It's been a while since we last had a fast food health violation gross-out story, don't you think? I agree. So I'm serving up this hot, steaming, vile tale of a fast food restaurant gone all greasy and cockroachy for your daily dose of outrage and disgust. Would you like French fries with that?
Our sorry tale takes place in a Tampa, Florida burger joint. And it begins almost like a fairy tale. A man is eating his lunch when a live cockroach falls into his sandwich. It's like a gift from heaven! Only it's actually from the ceiling. And it's not a gift.
The man calls the health department, a state inspector shows up, and it all does downhill from there.
Oh my goodness, poor Ronald McDonald -- yes, this took place at a McDonald's, much to the dismay of the company.
I was thinking the worst part of this story would be the part where they find out what a shit show is going on in the kitchen -- but no. The worst part is when the manager refuses to let the inspector in for a full 20 minutes. Was he stalling for a quick clean-up (hide the dead bodies!) or did he really think he could avoid an inspection?
After that 20 minutes the kitchen was still a total shit show. The inspection found 21 violations, seven of them "critical." They included grease under the equipment, standing water, and roaches, roaches everywhere. Some dead, some alive. Why, that cockroach-from-heaven was just an appetizer to the colossal mess waiting for the poor inspector inside the kitchen.
So what did we learn, fast food managers and patrons? Well, when there's one falling cockroach in the dining room, there's probably about thirty more in the kitchen. If you're a fast food fan, maybe you should have your state health department's phone number with you at all times. Managers, that guy with the state inspector's business card is FOR REAL. And finally, make sure you never have roaches falling from the ceiling. That's not very do-do-do-do-do-I'm-lovin'-it.
What's the grossest thing you've ever seen at a fast food restaurant?
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just because a place can clean up AFTER they are aware of all of these violations are made doesn't mean it's going to stay clean. this is disgusting. there shouldn't need to be health inspectors. why can't they just keep it clean????
Good thing I don't eat fast food. I cook at home.
Fast food or not. Eat at home. At least you know who prepared your food and what it was prepared in. I'm a huge fan of making it myself!!!! And this is why....
First off, that wasn't a cockroach, it was a palmetto bug. They're common in Florida, but unfortunate that
If the restaurant has scheduled pest control, those bugs would stay away. Patron just happened to be in the wrong place at the wrong time, but better that he was, because they were cited for other violations.
We do not go to fast food resturaunts if we can help it - my turn off from them was at a Wendy's and I was standing in line to order and noticed that the signs that hang above with featured foods had moving graphics - pretty cool right? NOT! - the moving graphics were a swarm of house flies- 100s of them - as soon as I noticed what they were I turned around and walked - have not been back since! Thinking back - I should have called the health department but was so grossed out and didn't think of it at the time!