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Boy orders burger at Arby's.
Food employee prepares burger.
Food employee cuts finger on the meat slicer while preparing burger.
Food employee leaves in a hurry to attend to wound without telling anyone.
Another employee takes over and serves said burger.
Boy eats burger with a side order of finger.
Issue: Isn't there a protocol involved in restaurants or food regulation?
1. Finger employee should have warned the others before leaving.
2. Other employees should have been alarmed, even without said warning, that someone just left, and would have suspected something was up. Not to mention the blood. Or did they think it was ketchup?
I taste smell lawsuit.
JACKSON, Mich. (AP) — A Michigan teen made a gristly discovery after biting into an Arby’s junior roast beef sandwich. Ryan Hart said he had nearly polished off his sandwich last Friday when he bit into something tough to chew that tasted like rubber, so he spit it out. Turns out it tasted like finger. The fleshy pad of an unfortunate employee’s finger, apparently. “I was like, ‘That (has) to be a finger,’” Hart, 14, told the Jackson Citizen Patriot on Wednesday (http://bit.ly/LeTa5f). “I was about to puke. ... It was just nasty.” The employee apparently cut her finger on a meat slicer and left her station without immediately telling anyone, said Steve Hall, the environmental health director for the Jackson County health department. Her co-workers continued filling orders before they became aware of what happened, he said. John Gray, a spokesman for Atlanta-based Arby’s, released a statement Wednesday apologizing for what he described as an isolated and “unfortunate incident.” He said Arby’s is still investigating, but has determined that the Jackson workers shut down food production as soon as they found out what happened and thoroughly cleaned and sanitized the restaurant. The injured employee was treated at a hospital. Gray said the franchise has fully cooperated with health officials and was given the approval to remain open. Ryan’s mother, Jamie Vail, was incredulous. She and her friend, Joe Wheaton, had taken Ryan and his 11-year-old brother to the Arby’s drive-through, and she said she thought her son was joking when he exclaimed he had found a piece of a finger in his sandwich. “Somebody loses a finger, and you keep sending food out the window? I can’t believe that,” said Vail. She and Wheaton said the severed section was about an eighth to a quarter-inch thick and at least one inch long. Vail said she called 911 and met police at a local hospital, where her son’s blood was drawn and he was prescribed some medication. Ryan said he is feeling fine. Vail said she has been in touch with a lawyer, but has not decided what course to take. http://www.timesleader.com/stories/Mich-Arbys-burger-had-side-order-of-finger,151970
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I should stop reading TL while I'm eating. That story totally cut my appetite.
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On May 18 2012 14:56 endy wrote:
I should stop reading TL while I'm eating. That story totally cut my appetite.
Between this and the poop art thread your bound to loose your appetite :p
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Is a finger really so much less sanitary than ground beef?
I get why he wouldn't want to eat it, but why shut down everything?
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uh i dont know a lot about arbys fast food but is it standard for an employee to use the meat slicer to prepare a sandwitch?
do they even have a meat slicer at arbys?
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It's hard to tell, did they just cut their finger? Or did they cut their finger off?
If it was just cut and some skin came off, I'm surprised the kid could tell something was wrong with his Arby's haha.
If it was cut off... The worker probably should have told someone, or the other worker probably should have seen it, but something should have happend to prevent the kid from eating it.
Either way, das nasty.
On May 18 2012 15:03 Severedevil wrote:
Is a finger really so much less sanitary than ground beef?
I get why he wouldn't want to eat it, but why shut down everything?
Diseases probably. Better play it safe instead of giving a lot of people AIDS.
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just pick it off and keep eating, it's not that bad.
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On May 18 2012 15:03 Severedevil wrote:
Is a finger really so much less sanitary than ground beef?
I get why he wouldn't want to eat it, but why shut down everything?
The girl could've just finished wiping her ass or had AIDS?
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On May 18 2012 15:06 TerlocSG wrote:It's hard to tell, did they just cut their finger? Or did they cut their finger off? If it was just cut and some skin came off, I'm surprised the kid could tell something was wrong with his Arby's haha. If it was cut off... The worker probably should have told someone, or the other worker probably should have seen it, but something should have happend to prevent the kid from eating it. Either way, das nasty. Show nested quote +On May 18 2012 15:03 Severedevil wrote:
Is a finger really so much less sanitary than ground beef?
I get why he wouldn't want to eat it, but why shut down everything? Diseases probably. Better play it safe instead of giving a lot of people AIDS.
Afaik you don't get AIDS by eating contaminated samples.
Also, if it was a burger, wasn't the patty + finger cooked before being eaten ? That should have killed most of the diseases.
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When I cut my finger off, I'm not thinking "If I don't forewarn the possible replacement employee, I can be sued for being unsanitary."
I think: "HOLY FUCK I CUT OFF MY FINGER I NEED AN AMBULANCE."
Do people really think logic is present when you possibly just destroyed your entire future?
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On May 18 2012 15:04 triforks wrote:
uh i dont know a lot about arbys fast food but is it standard for an employee to use the meat slicer to prepare a sandwitch?
do they even have a meat slicer at arbys?
unfortunately, Arbys was my first job ever back when I was 16. yes, they have a meat slicer and it is used for virtually every sandwich served there. all the roast beef sandwiches at least, need to have the roast beef sliced.
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it's hard to finger who's really at fault here
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This thread makes me cringe and hold my hands close. :c I like my fingers.
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I don't really see how it's really THAT gross. I mean, you're eating meat that's come from a whole animal who's been ground while still alive - you just weren't there. And the article says he ate the fingerPAD, so it couldn't have been that bad. It's not like he ate an entire finger with the nails and all.
I dunno. A lot of this article screams sensationalist. And yes, the employee should probably be looked at more too. There should be some type of empathy to be given to him. He did lose his finger....you're probably not in your right state of mind when that happens.
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I'm glad I never eat out and I make my own food. Oh wait… what if the farmers who farm my veges and the butchers who prepare my meat screw up like that employer? o_O
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No one was aware of the blood and the screaming when he cut his own finger?
He didn't take the finger back to the hospital?
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Well, shoot. I guess we gotta point at something legal about fingers.
I mean, after all, most rules of thumb suck.
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If the family plays it right they can get a couple million if not more in reparations
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It sure didn't taste 'finger lickin good'.
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On May 18 2012 15:18 brokenLoL wrote:
I'm glad I never eat out and I make my own food. Oh wait… what if the farmers who farm my veges and the butchers who prepare my meat screw up like that employer? o_O
wash your veggies and meat.
Seriously, this is some of the stupidest things i've seen. I find it hard to believe that in a modern society and all of the codes that businesses have to follow, people can still end up biting on a finger.
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I guess the real question I have is...
When did Arby's start serving burgers? I swear the last time I was there 5+ years ago it was just those shitty beef sandwiches.
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On May 18 2012 15:14 Jombozeus wrote:
When I cut my finger off, I'm not thinking "If I don't forewarn the possible replacement employee, I can be sued for being unsanitary."
I think: "HOLY FUCK I CUT OFF MY FINGER I NEED AN AMBULANCE."
Do people really think logic is present when you possibly just destroyed your entire future?
Yeah, I agree with this, but I can't believe the other employee didn't toss the burger. He should have realized that it could have gotten blood on it or something... gross.
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On May 18 2012 15:30 Mazer wrote:
I guess the real question I have is...
When did Arby's start serving burgers? I swear the last time I was there 5+ years ago it was just those shitty beef sandwiches.
Wow, I don't even think I recall ever seeing an Arby's while I was living in Canada...
Maybe it's just Ontario lol.
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Ok I worked at arby's when I was in high school so I have a bit of experience with beef slicers. Unless they have an old ass slicer you have to be a complete IDIOT to cut your finger off or even a piece of it,in a beef slicer. The only reason they have a age limit on it is to make sure that some dumb ass kid doesn't try to be funny and do something stupid like stick their finger in it. If you have been trained with it and know what you are doing. The only why I can see someone completely cutting off a finger would be for them to stick their finger all the way into the slicer into the damn slicer, literally you would need to stick you hand up into the slicer and there is no reason at all to do that. Yes you can cut yourself on the blade while cleaning it if you don't wear the bad ass chain mail gloves they made us wear when handling the slicer parts. But to completely cut the finger off you would as mentioned above stick your hand into the slicer while it is on and there is no reason to do that at all. The beef that you handle isnt even near the blade it drops down below onto a heater.
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easiest money ever made for the kid. oh how i wish it was me who found that finger and became a millionaire...
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Of course mum was in touch with a lawyer...
God forbid anyone chalk this sort of thing up as a funny story and life experience.
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On May 18 2012 15:24 novamarine wrote:
It sure didn't taste 'finger lickin good'.
lol...that's a good one...>
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On May 18 2012 15:32 Shebuha wrote:Show nested quote +On May 18 2012 15:14 Jombozeus wrote:
When I cut my finger off, I'm not thinking "If I don't forewarn the possible replacement employee, I can be sued for being unsanitary."
I think: "HOLY FUCK I CUT OFF MY FINGER I NEED AN AMBULANCE."
Do people really think logic is present when you possibly just destroyed your entire future? Yeah, I agree with this, but I can't believe the other employee didn't toss the burger. He should have realized that it could have gotten blood on it or something... gross.
Thought it was Ketchup?
IDK Something seems very off in this story. I've worked in fast food and bled at the food prep station. It wasn't even all the big a cut and there were blood drops everywhere between me and the first aid kit. I would think having a finger sliced off would leave blood everywhere. This burger would be a the meat slicer and the slicer would have blood on it, that would stick out I think. The burger would NOT be completed and wrapped up. It would be sitting there open and unfinished, finger on top. Who wrapped the burger? How did the not see it? Could they not smell/see the blood?
This story has more holes in it then Meg Ryan movie
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Hm, this reminds me of Buffy the Vampire Slayer.
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KFC take notes. I guess I can add this as another reason why I don't eat fast food.
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This happened at a Wendy's a while ago and it turned out the finger was planted by the accuser.
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reminds me to not fuck with cartman
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On May 18 2012 15:30 Mazer wrote:
I guess the real question I have is...
When did Arby's start serving burgers? I swear the last time I was there 5+ years ago it was just those shitty beef sandwiches.
The first sentence of the article is: "A Michigan teen made a gristly discovery after biting into an Arby’s junior roast beef sandwich." Dunno if they do serve burgers, but it was a roast beef sandwich and not a burger like the OP stated it was that the kid ate.
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On May 18 2012 16:20 Isualin wrote:
reminds me to not fuck with cartman
Tasty Mom and Dad Fingerhotdawg
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I have a hard time believing that whole thing is real. I mean, cut your finger can happen, but the part randomly falling into a open and ready to serve sandwich, and the guy ,who serve don't notice either the finger or the massive blood strain just everywhere around. That feels like a lot of unlikely stuff happening at once
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On May 18 2012 15:30 Mazer wrote:
I guess the real question I have is...
When did Arby's start serving burgers? I swear the last time I was there 5+ years ago it was just those shitty beef sandwiches.
Roast beef sandwich. Didn't read article?
OT: Ignoring all the ridiculous puns, clearly some people at least need to be fired. I don't know if the store actually needs to be shut down though, because it's not like it was irresponsible management or anything like that. It's an isolated incident. Probably a total of two part-time, idiotic employees fucked this up- the one who cut off their own finger, and the one who continued the sandwich- and everyone else was just working as normal. Or so it seems. That's some fucking bad luck for the bosses... although I completely sympathize with the kid who got the finger-sandwich and his family. That's pretty fucked up.
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Closing this for being completely worthless as a general forum topic. I think we can all agree that eating fingers is undesirable.
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