Food Poisoning--what would you do?
Last week, my wife and I got food poisoning (not sure if there's a more specific term for it). Had a couple of veal chops for dinner with a salad, felt lousy all night, threw up within 5 min of each other in the AM and slept most of the day. Fever, chills, cramps, etc. Felt fine the next day. Basically a textbook case.
So I go to the high-end butcher where we got them and told the asst butcher (boss was not in). I've probably bought several thousand bucks of meat there and I just want them to be more careful--maybe knowing that someone got sick will incent them to spend an extra 5 min cleaning the bandsaw or something.
Instead, they try to buy me off. Reimburse me for the chops. Kiss my ass about what a good customer I am, etc. This missed the point entirely. They're the best butcher in the area--not like I can go anywhere else. All I want is for them to take a step back and examine their practices for where the problem could have occurred, so maybe it won't happen again.
WTF? Do I have to call the heath inspector? I really like the shop, but they need to pull their head out of the sand.
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