"Blinky the Shark" > wrote in message
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> jmcquown wrote:
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>> "Blinky the Shark" > wrote in message
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>>> jmcquown wrote:
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>>>> "Sheldon" > wrote in message
>>>> ...
>>>>> So you like to eat out and think no one pees, spits, honks lungers in
>>>>> your food...
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> Diner finds hairs in ribeye; Cook accused of putting them there
>>>>>
>>>>> AP
>>>>> Posted: 2008-02-28 21:40:43
>>>>>
>>>>> WEST BEND, Wis. (AP) - A restaurant cook is out of a job and facing a
>>>>> felony charge after being accused of hiding hairs in a ribeye because
>>>>> a customer complained the first steak served to him was overcooked.
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>> I fail to see why food not cooked to order upsets (allegedy) restaurant
>>>> cooks so much. It's their job to cook it, no matter how nit-picky or
>>>> bitchy
>>>> the customer may be. "Kropp admitted to police he put a few of his
>>>> facial
>>>> hairs on the steak, saying he was angry the customer sent the other
>>>> steak
>>>> back and thought he was "just trying to get free stuff," according to
>>>> the
>>>> complaint." Why should the cook care if the manager wants to give a
>>>> bitchy
>>>> customer a free meal?!
>>>
>>> 1. Cheating is cheating, and many people consider it a bad thing even if
>>> they're not directly financially involved. 2. I've worked in retailing,
>>> and I remember dealing with customers, which along with the pay is the
>>> worst part of it.
>>>
>>> --
>>> Blinky
>>
>> You know I don't agree with stealing in any way, shape or form. But
>> according to the article the customer didn't even *want* the steak the
>> manager pushed on him. "Hansen declined an offer of a new steak, but
>> Liberatore persisted and offered a new steak he could take home, the
>> complaint said." Even so, the cook was out of line; it's not his
>
> Oh. I missed that. But I'm still hanging on to my second conveniently
> numbered point.
>
> --
> Blinky
>
I agree with retail being a thankless job. But I still don't see how, at
any point, this particular cook had to deal with the customer personally!

Jill