continue serving. Even though we had been waiting some time in line, we left and haven't been back since. nh
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