I went to Taco Bell with my dad one day in 2013. He asked if I wanted to go when we went to Taco Bell. I don’t remember what I got, but I think it was a double crunch wrap and the Doritos Locos tacos with a burrito and whatever that Mountain Dew drink was. When I ate the tacos the experience was amazing the taste of the burger meat and the sauce dripping down my chin it was so good . when we got out and left and went in the car we drove away. I noticed halfway home my stomach made this big noise. I don’t know what it was. I thought it was something outside at the moment. I laid out the biggest fart possible. I accidentally shit my pants when we got in the driveway. I ran up the steps and went into the house and sat on the toilet. I took my shirt off and my pants because the sweat was so unbearable. as soon as I hit the toilet, it all came out out of my ass. The stench of the diarrhea was unbearable. After I wipe myself, my finger went through the toilet paper, but thank God I had an extra roll after the situation. I realize I’m never going to eat Taco Bell again.

I went to Canes and got something to eat. Came home, ate the food and I use one of my straws. The other I didn't need. while I was putting my food up..I noticed on the straw that I didn't use had something on it. I thought it might be ketchup up but it wasn't. It looked like blood dried up blood..

So I checked online to see how you can test for blood and I found out you can put peroxide on it so I took the straw put it in the sink and I dropped peroxide and it bubbled up which confirmed to me that it is blood.

I checked all of my containers my wrappers my bags and I didn't notice anything with blood on it. the straw that I use has a paper covering and looks like it had one tiny very small drop up on it.which did not look like it went through the paper wrapper.

I guess whoever handled my straws and maybe my drinks, hand was bleeding. there's no blood on the containers or my food or my drinks. It just the straw wrappings.

I called up canes and they told me they did have an incident where somebody cut their finger but he's in the kitchen and did not interact with the front and they took care of his problem immediately. They also knew the type of drink I had which is high-c and they said that actually stains and dries a reddish color and states they have reassure customers that it's just juice.

what I saw isn't Hi-C it's too dark for that. looks like it might be blood.plus I don't think would hi c would bubble when touched by peroxide. So I'm going on the side of caution..

To be honest I'm a little freaked out I mean I don't have any cuts and I'm about 99% sure I didn't ingest blood. But it's just the thought of having someone blood near my food!

Does this look like blood? Or dried soda or juice?

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If you’ve worked in a fastfood restaurant or as a costumer.. we all have a story don’t we? Share it with us please!

Just found out that White Castle and Taco Bell are using ai to take orders in the drive thrus. Not only do they suck at taking orders but this feels like the beginning of the end. Anyone else annoyed/concerned about this?

I work at a Burger King. For the most part, we have good days. Sometimes we can be slower, and honestly that can depend on who you have in the kitchen. Granted, we are also significantly short-staffed, so much that we usually have one person working on each board and making food for every order coming in. But other than that, orders aren’t wrong or anything. And then there are some rare days that feel more chaotic. 5-10 minute wait times for front counter and drive thru orders. I had this one lady tell me if I knew we were short staffed, we should have closed the dining room, because we caused an “inconvenience” because of how slow/chaotic we were. But there are a lot of things customers don’t understand is out of employees’ control, and these customers take it out on us. And it really sucks. I definitely do not have the jurisdiction to decide to close dining room, anyone should know higher up management would NEVER allow that. And as far as our speediness goes, we are truly trying our best but you cannot expect one person to make every single order so quickly, then still take it out on us. Do people like this just already come in with a negative attitude towards fast food workers in general? I wish the view on fast food would change. You cannot expect top quality food but also expect fast times. You cannot expect me to fix something way beyond my control or power.

I (25F) have worked in the food industry/customer service industry all my life. I've worked in fast food exclusively for almost 8 years.

My question is...what do I do to get out of THIS particular idiotic rat race? Everyone around me (besides my husband - he is such a support to me & he understands!) thinks I'm exaggerating when I talk about how BAD the food industry is.

For example: at my current job, they micromanage you to the point that EVERY single time you go to the restroom, they tell people, "You're always supposed to tell someone when you go to the bathroom." I can't even help out with fryers (which I've known how to do for years) without being shoved out of the way and told to go clean the lobby. When the lobby is ALREADY CLEAN.

First off, I'm a grown woman. If I need to use the restroom, I'm gonna go. I'm not gonna BEG you to go to the restroom. I'm a human being. Not a robot. I noticed that lately I've been having PMS going on, so much so that Tylenol & even Midol doesn't kill the cramps/bloating/etc. I asked my (male) GM, "Do you mind if I step into the restroom, while there are no customers in the lobby?" He snaps, "You're going AGAIN?! Are you sick?" I just ignored him & went anyway. It wasn't that I was trying to be rude. But what was I supposed to say? "I have to $h!t?" Y'know?

I was told (mind you, I'm getting 8 hours a week. Not 13. Not 20, part time. EIGHT.) that I'd be on a slower schedule because I'm "in training". I have expressed to my managers, "Hey, I would need about 25/30 hours per week, if that's doable. I'd like to be cross trained in every area of the store so I know for sure how insert restaurant here operates, our policies, etc." ((I have been here almost a month and literally zero training has taken place. I work 3 hour shifts.))

I asked for more hours at one point and I was told by my GM that I wasn't getting hours because I wasn't wearing my apron. I'm not even in the back??? I'm ALWAYS upfront. I can handle front counter. So, I began wearing my apron (which I don't mind to do).

I wear wigs (I have alopecia, I'm totally bald; my head hair quit growing when I was around 13, and it steadily fell out). I literally told a former GM about this condition & expressed my concerns about wearing a hat (they didn't have visors that I could actually pull my hair through & bobby pin) - she snarked back, "You're not an exception to the rule."

I was so taken aback. I just thought, "I'm not implying I am. I'm expressing to you that my hair pieces and wigs will prevent my hats from fitting on my head. I've had them FALL OFF (the hat along with the wig) before."

I have SO MUCH more potential than this. I've been asked to be a shift lead or a team lead before at some of my former workplaces. I declined at the time because my transportation wasn't totally reliable, but now, I'm just completely done. I'm not even making enough money to pay my phone bill.

The other day, I had a GROWN woman ask me why I was late. Mind you...I am NEVER late to my job. I called ahead & told them I'd be late. I'm medically hard of hearing so I said, "I'm sorry, I didn't quite catch that!" She rolled her eyes and hissed out, "Why. Were. You. Late?"

I explained, "Our dryer at my home is funky. It takes like 4 times to dry 1 load of clothes, I'd had my uniform washing & drying." Y'know...so I wouldn't stink or be unhygienic around food and around customers. Most people who work there won't even call & tell someone they're late. I try to at least be courteous & call & let someone know, but also let them know I'm still coming so they won't be shorthanded.

I'm just exhausted. I used to genuinely enjoy the food industry. I used to enjoy retail, even. But I am totally burnt out and over it.

I've thought about being a receptionist somewhere. I've applied for a few housekeeping jobs at hotels, or in a medical facility. I'm going to my local job center as soon as I can, that way I can sit down with someone & improve my resume, and discuss what jobs would be the best fit for me, seeing as I already have a lot of experience.

Why didn't I stop after the first bite. Red flags from the order taker at the drive through. KRYSTAL, Shallowford, near Gunbarrel rd. CHATTANOOGA TN, 10/08/24 10:35 pm. No receipt in the bag. OK back to the beginning. I pull up to this Krystal and the order taker asks what I want. I say #1 which is 4 Krystal cheese ,fries, and coke. I ask for no pickle on the burgers "is that it" . I want tater tots. " is that it". I want coke zero. "Is that it". Yes. Pull around and pay with credit . I know my tater tots will be fresh since they have to cook them. They were. Here is where it Falls apart. I take a bite of the sandwich . There is a pickle. Bread is kind of harsh like it has been sitting in the wind. The cheese is not melted to the carton. The patty kinda not warm. I eat on thinking this must be a one off. Second sandwich. Same. Now I'm down the road a bit and it's late. Wait a minute there is no onions on 1 or 2. Finally, I realize I've been had. Why didn't I check the burgers? Because the last time they were so good. This time I'm glad I got the tots as the cold, salty, limp fries were waiting forever to be given to an unsuspecting customer. I ate the 3rd sandwich ever so regretting my lack of quality control. Now as I ate the 4th and last tiny Krystal I could just see them inside using their two inch nails to pull the 4 sandwiches from the corner and peeling the pickle back to scrape with them 2 inch nails the onions I wanted, and set the pickle back onto the cool stale sandwich. How do you describe it? Like the one good hole out of 18 that keeps you coming back? Almost $11 for good tater tots. You must be very vigilant at the drive thru, because the moment you let your guard down☠️

I work at Dunkin. We’ve only ever had one inspector called on us & it was because someone found a thread in their coffee but by the time we were notified we already cleaned the place up.

For starters, the entire place smells like literal farts and eggs. People will always walk in & say the building stinks. I think it has something to do with the sewers? I’m not sure, but that’s what the city has said. We have it the worst out of all the business around us. I will walk back there & it smells SO bad. Imagine you pooped & farted & pooped in a room for like a week straight & never flushed.

Most of our staff smell like horrible B.O. I know this isn’t that serious but I’ve read our corporate rules & we aren’t allowed to come in stinky. I refuse to work by them because they all smell so bad. We have a set of lockers in the back for staff & I’ve literally seen a toothbrush & toothpaste back there.

Speaking of lockers, this same staff hoards all the lockers. This is more of me just ranting but they‘re your standard standing lockers probably around 10 or so. Only one locker is available. The staff hoards them because they take their uniform shirts & put it over their regular shirts & at the end of their shifts just leave them there, along with their huge, obese winter coats (I mean obese as in they’re so big they’re busting out the locker, not obese as in the owners of the jackets are fat!).

This is very rare on occasion (so far has happened 4-5 times that I’ve seen) but our donut makers & our store owner will walk in barefoot & make donuts. This is so nasty to me & I just don’t want to see my bosses pigs while I’m working or trying to not run them over with our broken wheeled mop. I’ve literally filmed them walking with their feet out because I don’t think that’s allowed but maybe it is. I don’t know, I’m not educated.

Flies get all over the food. If you’ve ever eaten a donut from my location, chances are, there is so much fly poo on your donut. My boss is a cheap one & I had to point it out to her that there was a fly on a muffin, & even then she didn’t throw it away she just put it in a bag & waited for me to walk away.

That‘s pretty much it. It’s not much compared to some I’ve seen but the egg & poop smell mix so much & when you smell it often, it makes you mad.