Disgusting things in restaurants

newmug

areyawell wrote: »

I know someone who worked in a restaurant and they were running low on supplies so they reused some of the stuff off other peoples plates. If people had soup they reused the brown bread if person didn't use it. Scraped leftover spuds and vegetables off peoples plates. Added leftover spagethi bolognase back to the pot, reused sandwiches etc. It happened on numerous occasions.

I'd say thats done all the time. If I was a manager and saw a staff member doing that, P60 on the spot.

Qualitymark

A friend who was a waitress in a 'classy' cafe/delicatessen/emporium told me "never eat garnish - it's always recycled from plate to plate".

Riamfada

I don't see the problem with seagull curry. Have seen a fair few disgusting customers in restaurants though. Usually the moutheir ones.

newmug

Riamfada wrote: »

I don't see the problem with seagull curry. Have seen a fair few disgusting customers in restaurants though. Usually the moutheir ones.

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Riamfada wrote: »

I don't see the problem with seagull curry. Have seen a fair few disgusting customers in restaurants though. Usually the moutheir ones.

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The problem is if you pay for CHICKEN curry, then you expect to get chicken in it. If you want to eat seagulls, catch a few and go ahead. Its not right to pay for one thing, and then get seagull / pigeon / rat / squirrell / cat / dog instead.

Then you have other issues. eg. hygene, safety, the morality of killing other peoples pets. Cattle and chickens are killed in state-of-the-art processing plants, where independant inspections take place daily. Wild fowl and vermin carry all sorts of diseases. And dogs and cats are peoples pets who will be missed. Not cool.

I once frequented a restuarant ran by an Asain family. Because of where I was working at the time, I became a regular there. Once, when the family got friendly enough, the son asked me where the local dog pound was!!!!!:eek::eek::eek: I told him, and asked him why he wanted to know. He came up with some bull story about his friends dog being hit by a car a few weeks ago and he wanted to bring him somewhere to be put down. Worst cover story ever! He could have just told me he wanted a pet, or they were going on holidays and needed somewhere to put their animals. That was the last time I ever set foot in the place.

mikemac1

Chinasea wrote: »

The urban myth too of the Chinese restaurant selling the sea gull instead of the chicken is still unbelively doing the rounds too. How much, how long would it take, and how the fu*k in the first place could you round up all those sea gulls.

I hadn't heard of that one

But I have heard the reason you don't see the council worker out checking for dog licenses anymore is because he lost his job.

Chinese takeaways dealt with the stray dogs :P

Cargin

Just to toss out an example from the other side of the counter (yep, I work in fast food), once had a woman threaten to empty her colostomy onto the floor if she wasn't served immediately. Could have been quite the sticky situation...

McChubbin

I was in McDonalds in Swords Village once a few years before it got a much needed overhaul and I saw a cook drop a box of beef patties all over an obviously unswept floor. Instead of throwing away the dropped patties he simply scooped them up, popped them back in the box and placed the box back in the fridge and no-one batted an eyelid.

Xyo

I know of a restaurant where the owner takes the leftover meats from peoples plates and minces it all to make burgers for the bar.

Butterface

The cafes that leave milk in small jugs on the table for hours, just topping them up rather than cleaning the jugs and refilling them. I don't take milk in my coffee unless I'm getting a latte, but I wouldn't touch milk in those places.

Chinasea

newmug wrote: »

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I once frequented a restuarant ran by an Asain family. Because of where I was working at the time, I became a regular there. Once, when the family got friendly enough, the son asked me where the local dog pound was!!!!!:eek::eek::eek: I told him, and asked him why he wanted to know. He came up with some bull story about his friends dog being hit by a car a few weeks ago and he wanted to bring him somewhere to be put down. Worst cover story ever! He could have just told me he wanted a pet, or they were going on holidays and needed somewhere to put their animals. That was the last time I ever set foot in the place.

Ah now, de you even believe this yourself.

tinkerbell

Collibosher wrote: »

Vaguely related, but I once had to collect some equipment from a butcher's shop in west Dublin.

The public part of the shop was like any normal butchers, with counters of meat all nicely displayed etc. The rear of the shop, and enclosed back yard were like something from the Texas Chainsaw Massacre :eek:

The floor was covered with meat in various states of decay. One of the things I was to collect was a machine that sliced up the joints of meat into rashers. It was still being used when I arrived, and was literally covered in maggots. There were rats in the back yard and I don't think I've ever seen so many flies!

The shop was in a small parade of four or five others, how they didn't complain about the stench and flies etc I'll never know.

The locals must have become immune to the bacteria, as the place had a queue out the door the hour or so I spent there.

Eeeew, SICK!!!! What town is this place in?

OneArt

After working in restaurants I've noticed that older customers are generally messier than kids.

One day I went to clean up a table a group of adults had been sitting at. It was filthy. There were crumbs everywhere and sauce all over the table. The bottom was worse: spilled drinks, burger buns and even half a burger.

These were adults in their fifties.

CorkBabe33

newmug wrote: »

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I once frequented a restuarant ran by an Asain family. Because of where I was working at the time, I became a regular there. Once, when the family got friendly enough, the son asked me where the local dog pound was!!!!!:eek::eek::eek: I told him, and asked him why he wanted to know. He came up with some bull story about his friends dog being hit by a car a few weeks ago and he wanted to bring him somewhere to be put down. Worst cover story ever! He could have just told me he wanted a pet, or they were going on holidays and needed somewhere to put their animals. That was the last time I ever set foot in the place.

A friend of mine got a takeaway very recently and something got stuck in her tooth. She ended up having to go to the dentist and he said it was a piece of a microchip - as in, the ones they put into dogs...

Ellis Dee

One really disgusting thing happened to me in a rather posh restaurant in Helsinki back in the 1980s. I am tall and had been sitting with one of my knees pressing against the underside of the table. Just as the bill arrived and I was about to pay and leave, I noticed that my knee had been pressing into a lump of chewing gum that had been stuck to the underside of the table. With the heat of my body, it had sort of melted into the cloth and I knew that nothing would ever get it out.:eek:

I called the headwaitress and complained about it. She offered to give me the meal free, but I told her it was not enough and, in an increasingly loud voice, made some points about hygienic standards in her supposedly up-market restaurant, complaints to the licensing authority, health board, yadda, yadda, yadda. I demonstratively lifted up the tablecloth and asked her if she realised how many bacteria were there and if they ever cleaned the undersides of the tables ---

As more and more heads turned towards us, she finally gave me a card with her boss's phone number and asked me to call them the following day about getting the price of a new suit. I did, and of course the free meal.:):)

But, paragon of honesty that I am, I have always resisted the temptation to put a lump of chewing gum under a table in another restaurant and make a claim.;);)

chalkie 501

Spent 17 years repping for a food supplier, had to visit a dozen or so kitchens every day and seen some unbelievable stuff.
seen something recently while playing golf which was a real beaut.... the guy that makes the sausage/bacon sambos at the halfway coffee shop coming out of the jacks pulling up his zip-still wearing his blue rubber gloves and straight in behind the counter. not eating there anymore

jessiejam

Was at a Christmas lunch a few years back, had a salad with salmon for main. As i was tucking into the salad something didn't feel right in my mouth. Took it out and it was tissue paper. Convinced it was someones rag from up their sleeve I didn't touch the rest of my meal.. Follow big hulabaloo from the manager making a huge deal out of it trying to explain that tissue was put between the layers of lettuce to absorb the water etc. Didn't believe a word of it. Will never eat there again. Salad spinner anyone???

Another salad eating moment, you know that purple lala rossa lettuce? well munching away and crunch.. felt like sand in my mouth, it was actually earth. Someone hadn't bothered to wash the lettuce.

Me and lettuce are well and truly OVER!

NegativeCreep

An old man died beside me once in a little café.
That was pretty disgusting :L

jessiejam

NegativeCreep wrote: »

An old man died beside me once in a little café.
That was pretty disgusting :L

Did he choke or something or just pass away from natural causes?

Joe prim

Joe Duffy

Sorcha16

SerialComplaint wrote: »

I was on the iPhone last night

There's a special place in hell for people like you

NegativeCreep

jessiejam wrote: »

Did he choke or something or just pass away from natural causes?

Didn't stick around to find out. It frightened the life out of me so I left. He just arched his back violently and fell off the chair and he was dead

face1990

CorkBabe33 wrote: »

A friend of mine got a takeaway very recently and something got stuck in her tooth. She ended up having to go to the dentist and he said it was a piece of a microchip - as in, the ones they put into dogs...

There's no way thats true

Remmy

Never having chinese again...

rannerap

newmug wrote: »

I'd say thats done all the time. If I was a manager and saw a staff member doing that, P60 on the spot.

I think you mean p45 , p60 is the statement you get at the end of a tax year with details of your pay, tax, USC and PRSI deducted by your employer during the year

westcoast66

newmug wrote: »

I'd say thats done all the time. If I was a manager and saw a staff member doing that, P60 on the spot.

You b**tard. At least wait near the end of the year before presenting him with his annual tax statement.

billybudd

jessiejam wrote: »

Was at a Christmas lunch a few years back, had a salad with salmon for main. As i was tucking into the salad something didn't feel right in my mouth. Took it out and it was tissue paper. Convinced it was someones rag from up their sleeve I didn't touch the rest of my meal.. Follow big hulabaloo from the manager making a huge deal out of it trying to explain that tissue was put between the layers of lettuce to absorb the water etc. Didn't believe a word of it. Will never eat there again. Salad spinner anyone???

Another salad eating moment, you know that purple lala rossa lettuce? well munching away and crunch.. felt like sand in my mouth, it was actually earth. Someone hadn't bothered to wash the lettuce.

Me and lettuce are well and truly OVER!

Its quite common to layer salad with damp CLEAN paper tissue to keep it crisp.

whatlliwear

I was in a chinese Restaurant in Soho in London & just as we finished our meals the family that ran the restaurant decided to change their baby's nappy on the table beside us.. Ugh I feel sick even thinking about it again ..

billybudd

A place serving food would be visited by the HSO twice per year at least and it is very random and they have very high standards, you have too keep records of food bought with dates etc and they have to match your invoices.

Most kitchens in Ireland would be to a very good standard hygiene wise and great strides have been made.

Most food poisoning arises from two things.

Scummy staff not washing their hands after visiting toilets.

Poisoning arising from toxins in fish and shell fish.

Accidents happen regarding hair in food and even it could be a hair from the customers head yet they just blame the restaurant or from the waiter or indeed from the chef, its a hair not nice but hardly that grotesque!!!


The amount of urban myths in this thread that are now fact by friend is laughable, do you know how many times i have heard that micro chip story in the last few years?

chalkie 501

billybudd wrote: »

A place serving food would be visited by the HSO twice per year at least and it is very random and they have very high standards, you have too keep records of food bought with dates etc and they have to match your invoices.

Most kitchens in Ireland would be to a very good standard hygiene wise and great strides have been made.

Most food poisoning arises from two things.

Scummy staff not washing their hands after visiting toilets.

Poisoning arising from toxins in fish and shell fish.

Accidents happen regarding hair in food and even it could be a hair from the customers head yet they just blame the restaurant or from the waiter or indeed from the chef, its a hair not nice but hardly that grotesque!!!


The amount of urban myths in this thread that are now fact by friend is laughable, do you know how many times i have heard that micro chip story in the last few years?

dunno.....3?

billybudd

chalkie 501 wrote: »

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dunno.....3?

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Scruffles

mikemac1 wrote: »

I hadn't heard of that one

But I have heard the reason you don't see the council worker out checking for dog licenses anymore is because he lost his job.

Chinese takeaways dealt with the stray dogs :P

until last year or the year before at the most,an uncle of mine worked for dublin council and was one of those who went out checking dog licences until he had to retire through his health,he woud do all sorts of tasks as part of the job like rounding up loose horses,cutting the grass etc,theyre definitely still doing it in that council anyway.

had never heard of seagull being used either despite the fact its full of them over here,
the main one people go on about chinese chippies/restaurants using is cats or dogs.
theres to many health and safety rules here for them to get away with doing that plus the fact itd realy tear at the morals of people as cats and dogs are the most popular pet.

Collibosher

tinkerbell wrote: »

Eeeew, SICK!!!! What town is this place in?

I'll not give out the area, as even though I believe that particular butcher has since closed, I wouldn't want to taint the reputation of whoever has taken over.

In fact, now I think of it there were at the time (around 18 years ago) some unbelievably poor practices in the meat trade that weren't just confined to suburban back street butchers shops.

nice1franko

Customer's treatment of staff. Especially in fast food places.

Steodonn

Where are all these places selling dog ?

I'd love abit of dog

juan.kerr

Steodonn wrote: »

Where are all these places selling dog ?

I'd love abit of dog

Preferably not the dogs bo***cks though.

coolhull

newmug wrote: »

I'd say thats done all the time. If I was a manager and saw a staff member doing that, P60 on the spot.

Its usually the manager who tells the staff to cut corners. And would'nt a P45 be more appropriate than a P60?

RainyDay

juan.kerr wrote: »

Preferably not the dogs bo***cks though.

Why not? I hear it's the dogs bollocks.

juan.kerr

RainyDay wrote: »

Why not? I hear it's the dogs bollocks.

It's like faeces. You can eat it, but it tastes like sh**.

Vicar in a tutu

juan.kerr wrote: »

It's like faeces. You can eat it, but it tastes like sh**.

I know a restaurant where the Chef swears by picking his bum and wiping little bits of poo into the food, he swears by it! , It's meant to taste nice.

juan.kerr

Vicar in a tutu wrote: »

I know a restaurant where the Chef swears by picking his bum and wiping little bits of poo into the food, he swears by it! , It's meant to taste nice.

I'm intrigued.

EoghanIRL

Vicar in a tutu wrote: »

I know a restaurant where the Chef swears by picking his bum and wiping little bits of poo into the food, he swears by it! , It's meant to taste nice.

That's pretty normal

MadsL

Babies
People who don't tip
People who don't know which side their sideplate is on









/troll

fasttalkerchat

Breastfeeding... i like a pair of tits as much as the next man... but not during a family meal.

MadsL

fasttalkerchat wrote: »

Breastfeeding... i like a pair of tits as much as the next man... but not during a family meal.

sheikhnguyen

fasttalkerchat wrote: »

Breastfeeding... i like a pair of tits as much as the next man... but not during a family meal.

Seriously? They're just boobs, we've all seen them before.

If I was given a choice between watching an infant getting breastfed and an adult male shoveling food into his hole I know which I'd choose.

padd b1975

NegativeCreep wrote: »

Didn't stick around to find out. It frightened the life out of me so I left. He just arched his back violently and fell off the chair and he was dead

Down the wrong pipe I would guess.

padd b1975

Steodonn wrote: »

Where are all these places selling dog ?

I'd love abit of dog

Korea.

Plazaman

I remember a Chinese Take Away in my Town had samples of their meals bought anonymously by Health Inspectors for testing. Whilst the official reasons published to close them down was multiple violations of health standards and practices, the real reason (which I heard direct from one of the Inspectors) was that the chicken dishes contained several different types of meats, none of them chicken. Smothered in a sauce, who would know?

This was the mid 90's and no restaurant would get away with that today. Whilst the inspector back then never revealed what types of meats they were, I was always intrigued as to what they could be? Cat, Dog, Badger, Donkey, Fox, Hedgehog and Rat were my top 7.

D-FENS

Deskjockey wrote: »

How did the estate get "begone" of him. Must be hard to stop someone driving in with an ice cream van into an estate?

Simple - razor wire over the speed bumps, there's kid's safety at stake here!

homerjay2005

Kids.

they should be banned from eating in restaurants, unless parents learn to respect other people.