Washing Your Hands Before You Eat / Serve Food

F Me In The Brain
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edited June 2023 in All Encompassing Trip
The 8 yr old wanted fried chicken for dinner.  Mrs FMe was out for the evening so it was just the two of us.  I found a new place that looked decent enough nearby and brought him there. 
Order him a 4 piece friend chicken tender, fries, and a water.
Bring him to the bathroom to wash his hands while we wait for his food.
Look all over...no soap in the men's room.
No soap dispenser...no hand soap bottle or anything.
I bring him back out to the dining room and to the counter.  
Asked the first person I could get the attention of to see about getting us a new bottle of soap, they are out in the men's room.
Guy says he will ask the manager on duty.
MOD comes over and tells me he is sorry but will ask the store's manager, his boss, to order some as they don't have any.
This is the actual exchange from that point:

Me:  oh.  Um, ok, can you just bring me whatever you use?
MoD:  I don't have any.
Me: no, I can see your sink there and the sign that says you need to wash your hands...can we come back and wash there?
MoD:  we don't have any soap
Me:  I don't think I understand.  You don't have any soap in the place?  None here, none in the men's room, none in the women's room?
MoD:  no.
Me:  how do you wash your hands?
MoD:  we use hot water.
Me:  you use hot water?
MoD:  yes.  We just opened yesterday.
Me: but no soap?  And you prepare people's food?  (Looks at workers...)  without gloves?  Yesterday and today?
MoD:  yes.  
Me: give me my money back
MoD:  ok, I'm sorry.
Me:  this is disgusting 


My kid was just standing there, watching.  
They took my receipt and reversed the charge on my card.

I turned around and there were two couples in line.
The first moved to the counter and started ordering.  
The other looked like they were discussing what to do.

When we got outside my son said "I feel sorry for the people who work there. "

I agreed.


What in the actual fuck?!?!

What would you have done?
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  • mookieblalock
    mookieblalock Posts: 3,566
    Called the board of health after I finished vomiting. 
  • F Me In The Brain
    F Me In The Brain this knows everybody from other commets Posts: 31,808
    Ha.  
    I'm still surprised that the people right behind me stepped right up to order. 
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  • Wobbie
    Wobbie Posts: 31,266
    I would have eaten the chicken and then asked for my money back.
    If I had known then what I know now...

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    F Me In The Brain this knows everybody from other commets Posts: 31,808
    Wobbie said:
    I would have eaten the chicken and then asked for my money back.
    Ha - knowing you, brother, I believe that!
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  • brianlux
    brianlux Moving through All Kinds of Terrain. Posts: 43,662
    F Me In The Brain said:
    The 8 yr old wanted fried chicken for dinner.  Mrs FMe was out for the evening so it was just the two of us.  I found a new place that looked decent enough nearby and brought him there. 
    Order him a 4 piece friend chicken tender, fries, and a water.
    Bring him to the bathroom to wash his hands while we wait for his food.
    Look all over...no soap in the men's room.
    No soap dispenser...no hand soap bottle or anything.
    I bring him back out to the dining room and to the counter.  
    Asked the first person I could get the attention of to see about getting us a new bottle of soap, they are out in the men's room.
    Guy says he will ask the manager on duty.
    MOD comes over and tells me he is sorry but will ask the store's manager, his boss, to order some as they don't have any.
    This is the actual exchange from that point:

    Me:  oh.  Um, ok, can you just bring me whatever you use?
    MoD:  I don't have any.
    Me: no, I can see your sink there and the sign that says you need to wash your hands...can we come back and wash there?
    MoD:  we don't have any soap
    Me:  I don't think I understand.  You don't have any soap in the place?  None here, none in the men's room, none in the women's room?
    MoD:  no.
    Me:  how do you wash your hands?
    MoD:  we use hot water.
    Me:  you use hot water?
    MoD:  yes.  We just opened yesterday.
    Me: but no soap?  And you prepare people's food?  (Looks at workers...)  without gloves?  Yesterday and today?
    MoD:  yes.  
    Me: give me my money back
    MoD:  ok, I'm sorry.
    Me:  this is disgusting 


    My kid was just standing there, watching.  
    They took my receipt and reversed the charge on my card.

    I turned around and there were two couples in line.
    The first moved to the counter and started ordering.  
    The other looked like they were discussing what to do.

    When we got outside my son said "I feel sorry for the people who work there. "

    I agreed.


    What in the actual fuck?!?!

    What would you have done?

    I would have at least thought about reporting them to the better business bureau or the local county health department.  Would I have actually done that?  I don't know.  I don't like to rat people out but with all the health concerns these days... sure would be tempted to.
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  • Halifax2TheMax
    Halifax2TheMax Posts: 42,079
    Wobbie said:
    I would have eaten the chicken and then asked for my money back.
    And then slept it off in a booth.
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  • 23scidoo
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    Same experience in McDonald's in Prague back in 2018..they prepare people's food without gloves..when i was complaining about it, it was like no one understands English..pathetick..
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  • lastexitlondon
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    Good on you. I totally agree. I try not to eat anywhere out for this reason people don't care if you end up ill.


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  • F Me In The Brain
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    What kind of iwner/manager doesn't think of employee or health cleanliness as they set up a restaurant?  At all.  
    One who doesn't care about it / wash their own hands, etc.   At least one employee had to have asked about it, right?  
    Just utterly disgusting.
    I'm still grossed out and also laughing in wonder at this.
    Tempted to go back today and check to see if they addressed.  
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  • Halifax2TheMax
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    F Me In The Brain said:
    What kind of iwner/manager doesn't think of employee or health cleanliness as they set up a restaurant?  At all.  
    One who doesn't care about it / wash their own hands, etc.   At least one employee had to have asked about it, right?  
    Just utterly disgusting.
    I'm still grossed out and also laughing in wonder at this.
    Tempted to go back today and check to see if they addressed.  
    And wake Wobby up.
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  • josevolution
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    The last time I ate anything from a fast food joint was from 5guys but I didn’t take a close look I was starving! Good call on leaving and asking for your $$$ back. Maybe with young kids it pays to keep frozen fries & chicken tenders in your freezer but I understand there’s nothing better than taking kids out for some fast food! So what did you eat? 
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  • F Me In The Brain
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    It was a 'fast casual' place, not a McDonald's type.  I've not eaten at a McDonalds, Wendy's, BK, etc. since I swore them off for good in 2003.  Never brought the kid there. He can go with his grandparents or friends or whatever, but not with me.
    (I know there is not a huge difference but the overall shittyness of those chains made me promise to never support a big chain of drive thru type fast food again.)

    We ended up going to a place nearby that served friend chicken among other things...had to wait but he was very happy with it.  
    (And, perhaps this was a lesson of sorts to him.)

    Also, it is not like I don't know that most restaurants have nasty stuff going down but the overall thought that the place doesn't have any soap in it whatsoever was mind blowing. 
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  • josevolution
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    F Me In The Brain said:
    It was a 'fast casual' place, not a McDonald's type.  I've not eaten at a McDonalds, Wendy's, BK, etc. since I swore them off for good in 2003.  Never brought the kid there. He can go with his grandparents or friends or whatever, but not with me.
    (I know there is not a huge difference but the overall shittyness of those chains made me promise to never support a big chain of drive thru type fast food again.)

    We ended up going to a place nearby that served friend chicken among other things...had to wait but he was very happy with it.  
    (And, perhaps this was a lesson of sorts to him.)

    Also, it is not like I don't know that most restaurants have nasty stuff going down but the overall thought that the place doesn't have any soap in it whatsoever was mind blowing. 
    Yeah it’s best not to know what goes at the back of food establishment’s but like you said no soap! That meant none of the employees had clean hands lol I guess hot water is better than nothing but damn 
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  • Poncier
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    Was it Poppy's Chicken Tender Emporium?


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  • F Me In The Brain
    F Me In The Brain this knows everybody from other commets Posts: 31,808
    Ha
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  • GlowGirl
    GlowGirl New York, NY Posts: 12,069
    Poncier said:
    Was it Poppy's Chicken Tender Emporium?


    :lol:
  • eeriepadave
    eeriepadave West Chester, PA Posts: 43,179
    GlowGirl said:
    Poncier said:
    Was it Poppy's Chicken Tender Emporium?


    :lol:
    that's what I was thinking while reading this. :lol:

    I would post on social media. Maybe a yelp review or their facebook page?
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  • tempo_n_groove
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    Preparing food you wash your hands.

    I don't mind people not using gloves but at least wash your damn hands.
  • mfc2006
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    I would've done the same thing. That's ridiculous.
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  • lastexitlondon
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    Yeah gloves can be worse than anything because people feel invincible and touch all sorts the gloves are dirtier than the hands. Washing them is the ONLY clean way 


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