have you ever had to tell a food service person to wash hands?

[vash]

i walked out.

wife is hanging with friends. i cracked a bottle of wine, and started getting hungry. so off to the burrito joint. the place was busy, so some fool behind the counter SORTING COINS, comes over to make my burrito. he walks right past a sink with soap, and asks me what i want. i asked him to wash his hands, and he gives me a dirty look.

i didnt even comment, i just walked out. money is filthy.

[KNS]

I did once, some fast food joint in Texas. The guy had just got done mopping the floor and wanted to make me up a sandwich. I said: Uhh, no.... wait a mintue.

[RWebb]

file a complaint with the food inspection agency in your state

this is a health code violation

[Porsche-O-Phile]

Man, at least you didn't find some nasty coinage IN your food like I did. Money grosses me out - that stuff's been god-knows-where and is disgusting. When I used to handle cash I used to feel toxic at the end of the day.

I'd have just said "we're still figuring out what to order - take your time, no hurry" and see if he got the hint...

[m21sniper]

Guys, none of you should ever be under the illusion that your server or cooks hands are clean in one of these places. Ever.

My GF has worked as a waitress at a variety of places. You do NOT even want to know what goes on when you're not looking....

Trust me...dirty hands are the least of your problems.

[dd74]

Which brings up another question: how is a food server supposed to carry a plate of food? By the bottom of the plate, i.e. palming it? Or by the edge, where their fingers potentially touches the food?

Think about it. I do. But I'm a paranoid germophobe (sp?).

[slodave]

How about glasses? I have had a friend ask how I could drink from the glass (lemonade, iced tea, soda) and not through a straw. I give it a few minutes and right after they put down their water glass, I ask them the same thing...

A server brings your plate once, but fills you glass a number of times during a meal.

[dd74]

Originally Posted by slodave

How about glasses? I have had a friend ask how I could drink from the glass (lemonade, iced tea, soda) and not through a straw. I give it a few minutes and right after they put down their water glass, I ask them the same thing...

A server brings your plate once, but fills you glass a number of times during a meal.

Oh hell, now you're really going into dark eating/drinking habits that I engage in.

Glasses:

1) I only use straws, except when drinking beer (of course).

2) When they come around to refill the glass, I tilt my straw away from the pitcher's opening because who knows what other straws that opening has touched.

3) I ask for a new straw whenever the server takes my glass from my eyesight to refill it.

And I wonder how I ever go out to eat? I too sometimes wonder.

[ruf-porsche]

Yeah guy in the stall next to me, just shook it a couple of time and walk out. He was the short order cook at the diner.

[vash]

HA! fellow germphobes!

i guess i am not alone.

[dd74]

Originally Posted by vash

HA! fellow germphobes!

i guess i am not alone.

I hate shaking hands, too. Nothing personal.

[peppy]

Yeah, everyone is all grossed out by the cooks and wait staff as they line up for a buffet.

[ramonesfreak]

poppy's getting sloppy

[peppy]

Originally Posted by ruf-porsche

Yeah guy in the stall next to me, just shook it a couple of time and walk out. He was the short order cook at the diner.

Maybe he didn't get any on his hand.

[slodave]

Last night, I went with some friends out to a new restaurant, and noticed that the waiter who took our order carried a spoon in his shirt pocket. It seemed a little strange. When the busboy brought our water and utensils, I noticed he also had a spoon in his shirt pocket. Then I looked around I saw that all the staff had spoons in their pockets.

When the waiter came back to serve our soup I asked, "Why the spoon?"

"Well," he explained, "the restaurant's owners hired a consulting firm to revamp all our processes. After several months of analysis, they concluded that the spoon was the most frequently dropped utensil. It represents a drop frequency of approximately 3 spoons per table per hour. If our personnel are better prepared, we can reduce the number of trips back to the kitchen and save 15 man-hours per shift."

As luck would have it, I dropped my spoon and he was able to replace it with his spare. "I'll get another spoon next time I go to the kitchen instead of making an extra trip to get it right now."

I was impressed! I also noticed that there was a string hanging out of the waiter's fly.

Looking around, I noticed that all the waiters had the same string hanging from their flies. So before he walked off, I asked the waiter, "Excuse me, but can you tell me why you have that string right there?"

"Oh, certainly!" Then he lowered his voice. "Not everyone is so observant... That consulting firm I mentioned also found out that we can save time in the restroom. By tying this string to the end of our "you know what," we can pull it out without touching it and eliminate the need to wash our hands, shortening the time spent in the restroom by 76.39 percent."

"Hhmmm...After you get it out, how do you put it back?" I asked.

"Well," he whispered, "I don't know about the others... but I use the spoon."

[VaSteve]

I was at a Subway in the mall doing some shopping for my wife before Christmas. I had just ordered and the girl/sandwich artist preparing my sandwich was ready to wait on the people behind me; a couple of Muslim girls (I suppose by the headscarves).

The first girl said "can you please change you gloves?" The artist didn't blink and just did it. No 'tude, no comments, just did it as if it was no big thing. I suppose it was because I'd ordered some meat or something, but the thought never occured to me to even ask.

[ruf-porsche]

Originally Posted by peppy

Maybe he didn't get any on his hand.

That's what I told Mrs. Ruf when she ask me if I washed my hand after using the washroom, I told her my parents taught me and my brothers not to pee in our hands.

LOL

[ruf-porsche]

Originally Posted by slodave

Last night, I went with some friends out to a new restaurant, and noticed that the waiter who took our order carried a spoon in his shirt pocket. It seemed a little strange. When the busboy brought our water and utensils, I noticed he also had a spoon in his shirt pocket. Then I looked around I saw that all the staff had spoons in their pockets.

When the waiter came back to serve our soup I asked, "Why the spoon?"

"Well," he explained, "the restaurant's owners hired a consulting firm to revamp all our processes. After several months of analysis, they concluded that the spoon was the most frequently dropped utensil. It represents a drop frequency of approximately 3 spoons per table per hour. If our personnel are better prepared, we can reduce the number of trips back to the kitchen and save 15 man-hours per shift."

As luck would have it, I dropped my spoon and he was able to replace it with his spare. "I'll get another spoon next time I go to the kitchen instead of making an extra trip to get it right now."

I was impressed! I also noticed that there was a string hanging out of the waiter's fly.

Looking around, I noticed that all the waiters had the same string hanging from their flies. So before he walked off, I asked the waiter, "Excuse me, but can you tell me why you have that string right there?"

"Oh, certainly!" Then he lowered his voice. "Not everyone is so observant... That consulting firm I mentioned also found out that we can save time in the restroom. By tying this string to the end of our "you know what," we can pull it out without touching it and eliminate the need to wash our hands, shortening the time spent in the restroom by 76.39 percent."

"Hhmmm...After you get it out, how do you put it back?" I asked.

"Well," he whispered, "I don't know about the others... but I use the spoon."

lmao

[Laneco]

Originally Posted by vash

HA! fellow germphobes!

i guess i am not alone.

Oh you are most definately not alone... My "thing" is public bathroom door knobs. Paper towel on my hands, open the door, toss the towel in a trashcan.

I'm not really a prissy person. I camp, clean up after animals, crawl under houses to help my husband with wiring, etc. But bathroom door knobs - gahh....

angela

[DARISC]

Originally Posted by dd74

And I wonder how I ever go out to eat? I too sometimes wonder.

You wonder how you ever go out to eat? And you too sometimes wonder? You sound just like me! And me too!

Ya know, it's because you're schizophrenic, don't you?

But unlike you, I'm not schizophrenic. And neither am I.

I agree on straws. Had three drinks with dinner last night and each time I asked the waiter for a new straw. He looked irritated. When I asked him for a new straw with the third drink he looked at me and said "that's the last straw".

It really pissed me off so I made him get the manager. The manager apologized and told me they were out of straws. I was still pissed, but then he apologized to me too.

So, I probably will eat at that restaurant again. But I sure as hell won't!