Re: Criminal charges filed in "oversalted burger" case


"Kris Baker" <kris.baker@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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"MaryL" <stancole1@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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What a ridiculous example of overreacting!! A McDonald's employee spent
a night in jail and faces criminal charges because a police officer
claims the burger he was served had too much salt on it and made him
sick. Kendra Bull "said she accidentally spilled too much salt on the
hamburger meat, but she told her supervisor and another co-worker, who
she said tried to thump the salt off. Bull took a break and said she ate
a burger made from the salty meat." She claims she did not know it was a
police officer because she could not see him through the drive-through
window from her work area. The officer did not consume the entire
burger, and samples have been sent to the state crime lab.

Union City public information officer George Louth said Bull was charged
with reckless conduct because she served the burger "without regards to
the well-being of anyone who might consume

http://www.cbs46.com/news/14078071/detail.html

Does anyone think similar charges would be filed if one of us claimed
that our food was too salty? For that matter, why did he continue eating
if it was that bad?? It's possible that more information will be
uncovered -- such as the possibility that it *was* done intentionally --
but this is ridiculous in the light of the information provided. Maybe
it belongs in a "stupid case" file.

MaryL

No. Not at all. This wasn't "too salty food", it was a container of
seasoning that was (supposedly) accidentally spilled on the food and then
a lame attempt was made to remove it.

ANY restaurant that has a food accident, is supposed to toss out the
product and start over. You don't dump a containerful of seasoning onto
a burger and just try to "knock it off". That's against all safe
food-handling regulations AND if that product sickens someone, they're
responsible for the negligence because it should not have happened. It
wasn't just salt, either -- it was pepper and other seasonings. The
lettuce leaf was described as being "almost totally black".

Telling the guy that if he took a bite or two and didn't like it, to "just
throw it away" was even worse.

This was either intentional, or the entire crew at that MacDonald's needs
to be fired immediately.

What you are reacting to, is a corporate-management "nasty trial lawyer"
PR campaign. I'm sure by now Rush Limbaugh is ranting about it, and
bringing up the (false claims) about the coffee incident.

Kris


But if this is true (you probably are correct, even though the link I
provided did not have that information), then it seems to me that any
charges should have been leveled against the *supervisor* since the employee
reported the accident and the supervisor supposedly tried to "thump" it off.
Again, this is supposing that (1) the employee is telling the truth and (2)
the article is accurate. Sometimes, that is a *big* stretch to make!!!
;o) Any way we look at it, though, filing charges that quickly with a night
spent in jail seems like overreacting. That isn't enough time for any type
of investigation.

MaryL


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