April 9, 2001

1:13 PM

Ewwwwww. Every reason I never eat at those deli salad bars, wrapped into one arrest ... and hey, there might be copycat crimes at other delis in the area! Ewwwww.
posted by maura (11 comments total)

Talk about culture jamming.
posted by ericost at 1:38 PM on April 9, 2001

"Oh, it makes me sick just thinking about it," said Alpine customer Dawn Riggins, a 33-year-old beautician from The Bronx. "What kind of person would do that? It's disgusting."

Well, (pardon the pun) NO SHIT it's disgusting!

jpoulos's pet peeve #223: "Man on the Street" interviews.
posted by jpoulos at 1:44 PM on April 9, 2001

"Other suspected victims of the dung-disher in the past few days include a Krispy Kreme"

Poop in my romaine if you must, befoul my alfalfa sprouts with your chyme, but leave my Krispy Kremes the hell alone!

Is nothing sacred? yeesh!
posted by Kafkaesque at 3:19 PM on April 9, 2001

Drinking your own urine is actually good for you. Google tells me so.
posted by camworld at 3:58 PM on April 9, 2001

Having eaten at salad bars throughout New York, I can say that the guy couldn't have possibly affected the quality of the food, and was probably trying to improve the flavor.
posted by Doug at 4:26 PM on April 9, 2001

Is it me, or have there been an awful lot of shit-related topics lately?
posted by briank at 4:58 PM on April 9, 2001

Thoughts on appropriate sentence/punishment for this guy?
posted by ParisParamus at 5:05 PM on April 9, 2001

I always avoid the salad bar. Having worked in a few restaurants with the sneeze-guarded salad bar, I know how icky they can get.
posted by amanda at 5:22 PM on April 9, 2001

Thoughts on appropriate sentence/punishment for this guy?

Seems obvious. Make him eat the food he tainted.
posted by amyscoop at 6:50 PM on April 9, 2001

Amyscoop, that's not Dante enough for me....more creativity please: this is Metafilter!
posted by ParisParamus at 7:06 PM on April 9, 2001

> that's not Dante enough for me...

Just discovered, lower than the lowest circle, Hell's sub-basement. Nothing in the restaurant but a salad bar, nothing on the salad bar but tofu, sprouts and green jello.
Eternity calling...
posted by jfuller at 11:11 AM on April 10, 2001