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Don't eat there.
What happened this time?
lol, I started working at an Arby's.Quote:
Originally Posted by Whacker
Oh.Quote:
Originally Posted by Just Vuk Again
I'm a civil servant.
I haven't eaten at an arby's in years. There are none around here. I prefer ethnic food anyway.
Arby's food is poison. :PQuote:
Originally Posted by A Nerd
Home of the Trigger Burger. :laugh4:
Ugh. I haven't been able to eat at Arby's since last summer, when my mom and I were on our way from Colorado (where my sister had just graduated) back home to Minnesota. I'll spare you fellas with the gory details, but suffice it to say that the large roast beef & cheddar I had....wasn't very good. :sick:
Of course you shouldn't eat there
Spoiled/undercooked meat? Bad cheese? Combination of the two?Quote:
Originally Posted by Martok
lol, if you saw the procedures for making the food, I think that you would sue. :P Top that off with the fact that I am working with a bunch of pigs who literally pick roast beef off the floor when the drop it, brush it off, and put it on a sandwich. They also switch the expiration labels on the food so that they do not have to throw it away. Some times we are putting lettuce that is three days past its expiration date on sandwiches. The edges of it are brown and shriveled, but they don't seem to care. :P I never thought that I could be so disgusted by people...Quote:
Originally Posted by Martok
Funny - last time I was in the US I frequently saw a commercial for Arby's on TV which already gave me the impression that this would be even worse than other fastfood chains (somehow it looked like they focus on greasy and somewhat revolting looking food).
Apparently that impression wasn't too far off...
That's typical fast food restaurant practice. Hygiene is low on the agenda.Quote:
Originally Posted by Just Vuk Again
Go find a Jimmy John's. You can SEE all the food they use, it's fresh. I also knew someone who used to work there, they keep them clean and I've walked in late several many many times over the years and watched them clean everything. Jimmy has probably bought a few new yachts off of all the money I've spent at his places over the years.
lol, never seen one around here. Anyway the only fast food place worth eating at next to my campus is Hardees. :beam:Quote:
Originally Posted by Whacker
What is ethnic food?Quote:
Originally Posted by A Nerd
A term that I find very annoying that Americans use to mean traditional food of other cultures.Quote:
Originally Posted by Ja'chyra
I'm honestly not sure. For all I know, my tastes have simply changed -- prior to the one I had last summer, I think it had been a good 9-10 years since I'd previously had a roast beef & cheddar. :shrug:Quote:
Originally Posted by Monk
All I know for certain is that the sandwich literally tasted like vomit. Gah. :thumbsdown:
Ah yes, the good old "five second rule". :laugh4:Quote:
Originally Posted by Just Vuk Again
Now *that* is definitely nasty. Using food that far past the expiration date (especially any kind of meat or fresh produce) is just so wrong on so many levels. :no:Quote:
Originally Posted by Just Vuk Again
Pity. You'd probably like Jimmy Johns. Aside from their always using fresh ingredients, their sandwiches are actually pretty tasty (and they don't take long to make). :2thumbsup:Quote:
Originally Posted by Just Vuk Again
I will admit that of all fast food joints in the world, Hardees remains far & away my favorite. It's a definite guilty pleasure for me. :sweatdrop:Quote:
Originally Posted by Just Vuk Again
Nothing beats an original Thickburger with Poweraid and curly fries. :P I gotta admit, I like Subway as well, but it is waaay to expensive for me.Quote:
Originally Posted by Martok
Isn't that even beyond "nasty", i.e. illegal?Quote:
Originally Posted by Martok
I think so. Every night she has us put new stickers on the expired food in case a health inspector stops in. Also, if a container of veggies has expired and there is only a little left, they will just dump what is left of the old one into a new one. We are also supposed to wear gloves when we make the food, but some times they don't. I am glad that I am working frontline now and do not have to be a party to what happens in the kitchen. :PQuote:
Originally Posted by Ser Clegane
Rat your workmates out and become a local hero!
There are so many things wrong with what you are saying about the operation of your Arby's Vuk. Is the "she" the owner or a manager? I can't believe Arby's corporate would tolerate that. If she's changing expiration labels, then obviously the Health Department would have a fit too. I couldn't work under those conditions.
My backline trainer is the one who switches the labels, but I am pretty sure that my manager knows about it. And trust me Gregoshi, it is a lot worse than what I said too. My manager and the other employees are always fighting with each other, my manager has thrown a pack of strawberries (a little cup of them that we put on top of shakes) at one of the employees before. Everyone who works there is trailer trash, and my manager is a crack-pot. It is more a circus that it is a business. I have already spoken to the store manager about my shift manager's behavior, and she said that she would talk to her. I am not going to mention the labels (at least yet), because I am not sure if my store manager does it too (she also manages a shift), and I don't want to get fired. :PQuote:
Originally Posted by Gregoshi
There are no job alternatives? I couldn't work there and keep a clear conscience knowing what filthy, rotten crap I'm serving people. Clean, fresh crap I'm okay with. Or, if I couldn't quit, my customer greeting would go something like "Welcome to Arby's. I'd steer clear of the roast beef today - it is a bit rancid. May I take your order?" :laugh4:
Love Jimmy Johns. And for anyone in the American southwest, I'd also highly recommend In-N-Out Burger.Quote:
Originally Posted by Whacker
Ajax
edit: my worst fast food experience, on the other hand, was getting food poisoning from a Mickey Dees in Wendover, Nevada. Cleaned me out from both ends. I've avoided McDonald's like the plague ever since.
if we all just kept kosher we could have avoided this thread altogether.
But who in their right mind can live without bacon sandwiches?????Quote:
Originally Posted by Hooahguy
Or go halal, a lot of fast food joints in the UK are doing it.
According to the all knowing wiki:
A variety of substances are considered as harmful (haraam) for humans to consume and, therefore, forbidden as per various Quranic verses:
Pork meat (i.e., flesh of pig)[Qur'an 2:173]
Blood[Qur'an 2:173]
Animals slaughtered in the name of anyone but Allah. All that has been dedicated or offered in sacrifice to an idolatrous altar or saint or a person considered to be "divine"[Qur'an 2:173] [Qur'an 5:3]
Carrion[Qur'an 2:173]
An animal that has been strangled, beaten (to death), killed by a fall, gored (to death), savaged by a beast of prey (except that which you may have slaughtered while it was still alive)[Qur'an 5:3]
Food over which Allah's name is not pronounced (or at least not in a name other than Allah)[Qur'an 6:121]
Alcohol and other intoxicants[Qur'an 5:090]
Or as we like to say, not a hope in Hell.
Exactly what is wrong with eating Pig? Or an animal that was killed by strangulation? It all seems bizarre to me, rules for rules sake.
Pigs are assumed to eat their crap. Strangulation is forbidden because blood stands for life, when the animal is dead it's still full of blood.
Unfortunately, I tried every place imaginable before I took this job, and was not successful. My friend said that she put in a good word for me at a foundry, but nothing came of that. The job market where I live is pretty competitive now, and this late into summer, I would never be able to find a job. I have thought about quitting, but I need the job, and at least when I am there, I do my best to treat people's food well. If I quit, they would probably just hire someone who did not give a crap.Quote:
Originally Posted by Gregoshi
Oh, and it turns out that the store manager does know. I was put on backline yesterday, and I deliberately asked my backline trainer if I should throw out a platter of turkey that had expired, and she explained to me that she talked with the store manager, and if the store manager sees her signature on the food in the morning, she will let it pass. So I guess it is not just one person.
It really is happening <---- link
I think the reason both Judaism and Islam forbid pork is due to the desert origins of the religions, as keeping large numbers of pigs wasn't sustainable in their ecosystem since their diet is so different from other livestock.Quote:
Originally Posted by Ja'chyra
Also, according to wikipedia, the Jewish aversion to Pork probably existed before it was forbidden by the law, and the negative viewing of meats can become a cultural thing. Found a page that suggests its closer to home than I realised. <---- another link, why don't they show up
Ahem, "That's what she said..." I wonder if the store manager, in fact, really knows. You are in a very difficult situation Vuk. I wish you well in your quest to keep your job and clean up the restaurant as best you can.Quote:
Originally Posted by Just Vuk Again
I wonder what the penalty is for the individuals (manager/supervisors) if caught?
An anonymous call to the local health department might be in order.
A fine. Expiring dates tend be overcautious though. If meat is one or two days overdue it's really still perfectly eatable as long as you keep it in the fridge.Quote:
Originally Posted by Gregoshi
Stop whining and just tell us if your women co-workers are hot.
And what about the food dropped on the floor? The wilting/browning lettuce? This Arby's is disgusting. I hope those responsible get caught.Quote:
Originally Posted by Fragony
Vuk, I gather the employees go elsewhere to eat lunch?
One is 65, the other ones I do not know the ages of, but they are all overweight, and three are grandmothers. I don't know Megas, is that hot? :P There is actually only one young female employee, and she is both pregnant, and insane trailer trash. :PQuote:
Originally Posted by Megas Methuselah
lol, I don't think that any of them eat at Arby's. My backline trainer (who also works at McDonalds) says that she would not eat food from Arby's or the McDonalds that she works at. :PQuote:
Originally Posted by Gregoshi
Should watch,they might see you post here!:laugh4:Quote:
Originally Posted by Just Vuk Again
Ever worked in a restaurant? The one I worked just lost it's michelin star so no top restaurant, but happened there as well.Quote:
Originally Posted by Gregoshi
Yes, for several summers - as a cook and supervisor. That stuff didn't happen when I was working - or at least that I saw. The worst I heard of was some workers flicking dead flies in the fryer grease - the flies would go up in flames from what I understood. And management never encouraged unsanitary conditions or serving bad food.Quote:
Originally Posted by Fragony