Maggot in Salad ?
#1
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Maggot in Salad ?
I'm surprised this hasn't been covered yet ....
https://liveandletsfly.boardingarea..../delta-maggot/
https://liveandletsfly.boardingarea..../delta-maggot/
#2
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Looking at the video, I do not believe that to be a maggot but some other bug. That bug appears to be crawling whereas maggots slither. That said Delta should have given $100 not $50 in compensation.
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Meh, protein
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Delta probably reduced compensation as punishment for filming in portrait mode.
That does appear to be a maggot based on the movement and body contractions though.
That does appear to be a maggot based on the movement and body contractions though.
#7
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Bugs in food, including salad, is fairly typical and producers will have some very small fraction of a % that is considered acceptable.
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I post the link without an excerpt because most folks really don't want to know. So take a look at your own discretion.
Here's How Much Mouse Poop, Maggots, and Cigarette Butts the FDA Allows in Your Food
https://www.menshealth.com/health/g19543623/food-contaminants/I post the link without an excerpt because most folks really don't want to know. So take a look at your own discretion.
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Maggots in your veg means they are fresh and pesticide free!
(As a sidenote I'm not offended by the company response, $50 voucher seems good enough to get a decent maggot free meal)
If it had been a roach, now...
(As a sidenote I'm not offended by the company response, $50 voucher seems good enough to get a decent maggot free meal)
If it had been a roach, now...
#11
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This is why it's hard to eat salad if I don't clean it first.
Buts get into lettuce etc and unless cleaned well can often stay. it sucks it made it to his plate and maybe delta meant 500 and forgot a 0.
Buts get into lettuce etc and unless cleaned well can often stay. it sucks it made it to his plate and maybe delta meant 500 and forgot a 0.
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Thank God there were no peanuts in his salad.
#14
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DL forgot to cater meals on my flight a couple years ago and gave me the same $50 credit, so compensation was consistent. The article makes a point that the pax paid for F, well the last time I flew DTW to SEA in F, I was RU and the person next to me was surprised how cheap her ticket was - $150 premium over Y. Lastly, I see salmon on that salad, so unless the PAX had ordered a vegetarian meal, I don't see the problem. Bah humbug, lets move on to the next fake news of the day.