Or one customer, at least.
A woman bit into a portion of a human finger while eating a bowl of chili at a Wendy’s fast-food restaurant in California, health officials said yesterday.
Officials said the fingertip was about 4cm (1.5in) long and had part of a manicured nail. The woman, who asked not to be identified, was able to spit it out, said Martin Fenstersheib, Santa Clara county’s health officer. "She was a bit grossed out, and vomited a number of times," he said.
Does anyone sense a lawsuit coming on?
Despite the visceral impact of this story, it’s nowhere near as shocking as last year’s case against Cracker Barrel, which was found to give poorer service to black customers eating at its restaurants in seven states. Those states? Alabama, Georgia, Louisiana, Mississippi, North Carolina, Tennessee, and Virginia. Yee-hah for the South.
The irony, which may not be apparent to those living outside America, is that "Cracker" is a widespread slang term for poor whites, roughly equivalent to "White Trash" or "Hillbilly." So I suppose it’s not really shocking after all, just sad.
25/03/2005
To be fair, it’s not really ironic that the Cracker Barrel would treat black customers poorly; it’s somewhat expected, really.
25/03/2005
Oops, I posted before I really finished reading your post. You already made my point. My mistake.
25/03/2005
Well, what with it being Wendy’s and everything, you can at least be sure that the lost digit was properly cooked, and not just heated up in a microwave.
28/03/2005
You sure about that, Green? And even so, is fried human finger any better than microwaved human finger? Eight out of ten cannibals can’t tell the difference, or so I’m told.
28/03/2005
Well obviously filmmakers would have us believe that cannibals routinely boil their food in enormous cast iron pots, but as that method tends to eliminate most of the nutrients in the meat, I’m sure it’s nothing more than a stereotype. I’m sure the average cannibal is in fact more into barbecues.