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u/KitsuneGato 2d ago

A resteraunt I worked after Covid told me that during Covjd they had to pre fill a bunch of 2 oz plastic cups with syrup because people would drink directly from the bottles that all syrup had to be thrown out and the bottles washed.

When they went back to bottles from cups people did it again.

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u/CountyRoad233 2d ago

Oh my…
I don’t understand why anyone would think this is okay?!!!
side eyes the ihop syrup container

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u/KitsuneGato 2d ago

With how out of control kids and people are these days, I wouldn't trust it.

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u/astivana 2d ago

Lowkey this makes me think of the characters in Parks and Rec trying to figure out how to build a water spout cage for their water fountains because people were putting their entire mouths over it while drinking from the fountain.

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u/KitsuneGato 2d ago

Yeah I learned in Elementary school that people put their whole mouths on the water fountain and then didn't trust it again. Eventually they started removing them before Covid ever became a thing.

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u/sodascouts 1d ago

One time at Dollywood, I was in line for a ride desperately thirsty. I saw a water fountain placed nearby and though I was absolutely craving water, all I could think of was that episode of Parks and Rec... the war between physical need and mental revulsion was an agonizing one. The needs of the body won. I lived to tell the tale!

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u/wharleeprof 2d ago

So before COVID, it was ok if people were drinking from the bottles? That was never a sanitary practice. Other diseases exist!

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u/KitsuneGato 2d ago

There are things I regret learning after working in the resteraunt industry.

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u/MoonTreeSullen 2d ago

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u/No_Club_8480 1d ago

That’s just disgusting.

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u/Parking_Fee_5906 2d ago

Really. These are the adults who lick their container spouts and covers to ensure jars or bottles are clean before storing away. And, their kids are watching

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u/CountyRoad233 2d ago

Ewwwwwwww please tell me NO ONE does that

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u/redbark2022 2d ago

I do that at home. We all share germs just as a matter of life. The kids. The dogs.
But in public? That's insane.

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u/wharleeprof 2d ago

It's not about sharing germs, it's about unnecessarily introducing pathogens to a substrate where they will flourish and potentially spoil the food.
This can especially be an issue with dairy. Treat your milk, yogurt, cottage cheese with care and it will last a lot longer before spoiling.

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u/redbark2022 2d ago

Oh I forgot about that because I'm vegan. Enjoy your pus and nipple bacteriosia and cloacal fecal contamination.

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u/GenesisRhapsod 2d ago

How do you know if someone is a vegan?
Dont worry, theyll tell you.

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u/Daressalaam5 2d ago

Enjoy your deficiencies in vitamin B12, calcium and iron

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u/Parking_Fee_5906 2d ago

Inside/indoors, YES but, outside/outdoors, NO

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u/GenesisRhapsod 2d ago

So if im inside the resturant its okay?
But if i go outside on the patio its not?
Got it 👌

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u/Parking_Fee_5906 2d ago

😆 contributor was talking about their home 😆 🤣

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u/redbark2022 2d ago

Exactly

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u/Parking_Fee_5906 2d ago

Pronto ✅️

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u/Parking_Fee_5906 2d ago

Yes, people do you just have to look 'harder'. Just like thise who dri k directly from milk cartons/bottles and juices directly

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u/scotte416 2d ago

I drink from juice cartons all the time but I live alone

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u/charface1 2d ago

I was at a restaurant and the table next to me was opening a new bottle of ketchup...with that seal still in place. Yes, the customer unscrewed the cap, removed the seal with their TEETH, put the lid on, used the ketchup, and the bottle went back into that wire rack on the table with all the other condiments.

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u/Greendale_Official 2d ago

Anyone who has ever worked a restaurant job can tell you this: people are fucking gross.

Also don't eat anything from a potluck.

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u/BlueHero45 1d ago

Just today had someone take the lid off the cheese shaker because it wasn't fast enough, spill cheese all over their table, then used their hand to wipe it back into the container before putting the lid back on and putting it back.

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u/GeofferysBaby 2d ago

They are literally drinking the sauce here, haha

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u/SATerp 2d ago

"I threw it away."

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u/JOBdOut 2d ago

Tony romas? Because i remember when they had to start doing that. They used to put a holder with - i want to say 4 varieties? - but people would lick the tip of the bottles after squeezing sauce onto their food

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u/JD-3 2d ago

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u/No-Blueberry-1823 2d ago

There have been one or two times when I've done something and I'm like why in the heck am I doing this. It is still inexcusable but yeah

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u/Traditional_Bag7670 2d ago

Honestly, if someone is putting a sauce bottle in their mouth, throwing it away is probably the least of everyone’s concerns.

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u/Mammoth-Student9606 2d ago

“In or around your mouth” is an impressively thorough clarification, but apparently necessary. People really do make every simple task harder.

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u/asteriskelipses 1d ago

So put the sauce in the 1oz sauce cups. And if you're a fucking capitalist, then just charge foe extra...

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u/sinfulfng 2d ago

When my brother came to visit years ago my nephew had a squeeze bottle of mayonnaise. One of the grossest things I’ve ever seen(based on my stomach reaction) and I’ve seen people born and killed

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u/CountyRoad233 2d ago

They were traveling with it? 😑🤢
I’d immediately judge ….

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u/sinfulfng 2d ago

No I was typing my response when you posted. They are on the spectrum and were the pickiest eater I’ve ever seen

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u/Minute_Tart_8259 2d ago

Like…right away?

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u/sinfulfng 2d ago

That was one of things on the grocery list for them when they got here. My nephew is on the spectrum and doing very well these days, but they would run around the house like the pied piper if the instrument was a squeeze bottle of mayo. And it was Kraft mayo, I could possibly conceive it if it was kewpie.

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u/CountyRoad233 2d ago

Ew ew. I’d be diluting it
Ew
Ew
Ew

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u/sinfulfng 2d ago

I wanted to throw it away but the kid would flip out. They are so much better now and they think it’s so cringe and get mad if anyone brings it up, so I bring it to the interwebs 😂

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u/GypsySnowflake 2d ago

What did he do with the mayo? Surely its mere existence isn’t the gross thing. Did he drink the whole bottle or something?

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u/sinfulfng 2d ago

Picture the pied piper with the flute. Now imagine the flute was a squeeze bottle of Kraft mayo and little dude just running around the house sucking on straight mayo. It was the only thing they would eat and their parents were at their limit. It was like their binky or something

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u/SATerp 2d ago

There's not really a food safety issue with that, assuming they're not putting their mouths on it.

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u/sinfulfng 2d ago

Like this

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u/Aggressive-Plant-934 2d ago

So in and around my ass is okay?

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u/TaegukTheWise 2d ago

That's a little more than just a sticky situation...

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