My wife is funny about some things..

[TBman]

Let me ask you if you agree with her, because I do and I want to know if I'm going off the deep end,

We've been going to the same pizza place for several years and the owner and many of the help know us by name.

We ordered a couple of sandwiches, my wife a roast beef with american cheese hero and myself a chicken cutlet hero.

As soon as the plates were put on the table in front of us, my wife squinches up her nose and says something is wrong with this roast beef. Sure enough it smelled as if it was going bad. My wife says to me, I'm going to order a cheese sandwich. Then she picks up the sandwich and opens it up, flips up a couple pieces of cheese and cuts of a corner like a triangle. I asked her what was that about and she says "to make sure they don't give me this cheese back because I don't want something that touched this bad meat." Fine I thought, good idea.

So we tell one of the counter guys that we have known for years about the roast beef and he says no problem. My wife asks for a cheese sandwich instead. A few minutes go by and they bring out the cheese sandwich. My wife flips open the sandwich, inspects the cheese and there it is. The slice of cheese with the corner missing. I was like, enough of this stuff and I bring it to the guy that made the sandwich and ask him did he use the same cheese over again and he swears he didn't.

I know he is lying through his teeth. I shake my head and just walk away. The owner sees and hears all of this and goes in the back and makes my wife a cheese sandwich himself and insists that my wife eat it because "he made it, no one else did."

So now, even though it was one of the employees, we are not going to go back. If someone you know and joked with for years can lie to your face over a buck or two worth of cheese, what else is going on there?

We're done going there for a while I think.

Rats, I really liked their pizza.

[Looburst]

Yep, in my opinion, you finally caught them in the act of pulling a fast one on you. I wouldn't go back either. Food poisoning is no laughing matter! I got it last year and thought, for that one night, that I was dying! Never again. We eat at home a lot more now.

[buddyhu]

I wouldn’t go back either. But I would have given all the details to the owner, so that he would know exactly why you would not be back.

[Jim Owen]

I agree with your wife. That’s beyond unacceptable behavior on the employee’s part.

[SMan]

Originally Posted by buddyhu

I wouldn’t go back either. But I would have given all the details to the owner, so that he would know exactly why you would not be back.

Me too.

[M19]

Definitely. Who's to say they wouldn't pull the roast beef off and put on another sandwich?

[seannx]

Who knows what else they might do to the sandwich, or what left over/partially used ingredients go in the pizza. I like eating at places that have either a glass window or direct view of the people making the sandwiches/pizza/etc. Along with seeing the ingredients, you can also monitor hygiene and cleanliness.

[Brucebubs]

Your wife is smart but did Poppy wash his hands before making that 2nd sandwich for her?


This is a reference to a Seinfeld episode where Jerry witnessed the restaurant chef not washing his hands after using the Men's Room.

[Mr. Jelly]

It's the way they do business. You either accept it or you don't.

We used to meet friends at a pizza/bar once a week, about five, for a drink or two. I drink a top self vodka and water. My drinks started tasting odd. We figured it wasn't the correct vodka. I asked to see the bottle and they handed it to me. Which they shouldn't have. I took a pen and marked the level on the bottle. The following week my drink still tasted odd. I asked to see the bottle. Amazingly the bottle had filled itself. This is illegal. The manager said the owner did it as he doesn't think there is any difference in vodkas. She through the bottle out and we went on. This actually happened a couple of times. We finally quit going there. If this is the way they do business what else is going on I don't know about?

[catdaddy]

Bad meat. Bad food handling hygiene. Bad service. Bad restaurant. Count your blessings that you discovered this before you needed Imodium AD.

[Long Jon]

Originally Posted by Looburst

Yep, in my opinion, you finally caught them in the act of pulling a fast one on you. I wouldn't go back either. Food poisoning is no laughing matter! I got it last year and thought, for that one night, that I was dying! Never again. We eat at home a lot more now.

Was that the night you burst the loo Perry ?

Originally Posted by Brucebubs

Your wife is smart but did Poppy wash his hands before making that 2nd sandwich for her?
This is a reference to a Seinfeld episode where Jerry witnessed the restaurant chef not washing his hands after using the Men's Room.

Good catch Bruce, I kind of saw that scene in my head too, only I would have sworn it was Larry David in “Curb . . “

Originally Posted by catdaddy

Bad meat. Bad food handling hygiene. Bad service. Bad restaurant. Count your blessings that you discovered this before you needed Imodium AD.

Yep, I’d hate to see the inside of their cold room, sounds like a job for sweary Gordon.

[MikeBmusic]

If they are using meat that's starting to turn, they could be using lots of stuff you don't want to put in your mouth. For pizza shops, tomato sauce that sits out all day in a warming tray or pot, should not be stored overnight in the fridge and brought out and warmed again - when it's in 'warm' condition, its a breeding ground for bacteria, only a vigorous boiling (212F) is going to help it.

[Truckjohn]

The sad part is that it seems like these "Cost conscious" folks truly don't understand that you lose a LOT more money when customers quit going. It's a penny wise/pound foolish thing... Charge the right price and then don't skimp on quality...

People can easily justify the price when they know the quality is good and nobody is trying to slip one past them....

[808K]

Bad meat. Recycled cheese. Lying server. Now what was the question?

[Looburst]

Originally Posted by Long Jon

Was that the night you burst the loo Perry ?

Without a doubt, Jon!!! My wife said I also turned this weird color of pale green, in the face. And I sweated like I had just run a 5K run.