Community Chat

[september]

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.  

[software]

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@GCR18 wrote:

What person in their right mind does that.  

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He's obviously NOT in his right mind.

[sgraham30]

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@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.

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

[missy1]

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

[Judaline]

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.

[Imaoldhippie]

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

[sidsmom]

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@Imaoldhippie wrote:

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

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@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.

[Imaoldhippie]

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

[viva923]

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.

[CAMOGIRL]

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.