Posted on 08/28/2012 11:29:55 AM PDT by grundle
Yesterday I got a computerized phone call from Giant Eagle, telling me not to eat the mangoes that I’ve been buying since July, because they might be contaminated with Salmonella. The message said I could return them to the store for a full refund.
I’m not sure how I’m going to do that, given that I’d already eaten most of them weeks ago.
I’m guessing that maybe three people got sick in the entire country, and they thought that was justification for recalling millions of mangoes. I understand risk analysis, and it’s my educated guess that I’d be more likely to die by being hit by a car while crossing the street while going to the store to return them, than I would from salmonella.
At the time I got the phone call, I still had six left. Since then, I’ve eaten two of those – and I feel great. I plan on eating the rest over the next few days.
Its ridiculous for sure, but its better than having the lawyers and the FDA descend on you.
The USA is in the process of doing to food what we have done to medical care, education, mortgages, etc....
ZOMBIES!!!
Sorry to have to be the one to tell you...
Obviously you bought them with your Advantage Card. And they were able to do some data mining and quickly determine who had recently bought mangoes, link them to customer contact info and then place the robocalls.
Part risk management, part recouping their investment on the huge data infrastructure.
Don’t Touch The Mango
“You can’t-a have-a de Mango!”
Why didn’t they tell me :)
Mangos grow on trees, had one in my yard in s fla....how do they transmit/acquire/produce,whatever salmonella.
Lousy packing and slime balls crapping on them me not a bio major info please
You correct. And unlike many other people, I actually gave them my real phone number when I signed up.
Sure. It is largely about the lawyers and FDA.
Yeah - obviously someone was being very unsanitary.
Today a robocall warning your mangoes might be tainted.
Tomorrow a stern robocall from Moochelle Obama scolding you for all the unhealthy foodstuffs you purchased, and raising the premium for your Obamacare.
I have a story about recalls.
I received a letter from Maytag informing me that my dishwasher could catch on fire and they were offering a coupon giving me $100 off on a new dishwasher.
Since mine was ten years old and hadn’t any problems, I called and talked to customer service.
Out of the hundreds of thousands of dishwashers manufactured of this particular model, only one - a single machine - had ever caught on fire. It was due to an electrical short.
So, I ignored the notice.
A year later my dishwasher caught on fire. Yep, it was because of an electrical short. I opened the dishwasher’s door, essentially turning off the machine, then went and opened the electrical breaker. To clear the smoke I opened all windows.
I bought a Kenmore this time. Always have had good luck with that brand.
my assumptions are “poopies” (g kid term) got on the mangos,yes?if so thats pretty f’ed up and there is no excuse as I ate them and pink grapefruit from the ground for 40 years no problem.
I’m curious: mangoes have a water-resistant skin full of something that tastes a lot like turpentine. They grow on trees. How do they get contaminated? I usually rinse them before peeling.
Any produce that comes into my house that is not to be cooked gets more than a rinse-off. I soak the peaches, cantaloupes, cucumbers, etc. in a bleach wash for 5 minutes. Pain in the neck but we never get sick.
That slime ball comedian George Lopez did a gig in San Antonio, TX for HBO a few years ago that caused a lot of furious posts on FR. He was “joking” that the illegal pickers should wipe their backsides on the gringo produce.
I ate the last mango, but not in Paris.
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