Tongs or gloves-

[ahanix1989]

“Four piece dinner”
“Ok”
I look around, no gloves nearby, so I reach under the breader table and pull out a new box. I walk up to the front, and open up the new box in front of the customer, put one on each hand, and get the chicken.
“—AH!”
“?!”
“Use the tongs!”
…I grab the tongs, which visibly have crap encrusted on them from puncturing potato wedges and the like.. and grab his chicken. He’s happy.
What mindset is that? Fresh-from-the-box gloves are bad, while an old pair of tongs that have been up there for god knows how long are better? I can understand if I walked up to him with the gloves on, but he saw me open up a new box of gloves and put them on.

[Demonoid Phenomenon]

That's a new one.
I usually see gobs of complaints from people who are shocked that some food workers don't use gloves at all (false sense of security that).
I've never heard of a customer freaking out when gloves are used especially when they see that you're using fresh ones!


The World Of SCs just gets more psychotic and puzzling with each passing moment...

[Imogene]

Maybe he has a latex allergy? With how badly some people react to what they're allergic to, touching the chicken with a latex glove might've hospitalized him.
Not that I think he put that much thought into making you use the tongs...

[ahanix1989]

Well, we'd find out -- we grab the tongs with gloves often
So, if he has one of those hypersensitive latex allergies (peanut butter girl.. kiss of death)... he'd still die from the latex that rubbed off on the tongs.

If you have a severe allergy, you need to tell us so we know to make sure to suit your needs.

[CRXPanda]

if you grabbed the tongs first he would've wanted you to use gloves. people that picky DO NOT need to eat out!! EVER!!

[batmoody]

Thats like the customers who freak out after I freshly clean my belt, and it still has some wetness from the sanitizer. They have no problem putting their groceries on a nasty cow blood-baby diaper butt-leaky milk-encrusted belt, but expect them to set the stuff on a damp, sanitized belt and they look at me like I asked to cut their arm off!

(Not to mention the nasty, sticky grocery carts they load everything up into in the first place!)

[Rubystars]

Batmoody, I think it's funny how if there's a line where I don't get a break between customers for 30+ minutes and the belt starts to look kind of icky, someone might say something about "You need to clean this belt" or "This belt is dirty". I usually explain that there hasn't been a break in the line to allow me to do that.

However, once I get it clean, some people walk up and say "This is wet!" Or "I'm not putting my groceries on that wet belt!"

Whatever. Usually a clean belt is better than a dirty one anyway. At least with a clean belt they can't accuse me of slacking off (even if the dirty belt got that way because I was so busy with customers).

[zzapp the witch]

I sneezed in my tuna fish when I was making it, and I still ate it.

[Imogene]

Ah, but it was all for you, they were your germs, ne?

[ahanix1989]

(Not to mention the nasty, sticky grocery carts they load everything up into in the first place!)

How often do these people clean their fridges or cabinets, for that matter? And the unbagged stuff is on the floor of their car. "Ma'am, your twelve-pack of bacon is still in a protective box"

[Becks]

Maybe he has a latex allergy?

I know people with allergies to latex. However, I was under the impression that latex gloves aren't really used in America, due to how widespread this allergy is. (I could be wrong with this.) Anyhoo...where I work, all the gloves are latex free.

[draftermatt]

However, I was under the impression that latex gloves aren't really used in America, due to how widespread this allergy is. (I could be wrong with this.) .

I'm allergic to latex myself. (And it could kill me). I've seen places still using latex gloves. Often times it's because they ran our of vinyl/plastic and had to improvise. I've never had a reaction to it, probably because they aren't man-handling the food and only touch it sparingly. However, I am always leery eating when I see those gloves and often will not eat there or will take a Benadryl before I eat.