Tell the manager or walk away
Jul 9, 2009 | 12:26 pm
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My wife once observed a McDonald's employee failing to wash her hands before leaving the restroom, and promptly found and informed the manager. The employee was fired before we could even walk out. If you don't tell the manager, you may be exposing other patrons to health risks.
Jul 10, 2009 | 11:14 pm
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My wife once observed a McDonald's employee failing to wash her hands before leaving the restroom, and promptly found and informed the manager. The employee was fired before we could even walk out. If you don't tell the manager, you may be exposing other patrons to health risks.
Aug 7, 2009 | 7:28 am
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Maybe tell manager. But definitely walk away. If she's doing this upfront/out in the open, how often does it happen with other employees out of sight?
Oct 6, 2009 | 10:54 pm
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Oct 8, 2009 | 8:17 am
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The manager needs to be informed of the dire need for hygienic training among his staff. If she does this, it means she hasn't been told otherwise. That means it is the manager's fault. However, if you give the manager her name, she might get fired. The consequence is too hard. So just tell him you saw an employee sneeze into "their" (keep it neutral, even if it's a grammar mistake) hand and then handle the food. Tell him the hygienic way to do this is to turn and walk away as far as possible from the foot before the sneeze comes. Then sneeze into your elbow.
There are hygiene guidelines for food businesses. Tell him you will come back in the future to check. If conditions aren't better you send a letter to the city's health office.
Till
There are hygiene guidelines for food businesses. Tell him you will come back in the future to check. If conditions aren't better you send a letter to the city's health office.
Till
She could well be using the restroom and not washing her hands..
Oct 8, 2009 | 8:27 am
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You are kind of screwed if you ever complain in a place that serves food. The workers there will not forget you and right or not someone will take their frustration out on you.
Not going back is really the only thing you can do and not risk a surprise in your next dish.
Not going back is really the only thing you can do and not risk a surprise in your next dish.
Oct 8, 2009 | 8:39 am
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Several comments above on employees not washing hands after using the restroom have made me pause and think. We've all observed folks not washing after using the facilities at our workplace, in airports, restaurants, most public locations.
I once found myself standing at a urinal before services at my church when the guest speaker entered, used the one next to me, and promptly left without washing up. Not a big deal, it happens all the time, but it was strange how what I'd just seen affected my impression of him and his message.
It wouldn't occur to me not to wash up because this was imbedded deep in my brain by parents who said it over and over again when I was young, and often watched to make sure I obeyed.
My only point here, I guess, is that the judgemental attitude we might harbor to the non-washers rightfully belongs to their parents.
Nonetheless, the manager should have been put on notice.
I once found myself standing at a urinal before services at my church when the guest speaker entered, used the one next to me, and promptly left without washing up. Not a big deal, it happens all the time, but it was strange how what I'd just seen affected my impression of him and his message.
It wouldn't occur to me not to wash up because this was imbedded deep in my brain by parents who said it over and over again when I was young, and often watched to make sure I obeyed.
My only point here, I guess, is that the judgemental attitude we might harbor to the non-washers rightfully belongs to their parents.
Nonetheless, the manager should have been put on notice.
Oct 8, 2009 | 8:43 am
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You are kind of screwed if you ever complain in a place that serves food. The workers there will not forget you and right or not someone will take their frustration out on you.
Not going back is really the only thing you can do and not risk a surprise in your next dish.
Not going back is really the only thing you can do and not risk a surprise in your next dish.
Oct 8, 2009 | 9:34 am
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Did you take food from that woman? I would have turned and walked away!
Yes, tell the manager, but your first responsibility is to yourself and your family. Refuse servcie and walk away.
If the manager doesn't listen call the health dept.
Yes, tell the manager, but your first responsibility is to yourself and your family. Refuse servcie and walk away.
If the manager doesn't listen call the health dept.