I'll pass on the Salad.....

Dragonlady8 · Guest

Now that's one way to know if your foodhandler washed their hand Rolling Eyes

Woman discovers fingertip in salad

Friday, March 5, 2004 Posted: 11:50 AM EST (1650 GMT)
CANTON, Ohio (AP) -- Talk about leaving a bad tip at the restaurant.

A 22-year-old woman found the severed tip of a thumb in her lunch salad at Red Robin Gourmet Burgers.

Stark County Health Commissioner Bill Franks said a worker at the restaurant, in the Canton suburb Jackson Township about 70 miles south of Cleveland, was chopping lettuce Monday night when he cut off part of his left thumb, including part of the fingernail.

Employees searched for the fingertip, but could not find it. The area was cleaned and sanitized, but the lettuce was placed in a cooler and then used for salads on Tuesday.

"It wound up being served at lunch time Tuesday to a 22-year-old woman," Franks said.

She had eaten most of her salad when she put the fingertip in her mouth, Franks said.

She first thought it was a piece of gristle, a health department report said.

Red Robin spokesman Dwayne Chambers said employees, in their haste to get the injured man to a doctor, failed to follow the chain's procedures and throw out all food in the area.

"We clearly had a breakdown," he said. "We are incredibly sorry about what happened."

Chambers said he spoke with the woman. "She obviously was pretty upset," he said.

ohsix · Posted: Mar 05, 2004 4:53 pm Post subject:

What's with all the salad talk tonight?

chavez · RIP MHL 04/25/1958 - 01/11/2006

Dragonlady8, I'm guessing this guy was tossing that salad REALLY HARD to have lost a fingertip! Laughing

K-dub · Ladies Man Joined: 12 Jan 2003 Posts: 14760

I was thinking the same thing Wes Laughing

Dragonlady8 · Guest

chavez-y-chavez, You know it Shocked

I'm thinking that's what WaterRat is gonna do too Colorful

chavez · RIP MHL 04/25/1958 - 01/11/2006

Dragonlady8, maybe... but my bet is still on him blowing before her pants come off. I might make a side bet like jordan23 that he blows as soon as she touches him!!!

Laughing

Inggy · Posted: Mar 05, 2004 5:18 pm Post subject:

good thing i dont like salad!

Jake0306 · Posted: Mar 05, 2004 7:02 pm Post subject:

holy stuff...thats only twenty minutes north of me..and i've ate there. Shocked

nick e[V]ans · Posted: Mar 05, 2004 7:31 pm Post subject:

oh my god, she put a piece of human thumb in her mouth, i wonder what made her take it back out Embarassed

geez, this gristles got some hard stuff in it. i feel sick and stuff

finkle · Wakeboarder.com Freak Joined: 22 Sep 2003 Posts: 4067

GOOD. I hate Red Robin....bastards. Burgers are good, but the seasoning on the fries smells like BO.

koltman · Addict Joined: 15 Jan 2003 Posts: 902 City: Sydney/Orlando

Well that made breakfast so much more enjoyable Confused

Tyler T · Posted: Mar 06, 2004 2:21 am Post subject:

ugh....erm....eww... yeachhhhh....YUCK!

jvanick · Posted: Mar 06, 2004 5:39 am Post subject:

I for one wouldn't mind having something like that happen.. Yes it would be nasty, but...

just think of how much money they would pay to have you shut up...

-or-

how much money you'd win in court by suing their asses off.

No problem getting a new boat then... probably even buying several boats, paying off the house, etc...

This is one of the times where I actually feel it's right to sue a company. They even admiitted that they weren't following procedure.

-J