Here's the headline which everyone has seen or heard:
NEW YORK (Feb. 24) - The parent company of KFC and Taco Bell -- still smarting from last year's E. coli scare -- has been forced back into damage-control mode after television cameras caught rats scampering around a restaurant floor.
I like the response of the company:
"Nothing is more important to us than the health and safety of our customers. This is completely unacceptable and is an absolute violation of our high standards," Yum Brands said in a statement.
To wit, my response: "Bull Shit." Yumi or Yum Brands only gives a rat's poop, because the news media discovered it, and the company has a lot to lose nationwide. An aol poll asked:
Have you ever seen a rat in a restaurant?
No 83%
Yes 17%
Total Votes: 197,529
Note on Poll Results
and:
Does this affect your impression of KFC/Taco Bell?
Yes 65%
No 35%
Total Votes: 202,032
Note on Poll Results
I voted. And, yes, I have seen many critters in a restaurant. At my last venue of employment, the rats "seemed" to outnumber the patrons. Which is an exaggeration, of course, but there was definitely an infestation. A few days before my untimely firing, we found 7 rats one morning stuck to glue boards under our coke machine in the deli. Some were dead and the others were dying. Swell place to work, eh?
My boss was such a tightwad, he didn't want to spend any money to fix the problem.
Sure we had ecolab, but the various holes in the walls allowed entrance into the kitchen and deli areas. What a place???? Eh???
My previous employment venue had the same problems. And one incident which went nationwide.
MORROW, Ga. Oct. 12, 2004 � The Piccadilly restaurant
chain has recalled a brand of turnip greens sold at some of its 132 restaurants after a customer at a Georgia outlet bit into greens containing rat body parts.
The parts came into the restaurant in Morrow frozen with the greens, which were supplied by a vendor, the chain's regional manager, Clint Celestin, said Tuesday.
A spokeswoman for the local health department, Sheryl Taylor, said her agency's investigation was inconclusive as to the source of the contamination.
Celestin did not know exactly how many of the restaurants, located mainly in the Southeast and mid-Atlantic region, were affected by the recall.
"We had all that product removed from all of our stores that day," he said of the Sept. 1 incident. "Anything that was opened was thrown away. Anything that was unopened in the freezer was picked up by our supplier and sent back to the vendor."
The customer, Collis L. Warren, said he was halfway through his meal when he said to himself: "That looks like hair or fur." The 40-year-old truck driver added that he may have inadvertently eaten some of the rat.
His lawyer said Warren plans to sue. Mike Misuraca, Piccadilly Cafeterias' risk manager, said he could not comment on the pending lawsuit.
I found this with a google search and, lo and behold, it is from Hootsbuddy's Place. And on the front page of the google search. Man, Hoots, you've got it going on!
In summary, rats, roaches, e coli, etc. are the scourge of the restaurant industry. What goes on in the kitchen, storage areas, and even in the dining room would surprise the average guest.
Gimme shelter, v.c.
P.S. today, I got this nice notice from a perspective employer.
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