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😲SCARY at the...Food Bar?

sidsmom — Wed, 31 Oct 2018 00:18:37 GMT

NoNoNoNoNoNoNoNo. Oooooooof. Hoogey! 🤢

This has been trending on Twitter last couple days.

As you can see, the video has over 1 million views.

This dude is so bold...THAT’S the scary part.

Does anyone recognize if this was Mariano’s in Chicago?

https://mobile.twitter.com/jason/status/1056701522845659137

The Reddit user who claimed to have captured the footage added

that the video shows the man's second attempt to covertly eat from

the hot bar. The witness claims to have notified security right after

the footage was shot.

The name of the grocery store was not reported, but one eagle-eyed

Twitter user claimed it was likely a Mariano’s supermarket in the

metropolitan Chicago area “based on the Vero coffee in the

background and their sushi station in the corner.”

Re: 😲SCARY at the...Food Bar?

ValuSkr — Wed, 31 Oct 2018 00:27:52 GMT

Ha - he wanted a sample! I frequently see people sampling produce. That's no better than the soup guy, though less gross.

I never take food from those open bars, whether it's a supermarket or a restaurant. They're a formula for disaster.

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september — Wed, 31 Oct 2018 00:41:23 GMT

I learned of this over the weekend from my daughters boyfriend. He knows I’m reluctant to go to buffets and supermarket self serve areas!

think I’ll continue to follow my instincts.

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OKPrincess — Wed, 31 Oct 2018 00:43:54 GMT

Really Mr? Yuck!!

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Mz iMac — Wed, 31 Oct 2018 01:04:39 GMT

"The witness claims to have notified security right after

the footage was shot."

Why didn't he video that?

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GCR18 — Wed, 31 Oct 2018 01:31:42 GMT

What person in their right mind does that.

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sidsmom — Wed, 31 Oct 2018 01:45:37 GMT

Can’t help but think.....

if he does THAT in public,

-what-

does he do in private????

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esmeesmerelda — Wed, 31 Oct 2018 01:59:36 GMT

Could be staged.

People will set up anything to get a viral video.

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september — Wed, 31 Oct 2018 02:03:41 GMT

@esmeesmerelda wrote:

Could be staged.
People will set up anything to get a viral video.

Yes....could be staged, but lets us know how easy it is for anyone to contaminate the buffet items.

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momtochloe — Wed, 31 Oct 2018 02:18:46 GMT

Oh @sidsmom I live in the Chicagoland area and that quite possibly could be a Mariano's but to be honest the way these stores are set up I can't imagine an employee wouldn't be sprinting toward him as this is a very well run grocery chain and to be honest their soup bar is right in the middle of a main aisle. I am thinking/hoping that this is a staged photo op and shame on them.

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september — Wed, 31 Oct 2018 03:00:51 GMT

I live near a good Whole Foods, but I can’t say that the staff can properly monitor the buffet areas at all times, and be sure someone isn’t doing something icky.

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software — Wed, 31 Oct 2018 04:09:07 GMT

@GCR18 wrote:
What person in their right mind does that.

He's obviously NOT in his right mind.

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sgraham30 — Wed, 31 Oct 2018 17:07:54 GMT

@ValuSkr wrote:
Ha - he wanted a sample! I frequently see people sampling produce. That's no better than the soup guy, though less gross.

I never take food from those open bars, whether it's a supermarket or a restaurant. They're a formula for disaster.

I agree 100%. Who knows how long the food has been sitting out & how many people have "sampled" it.

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missy1 — Thu, 01 Nov 2018 14:21:51 GMT

I don't get food from the self-serve section.

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Judaline — Thu, 01 Nov 2018 15:06:23 GMT

One day I was at the hot bar in Whole Foods. I was waiting for the guy in front of me, not really paying attention. Then I saw what he was doing-he had a little fork and was going down the length of the bar taking a bite of each. With the same fork!!!! Some mid aged guy, didn't look homeless. I turned him in. The guy I told was aghast! He went right over and told the guy he couldn't do that and I don't know what happened after I left. Needless to say I didn't get anything at the hot bar. I imagine this guy will be back another day. They need to do more than a slap on the wrist. This was NOT staged. I was next to him. I saw it.

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Imaoldhippie — Thu, 01 Nov 2018 17:06:00 GMT

What does he do? I dont see anything wrong in the pic and there is no video link.

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sidsmom — Thu, 01 Nov 2018 17:30:40 GMT

@Imaoldhippie wrote:
What does he do? I dont see anything wrong in the pic and there is no video link.

@Imaoldhippie

He was eating directly from the large pot of soup which are

available in those grocery store prepared self-serve islands.

He pulled out the ladle, drank the soup &

returned the ladle to the large pot of soup...

Contaminating the entire pot of soup to unsuspecting

customers after him.

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Imaoldhippie — Thu, 01 Nov 2018 19:11:15 GMT

@sidsmom..............yucky poo! (thanks for the info)

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viva923 — Fri, 02 Nov 2018 02:41:47 GMT

was at a grocery store that had a salad type bar set up in one of the isles. I arrived in the isle where this island salad bar was, and found 2 kids ages about 10-12 yrs old eating off the spoons in the foods. The mother was standing with their back to the 2 kids, when I saw this, I did make a mention of it tothe mother, all she did was tell the kids to put the spoons back in the food and they left that isle and kept on shopping.

I did report it to the manager. Don’t know if anything was done,

after I saw that, I never ever have gone back to any kind of self serving bar. Just can’t take chances.

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CAMOGIRL — Fri, 02 Nov 2018 05:38:27 GMT

You know, that is just gross! My husband told me about that,

What is wrong with some people? Do they just not have a brain?

i still remember when I was a teenager and my family went out to dinner at this nice steak restaurant, and yes, I STILL remember this! We are sitting at the table, already had gotten our salads from the salad/soup bar and the rolls from the waitress. So, this man is up there taking the ladles of the different salad dressings and tasting them! Even back then I thought what issssss that man doing??? The restaurant was a nice place, did we ever go back there?, NO!! None of us could get that image out of our heads .. totally gross!

Like I said that was a long time ago and it still sticks with me even after all these years, I am not rone for restaurant buffets/salad/desert bars to this day.