Comments on: Not So Finger Lickin’ Good: Nebraska Jury Awards $40,000 to Family Given Urine and Saliva Tainted Food at KFC/Taco Bell

By: zakimar

zakimar — Sun, 27 Jul 2008 12:03:47 +0000

McDonald’s isn’t more profitable than any supermarket chain because it has inexpensive food. It serves cheap crap that’s expensive. So people with limited resources shouldn’t be eating there and God forbid feeding their children that poison. No wonder America has the most obese adults and children in the world.

How long after Iraq is infiltrated by McDonald’s do you think it will be before Iraq’s kids start becoming obese?

By: BARTLEBEE

BARTLEBEE — Fri, 25 Jul 2008 03:41:02 +0000

…”chew” on that for a while.

By: BARTLEBEE

BARTLEBEE — Fri, 25 Jul 2008 03:40:37 +0000

zakimar
1, July 24, 2008 at 4:15 pm

I don’t know why anyone eats at those “restaurants”.

Hunger.

Most blue collar workers don’t have a choice. Time constraints. Accessibility. Financial constraints. Thats why its so important to send strong messages to these resturaunts, who hire more and more young workers who just don’t have an inkling of work ethic, and in many cases punish customers by fouling food.

This is just one, of many cases reported.

And those are just the ones that got caught.

And its hard to get caught.

By: zakimar

zakimar — Thu, 24 Jul 2008 20:15:58 +0000

I don’t know why anyone eats at those “restaurants”. Urine and saliva are the least of their concerns. When you pay minimum wage to disgruntled teens, what do you think will happen? This guy was one of the few that were caught.

I would worry more about salmonella, hepatitis, listeria and maybe the occasional botulism.

By: BARTLEBEE

BARTLEBEE — Tue, 15 Jul 2008 21:45:06 +0000

Ok, I found it. The case took place in Wisconsin, just last month. I imagine you guys had a thread on it. It looks like Wisconsin takes this stuff more seriously, as well they should.

Ex-cook faces jail after putting hair in steak
Restaurant worker admits tampering with dissatisfied customer’s meal

AP;updated 5:30 a.m. ET, Sat., June. 21, 2008
WEST BEND, Wis. – A former restaurant cook has pleaded guilty to inserting hairs in a steak before giving it to a dissatisfied customer.

Ryan Kropp, 24, of West Bend, Wis., was fired along with another cook after the incident Feb. 23 at the Texas Roadhouse restaurant.

Kropp was charged in Washington County Circuit Court with a felony of placing foreign objects in edibles, carrying up to 3 1/2 years in prison

By: BARTLEBEE

BARTLEBEE — Tue, 15 Jul 2008 21:08:01 +0000

….uh….yea…. I’ll have a bucket of spicy urination wings, some piss poppers, and throw in a large cup of salivated slaw.

And make that to “go”.

By: rafflaw

rafflaw — Tue, 15 Jul 2008 20:08:57 +0000

That is one secret recipe that I wish had stayed secret!

By: BARTLEBEE

BARTLEBEE — Tue, 15 Jul 2008 18:46:45 +0000

Excuse me. Col Harland’s.

By: BARTLEBEE

BARTLEBEE — Tue, 15 Jul 2008 18:44:39 +0000

Well I’ll say one thing about this case.

Colonel Harmon’s “secret recipe” isn’t secret anymore.

By: Jill

Jill — Tue, 15 Jul 2008 18:43:43 +0000

This book is about fast food from the inside. It’s funny, light reading: Last Night at the Lobster by Stewart O’Nan.

By: mespo727272

mespo727272 — Tue, 15 Jul 2008 18:25:12 +0000

Gyges:

“My wife and I have the same conversation about four times a year. She says “I want KFC.” I say “No you don’t, you just think you do.””
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I think she actually said “my cardiologist wants me have some KFC.”

By: BARTLEBEE

BARTLEBEE — Tue, 15 Jul 2008 18:09:12 +0000

jonathanturley
1, July 15, 2008 at 11:28 am

I agree that the damages seemed quite low under these circumstances, particularly given the failure to warn.

Wasn’t there a recent case where someone went to jail over this. I believe it was due to pubic hairs being included in a steak served to a customer who complained about his meal?

I think the cook was charged with a felony if memory serves me correct.

By: BARTLEBEE

BARTLEBEE — Tue, 15 Jul 2008 18:05:21 +0000

whooliebacon
1, July 15, 2008 at 12:24 pm
Wa(o)nton, bun, saturated, trans-fat, sodium, greasy, to(a)rt. Yall makin’ me hungry.

Good point.

I’m guessing the Urine was most likely the most nutrional ingredient in that meal.

By: Gyges

Gyges — Tue, 15 Jul 2008 17:24:51 +0000

My wife and I have the same conversation about four times a year. She says “I want KFC.” I say “No you don’t, you just think you do.”

By: whooliebacon

whooliebacon — Tue, 15 Jul 2008 16:24:09 +0000

Wa(o)nton, bun, saturated, trans-fat, sodium, greasy, to(a)rt. Yall makin’ me hungry.

By: mespo727272

mespo727272 — Tue, 15 Jul 2008 15:58:26 +0000

JT:

In Virginia, as you likely know, we have something akin to strict liability for tainted prepared food. This case hardly seems like negligence, and probably should have been brought as an intentional tort. I think taking and servicing a food order and receiving payment are acts in furtherance of the employer’s (Colonel Greasy) interests and likely would get around the superseding, intervening cause or outside the scope of employment defenses.

By: Jill

Jill — Tue, 15 Jul 2008 15:42:55 +0000

At least the urine sterilized the saliva, but the rest of it…What is this company thinking? Yuk indeed!

By: jonathanturley

jonathanturley — Tue, 15 Jul 2008 15:28:30 +0000

Mespo:

I agree that the damages seemed quite low under these circumstances, particularly given the failure to warn.

By: mespo727272

mespo727272 — Tue, 15 Jul 2008 14:56:44 +0000

No I mean just eating that food in the first place. Between the saturated fat, trans-fats, and the sodium you might be better off with the “foreign” substances.

By: rafflaw

rafflaw — Tue, 15 Jul 2008 14:54:36 +0000

Didn’t I see this scenario in a movie? Mespo,I think it may be assumption of some risk, like bad food, unhealthy food, but urine and saliva? I agree that this is not a good case to be bringing to a jury in a small jusrisdiction. Yuk!

By: mespo727272

mespo727272 — Tue, 15 Jul 2008 14:42:32 +0000

Chicy Nebraskans. Where’s the punitives for intentional or at least wanton conduct? KFC should be ashamed but do you think it assumption of risk for adults to eat there in the first place?