If you've ever worked in fast food you
probably have some wild stories and you're not alone on platforms such
as reddit and whisper fast food employees took to telling
their most horrific stories here are the top 10 fast food secrets
revealed by fast food employees always be nice to the people serving
your food come on you cough up a bucket cheap bastard
this isn't a suggestion this is a rule always be nice to the people handling
your food other than being a decent human being
there are a few other reasons why you shouldn't be rude to restaurant staff
something to remember a lot of wait staff are students or parents who are
just trying to pay the bills so you snapping
at them that your food isn't warm enough definitely means that you're the bad guy
how intelligent do you have to be to take a food order also be aware that
those serving your food aren't usually the ones who are making your food
meaning that whatever is wrong with your meal it most definitely isn't their
fault and does being rude ever really solve
anything if you simply ask them nicely you may
even get a free meal or discount out of it
and if those things don't make you want to be nice to your servers
remember that they have their hands on your food and drinks before you do no
one wants anything gross to potentially happen to their food
right treat them respectfully we treat ourselves with respect
always double check the ingredients never eat anything with the sauce i have
to dip myself drizzle it on for me i'm not sure may
according to sources from the popular platform reddit
if you see something on the menu and can't find one or two other items with
the same ingredients on the menu you shouldn't order it why let's say the
restaurant sells a pulled pork sandwich and they don't have any other pulled
pork items on the menu since the pulled pork sandwich isn't
going to be ordered too frequently that means that it's definitely not
going to be fresh the product you're eating could be days
or even weeks old and while it probably won't get you sick
it's definitely not as satisfying as some of the other
fresher products in the same vein if you really like a certain ingredient but you
know that it's not a popular choice be aware that you're probably not going to
be eating the freshest food this is because the unpopular
ingredients are turned over less so you're most likely getting
something that was sitting around perhaps a bit bad and picked over
something that was chucked into the corner of a walk-in freezer and
forgotten about for so long that it may have acquired freezer burn
only to be found and thawed out on your behalf
just consider yourself warned i'm warning you
don't order fish on mondays or tuesdays i'm having fish tonight if you're going
to a fast food restaurant you can pretty much
expect frozen fish every day of the week but it's not the same for some of the
higher level places here's how it goes in order
to prepare for the weekends restaurants will start stocking up on
thursday or friday this is because people tend to take it
personally when the restaurant is out of something
so they usually buy more food than they need just in case
the fish in question is stored on self-draining ice which will last
two to three days from the time that the restaurant gets it from their source
which means that by the time you order that salmon
on monday or tuesday it was probably brought in last
thursday which means that what you're eating is
almost a week old i didn't want salmon i said it four times even anthony
bourdain the famous american chef wrote that he would never order fish on
mondays for this exact reason that being said this was written
in his 1999 memoir kitchen confidential and he later went on to say that most
good quality restaurants will usually have fresh food still it's
better to be safe than sorry better safe than sorry
ask about the free bread we are gonna be the best thing since sliced bread
nothing is better than being absolutely famished
sitting down to order your food and having something to munch on while you
wait for your meal but do you really know where that bread
has come from or whose hands it's gone through chefs
restaurant employees and others have been warning us against eating the
complimentary bread that's being offered to restaurant goers for ages now
you want more bread yeah bread one restaurant employee even went so far to
claim that in the restaurant they worked in
they were instructed to take the bread from the table after the customers had
left cut off the used pieces heat it up and
serve it to other patrons if this is true then that would open the door for
many food-borne illnesses including norovirus the most common type
of food poisoning while it's important to remember that
not all restaurants do this anthony bourdain was known to have said
that this bread reuse is an industry-wide practice and while other
sources claim that it's simply untrue are you sure you want to take such a
bold risk no no no no no
soup for you secrets soup is one of those dishes that can be
left for a very long time on a cooker or a stove gathering
bacteria and whatever other things that are
airborne in the kitchen that day according to reddit users soup tends to
sit in a vat all night never being cooled properly or
otherwise is left unattended without proper heating the
good news is there are numerous ways to spot when something's up with your
delectable liquid it's about soup time isn't it the bad
news is they all involve you first consuming said
soup restaurant employees say that there's a lot of red flags when it comes
to soup if it's really salty then it's been
sitting on the stove all day if it's watery then they've just added
some extra cream or water to give it some extra volume
if it's extremely thick then it's been sitting in the vat for too
long then they go on to suggest that if you're ever going to order
soup at a restaurant do it at a soup place otherwise you're just setting
yourself up for disappointment i am very disappointed
always triple check any vegetarian options
you're under arrest for veganity violation in 2001 mcdonald's was
famously hit with a lawsuit when it revealed that its fries which were being
advertised as being cooked in vegetable oil
were actually flavored with beef tallow the popular fast food chain paid the 11
plaintiffs reparations and issued an apology saying that they
regretted not providing their customers with complete information about their
products they also apologized for the hardships
that their little miscommunication caused
the worst part is this isn't the only time this has happened
there are plenty of people who have dietary restrictions due to their
religious beliefs and had their hearts broken when it's
revealed something seemingly vegetarian actually contains
meat the good thing though is that this
serves as a warning and the source of an important lesson
always always check the vegetarian options
even if an item appears to be vegan or vegetarian
make sure to triple check these seemingly innocuous things
such as the sauces like marinara sauce on pizza
the oil that foods are fried in and other
products such as beans to make sure they are
truly made without any animal products andre does not eat raw meat
because andre is a vegetarian beware the specials
beware for you are in my power there are a few reasons why you should
be wary of a restaurant's special menu on one hand they might be
trying out a new experimental dish to see how well
it'll land with their customers on the other hand they might be trying to get
rid of the leftover almost expired products that they have
and on the third most hidden level they're
trying to get you to spend more money on the same product they're
just spicing it up a little bit let's get into these in more detail
starting with the first one this one could really go either way
depending on how much you like being the test subject of their new recipes this
could actually turn out extremely well for you
who wouldn't say no to something a little exciting to invigorate your day
and hey if it's something you really enjoy you can even send your
appreciation to the chef and make their day as well he wants to
she's a [ __ ] that's if it goes well if it tastes bad
well then you'll just leave disappointed on to the second point which is
disproportionately worse than the first why is it worse well this is basically
the restaurant's way of saying that their profits are more important than
your meal which we all know can be true but man it still hurts to
hear trying to get rid of their old stock is
one thing but trying to trick their customers into spending more money on
something that's decidedly less quality something just doesn't sit right
there and while we're on the note of tricking customers
many chains will try to get you to spend more money on something that has the
same ingredients as a much cheaper menu item
they'll charge 3.45 for a california roll
then add some hot sauce call it a spicy california roll
and charge a dollar more and the worst part
the customers will usually pay for it show me the money
stay away from lemons and limes wouldn't you like a nice
cool glass of lemonade lemon and lime wedges can give you some much
needed refreshment after a long day but they also hold a dirty little secret
these drink garnishes can easily be contaminated with bacteria
as several studies indicate in research published in the journal of
environmental health researchers swabbed samples of the flesh
on lemon and lime rhines which they then checked for microbial
content nearly 70 products from 21 different restaurants produced growth
from 25 different microbial species what's worse
a significant number of those bacteria can cause illness
and disease and they're usually found in people who don't wash their hands well
enough a good employee always scrubs his hands
thoroughly in other words depending on whether or
not they wear gloves or whether they wash their hands properly
restaurant employees can spread their bacteria to your drink when they prepare
these wedged slices so you might be wondering
how to protect yourself from this the easiest solution is to just not
order any lemon or lime slices or any other garnishes but there are
other ways it's the only way to be sure if you're
at a restaurant or bar and see people handling slices with
their bare hands that's probably a sign that you don't
want it anywhere near you however if they're using gloves or using
tongs to put them in the glass the risk of contamination becomes much
lower run the soda machine for a few seconds
all i want is a pepsi while many fast food chains and
restaurants have regulations on how often a soda fountain machine is cleaned
there's no way to guarantee that they're actually cleaning it
this is why we suggest running it for a few seconds before putting your cup
underneath it in short it helps to ensure that you're
not getting an unhealthy serving of mold or bacteria
in your drink which actually comes from the pipes that your bubbly beverage runs
through and this isn't your regular bacteria
according to research published in the international journal of food
microbiology when 90 beverages from soda machines in
virginia were tested around half of them came back positive
for coliform bacteria aka fecal matter aka poop
oh and they also tested positive for e coli
which can lead to diarrhea stomach aches vomiting
and a slew of other unfortunate things you wouldn't wish on your worst enemy
you're probably thinking why can't they just wash their machines
well they do and oftentimes workers will dump
bleach into the pipes in order to unclog all of the unpleasantness that
resides there in other words you're adding even more unsavory things to your
digestive system thank you avoid ice at all costs
with summer in full blast it may be tempting to double
no triple up on the ice but there are some frankly rather gross things about
that ice fast food employees testify that
restaurant ice is one of the filthiest things you can order
and there's proof the national restaurant association
lists ice as a potentially dangerous beverage element
they say that ice can contribute to the spread of foodborne illnesses because of
the neglect surrounding the cleaning of the ice
machines while ice itself isn't the ideal breeding ground for any
sort of bacteria the ice machines that they hail from
could be a cesspool of mold bacteria and fungus you disgust me
how can you live with yourself so why don't they just clean the ice
machine well since ice isn't really considered a food
restaurants tend to be quite lacks about the regulations
another one of the reasons for ice being so filthy is because of the amount of
handling it goes through it sits in the ice machine then is
scooped up by some employee who may or may not have clean hands
then it's put in a bucket then dumped in a bin for the servers to use
then it's scooped again and then it's put in your glass
in that process alone there are plenty of opportunities for something nefarious
to swoop into your digestive system yeah we'll take our drinks at room
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