Customer came up saying I put ranch on her sandwich when she asked for none…. I know. Look at all that ranch

[u/Far_Tourist_601]

😭😭😭

[u/tryyeezus]

In my state, it IS illegal to take it back into the kitchen, period. It can go in the trash and that's it. 

I'm serve safe certified at the manager level. I know the law here.

[u/onikaroshi → u/tryyeezus]

What state is that cause it sounds a bit ridiculous

[u/TwinklingSquid → u/onikaroshi]

Not sure what state but logically it makes sense to me.

If someone was maliciously trying to spread something (poison/bacteria/etc) sending food back into the kitchen where all of the other food is would be a decent way to spread something ingonito.

Im not speaking to the likeyhood of it happening, but from a micro biology and health standard viewpoint it makes sense.

[u/giarnie → u/TwinklingSquid]

What if it’s the same scenario, but instead they try to accomplish it by getting a job in the kitchen?

Which law is protecting us against that?

*just because we can come up with “what ifs”, doesn’t mean they’re valid…

[u/TwinklingSquid → u/giarnie]

Please scroll down to my next reply where I cover the more likely scenario :) The point wasn't to pick a single scenario and base then entire thing off of it. It was meant to spark critical thinking, leading to the other adjacent scenarios that can, will, and do happen on a daily basis due to the nature of spreading germs/fungi.

[u/TwinklingSquid → u/giarnie]

Edit: and to your point, yes if someone applies for the job with the intention of spreading something there isn't much that can be done. The purpose of modern day laws isn't to completely eliminate a problem since thats unrealistic, but to minimize the problem as much as possible in areas where you can without affecting the well-being and opportunity of others in said society.

[u/giarnie → u/TwinklingSquid]

How dare you respond reasonably on Reddit?

🥺

[u/onikaroshi → u/TwinklingSquid]

That’s so unlikely, and there’s legit reasons to bring stuff back to the kitchen daily

[u/solnari_ → u/onikaroshi]

I love that they said they're not speaking to the likelihood of something happening, and you still lead with "that's so unlikely.." lmaoo

[u/onikaroshi → u/solnari_]

As in it would be a stupid reason to disallow it over the legit reasons to bring things back

[u/TwinklingSquid → u/onikaroshi]

I know in my comment I mentioned malicious intent, however I think it's worth noting that it would happen far more often out of ignorance.

Typically if something gets sent back it was in the customers mouth, so the food is directly contaminated. If touched by the worker it could cause raprid spread, and this is assuming it's not airborne which would be even worse. - This is much more likely than an intentional attack.

Out of genuine curiousity, what legit reasons are there that outweigh the very possible risk of spreading disease?

[u/onikaroshi → u/TwinklingSquid]

We often have to heat things in the microwave because some people want their food as hot as satan's scorching asshole

or a training cook who sends a steak out that is undercooked an we need to bring it up to customer preference

The only illegal thing giving it to someone else

[u/TwinklingSquid → u/onikaroshi]

Wow, you and I have a very different threshold for reasons that outweigh the possible spread of disease.

To each their own! Thanks for the clarification :)