Filed under: Freak Show News, Real-Life Hilarity
In news that makes me happy I don’t eat red meat, a restaurant cook is out of a job and facing a felony charge after being accused of hiding hairs — potentially pubic hairs — in a ribeye because a customer complained the first steak served to him was overcooked.
Sounds like the customer also asked for his steak with a little off the top. (Ba-da-bum!)
Apparently, the restaurant manager made the mistake of asking the customer how his dinner was, so the customer informed him that the steak was cooked medium, not medium rare. Although he declined the manager’s offer of a new steak, the manager persisted and offered a new steak he could take home.
This, as you’ve likely realized by now, did not go over well with the cook.
The customer went to police Sunday to complain of hair in the second steak. A police officer observed “several strands of what appeared to be hair coming out of the middle of the steak,” the complaint said.The cook was charged Wednesday with a felony of placing foreign objects in edibles, carrying up to 3 1/2 years in prison and a $10,000 fine. He 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.” However, another kitchen worker told police that the cook put a slit in the steak and pushed something inside, then stated, “These are my pubes.”
Mmmmm! Pube pie!
My dentist would NOT be pleased if that happened to me. I was taught to floss after dinner, not during. Geesh!
Posted by Candy ♦ February 29, 2008
At 10:05 am D Slaver said:
“In news that makes me happy I don’t eat red meat…”
Me, too, darling, me ever-so TOO.
February 29, 2008
At 10:06 am D Slaver said:
AND that’s why I’m always sweet as honey to wait staff. Even to the cranky ones — who thankfully have been a rarity. IF I get bad service, I just don’t leave a tip — and don’t EVER come back again, ’cause shit like the above can happen.
February 29, 2008
At 10:40 am plumbob said:
That is why I don’t eat in restaurants at all!
What makes this story even more funny/gross for me, is when you make a typo when typing to a friend and write
“enough about the pube stick.”
February 29, 2008
At 11:08 am Demon Kitty said:
I always watch my back in restaurants.
February 29, 2008
At 11:15 am Bee Hind said:
It’s PUBE-A-LICIOUS!
February 29, 2008
At 11:19 am Jenn F. said:
What a sick bastard. But it’s a good reminder that it’s just not a good idea to be rude to someone who’s handling your food. That sucks for the person in that story though… sounds like they weren’t making a big deal of it, it was only because the manager insisted that it got sent back.
February 29, 2008
At 11:43 am javelin said:
I don’t eat in restaurants at all, either. I’ve worked in plenty of them and seen way too much.
February 29, 2008
At 12:07 pm Bee Hind said:
Me too Javelin,
I still have Vietnam Vet-like flashbacks
of those years in the dining room trenches…
February 29, 2008
At 12:11 pm Blurgle said:
The thing is, he wasn’t rude, and the chef wasn’t going to be charged for the steak either. That comes out of general operating costs.
Why does the chef care that a steak got sent back? The restaurant pays for it; what’s it to him even if the guy just wanted ‘free stuff’? Did he consider it a threat to his manhood that the diner wanted a new steak?
February 29, 2008
At 12:43 pm martini lover said:
pube pie-goes well with a COCKtail.
sorry, couldn’t resist.
February 29, 2008
At 1:56 pm midevil said:
Did you want a little sauce with that meat?
I worked in the restaurant biz too, but I still eat out.
February 29, 2008
At 2:40 pm Jane said:
Yeah, I haven’t touched red meat in over twenty years, and may I say, all of you that do, you are all welcome to the pube pie!
AND if you send shit back to the kitchen because your aren’t satisfied, 90% of the time, the new dish they replace it with will defiantly have spit, nose drippings, etc. included.
February 29, 2008
At 3:02 pm librarian kathleen said:
Jane’s got it right. I’m a vegetarian, but who knows what is in that baked potato with sour cream, cole slaw, vegetable soup, salad dressing, hummus, waldorf salad, veggie wrap, macaroni and cheese, veggie sub, eggplant with garlic, etc. etc.?
Having worked as a waitress in an earlier and much younger life, I always show appreciation to wait staff and kitchen staff — and therefore I always tip generously; but, you just never know.
February 29, 2008
At 6:15 pm Aunt J said:
Aunt J had a worm in her soup once.
February 29, 2008
At 6:22 pm Aunt J said:
But Aunt J promises she would never put pubes in your pancakes.
February 29, 2008
At 8:39 pm bluehawaii said:
Holy F*ck!
Always been good to the people handling my food. No troubles.
Tip well folks. They work hard.
February 29, 2008
At 2:26 am Dr. L said:
I always am polite. But if something’s fucked up, I will relate it back. With respect, and a ton-o-love for the wait person. Cuz they can’t fix it.
And if it comes off the bill, then, I still tip 20% to the wait, because they still did the work.
Sorry. I just can’t stand the details being wrong.
March 1, 2008
At 11:24 am EVA said:
This is the most disgusting thing I have read in a long time. Doesn’t he know that you can’t get away with things like that in this day and age. 20-30 years ago maybe, but not today. They have those pesky cameras shows that show “bad behavior caught on video” now these days, so the public is aware now.
The most disgusting thing was watching the hidden camera show’s episode where that one guy peed in his boss’ coffee cup and the boss drank it. [gulp]
I can’t say that I blame him though. Who ever worked in retail before knows what I mean. I always wanted to do a “thing” to those annoying customers that complain and are beyond rude. But I didn’t. They have laws against that I guess. [pouting]
March 1, 2008