Thursday, June 05, 2003
Hold The Phlegm
Call me cynical, call me untrusting, but I always check my food when I order take-out or in a restaurant. I blame those “Caught on Tape” shows. And here’s precisely why I check my food:
"BERLIN (Reuters) - A German judge fined an ill-tempered pizza delivery man $610 for spitting into a salad order.
The court said Tuesday the 32-year-old man was angry because he had to make an extra delivery to a couple who complained they had not received their salad. After discovering a globule of saliva under a slice of cucumber, the pair informed local police.
Laboratory tests conducted on the pizza delivery courier’s saliva established his culpability.
“He said he coughed into it by accident,” said a spokesman for the court in the western city of Hanover."
Right. This guy is a total loser. Not only is he a 32 year old man delivering pizza for a living, he can’t even do his job right the first time. And how do you cough into something, “by accident” when it’s closed?
“I accidentally reached into the bag and accidentally opened the lid to the salad and accidentally worked up some good juices and accidentally spat them out, NOT ON THE GROUND! NO! but into their food! Oops! My bad.”
