I'm NOT "Lovin It"

It simply sounds like a disgruntled employee who wanted to get the store manager/store/company in trouble.
Unfortunately you can't always get good help.

Sorry someone was rotten enough to do that to another person and that you happened to be the victim of it.


I don't eat any fast food or even many sit down restaurants anymore. No matter how clean it is, trying to explain to someone "don't touch bread before you touch my food" or you can't prepare my food in the same area/near/with the same utensils is too difficult for the average person to understand. And of course it's so hard to prove when someone does that so I can't sue for damages if it ends up sending me to the ER.

That is disgusting. I sure wouldn't go back after that, either...

Eurggghhh yucky, thats awful, I love Mcdonalds, I don't go very often but I enjoy it when I do, its upsetting to think we trust people to make us food and this can happen.x

Originally Posted by meow meow meow

Yet another reason to not go to McDonald's. Hate that place...

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You and me both. I heard today also that sales were down a record amount in Japan after the tsunami - finally a piece of good news !!!


Simple foods made from high quality ingredients, thanks.

Who would love it?

As someone else said, if the string was actually in the meat, it came from the processing plant. McDonald's burgers are pre-formed and frozen.

And just as a passing point of interest, the place you are most likely to get food poisoning is your own kitchen. It's the rare home kitchen that could pass a health inspection. And don't forget, most of us on this forum have plenty of four-legged hair dispensers, so complaining about hair in food is probably pretty hypocritical!

Originally Posted by mrblanche

As someone else said, if the string was actually in the meat, it came from the processing plant. McDonald's burgers are pre-formed and frozen.

And just as a passing point of interest, the place you are most likely to get food poisoning is your own kitchen. It's the rare home kitchen that could pass a health inspection. And don't forget, most of us on this forum have plenty of four-legged hair dispensers, so complaining about hair in food is probably pretty hypocritical!

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I had food poisoning from taco bell...but I've never gotten ill from anything prepared at home. For me, a big thing is that not everyone washes their hands frequently...even after the bathroom, at home, at least I know MY hands are clean when I am handling food.

As for the hair, it's different (for many people) when its your own hair or came from in your home. Its kinda yucky when its someone else's. I am surprised how many places don't make employees wear hairnets.

DH and I got some mild food poisoning from Taco Bell last year, too. A few days later we were telling a friend who's wife said she saw maggots in the tacos she got there. I'm hoping it was fruit flies on the lettuce (short life cycle, hatches quickly) as larger fly species getting into the meat and it being old enough to hatch them sounds awful.

When I was in college, my roommate's fiance was a biology major. Their lab did microbiological inspections for the restaurants in the area. They said, as I stated above, that the majority of the restaurants were cleaner than the typical house. However, they said they never inspected a KFC they would be willing to eat at. The problem is a high humidity level in the kitchen, since the chicken is actually pressure cooked before it's fried.

Most people don't recognize food poisoning. If you've had diarrhea and/or vomiting for a period of about 48 hours, that's almost always food poisoning. Researchers say the average American gets a light case 2-3 times per year. The scary part is that that is one of the lowest rates in the world.

Originally Posted by mrblanche

Most people don't recognize food poisoning. If you've had diarrhea and/or vomiting for a period of about 48 hours, that's almost always food poisoning. Researchers say the average American gets a light case 2-3 times per year. The scary part is that that is one of the lowest rates in the world.

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There's also viruses, and believe it or not people will actually smear feces (or let their children do it) in public places on shelves, displays, carts, etc. I was in a store once and found a cart completely covered in baby poop, presumably from a diaper that couldn't handle it. Of course the parent(s)/guardians did nothing about it.
And the lovely thing is that you can pick up things that hand sanitizer and even washing your hands will not get rid of.

But the flip side of this is that in ERs if you come in with vomiting, fever, and diarrhea they automatically assume it's a norovirus. If you get antibiotics in a situation that you shouldn't have them it makes you much sicker.

Guess they want you to floss while you eat . If I go to Macs I usually get a parfait. Hope no floss in there

Originally Posted by mrblanche

Researchers say the average American gets a light case 2-3 times per year. The scary part is that that is one of the lowest rates in the world.

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I guess I can consider myself lucky that I am not in the "average" group. I rarely vomit. Haven't in 10 years, actually. I am extremely cautious with food though. I make sure my hands are clean, I check dates and smell everything before it goes into my mouth. If I am not 100% sure its safe to eat, I don't eat it.

I am so picky about where I eat out too. I often check the website we have where you can see health inspections from any restaurants. Shows the date and what problems they seen. I find most times its food thats not being stored properly. (Raw meats being stored over top of other food in fridges). Yuck.

Mcdonald's food always makes me feel ill, I stopped eating it a couple of years ago when I realised it was that giving me the tummy troubles...

Originally Posted by LuvMyParker

I guess I can consider myself lucky that I am not in the "average" group. I rarely vomit. Haven't in 10 years, actually. I am extremely cautious with food though. I make sure my hands are clean, I check dates and smell everything before it goes into my mouth. If I am not 100% sure its safe to eat, I don't eat it.

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I am, too, actually. I can only think of twice that I actually definitely had food poisoning. When I was 9 from McDonalds (thus never eating anything other than fries from there until recently- now it's all toxic to me) and those Taco Bell tacos. Ironically I usually never ate hard shell tacos - much less fast food ones.

Other times weren't food poisoning, unless you consider ingesting Splenda and wheat food poisoning..
The C. Diff happened as a result of my compromised GI, excessive antibiotic use, and working at a place where people smeared feces on stuff.
The rest of the times I've been sick it's been the celiac disease or reactions to medications. And in that, the latter is more likely to cause vomiting.

I'm ridiculous with my cleaning procedures...

You guys are grossing me out!

Regarding public places and all the disgusting things that I've seen in them when I worked in retail, I always use hand sanitizer that I keep in the car after leaving a public place. I've seen too many disgusting things and I'd rather be safe than sorry.

I quit eating at McDonald's a long time ago when I realized that everytime I ate there I would end up with stomach cramps & diarrhea.

Originally Posted by strange_wings

I'm ridiculous with my cleaning procedures...

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Me too. I've never gotten sick from eating in my own home, and you'd be hard-pressed to find any cat hair in the food I make. I'm a fanatic when it comes to what I stick in my mouth, and how it's prepared. I've turned down dinner invitations from people I know whom I thought weren't very sanitary...

I get cat hair on stuff. It's not on my dishes or in the food, but when you sit down with your plate uncovered some can float and land on your food. Likewise falling for the cat wanting pettings before you go to eat pretty much guarantees you'll transfer some fur. But I don't see that as particularly dangerous to anyone.


Again, hand sanitizer does not kill the worst bacteria that is likely to make you very ill. Just look up what Clostridium isn't susceptible to. Don't assume that using it will protect you. Instead get into the habit of never touching your face (and especially mouth) when out touching things in public.

Originally Posted by strange_wings

I get cat hair on stuff. It's not on my dishes or in the food, but when you sit down with your plate uncovered some can float and land on your food. Likewise falling for the cat wanting pettings before you go to eat pretty much guarantees you'll transfer some fur. But I don't see that as particularly dangerous to anyone.

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I'm not saying there isn't any cat hair in my house. Geez, if you sit down on the furniture, you end up looking like a cat! If I happen to pet one of them before eating, I brush my hands off thoroughly. I know that the hair wouldn't make me sick, but I just don't like fuzz in my mouth! .

Again, hand sanitizer does not kill the worst bacteria that is likely to make you very ill. Just look up what Clostridium isn't susceptible to. Don't assume that using it will protect you. Instead get into the habit of never touching your face (and especially mouth) when out touching things in public.

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Well, I don't know just how well hand sanitizers do actually work, but I do know that I haven't been sick in over 4 years. I use them after going out in public till I can get home and wash my hands thoroughly.

^Your immune system may just be doing it's job for the most part. That or you've been lucky.
Since you'll be visiting the hospital the next few days I definitely suggest the "no touching anywhere near your mouth" rule. The nastiest stuff can be found at hospitals.

So gross, I'd have